The Contra Costa County Science & Engineering Fair (CCCSEF) is set for March 13-15, 2025 at Los Medanos College in Pittsburg. It is only open to students who attend school in Contra Costa County. We do not accept students who attend school in other counties, states, or countries. Students must be in 7th-12th grades.

CCCSEF is a Regeneron ISEF-Affiliated Fair. Students may compete in only one Regeneron ISEF-Affiliated fair except when proceeding to a State/National fair also affiliated with the Regeneron ISEF from an affiliated fair. CCCSEF accepts mixed-county teams providing one member of the team attends school in Contra Costa County. However, all team members must reside and attend school in the greater Bay Area. No out-of-state students may be a member of a team.

As an ISEF-Affiliated fair, we follow the rules set forth by Regeneron ISEF. For a full copy of those rules, click here. 

Thank you to the students, judges, volunteers, and sponsors for making the 2024 Contra Costa County Science and Engineering Fair a successful one! The final awards list will be posted soon.

FAIR DATES: March 13-15, 2025
Thursday, March 13: Set-up project boards at Los Medanos College
Friday, March 14: Judge Project Board Review (morning). Judge interviews with students (afternoon).
Saturday, March 15: Awards ceremony (8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.)

Please follow steps 1 - 5 if you wish to participate in CCC Science & Engineering Fair 2025. If you have already selected a topic, you may begin with Step 2.

Deadlines

Abstracts are due AFTER you have completed your experiment, and before the fair begins. You may upload your abstract to your Google folder or email it to Amy Treece at communityoutreach@ba-leeds.org. Need help writing an abstract? Click here.

December 13 , 2024
Deadline for receipt of all required project paperwork for pre-approval by the Scientific Review Committee (SRC.) Pre-approval is required for projects involving vertebrate animals, human subjects, recombinant DNA, tissue, pathogenic agents, or controlled substances. You must have advance approval of your project application from the SRC prior to experimentation. If in doubt, please submit the project research plan and required paperwork for the SRC review.

ALL other projects must be reviewed and approved by the SRC after experimentation and before competition at the Contra Costa Science Fair.

Projects conducted at a Regulated Research Institution, industrial setting or any work site other than home, school or field and which were reviewed and approved by the proper institutional board before experimentation, must also be approved by the Scientific Review Committee.

January 17, 2025

Deadline for all projects to compete in the 2025 Science & Engineering Fair.

Please contact Amy Treece at communityoutreach@ba-leeds.org for questions about registration.