Wednesday, September 30, 2009

- Students are encouraged to participate in this competition.
- Registration is done online through the College Board. Print out the "Confirmation Page" when you are finished. Fill in and print the "Supplemental Form" and the "Mentor/Advisor Form".
- Follow the guidelines set by the contest when writing your report. Your entry will be "blind read" by a panel of judges who's expertise is related to your project.
- Copy your abstract, report, and references to a CD.
- Make the necessary copies of your application and research paper including one copy for our records. Use one of the high volume photocopiers with a document feeder in room A200, A300, or A317. If you are including color graphs, illustrations, or photographs you will have to make the necessary copies yourself.
- Materials will be collected for shipping on Wednesday, September 30, 2009. The deadline for receipt of all entries is 5:00 PM, Thursday, October 1, 2009.
- Up to 300 projects are selected as semi-finalists. Up to thirty individual students and thirty teams (of 2 or 3 students) are chosen to compete at one of six regional competitions in November (MIT, Carnegie Mellon, Georgia Tech, Notre Dame, UT Austin and Cal Tech). Students' names will be posted on the Siemens Foundation website Friday, October 23, 2009.
- Winners of the regional competitions go on to the national competition in December at NYU.