MTRSEF - serving Lincoln, St. Charles, and Warren Counties

Fair Contact: jennifer@sciencecoach.org

All high school honors division participants:

Final registration deadline is Feb. 14, 2025 (in MySciFair)
ALL ISEF paperwork is due on Feb. 14, 2025 (submitted in MySciFair)
Participants must upload their abstract (300 word maximum) and a digital copy of their poster by Feb. 14, 2025 (in MySciFair)

Call for judges: judges are needed for ALL grade levels and subjects!!

Please click here if you are interested in helping us out.

Exciting news! Do you want to participate in science fair but aren't sure how to start? Want to do a project, but want to start with getting your feet wet? Try a class project!

*Class projects are now permitted at ALL grade levels!!!*

Students in grades K-12 may participate in a class project in a group of 4 or more
Class projects must follow the same rules as all K-8 (and non-honors 9-12) projects
Class projects will be judged as a group within their own grade level

Now you can donate to MTRSEF to help us support local science students! We are a 501C3 non-profit, so all donations are tax deductible, and donations are collected through Zeffy, so they are safe and secure. Thanks for helping us help kids!

FAIR DATES FOR 2025 - FEBRUARY 27 - MARCH 1 AT ST. CHARLES COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Thursday, Feb. 27 - project drop off and registration 3:00-7:00
Friday, Feb. 28 - high school honors division interviews 4:00-8:00
Saturday, March 1
- - K-8 (also non-honors high school and class projects) judging 9:00-12:00
  - Public viewing and awards pickup for K-5 1:00-3:30
  - Awards ceremony for 6-12 4:00
  - ALL PROJECTS MUST BE REMOVED NO LATER THAN 5:00

All high school honors division projects requiring SRC pre-approval (humans, vertebrates, PHBAs) must have paperwork submitted by Friday, Dec. 6, 2024. Remember, NO experimentation can begin until pre-approval is obtained.

MTRSEF has been selected to pilot a new fair management system called MySciFair. All registration, paperwork, and judging will occur through this software. Registration links for elementary and middle school will not be posted until January 2025. The link for high school can be found on the High School Honors Division Page.