The Petit Family Foundation has selected the Connecticut Science Fair Association, Inc. to receive a $3000 grant in support of the 2018 Connecticut Science and Engineering Fair. This grant will be used to recognize the work of young women scientists and engineers in grades 7 to 12 with the Petit Family Foundation Women in Science and Engineering […]

Seven 2016 Fair Alumnae Show Their Winning Projects- 11am – 2pm, Sat. Oct 22, Connecticut Science Center Seven of our Fair’s top young women winners will discuss their research and how they found ways around problems in meeting their goals. Read about their projects and Fair awards. This is part of the Connecticut Science Center’s Women in Science […]

We are pleased to announce that state of Connecticut has three regional Google Science Fair finalists. All are 2016 Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Alumni. Each year Google sponsors the Google Science Fair, which is an online science competition, where thousands of students, ages 13-18, apply using their independent research projects. Of the thousands of entrants, […]

GENIUS Olympiad Report from Austin Huang  and John Burnett The following are student reports on their week at the 2016 GENIUS Olympiad.  Special thanks to all for sharing their experiences.  See the Media Release See Photos By Austin Huang and John Burnett Competing at GENIUS Olympiad There are two ways to get an opportunity to compete.  You can […]

PRESS ADVISORY – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Harrison Potter, Media Director (978) 460-4358 / [email protected] Students From Danbury, Greenwich, Hamden, and New Haven Take Home $7,000 In Awards From Intel’s Global Science Competition PHOENIX, Ariz., May 16, 2016 – Five Connecticut students won awards at the 2016 Intel International Science & Engineering Fair (ISEF), the world’s largest pre-college science […]

Click here to view all the links to photos, newsletters, and more for CSEF at 2016 ISEF Today, we embarked on a journey that all great scientists fear: explaining our projects to middle schoolers and those younger. It was a fearsome task. It’s not easy to explain how a tattoo-based biosensor for detecting atherosclerosis works […]

Click here to view all the links to photos, newsletters, and more for CSEF at 2016 ISEF We awoke this Wednesday, nervous and excited for judging. After a hurried and rather quiet breakfast, we all got dressed and headed to the Phoenix Convention Center to begin our 9 hours of strenuous judging, stopping for a […]

Click here to view all the links to photos, newsletters, and more for CSEF at 2016 ISEF Wednesday, the long-awaited day of judging, started early, with a buzz of excitement in the air. After a quick breakfast at 7, we all headed off to the convention center, eager to show off our projects and innovations. […]

Click here to view all the links to photos, newsletters, and more for CSEF at 2016 ISEF Stepping out of the luxurious Hyatt Regency into the bright Arizona sunlight, the Connecticut Intel ISEF team headed out to The Breakfast Club to start the day. From the arid desert landscape jut out towering skyscrapers, a testament […]

Click here to view all the links to photos, newsletters, and more for CSEF at 2016 ISEF Our eventful day began with the most delicious waffles Sanju and I had ever tasted in our lives. Wearing our matching CSEF T-shirts, we went off to the finalist exhibition hall to set up our projects and go […]