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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

Interested in being a judge?

The fair will be on March 15, 2025. ACSEF will be located at Chabot College, Hayward campus. The judging coordinators will be in touch as we move closer to the fair date. Please check your spam folder as judge communications (from judge.acsef@gmail.com) may be filtered. 

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At this time, we are only accepting Category Award Judges. Sponsored Award Judge registration will be announced separately. Sponsored Awards judges will receive an invitation and 2025 registration information from their organizations and/or from ACSEF

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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It is mandatory for all judges to attend one online training session. Judge training sign-up and zoom links will be sent out in late February. There will be three online training sessions:

  • Sunday March 9, 2025 from 12 PM - 1 PM PDT (virtual) 

  • Monday March 10, 2025 from 7 PM - 8 PM PDT (virtual)

  • Wednesday March 12, 2025 from 7 PM - 8 PM PDT (virtual) 

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If you are unable to attend, please email judge.acsef@gmail.com and we will attempt to make accommodations. 

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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 2024 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 2023 judges hailed from various academic, medical, business and industrial sites throughout the Bay Area and nationwide!

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