Indiana Science Fair Judges:
Call for Judges ~ 36th Annual Hoosier Science and Engineering Fair
We are pleased to announce that the 2023 State Science Fair will be hosted as a live event for both the Junior Division (grades 4-8) and the Senior Division (grades 9 – 12) on Saturday, April 6 at IU Indianapolis (IUPUI) in Innovation Hall at 625 W Michigan St.
Judges will have access to student presentations the week before the judging to better facilitate the interviews.
To sign up to serve as a judge, please visit:
https://indianasciencefairs.org/judging/
In addition to judges, we are hoping to secure some additional awards for students. Please consider becoming a special awards sponsor. Only a few projects selected participate in the International Science and Engineering Fair. Therefore, SEFI offers an opportunity for companies and organizations to sponsor student awards/scholarships. Please visit https://sefi.org/hsef/SAO for more information about signing up for special awards. If you know of other companies or organizations that might be interested, we would appreciate if you would forward this information. This is a great way to offer encouragement to a greater number of these very bright students.
Criteria for selection as a judging as a judge at HSEF
High School Division: (grades 9-12)
"Judges must have a B.A., B.S. or a master's degree with a minimum of three years related professional experience OR a Ph.D., M.D., or equivalent. Judges may include university faculty, corporate scientists and engineers, representatives of private, state, and federal research centers and agencies, and medical researchers. Affiliated science fair directors, Affiliate Regional Fair official party members, individuals traveling to the HSEF with an official party, parents or relatives of a student competitor, chaperones, mentors or elementary or secondary teachers may not be eligible to judge."
Junior/Elementary Division: (grades 4-8)
"Judges must at a minimum be enrolled in an accredited university or college or have a B.A., B.S. or a master's degree, OR a Ph.D., M.D., or equivalent. Judges may include high school science teachers, university faculty, corporate scientists and engineers, representatives of private, state and federal research centers and agencies, and medical researchers. Affiliated science fair directors, Affiliate Regional Fair official party members, individuals traveling to the HSEF with an official party, parents or relatives of a student competitor, chaperones, mentors or elementary teachers may not be eligible to judge."
Special Awards Judge
Choose this if you will be representing a special awards organization or if you are volunteering to work with the special awards selection committee. Please note: Judges are expected to be available from 8:30 am through 4:00 pm to complete their judging assignments.
Wendy Walton (wjwalton@comcast.net)
Andy Harris (ajharris8@bsu.edu)
Senior Division Judging Coordinators, HSEF
You may download a copy of the Judges Handbook In addition there are some documents for you to review prior to Wednesday.
JudgesWorksheet, ISEF Judging Guidlines
Category/Grade Level Judges
When you receive your login information, please visit www.sefireg.org/titlecheck.php to review abstracts and access the student exhibits. Your official judging schedule will be generated by Tuesday April 2. Until that time you will be able to review all abstracts. After that time, you will only see those projects as assigned.
Special Awards Organizations Judges
When you receive your login information, you will be able to review all abstracts. There is a filter to allow you to see only certain grade levels or categories or genders of projects in advance of the fair.
Once again thank you for your participation.