Registration for the 2025 Mid-Columbia Regional Science and Engineering Fair is now open. Project registration is done on our STEM Wizard page at: https://mcsf.stemwizard.com. Teachers should register for a teacher account before their students register.
2025 Registration Deadlines:
- 2/11/25: for projects that require SRC or IRB pre-approval (see note below)
- 2/19/25: for all other projects
- IMPORTANT NOTE: Projects that use live vertebrate animals, recombinant DNA, human or animal tissue, pathogenic agents, or controlled substances need pre-approval by the SRC. Projects that have human participants (including surveys or any measurement done on the researcher) need pre-approval by the IRB. The DEADLINE for requesting this review is February 11, 2025. See the Scientific Review Committee page for more information
What’s NEW for the 2025 Fair:
NEW LOCATION: The 2025 fair will be held at WSU Tri-Cities (2710 Crimson Way, Richland WA). Visit the schedule page for more information.
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Rules Update: We have two rule updates. See the Rules page for all the fair rules.
- NEW Rule on Ethics and Use of AI: Honesty is expected during every phase of the project. Your science project must be your own work. In particular, artificial intelligence (AI) may NOT be used to design your experiment, write any part of your project, or create your display. Your project must not include fraudulent data, plagiarism, or inappropriate use of AI.
- NEW ISEF RULE about Project Changes: After competing at your Regional Fair, projects may not be changed for WSSEF or ISEF. You MAY collect additional data using the SAME methodology that was approved by your regional fair and/or update your project display with additional data analysis
Example Forms: We’ve added more directions and examples of the ISEF forms required for all projects on the Scientific Review Committee page.
New Milestones: You’ll see two new milestones in STEM Wizard this year:
- IRB – Human Participants This is to help students with human participant projects enter all the information required by ISEF.
- Project Board PDF – In this milestone, you’ll upload either a picture or PDF of your project board. This will be used for some Special Awards judging.
Please let us know if you have any questions. We look forward to seeing your project at this year’s fair!