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Welcome
Judges!

Thank you for volunteering to be a judge. Please familiarize yourself with the schedule and training modules in order for us to have a smooth and successful science fair. If you have any questions please contact the Director of Judging. 

Jeremy Wall

Director of Judging

Tatyana Borovina

Asst. Director of Judging

Hemant Malhotra

Asst. Director of Judging

Interested in being a judge?

ACSEF 2026 Category Award Judge and Sponsored Award Judge registration is now open and we invite you to register.

JUDGING: Saturday March 14th, 2026
Location: Chabot College, Hayward
Times: 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM

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Category Award Judges and Sponsored Awards Judges can both register using the Register button below. If you were asked by your organization or ACSEF to be a Sponsored Award Judge you must answer "Yes" to the question "Are you a Sponsored (Special) Award Judge for your organization" on the last page of registration. 

Qualifications for Judges:

  • High School Projects: Judges must have a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience or greater in the field they wish to judge

  • Middle School Projects: Judges must have an Associate’s degree or 2 years towards a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience or greater in the field they wish to judge

  • Exceptions to these are considered on a case-by-case basis. Please contact the judging team (judge.acsef@gmail.com) prior to registration

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Conflict of Interest:

  • Please remember if you are a parent, teacher, relative, mentor, or are affiliated with any students participating in ACSEF, you cannot be a judge within their division (middle school or high school)

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All judges must attend one training session prior to the Fair (virtual via Google Meet). There will be three online training sessions on different dates to choose from for Category judges and one session for Sponsored Awards judges. More information and details will be sent in February. If you are unable to attend, please email judge.acsef@gmail.com and we will attempt to make accommodations. 

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*To ensure the safety of all participants the ACSEF, Director of Judging is obligated to check the national sex offender’s registry on all judges participating in-person or during a virtual fair event​

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If you have any questions please email us at judge.acsef@gmail.com. 

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We look forward to working with you!  

Thank you to all of our 2025 Judges

Behind the scenes our category and special award judges have volunteered their time preparing to interview each of our student participants by viewing the deliverable items consisting of an abstract, research plan, lab notebook excerpts and additional application forms.

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The 2025 judges hailed from various academic, medical, business and industrial sites throughout the Bay Area and nationwide!

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