2026 MTRSEF K-12 Awards

• Have you ever wondered what kinds of awards you could win at the fair?

  • Elementary

    • First, second, or third place in each category for grades K-5 - plaque and medals

    • Overall most creative project grades K-5 - plaque and $25 

    • Top K-5 project - plaque and $25

  • Middle School

    • First, second, or third place in each category for grades 6-8 - plaque and medals

    • Top 6-8 project - plaque and $50

    • Top 10% of projects in grades 6-8 nominated for the Thermo Fisher Junior Innovator's Challenge (https://www.societyforscience.org/jic/)

    • Lemelson Early Inventor's Prize (https://www.lemelson.org/society-for-science-the-public/#:~:text=The%20Lemelson%20Early%20Inventor%20Award,solution%20to%20real%2Dworld%20problems.) - certificate and $100

    • United States Office of Naval Research - $25 gift card

    • Science Coach Top Student - $50

    • SCI Earth Science Solutions Award - provided by SCI Engineering, $100

    • Non Honors High School

• • • Plaque and $50 for 1st place, medals for 2nd and 3rd

      1. 1. 1. • SCI Earth Science Solutions Award - provided by SCI Engineering

                 1. 1st Place - $500 and job shadowing opportunity

                 2. 2nd Place - $250

High School (honors division)

• • First, second, and third place for each category - $100 and plaque for first, medals for second and third

  • Overall first, second, and third place for the division - $500 and plaque for first, $250 and plaque for second, $100 and plaque for third

  • All-expense paid trip to compete at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (https://www.societyforscience.org/isef/) for overall first and second place winners

  • Air Force and Naval Research Awards - tech prizes, gift cards, and certificates for overall first and second place winners

  • Regeneron Biomedical Science Award - $375 and certificate

  • Ricoh Sustainability Award - 400 trees planted in winner's name

  • All-expense paid trip to compete at the Genius Olympiad (https://geniusolympiad.org/) for highest placing environmental science project

  • American Psychological Association - certificate and 1 year student membership

  • Association of Women Geoscientists - certificate and 1 year honorary membership

  • NASA Earth System Science Award - certificate and webinar with a NASA scientist

  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - certificate

  • Regeneron Biomedical Science Award - certificate and $375

  • Ricoh, Inc. - certificate and 400 trees planted 

  • Society for InVitro Biology - certificate and 1 year membership

  • US Metric Association - certificate and 1 year membership

  • Yale Science and Engineering Association - certificate

  • Stockholm Junior Water Prize - certificate and nomination to compete in state SJWP competition 

  • SCI Earth Science Solutions Award - provided by SCI Engineering

    • 1st Place - $500 and job shadowing opportunity

    • 2nd Place - $250

• • Teachers

    • Most middle school projects - book and $50

    • Most high school projects - book and $50

    • Highest placing middle school project - book and $50

    • Highest placing high school project - book and $50