The Middle Tennessee Science and Engineering Fair (MTSEF) is the premiere STEM competition for middle and high school students in the 24 counties of the Middle Tennessee area. MTSEF is an affiliate of the Society for Science and the Public and sends grand prize winners from the high school level to compete at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) competition each year. Top middle school projects move on to compete in the Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge, a program of The Society for Science.
Location(s)
- Belmont University, Nashville, Tennessee
Schedule
- Annually in March
Cost/Compensation
- Free
Eligibility Requirements
- Students in grades 6-12 who attend schools in the 24 middle Tennessee counties.
Deadline
- Late February
Application or Entry Requirements
- Completed online registration form
- Abstract (required)
- 1 - Adult Sponsor (required)
- 1A - Student Checklist (required)
- 1B - Approval Form (required)
- Research Plan with a Bibliography (required)
- 1C - Regulated Research Institutional/industrial Setting (if applicable)
- 7 - Continuation Projects (if applicable)
- 4 - Human Participants and Informed Consent Form (if applicable)
- 2 - Qualified Scientist Form (if applicable)
- Human Consent form (if applicable)
- 5A - Vertebrate Animal SRC Form (if applicable)
- 5B - Vertebrate Animal IACUC Form (if applicable)
- 6A - Potential Hazardous Biological Agents Form (if applicable)
- 6B - Human and Vertebrate Animal Tissue Form (if applicable)
- 3 - Risk Assessment Form (if applicable)
- Teacher Signature Form (required)
- Photo Consent Form (required)
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The Middle Tennessee Science and Engineering Fair Foundation is an independent, non-profit corporation serving to advance secondary school science and engineering education and student research in Middle Tennessee. The organization works to enhance perception of and exposure to STEM, organize the annual science fair, support representatives to the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), and solicit scholarships and awards for fair winners.
