The sponsors of the Delaware Valley Science Fairs
(DVSF) provide several kinds of awards to student winners. These awards
are intended to demonstrate the high value sponsors place on achievement
by middle and high school students in Science, Technology, Engineering
and Mathematics - STEM
The Gold, Silver and Bronze Medal Winners of the
9th, 10th, 11th and 12th grade Fairs will receive all-expense-paid trips
to the 64th Intel
International Science and Engineering Fair
(ISEF)
in Phoenix, Arizona from May 11 -18, 2013. Medal Winners
are selected from the 13 First Place category winners from each grade
(9-12). The Medal Winners
will compete at ISEF representing DVSF. The first place team project
from the 9th through 12th grades will also receive an all expense paid
trip and compete at ISEF.
Selected teachers will also receive all-expense-paid
trips to the ISEF.
Approximate Value: $1,500 per person.
Drexel University
will offer full tuition scholarships to the Gold, Silver and
Bronze Medal winner of the 2013 Marie Curie Science Fair (11th Grade)
for use at Drexel University when the student enrolls. The remaining 10
first place winners in the Marie Curie Science Fair will receive a
partial tuition scholarship and is renewable for up to five years
pending maintenance of a 3.0 grade point average and full-time status.
All scholarships go into effect upon the recipients meeting university
admissions criteria.
Approximate Value: $840,000.
University of the
Sciences in Philadelphia will award scholarships to first, second
and third place winners in the 2013 Marie Curie Science Fair, 11th
grade. Scholarships are to be allocated toward tuition only and
become effective upon enrollment in the incoming class of fall 2014 in
any undergraduate or first-professional program offered at the
University. Each scholarship is renewable for a maximum of four years provided the recipient is
enrolled as a full time undergraduate or first professional student in
good academic standing with the University. The awards will be
distributed as follows:
1st Place Winners - $15,000 per year
2nd Place Winners - $12,000 per year
3rd Place Winners - $10,000 per year
Approximate Value: $1,924,000.
The Dietrich W. Botstiber Foundation offers
an $8,000 unrestricted scholarship to a 12th grader with a project
related to aviation. The student will be awarded a $2,000 per year, for
4 years pending maintenance of full-time status.
Harrisburg
University of Science & Technology will award up to four
one-year full-tuition Science & Technology Scholar Awards to deserving
high school juniors who display a strong interest in scientific
discovery through experiential learning as exhibited by their work at
DVSF. Approximate Value: $45,000.
The NJ Center
for Science, Technology and Mathematics (NJCSTM) at Kean
University will award up to 5 partial scholarships for students who
matriculate into the Kean NJCSTM honors five year, combined
bachelor/master degree program in computational applied mathematics.
Interested high school students must indicate on their Kean NJCSTM
admission application their strong interest in computational applied
science/math through experiential learning as exhibited by their work at
DVSF. Applicants will be informed of their scholarship offers at
the time NJCSTM admissions awards are announced.
