The closed project submissions and judging will take place on Wednesday January 21, 2014. But you can attend
- The awards and recognition ceremonies on Thursday, January 22 starting at 6pm at the Wooster High School cafeteria at 1331 East Plumb Lane in Reno (across from Costco).
- The open project review, also at the Wooster High School cafeteria, at 4-6 PM (just before the awards ceremony)
About Wooster and the IB program – Wooster High School is the only authorized IB World School in northern Nevada. The International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO), a non-profit, non-governmental educational foundation based in Geneva, Switzerland, offers the IB Diploma Program for students in the final two years of secondary school. Established in 1965, the program evolved from its original purpose as a service to geographically mobile students in the international community to embrace member schools in national systems over the globe. For more on Wooster’s IB program, see http://www.woostercolts.com/academics/ib/.
Awards include:
- The Gordon E. Moore Award: This “best of the best” honor and a prize of USD 75,000 is awarded to the top Best of Category winner for outstanding and innovative research, as well as the potential impact of the work.
- The Intel Foundation Young Scientists Award: Two Gordon E. Moore Award runners-up, selected from the Best of Category winners, are awarded USD 50,000 each.
- The Dudley R. Herschbach SIYSS Award: Three finalists are selected to receive all-expenses-paid trips to attend the Stockholm International Youth Science Seminar (SIYSS), including attendance at the Nobel Prize ceremonies in Sweden. Recipients must be 18 years old prior to the Nobel ceremony in December.
- Intel ISEF Best of Category Awards: Best of Category projects, selected from the competition’s 17 categories, receive USD 5,000 awards from the Intel Foundation. USD 1,000 grants are awarded to the winners’ schools and the affiliated fairs they represent. Best of Category winners become eligible for the Gordon E. Moore and Intel Foundation Young Scientist Awards.
- Intel ISEF Grand Awards: The Intel Foundation provides Grand Awards for first, second, third, and fourth places in each category. Awards are USD 3,000, USD 1,500, USD 1,000, and USD 500, respectively.