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Eligibility

Participants in the NH Expo fairs must be currently attending a NH school (public, private, home school) and complete registration for fair attendance through our STEM Wizard application.  Exceptions (i.e. family military deployment) will be handled on an individual basis.

(Please note that this is a change from previous years' eligibility)

Registering for the expo

FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS:  Register your project at https://nhsee.stemwizard.com/student/login/nhsee

FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS: Register your project at https://nhmsf.stemwizard.com/public_site/add_student/nhmsf

REGISTRATION IS CURRENTLY OPEN for HIGH SCHOOL!

DEADLINES

Deadlines for the high school fair are as follows:

Note: If your project involves vertebrate animals and/or potentially hazardous biological agents, it MUST be reviewed and pre-approved by the NHSEE SRC BEFORE experimentation. If your project requires this pre-approval, you may submit your forms at any time, up until the due date below and as posted in the milestones in STEM Wizard.

If your project involves human participants, you must have an Institutional Review Board (IRB) at your school or research institute approve your project and sign off on Form 4 BEFORE experimentation starts.

Please click this link to view ISEF's Rules: https://ruleswizard.societyforscience.org/

Pre-Approval: Friday December 4, 2026

ISEF Forms and Research Plan Final Submittal: Sunday February 7, 2027 by 5:00pm

Please visit the tab for High School for more information!

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Deadlines for the middle school fair are as follows:

Registration: Friday April 16, 2027

Final Forms and Payment: Friday May 7, 2027   

Please visit the tab for Middle School for more information!


FEES

Registration fees are $30.00 per student, payable upon the milestone date indicated in your STEM Wizard account. PayPal and checks (made out to NHSEE Association) are acceptable.

Advancing to ISEF

To advance to the ISEF competition: In order to earn a spot as a finalist at ISEF, high school student projects need to have scores that place them in the top three highest scoring projects in the fair.  Attendance and participation at the ISEF is subject to available funding by NHSEE. We have sent one, two and three projects in the past, so it may be only the first place project that is able to attend.

ADVANCING TO JIC

To advance to the Thermo Fisher Junior Innovators Challenge: The top 10% high scoring middle school projects (grades 6-8) will be eligible for JIC competition. 

SPECIAL AWARDS

Special Awards are anticipated to be awarded during both NHSEE fairs.  High school student projects will be able to  self-nominate for these awards using the self-nomination milestone in their STEM Wizard account.

DISPLAY RULES AND REGULATIONS

Maximum size of Project: Depth (Front to back): 30 inches or 76 centimeters; Width (side to side): 48 inches or 122 centimeters; Height (from top of table to top of display): 72 inches or 173 centimeters (tables are 30 inches or 76 centimeters high)

The upper portion of the display should include the title of the project. The display should NOT include the name of the school.

The background and sides of the project display can be put on a poster board (bi-fold; tri-fold; etc). Items on the display board could include graphs, charts, photographs, etc. that provide info and help explain the project.  All photographs, diagrams, graphs and charts are required to be captioned with the source of the material (i.e., "created by student using Canva", or URL or reference of where the item came from, as well as the year the item was created).

The following should also be at the project table so they can be checked by judges: Research Plan, Notebook, Abstract

Please note: NHSEE does not provide poster boards. 

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