GUIDELINES

PROCEDURE FOR QUALIFYING TO PRESENT RESEARCH AT THE 2009 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WESTERN NEVADA JR.SCIENCE AND HUMANITIES SYMPOSIUM

An abstract of up to 200 words in the approved format on the form provided
A formal research paper of no more than 20 pages
A completed Student Data and Statement of Outside Assistance Form including the required signature page

Presenter applicants whose work involves vertebrate animals, humans, recombinant DNA, or any pathogenic substance must also submit completed SRC Project Proposal Form no later than December 12, 2008. If you are working with humans, you must keep a file of the Human Consent Forms, one for each subject in your sample.(All forms may be downloaded from Forms Page
Student applicants will first present their papers in an oral/power point format to a screening committee during the week of February 9-13, 2009.
The sessions will be held at U.C. Berkeley; U.C. Davis; University of Nevada, Reno; and California State University, Fresno.

Students will be assigned based on where they live.

A panel of judges at each site will rank order the presentations, using the oral presentation and the abstract, based on the judging criteria.
After the oral presentations are completed, a panel of professors, scientists and teachers at the University of California, Berkeley, will then determine the sixteen students who will present their work at the Regional Symposium using the screening site results and the formal research papers.
Presenter applicants will be notified of the judging results during the week of February 16, 2009.
All decisions of the judging panels are final.

Notes:

Each school is limited to three submissions for preliminary screening
All forms, papers and/or abstracts may be revised or amended after original submission.
If the changes are made after one week prior to the screening or the Regional Symposium, the student should bring NINE COPIES OF THE NEW FORM(S)– ONLY ONE COPY OF THE NEW FORMAL RESEARCH PAPER WILL BE NEEDED.