Intel International Science and Engineering Fair
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The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair is the largest pre-college scientific event in the world. Each May, nearly 1500 students from 47 nations compete in the fair for scholarships, tuition grants, internships, scientific field trips and the grand prize: a $50,000 college scholarship. All prizes together amount to over $4,000,000. The International Science and Engineering Fair was founded in 1950 by Science Service and has been sponsored by Intel Corporation since 1997.
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[edit] Location
Although it is an international event, the United States almost always hosts it (the 1995 fair was held in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; the 1996 fair was held in Tucson, Arizona, USA; the 2000 fair was held in Detroit, Michigan, USA; the 2012 fair will be held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada). The host city prepares a convention center and hotel accommodations for the event, hosts numerous events and manages college tours around the convention center.
The 2006 Intel ISEF took place in Indianapolis, Indiana, May 7-12. In 2007 it will be held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, May 13-19.
Upcoming locations are 2008 Atlanta, Georgia; 2009 Reno, Nevada; and 2010 San Jose, California.
[edit] Contestants
Contestants are selected from regional fairs that feed into the ISEF. These fairs usually encompass multiple states or entire regions of a country. The regional fair committee is responsible for managing the fair when their city hosts the event.
Individual science projects and team science projects both compete for prizes. Teams are composed of two or three high school students (grades 9-12).
[edit] Prizes
Winners of the $50,000 grand prize scholarship at the 2005 Fair in Phoenix, Arizona were Ameen Abdulrasool from Chicago, Illinois, Stephen Schulz from Nordrhein-Westfahlen, Germany, and Gabrielle Alyce Gianelli from Orlando, Florida.
Example awards:
- Intel Young Scientist Award: $50,000 Scholarship
- Intel Foundation Achievement Award: $5,000 Scholarships (up to 15)
- Ricoh Sustainable Development Award: All expense paid trip to the Expo 2005 in Aichi, Japan (2005)
- Seaborg SIYSS Award: All expense paid trip to Stockholm International Youth Science Seminar
- European Union Contest for Young Scientists: All expense paid trip to European Union Contest
- MILSET Expo-Science Award: All expense Paid trip to International Youth Science Exhibition In Santiago, Chile (2005)
