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. 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. Four additional students in each region are provided an all expense paid trip to attend the National Symposium. 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. 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.