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Naval High School Science
Awards Program
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Submission Date: As established by regional science fairs,
JSHS regionals and ISEF
Naval High School Science Awards Program.
The Naval High School Science Awards Program (NSAP) was established
to encourage the interest of high school students in science
and engineering, to reward their scientific achievements,
and to encourage them to pursue careers in science or engineering.
Regional, District and State Science and
Engineering Fairs
The Navy and Marine Corps participate each year in more than
425 regional, district and state science and engineering fairs
in which high school students exhibit their projects. Qualified
experts drawn from local Navy and Marine Corps activities
serve as judges, with subsequent presentation of prizes to
successful competitors.
Requests by fair directors for participation by the Navy
and Marine Corps at regional/ district/state must be received
at ONR by 8 January, in order to accommodate shipping of prizes
and judging arrangements. Requests for Navy and Marine Corps
participation in regional/district/state science fairs as
well as questions concerning ONR's role in the JSHS and the
International Science and Engineering Fair may be directed
to: the Program Manager, Naval Science Awards Program.
Army, Navy and Air Force Junior Science and Humanities Symposia
The Junior Science and Humanities Symposia (JSHS) connects
researchers and educators located in university settings,
government laboratories and private research centers with
talented and motivated high school students and their teachers.
The JSHS encourages the analytical and creative development
of our nation's youths in the sciences, engineering and mathematics.
Every year, more than 10,000 students participate in the 48
Regional Symposia held on university campuses across the country
and in Alaska, Puerto Rico and Department of Defense schools
in Europe and the Pacific. Participants interact with and
hear presentations by practicing scientists and engineers.
Selected student participants make oral presentations of their
experimental research.
Regional Directors of the JSHS program invite high schools
within their geographic region to nominate students in grades
9-12 who are conducting original research in one of the sciences,
engineering or mathematics, and their teachers for participation.
In addition, high school students who win a Naval Science
Award at their regional/district/state science fair are eligible
to apply to participate in a regional JSHS in their area during
the next academic year (for those regional/district/state
fair winners who are still high school students in the next
academic year). At each Regional Symposium, one winner receives
a $4,000 scholarship award and an invitation to present their
research at the National Symposium. Four additional students
in each region are provided an all expense paid trip to attend
the National Symposium. Awards at the National include: eight
$16,000 undergraduate, tuition scholarships, awarded to each
of the first place finalists; eight $6,000 undergraduate,
tuition scholarships, awarded to each of the second place
runner-up finalists; and eight $2,000 undergraduate, tuition
scholarships, awarded to each of the third place runner-up
finalists. In addition, an expense-paid trip to the London
International Youth Science Forum, an exchange program bringing
together over 400 participants from 60 nations, is awarded
to each of the first place finalists. Each JSHS Regional Symposium
has specific application forms and individual deadlines. To
request descriptive materials, contact: the Academy of Applied
Science.
International Science and Engineering
Fair
Each year, the Office of Naval Research participates in the
International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), administered
by Science Service. Nearly 1200 high school students, representing
over 500 science, math and engineering fairs affiliated with
Science Service, Inc., display their research projects and
vie for hundreds of special awards. The Office of Naval Research
selects one winner in each of the 14 scientific disciplines
represented at the Intel ISEF to receive an $8,000 undergraduate
scholarship, payable at $2,000 per year.
Eligibility
Naval Science Awards are limited to high school students in
grades 9-12 who are citizens or permanent residents of the
United States or its territories at the time of their selection.
The science or engineering project must be the individual's
own work.
Additional Information
Points of Contact
Program Manager, Naval Science Awards Program
Phone: 703-696-4111
E-mail: NSAP_help@onr.navy.mil
Address:
Office of Naval Research
ATTN: ONR 363
800 N. Quincy Street
Arlington, VA 22217-5660
Contact for JSHS Program:
Doris Cousens or Kate
Trojano
Program Administrator,
The Academy of Applied Science
Phone: 603-228-4520
24 Warren Street
Concord, NH 03301
Web Site: http://www.jshs.org
Contact for ISEF:
Diane Rashid
Science Service
Phone: 202-785-2255
1719 N Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
Web Site: http://www.sciserv.org/iisef.htm
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