California Science & Engineering Fair
Application Checklist and Calendar 2018
To complete your Application to the 2018 Fair:
- First, submit the application
found on this site by your
Submission Deadline.
- Second, qualified projects must send, usually via US Mail, the
following items:
If you choose, you can also submit (together with, or separate from, the above items):
Team Projects Note:
- Each member of a team project must complete his/her own application.
- Each member must submit his/her own Application Fee.
- Only the earliest member of the team is required to submit the Project Summary and
Certification form (if applicable), as these concern the common work of
the team. Only the Project Summary submitted by the earliest member will be used.
- Receipt Confirmation: As Received
- When you complete the Application on the Fair’s Web site,
you will receive an e-mail confirming its receipt within a few
minutes. This email will include your confirmation code and
instructions to complete the application process. Confirmation
of receipt of all Applications will appear on the Fair’s Web
site within one working day.
- PARC Review / Category Assignment: Saturday, April 7
- Every Application is reviewed for acceptability according
to the Acceptance Criteria
by the Project Abstract Review Committee (PARC), an experienced
group of judges at the California Science & Engineering Fair. In
addition, this committee will read every project's abstract in
order to determine the correct subject category to which the
project will be assigned.
- Notice of Acceptance or Rejection: Sunday, April 8
- All applicants identified through the PARC review as
candidates for rejection will be contacted by phone by the
Directors of Judging no later than the above date to provide an
opportunity for appeal. For all other rejections (alternates,
late applications, etc.) notice will be made only through
e-mail. If a functional e-mail address has not been provided
to CSEF, no direct notice will be given. The official notice
of acceptance will be the listing of names on the Fair’s
Web site no later than this date. Notices of acceptance will
be e-mailed shortly thereafter, and sent via US Mail within a
week.
- Confirmation of Category Assignment: Wednesday, April 11
- All category assignments will be posted to the Fair's Web
site as soon as they are available. Phone requests for this
information will not be accepted. On or about the above date
you will receive confirmation of the category to which your
project has been assigned. You may request a different
assignment, but only until Wednesday, April 18. The Directors
of Judging are the final authority as to project acceptance and
category assignments. Details will be included in your
confirmation letter.
Last updated:
Wed Mar 7 11:17:51 PST 2018
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