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Grand Awards
Logo of Intel Science Fair. Two Grand Award Winners, Senior Division only, are selected from the First Place Winners in each category and represent Region IX in the International Science and Engineering Fair. Transportation and living expenses are provided for them and their teachers to attend the Fair. Each Grand Award Winner receives a plaque from Region IX. The Alternate Grand Award Winner receives a $100 check.

Two Grand Award Winners, Junior Division are selected from the First Place Winners in each category, and each Grand Award Winner receives a $50 gift certificate and a plaque from Region IX.

Three finalists in each category of both divisions become certified for entry in the Louisiana Science and Engineering Fair conducted at LSU in Baton Rouge.

Cash Awards
More than $15,000 in cash awards and prizes are presented to talented students. Cash awards are given by the Fair in each category.

	Junior Division	Senior Division
1. First Place	$50 and medal	$75 and medal
2. Second Place	$30 and medal	$50 and medal
3. Third Place	$15 and medal	$25 and medal
4. Honorable Mention	$10	$15

Teacher Outcome Award
A $100.00 check will be presented to the teacher sponsor with the greatest number of student winners in the 18 Senior Division categories.

GNOSEF Teacher/Mentor Recognition Awards

A total of $1000 in cash prizes will be awarded to teachers/mentors (excluding parents and GNOSEF board, committee members and volunteers) who have gone the extra mile to support their students.

Special Awards in Conjunction with the Region IX Fair
Many scientific and governmental agencies give Special Awards in conjunction with the Region IX Fair. They are organized below by "Local Awards" and "National Awards." To register a special award for the 2009 GNOSEF, please go to SPECIAL AWARDS REGISTRATION. Those groups providing awards for the 2009 Fair are:

2009 Local Awards

American Institute of Aeronautics And Astronautics - Greater New Orleans Section

An award will be given to the winners in both Junior and Senior Divisions from one of the following categories: Space Science, Engineering or Physics.

American Petroleum Institute (API) Delta Chapter
Three awards for projects related to the petroleum industry:
(1) Chairman's Award recipient receives $150, the student's teacher receives $150 and the school receives $300
(2) Distinguished Project award winner receives $100, the student's teacher receives $100 and the school receives $200
(3) Honorable Mention awardees will receive $50, the student's teacher receives $50 and the school receives $100.

(Senior Division only in Energy Category)

American Society for Nondestructive Testing

ASNT New Orleans Section is pleased to award to the winner of the Senior Division a cash prize in the amount of $200.00 and to the winner of the Junior Division a cash prize in the amount of $100.00

American Society of Civil Engineers - N. O. Branch
A 1st place award of $150 and a 2nd place award of $100 and a 3rd place award of $50 in both divisions for outstanding projects dealing with principles of Civil Engineering which build the quality of life, including soil, water the environment, structures, transportation and mapping. In addition, the teacher of each winning student will receive a $25 gift certificate.

American Welding Society - New Orleans Section
A $150 check & certificate in the Senior Division and a $100 check & certificate in the Junior Division for the best project in the Welding or Materials Joining field. Honorable Mention certificate(s) may be awarded for other deserving project(s) at the judges’ discretion.

Betty R. and Gene F. Van Norman Award
One Junior Division award and one Senior Division award of $100 each to an outstanding exhibit in the categories of Engineering and Mathematics.

Chlorine Chapter Iota Sigma Pi
A $35 cash award, t-shirt and plaque to an outstanding project by a female student in one of the following areas: Chemistry, Bio-Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry.

Greater New Orleans Chapter of Sigma Xi, Scientific Research Society of North America

Four students in Junior Division who display a high level of individual effort in their science projects will receive a one year to subscription to "American Scientist," a $25 gift certificate and a letter of congratulations.

Gulf Coast Safety and Training Group

The winners will recieve a medal. In addition to the medal they will receive an invite you to our Lafayette meeting to display their project for our membership. They will also be asked to join us for lunch along with a guest.

MENSA - (The High IQ Society), N.O. Chapter
1st and 2nd place Junior Division awards will be presented for projects showing creativity backed by rigorous scientific reasoning.

Metairie Rotary Club

$150 cash award will be given for an outstanding Senior Division project that would have a benefit for our locality. $100 cash award will be given for an outstanding Junior Division project that would have a benefit for our locality.

M.S. Benbow & Associates

First prize-$75; second prize-$50, for outstanding Senior Division investigative projects in the field of Electrical Engineering.

NACE International "The Corrosion Society"

The Lavigne Gatzke Scholarship is $100 for Sr. High Student who demonstrates the best understanding of corrosion and materials science; 2nd Place is $50. The Richard M. Dannenberg is $100 for Jr High Student Scholarship; 2nd Place is $50.

New Orleans Federal Executive Board
To the outstanding exhibit on energy conservation and/or energy resource development, Senior and Junior Divisions: To each a Medallion with ribbon and a $200 Savings Bond.

New Orleans Geological Society
For outstanding exhibits in Earth Sciences, Senior and Junior Divisions: 1st Prize: $100, 2nd Prize: $75, and 3rd Prize: $50. 1st Place winners and their teachers invited to NOGS spring meeting.

New Orleans Group of the Sierra Club

1st place award for an outstanding project in Senior Division of $100 and a one year subscription to the National Sierra Club magazine. 2nd place award for an outstanding project in Senior Division of $50 and a one year subscription to the National Sierra Club Magazine.

Orleans Medical Society Alliance
$100 check and certificate (1st place) and $50 check and certificate (2nd place) in the area of Medicine and Health, Senior Division.

Pontchartrain Astronomy Society
Three awards will be given for oustanding projects in the field of Astronomy or a related Science for entries in either the Junior or Senior Division.

Society of American Military Engineers (SAME)

A 1st place award of $150 and a 2nd place award of $75 in both divisions for the "Best Engineering Project" as determined by our judges.

Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), Inc.
Junior Division for the Energy Category relating to oil and gas:
(1) First place recipient receives $125, the student's teacher receives $125.
(2) Second Place award winner receives $75, the student's teacher receives $75.
(3) Third place award winner receives $50, the student's teacher receives $50.

Society of Women Engineers - Greater New Orleans Section

A $50 award will be presented to a Senior Divison female with an outstanding project in Engineering; a $50 award will be presented to a Junior Division female with an outstanding project in Math & Computers, Physical , or Earth & Space Sciences.

U.S. Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service

A plaque, one year's subscription to Agricultural Research, and VIP visit to our facility to the best project demonstrating improvement in utilization or safety of agricultural products in both the Senior and Junior Divisions.

Women for a Better Louisiana
Two $50 cash awards, one in each Junior and Senior Division for outstanding projects stressing environmental concerns


	Dannish Siddique (rt) of Ursuline Academy receives the 2004 Senior Division Commissioner Bob Odom 'Best In Agriculture And Forestry' Achievement Award for her project, "The Formosan Termite Takes a Bite."

2009 National Awards

American Meteorological Society
Society will award two (2) certificates for Outstanding Achievement in atmospheric or related oceanic and hydrologic sciences to student exhibitors in the Senior Division (unless in the judges' opinion, exhibits in that division are less meritorious than Junior Division exhibits).

American Psychological Association
Association will award one (1) certificate recognizing outstanding research by a student entered in the category of behavioral and social sciences.

ASM International Foundation
Foundation will award one (1) medallion & certificate recognizing the most outstanding exhibit in materials engineering science.

Association for Women Geoscientists Foundation
Association will provide one award certificate to a female student whose project, in the opinion of the judges, exemplifies high standards of innovativeness and scientific excellence in the geosciences.

Intel Excellence in Computer Science
Intel will award a certificate and a $200 cash prize to the first place winner in Computer Science in the Senior Division.

I-SWEEEP-International Sustainable World (Energy, Engineering, & Environment) Project Olympiad

This is awarded to top senior project(s), selected in the categories of Energy, Engineering or Environment who display(s) outstanding work in the theme of environmental sustainability and innovation. The student (s) and supervisor teacher or parent will have the opportunity to attend I-SWEEEP 2009 that will be held in Houston, Texas in April 2009.

Mu Alpha Theta
Organization will provide one (1) certificate to the individual or group project in the senior division demonstrating the most challenging, thorough, and creative investigation of a problem involving modern mathematics. This award is not restricted to projects entered in the Mathematics category. Award winners will be listed on Mu Alpha Theta's website.

National Society of Professional Engineers
The National Society of Professional Engineers and Professional Engineers in Industry will award one (1) certificate, an NSPE Innovative Engineering Award lapel pin, and a subscription to Engineering Times, to the most outstanding engineering project in grades 7-12.

NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAA will award one certificate and NOAA medallion to a student, selected from among all the general award categories, whose research emphasizes NOAA's mission to understand and predict changes in Earth's environment and conserve and manage coastal and marine resources to meet our Nation's economic, social, and environmental needs.

Ricoh
One individual or team project whose principles and technical innovations offer the greatest potential for increasing our ability to grow environmentally friendly and socially responsible businesses.

Society for In Vitro Biology
The Society for In Vitro Biology will recognize the most outstanding 11th grade student exhibiting in the areas of plant or animal in vitro biology or tissue culture. The student will receive a certificate and publicity in the society's newsletter or website, www.sivb.org.

Stockholm Junior Water Prize
The best three water-related Senior Division science fair projects will receive and award certificate and possibly advance to the State Stockholm Junior Water Prize competition.

U.S. Air Force

Four awards in the Senior Division to outstanding projects in Engineering, Math, Physics and Computer Science. Winners receive an AFROTC backpack, T-shirt and a leather CD case.

U.S. Army
The Department of the Army will provide awards for scientific/engineering excellence to Senior Division projects in the categories of Engineering, Environmental Science (may include projects in Earth and Space or Environmental Sciences), Mathematics/Computer Science, Life Sciences (may include projects in Behavioral and Social Sciences, Medicine and Health, Microbiology, Animal Sciences, or Plant Sciences), and Physical Sciences (may include projects in Biochemistry, Chemistry, or Physics). Winners will receive a Certificate of Achievement and a tangible award. The best project from the five areas will also receive a bronze medallion.

U.S. Public Health Services
Department will award one certificate signed by the Surgeon General for recognition of an outstanding student project that creatively illustrates the Surgeon General’s focus on promoting healthy lifestyles through the benefit of physical activity, balanced nutrition, injury prevention, and avoidance of tobacco and substance abuse.

U.S. Metric Association
Association will award a certificate to the student in the senior division whose project involves a significant amount of quantitative measurement and which best uses the Metric System for those measurements.

U.S. Department of the Navy
Certificates of accomplishments presented to Junior Division winners. A certificate and $50 gift certificate will be presented to Senior Division winners. Exhibitors must be US citizens to receive these awards.

Yale Science & Engineering Association, Inc.
YSEA will award a certificate and medallion to an outstanding 11th grade project in one of the following areas: Computer Science, Engineering, Physics or Chemistry.

2008 Local Awards

American Institute of Aeronautics And Astronautics - Greater New Orleans Section

An award will be given to the winners in both Junior and Senior Divisions from one of the following categories: Space Science, Engineering or Physics.

American Institute of Chemical Engineers - New Orleans Section

Two $75 awards to the best projects in Engineering (with emphasis on chemical engineering) in either Junior or Senior Divisions. The winners and their parents will be invited to the April dinner meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.

(Senior Division only in Energy Category)

Armed Forces Communications Electronic Association (AFCEA)
For outstanding Math or Computer Science related projects, medals will be awarded to 3 winners in the Junior Division and $100, $75 and $50 will be awarded to 3 winners in the Senior Division.

Betty R. and Gene F. Van Norman Award
One Junior Division award and one Senior Division award of $100 each to an outstanding exhibit in the categories of Engineering and Mathematics.

Cancer Association of Greater New Orleans
A $50 check and a certificate for an overall winner, for excellence in scientific achievement related to cancer research.

Center for Molecular And Human Genetics
This Achievement Award in Hereditary Science is for the students showing the most promise to contribute to genetics research and hereditary health care in their future careers. The senior division winner will be awarded an Ipod. The junior division winner will receive a gold medal. Both winners will receive a Certificate of Achievement.

Chlorine Chapter Iota Sigma Pi
A $35 cash award, t-shirt and plaque to an outstanding project by a female student in one of the following areas: Chemistry, Bio-Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry.

Dr. Daniel's Young Scientist Award

Cash award given to the 9th grade project that best demonstrates the scientific method of inquiry.

Dr. James Truett Stewart, Sr. Scientific Method Award

A $50 Certificate for first place, a $25 Certificate for second place and a $15 Certificate for third place for the Best Senior Division projects demonstrating the scientific method of inquiry.

Gulf Coast Safety and Training Group
Awards will be presented to outstanding safety related projects in the Junior and Senior Divisions

Harahan Rotary Club
One $100 award for a project that demonstrates qualities valued by the Rotary including public service, improvement of the community, humanitarian efforts, and advancement in international understanding, goodwill and peace.

Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company
Awards to winners of both Junior and Senior Divisions in the categories of Space Science and Engineering.

MENSA - (The High IQ Society), N.O. Chapter
1st and 2nd place Junior Division awards will be presented for projects showing creativity backed by rigorous scientific reasoning.

M.S. Benbow & Associates

First prize-$50; second prize-$25, for outstanding Senior Division investigative projects in the field of Electrical Engineering.

NACE International "The Corrosion Society"

A monetary award for the best project in the Senior category and a monetary award for the best project in the Junior category related to corrosion will be presented.

New Orleans Chapter of Sigma Xi, Scientific Research Society of North America

Orleans Medical Society Alliance
$100 check and certificate (1st place) and $50 check and certificate (2nd place) in the area of Medicine and Health, Senior Division.

Pontchartrain Astronomy Society
Three awards will be given for oustanding projects in the field of Astronomy or a related Science for entries in either the Junior or Senior Division.

Society of American Military Engineers (SAME)

A 1st place award of $150 and a 2nd place award of $75 in both divisions for the "Best Engineering Project" as determined by our judges.

Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), Inc.
Junior Division for the Energy Category:
(1) Chairman's Award recipient receives $125, the student's teacher receives $125 and the school receives $250;
(2) Distinguished Project award winner receives $75, the student's teacher receives $75 and the school receives $150;
(3) Honorable Mention awardees will receive $50, the student's teacher receives $50 and the school receives $100.

Society of Women Engineers - Greater New Orleans Section
An award for an outstanding project by a female in Engineering (Senior Div.); An award for an outstanding project by a female in Mathematics (Junior Div.).

Structural Engineering Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers-N.O. Branch

A 1st place award of $100 and a 2nd place award of $75 in both divisions for outstanding projects dealing with principles of Structural Engineering (fields of design and construction) which better the life standards of the society.

U.S. Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service
A plaque, one year's subscription to Agricultural Research, and VIP visit to our facility to the best project demonstrating improvement in either utilization or safety of agricultural products in both the Senior and Junior Divisions.

Women for a Better Louisiana
Two $50 cash awards, one in each Junior and Senior Division for outstanding projects stressing environmental concerns.

2008 National Awards

American Psychological Association
Association will award one (1) certificate recognizing outstanding research by a student entered in the category of Behavioral Sciences.

ASM International Foundation
Foundation will award one medallion & certificate recognizing the most outstanding exhibit in materials science.

Herbert Hoover Presidential Library Association
The Association will provide a medallion and certificate to the outstanding engineering project for the Fair.

Intel Excellence in Computer Science
Intel will award a certificate and a $200 cash prize to the first place winner in Computer Science in the Senior Division.

Mu Alpha Theta
Organization will provide one (1) certificate to the individual or group project demonstrating the most challenging, thorough, and creative investigation of a problem involving modern mathematics. This award is not restricted to projects entered in the Mathematics category. Award winners will be listed on Mu Alpha Theta's website.

Society for Science & the Public

Provides the opportunity to enter the SSP Middle School Program from which 30 finalists will ultimately be chosen for an all-expense paid trip to the finals in Washington, D.C.

Stockholm Junior Water Prize
The best water-related Senior Division science fair project will receive and award certificate and possibly advance to the State Stockholm Junior Water Prize competition.

U.S. Air Force

Four awards in the Senior Division to outstanding projects in Engineering, Math, Physics and Computer Science. Winners receive an AFROTC backpack, T-shirt and a leather CD case.

U.S. Army
The Department of the Army will provide awards for scientific/engineering excellence to Senior Division projects in the categories of Engineering, Environmental Science (may include projects in Earth and Space or Environmental Sciences), Mathematics/Computer Science, Life Sciences (may include projects in Behavioral and Social Sciences, Medicine and Health, Microbiology, Zoology, or Botany), and Physical Sciences (may include projects in Biochemistry, Chemistry, or Physics). Winners will receive a Certificate of Achievement and a tangible award. The best project from the five areas will also receive a bronze medallion.

U.S. Department of Health And Human Services
Department will award one certificate signed by the Surgeon General for recognition of an outstanding student project that creatively illustrates the Surgeon General’s focus on promoting healthy lifestyles through the benefit of physical activity, balanced nutrition, injury prevention, and avoidance of tobacco and substance abuse.

U.S. Metric Association
Association will award a certificate to the student whose project involves a significant amount of quantitative measurement and which best uses the Metric System for those measurements.

U.S. Navy and Marine Corps
Certificates of accomplishments presented to Junior Division winners. A certificate and $50 gift certificate will be presented to Senior Division winners. Exhibitors must be US citizens to receive these awards.

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