Milstein Hall of Ocean Life in the American Museum of Natural History

Milstein Hall of Ocean Life in the American Museum of Natural History

Students at the Fair

Students at the Fair

Students at the Fair

Public viewing at the Finals Event

Students at the Fair

The Finals Event at the American Museum of Natural History

The Great Hall at The City College of New York

The Great Hall at The City College of New York

About NYCSEF 2010

NYCSEF, the largest high school research competition in NYC, is sponsored by the New York City Department of Education and the City University of New York.  Each year, hundreds of students participate from all over the five boroughs.

The Preliminary Round for NYCSEF 2010 will be a ONE DAY event held on Sunday, March 7, 2010 at The City College of New York.  Projects scoring in the top 25% of each category will be invited to the Finals Round on Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at The American Museum of Natural History.  The top 15 to 20 scoring projects will be selected to represent NYC at the International ISEF Finals in San Jose, CA to compete for over $4,000,000 in scholarships and awards.

The NYCSEF 2010 Application is available online!

Online Project Registration open!

Application Deadline: 5pm, Friday, December 18th, 2009

Volunteer to Judge

Volunteer as a judge in this year’s NYCSEF. Judges are needed in the biological, physical sciences, plant sciences, behavioral and social sciences, mathematics, engineering, computers and many more.

Join the team

Volunteer at the Fair!

NYCSEF is successful because of all the people that put in the effort in seeing the events run smoothly.  Join the crew and volunteer!

If you are interested in volunteering for the Preliminary and/or Finals Round, please email us at sciencefair@listserv.cuny.edu.

Upcoming Deadlines

  1. 16Nov2009Online Project Registration Open
    Register Here
  2. 18Dec2009NYCSEF Application Deadline, including Research Papers
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  3. 07Mar2010NYCSEF Preliminary Round – Great Hall @ City College
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  4. 23Mar2010NYCSEF Finals Round – American Museum of Natural History
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  5. 09May2010ISEF Week May 9 – 14 2010, San Jose, CA
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News + Notes

Reminder: The Research Plan and Research Paper are 2 different parts of the NYCSEF Application. Both must be submitted for a complete application.

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