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INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FAIR SPECIAL AWARD ORGANIZATION JUDGES WANTED!!

2025 INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FAIR (ISEF)

Columbus, Ohio May 10-16, 2025 Each year, the PTOS provides judges for this event as a public relations gesture, to promote knowledge of patents, and encourage innovation and scientific progress by today’s youth. Find detailed information about ISEF at https://www.societyforscience.org/isef/. Application forms to be an ISEF SPECIAL AWARD ORGANIZATION JUDGE is posted for PTOS members at http://www.ptos.org/committees/science_fair/international.html and also available from:

ALAN CHEN 571-272-4143 JULIE ANNE WATKO KNX 8A75 571-272-7597

Applications to be an ISEF SPECIAL AWARD ORGANIZATION JUDGE must be turned in to ALAN CHEN or JULIE ANNE WATKO by: 12pm EST on JANUARY 10, 2025

The categories for which judges will be selected comprise: BIOCHEMISTRY, CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, COMPUTER SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, ENERGY AND TRANSPORTATION, MEDICINE & HEALTH, MICROBIOLOGY, AND PHYSICS

The judging team selected will represent the PTOS. The judges will choose one Grand Prize winner, and several First Place award winners from over 1800 finalist entries originating from over 75 nations worldwide. Each selected judge will gain experience by organizing volunteers for regional science fairs judged by PTOS.

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