Thank you for taking the time to identify your background information requested below by the GNO STEM Membership Committee. Our objective is to more clearly identify the background of our board members in order to both highlight the current skills of our board and to determine where holes might exist in order to more specifically target potential new board members. We appreciate all that you do for GNO STEM!

Through the generosity of several sponsors and a partnership with the STEM Library Lab, the GNOSEF is able to offer a limited number materials & equipment requests (up to $200/teacher) to students to help fund materials and/or equipment to complete their research. After GNOSEF Scientific Review Committee approval, all requested materials for the 2025 GNOSEF will be provided through the STEM Library Lab, and funding will NOT be provided directly to the teacher, school, or students. The STEM Library Lab will enable students and/or teachers to borrow equipment and will also provide the consumables necessary to complete their project. All unused consumables will need to be returned to the STEM Library Lab (i.e. unused parts of kits, unused batteries, and unused chemicals). A parent and/or teacher will need to accompany the students to pick up the supplies at the STEM Library Lab. Curbside pick up is available. Interested students should complete the online form found here. Once your request is approved by the GNOSEF, instructions will be provided with directions regarding creating an account with the STEM Library Lab (if your teacher does not already have one) and acquiring your consumable and equipment request.

Teachers must submit the below GNOSEF Prior Approval Form for each project that needs prior approval. In addition to submitting the below form, one file (for each project) with all required forms needs to be uploaded on box.com with the naming convention LASTNAME_FIRSTNAME_REASONFORPRIORAPROVAL.pdf where LASTNAME is the student’s last name, FIRSTNAME is the student’s first name, and REASONFORPRIORAPPROVAL is the reason for prior approval (HUMANSUBJECTS, VERTEBRATEANIMALS, PHBA, HAZARDOUSCHEMICALS, or OTHER).

Please do not submit more than one project’s documents in a file, as projects are reviewed by different members of the SRC depending upon the reason prior approval has been requested.  Instructions for uploading documents to box.com are here.

PROJECTS REQUESTING PRIOR APPROVAL MUST BE SUBMITTED BY OCTOBER 11, 2024 TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE 2025 GNOSEF. FINAL APPROVAL OF ALL PRIOR APPROVAL PROJECTS NEEDS TO BE COMPLETED BY DECEMBER 4, 2024.

School Science Fair Sponsors must fill out and submit an Affiliation Form in order for that school to be eligible to send students to the GNOSEF. This provides information for important future correspondence and for facility planning for the GNOSEF event. By affiliating, the school agrees to follow all of the rules of the Greater New Orleans Science and Engineering Fair. This form must be submitted by October 1, 2025. Please email gnosef@tulane.edu if you have any questions.

During Regeneron ISEF competition, a week of informative sessions take place to assist both the students attending and their teacher mentors.  Regeneron ISEF Virtual Fair has reopened the links and the sessions are now available to view if you were not able to participate in May.Virtual Regeneron ISEF 2020

Days 4 and 5 are of particular interest to students and teachers.  In addition to sessions on rules and changes and statistics, there were two sessions on day 4 to help guide students to projects that can be done at home during the pandemic including using existing available datasets.

Day 2 has sessions on COVID-19 and Day 3 is on entrepreneurship.

Society for Science & the Public and Regeneron invite the entire scientific and engineering community to come together and celebrate STEM through Virtual Regeneron ISEF.

Would you like an opportunity to view outstanding science and engineering fair projects from around the world and hear from Nobel Laureates? We are delighted to spread the word that the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) is going Virtual in 2020! The Society for Science & the Public and Regeneron have announced the Virtual Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair, which will take place Monday, May 18 through Friday, May 22. It is free and open to the public, though you must register to attend (see above link). ISEF 2020 will have virtual rooms for each project category featuring videos about projects submitted by participating finalists.

The Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) is the international fair to which our four top GNOSEF senior division projects advance, providing an all-expense paid opportunity for four GNO area students and two teachers to attend. Due to the unique circumstances surrounding the Coronavirus this year, the event was cancelled and moved to a virtual platform, allowing for anyone with an interest in science and engineering to “go to ISEF”, albeit virtually. If you choose to register, our GNOSEF fair ID is USLA08. Keep an eye out for our four GNOSEF finalists – listed with their project numbers below. Rachel Pizzolato, one of our finalists, received the Albert F.W. Habeeb M.D. Scholarship Award at the 2020 GNOSEF!

GNOSEF FINALISTS

It is important to complete this form for EACH student, including those working in a team. Once projects are submitted for your school, you will receive a spreadsheet of your entries to confirm your submission.

In addition to this online registration, one file (for each project) with all required forms needs to be uploaded on box.com with the naming convention LASTNAME_FIRSTNAME_CATEGORY.pdf, where LASTNAME is the student’s last name, FIRSTNAME is the student’s first name.  GNOSEF Categories can be found here. Please submit forms in order (Abstract, Form 1, 1A with research plan, 1B, etc.) and do not submit more than one project’s documents in a file.

REGISTRATION FORMS MUST BE SUBMITTED BY JANUARY 10th, 2025 TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE 2025 GNOSEF. If you are unable to upload the required documents or have any questions regarding this form, please contact gnosef@tulane.edu.