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Competitions

Toshiba ExploraVision

ExploraVision is a science competition that goes beyond the typical student science competition and into what it takes to bring ideas to reality. A teacher will sponsor and lead his/her students as they work in groups of 2 – 4 to simulate real research and development. A teacher will guide his or her students as they pick a current technology, research it, envision what it might look like in 10 or more years, and describe the development steps, pros & cons, and obstacles. Past winners have envisioned technologies ranging from a hand-held food allergen detector to a new device to help people who have lost limbs regain movement in real time.

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Conrad Challenge

The Conrad Challenge is an annual, multi-phase innovation and entrepreneurship competition that encourages young adults to design the future. Each year, teams of 2-5 students, ages 13-18, from around the world create products and/or services to address some of the most pressing local and global challenges in one of four categories: Aerospace & Aviation, Cyber-Technology & Security, Energy & Environment, and Health & Nutrition. The students become entrepreneurial problem-solvers, addressing challenging social, scientific and societal issues through utilizing their creativity and critical-thinking skills.

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NYSSEF ISEF

The NYSSEF ISEF is the world’s preeminent international science project competition for students in 9th through 12th grades. NYSSEF ISEF brings together students, teachers, scientific researchers, corporate executives, and government officials from around the world. Students compete for over $4 million in scholarships, tuition grants, scientific equipment, and scientific trips. The top projects from the ISEF Division of NYSSEF will represent the State of New York at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF).

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NYSSEF website

Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair

The Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) is an annual science fair in the United States. Each May, more than 1500 students from roughly 70 countries and territories compete in the fair for scholarships, tuition grants, internships, scientific field trips and the grand prizes, including one $75,000 and two $50,000 college scholarships. All prizes together amount to over $5,000,000. Two awards ceremonies are held including: Special Awards Organization Presentation (which now includes the Government Awards Presentations) and the Grand Awards Ceremony.

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Regeneron Science Talent Search

The Regeneron Science Talent Search, known for its first 57 years as the Westinghouse Science Talent Search, and then as the Intel Science Talent Search (Intel STS) from 1998 through 2016, is a research-based science competition in the United States for high school seniors. It has been referred to as "the nation's oldest and most prestigious" science competition.

Entrants to the competition conduct original research—sometimes at home and sometimes by "working with leading research teams at universities, hospitals and private laboratories." The selection process is highly competitive, and besides the research paper, letters of recommendation, essays, test scores, extracurricular activities, and high school transcripts may be factored in the selection of finalists and winners.

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Congressional App Challenge

The Congressional App Challenge is designed to engage student creativity and encourage their participation in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) education fields. This nationwide event allows high school students from across the country to compete against their peers by creating and exhibiting their software application, or "app," for mobile, tablet, or computer devices on a platform of their choice.

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Congressional App Challenge website

IEEE Integrated STEM Education Conference

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is the world’s largest technical professional organization (over 409,000 members in more than 160 countries) dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity. IEEE and its members inspire a global community through its highly cited publications, conferences, technology standards, and professional and educational activities. IEEE sponsors more than 1,900 conferences and events in 96 countries while contributing over 3.6 million total conference papers to IEEE Xplore since 1936, with as many as 200,000 new papers added annually.

IEEE Integrated STEM Education Conference (ISEC) is an international conference featuring cutting-edge research and experiences with integrated approaches to the study of science, math, and technology through experiences and activities based in engineering and other design disciplines.

High school students can publish full papers, work-in-progress, or posters. The conference used to take place at Princeton University.

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IEEE ISEC website

MIT THINK Scholars program

THINK is a science, research, and innovation program for high school students. Rather than requiring students to have completed a research project before applying, THINK caters to students who have done extensive research on the background of a potential research project and are looking for additional guidance in the early stages of their project. The program is organized by a group of undergraduates at MIT.

Selected finalists have weekly mentorship meetings with THINK team members for technical guidance, helpful resources, and updates on the projects progress and are given up to $1,000 in funding for their project. Additionally, if permitting, finalists are invited to a four-day all-expenses paid trip to MIT's campus, where they tour labs, present their research to MIT students and faculty, and hang out with members of the THINK team.

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Microsoft Imagine Cup

Imagine Cup is an annual competition sponsored and hosted by Microsoft Corp. which brings together student developers worldwide to help resolve some of the world's toughest challenges. It is considered as "Olympics of Technology" by computer science and engineering and is considered one of the top competitions and awards related to technology and software design. All Imagine Cup competitors create projects that address the Imagine Cup theme: "Imagine a world where technology helps solve the toughest problems". Started in 2003, it has steadily grown, with more than 2 millions competitors representing 160 countries and regions in 2022.

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Autonomous Vehicle Challenge

The Autonomous Vehicle Challenge (used to call High School Autonomous Vehicle Competition, HSAVC) is an extension of the NXP Cup /Intelligent Car Racing competition – an International university level competition where teams of undergraduate and graduate students program a microcontroller to follow a track autonomously. We are adapting this competition to high school level students to attract those students to STEM fields. These students will use tools developed by MathWorks and NXP to implement the same engineering processes adopted by Ford Motor Company to design advanced technology vehicles. This annual competition is hosted by Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Indiana.

* Due to Covid pandemic, the in-person competition has been postponed.

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F1 in Schools Challenge

The F1 in Schools Challenge is an international STEM competition for students ages 9-19 to design, simulate, build, and race miniature Formula One cars. Each year, more than 26,000 schools from over 40 countries participate in the challenge. In the United States, teams compete in Nationals, and then advance to the World Finals.

Teams are required to follow technical specifications and use CAD (Computer-Aided Design) tools to create 3D models of their cars. They will then use CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) tools to analyze their car designs. They will also use CAM (Computer-Aided Manufacturing) software and CNC (Computer Numeric Control) machines to build their cars. During the race, the CO2-powered car is launched down a 20-meter track. The average car completes the race in just over a second, and cars can reach speeds of over 50 mph.

Engineering the car is obviously an important part of the competition, but a successful F1 in Schools team must also consider marketing and sponsorship strategies. In addition to racing, judges and industry professionals score teams on their portfolios, pit displays, engineering, marketing, social media, and verbal presentations.

* Due to Covid pandemic, the in-person competition has been postponed.

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Science Olympiad

Founded in 1984, Science Olympiad is the premier team science competition in the nation, providing standards-based challenges to 5,500 teams at 400 tournaments. Students compete in 23 events pertaining to various fields of science, including earth science, biology, chemistry, physics, and engineering.

There are three divisions in the hierarchy of Science Olympiad, and Division C is for high school students (grades 9–12). The competitions occur at the regional, state and national level. Normally, the top few teams advance from the regional level to state competition

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Science Olympiad website

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