Awards & Photos

Junior/Senior Divisions

The Regional Fair will award first, second, and third place winners for each of 24 categories for qualified projects for each division. Descriptions of categories can be found here.

• 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place will be selected during judging from each category within each division.
• 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners will receive a medal.
• 1st & 2nd place winners who presented in person will be invited to submit their projects to state.
• 1st place winners in the Junior Division who presented in person will be invited to submit to the national-level Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge.
• 1-2 projects from the Senior Division will be invited to the International Fair (ISEF).
• 15-20 projects will receive special awards pertaining to their category.

Elementary Division

Each project in the Elementary Division will receive a 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place award ribbon.  Students in the Elementary division will be presented their certificates on the awards stage immediately following judging. Students will be escorted from the exhibit hall to the awards stage by chaperones, their names will be announced, they will receive the certificate on stage, and then meet their parent or adult representative. After the ribbons have been placed on the projects the Elementary Division Exhibit Hall will be opened. Students may remove their projects at that time.

Best in Division

The CBRSF judging teams will also select a Best in Division for one project each within grades 6-8, and 9-12.

Individual Entries

• Every student will receive a certificate of participation & a t-shirt.

Team Entries

• Each individual team member will receive a certificate of participation & a t-shirt.
• All team members should be present during judging, with each member able to explain the project and results completely and accurately.

Promotion

• The top 2 projects* by category in grades 6-12 advance to the Texas State Science and Engineering Fair. (Students must present in person to be eligible to advance to state.)

Special Awards

• Special awards are sponsored by community and professional groups, non-profit organizations, and businesses. The special award sponsor determines the criteria for judging based on the specialized interests of the sponsoring organization.

Projects will be judged using the following criteria:

Grades K-12 | Judging Rubric

• Creative Ability
• Scientific Thought
• Skill
• Clarity
• Quality of Board
• Notebook/Investigation Journal (optional)
• Bibliography and Acknowledgements (if needed)

Before a Science Fair entry is judged, students must have submitted an approved science project to Scienteer which has been approved by the appropriate SRC and IRB committees at the local institution.  All projects follow guidelines set forth by Intel ISEF.

• 2024 results (pdf)

• 2024 grades K-5 exhibit day photos

• 2024 Award ceremony photos

• 2023 Grade K-5 Results
• 2023 Grade 6-12 Results
• 2022 Grades K-5 awards presentation (pdf)
• 2022 Grades K-5 awards by category (xlsx)
• 2022 Grades 6-12 awards presentation (pdf)
• 2022 Special Awards (pdf)
• 2022 Junior Division Awards by category (pdf)
• 2022 Junior Division Awards by district (pdf)
• 2022 Senior Division Awards (pdf)
• 2021 K-5 results
• 2021 6-12 results
• 2020 All results (xlsx) - click the tabs to see different award types
• 2019 K-5 results (pdf)
• 2019 6-12 results (pdf)
• 2018 K-5 results (pdf)
• 2018 6-8 results (pdf)
• 2018 9-12 results (pdf)
• 2018 Broadcom MASTERS nominees (pdf)
• 2017 K-5 results (pdf)
• 2017 6-12 results (pdf)
• 2017 Broadcom MASTERS nominees (pdf)
• 2017 special award winners (pdf)
• 2016 K-5 results (pdf)
• 2016 6-12 results (pdf)
• 2016 Broadcom Masters nominees (pdf)
• 2015 K-5 results (pdf)
• 2015 6-12 results (pdf)
• 2015 Broadcom Masters nominees (pdf)
• 2014 K-12 results (pdf)
• 2014 Intel ISEF special awards (pdf)
• 2014 Broadcom Masters nominees (pdf)
• 2013 K-12 results (pdf)

2023 Grade K-5 Photos | 2023 Grade 6-12 Photos

(2021: virtual fair, no photos)

2020 check-in | 2020 fair day (except awards)

2020 K-5 awards ceremony | 2020 6-12 awards ceremony

2019 K-5 judging & morning activities | 2019 award

2018 setup & judging | 2018 awards

2016 Setup & Judging | 2015 Setup | 2015 Judging | 2015 Awards

2014 Setup | 2014 Judging | 2014 Awards | 2013 Setup | 2013 Judging