Dates & Deadlines
Updated 04/17/2023
STEAM Day with the Flint Firebirds @ Dort Financial Center
March 9, 2024
*Option to show off your project and have feedback before the fair, not required to attend
Science and engineering project expo with project judging and prizes.
Flint Firebirds game during the project expo!
Senior & Junior Fair @ UM-Flint Riverfront Center
February 1, 2024
Deadline for Submission of SRC Forms Requiring Pre-Approval**
Projects requiring pre-approval that are not submitted by February 1 will not be allowed entry into the FRSEF.
March 1, 2024
Deadline for Registration
Friday - Sunday, March 15 - 17, 2024
2024 Flint Regional Science and Engineering Fair (Preliminary Schedule)
Friday
- 12:00 - 3:00 School setup (by appointment)
- 3:00 - 6:00 Project setup (open to all)
Saturday - Senior
- 7:15 - 8:15 Setup (for special circumstances, and by prior request only)
- Setup is only allowed during the allocated times and must be complete by the end of the setup window for your division. Plan accordingly.
- All Senior Projects must be set up by 8:15, regardless of Judging Pod.
- Setup is only allowed during the allocated times and must be complete by the end of the setup window for your division. Plan accordingly.
- 8:45 - 12:00 Senior Finalist Judging
- Judging will be with judging teams at your project display.
- Presentation time: 10 minutes total
- It is highly recommended that you do 6 minutes max of presentation and 4 minutes for Q & A
- Display items can be brought in => prototypes, model, graph print offs, pictures, etc
- Must fit within our D&S Guidelines: https://www.flintsciencefair.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/FRSEF_DisplaySafetyChecklist.pdf
- 8:45 - 10:00 Non-Finalist Judging
- Line up by the exhibit hall entryway ~ 8:45.
- Your judge will meet you in line and you will walk them to your project.
- Please repeat meeting a judge multiple times to gather more feedback and show off your work!
- 12:30 - 2:00 Super Finalist Judging
- Round of judging for top projects - determine ISEF Finalists
- 2:00 - 5:00 Public Viewing
Saturday - Junior
- 8:15 - 9:15 Setup (for special circumstances, and by prior request only)
- Setup is only allowed during the allocated times and must be complete by the end of the setup window for your division. Plan accordingly.
- Setup is only allowed during the allocated times and must be complete by the end of the setup window for your division. Plan accordingly.
- 9:45 - 12:00 Junior Judging - all students, no pods (please arrive 30 minutes prior)
- At 9:35 students will start lining up in 2 lines
- 1 Finalist line
- You will be let in as a group and walk to your project and remain at your project until dismissed.
- Please remain at your project until dismissed, there will be multiple judges.
- 1 Non-Finalist line.
- Your judge will meet you in line and you will walk them to your project.
- Following judging, your judge will dismiss you
Sunday
- Awards Ceremony at Northbank Center (in person)
Saturday, April 6, 2024
Michigan Science and Engineering Fair at Lawrence Technological University - Southfield, MI
Top 10 students from the FRSEF will qualify.
Students must have registration completed by March 27. Registration instructions will be provided to the selected students after the awards ceremony.
May 2024
International Science & Engineering Fair - Los Angeles, CA
Top award winners from the FRSEF and student observers will represent the FRSEF at the world's largest and most competitive science fair - we expect to win!
**SRC forms for pre-approval can be submitted any time ahead of the submission deadline. Submit forms early for faster feedback.
- Examples of projects that require pre-approval: Humans, Vertebrate Animals, Human/Animal Tissue, PHBAs (blood, bodily fluids, bacteria)
- Reach out with pre-approval and SRC questions to director@flintsciencefair.org.
Elementary Fair @ Sloan Museum of Discovery
February 1, 2024
Deadline for Submission of SRC Forms Requiring Pre-Approval**
Projects requiring pre-approval that are not submitted by February 11 will not be allowed entry into the FRSEF.
April 1, 2024
Deadline for Registration
Thursday, April 11, 2024
2024 Flint Regional Science and Engineering Elementary Fair (Preliminary Schedule)
- 8:30 - 10:00 AM Project Setup
- 10:15 - 12:45 Judging Pods
- Students will be assigned Pods
- 2:00 Awards
**SRC forms for pre-approval can be submitted any time ahead of the submission deadline. Submit forms early for faster feedback.
- Examples of projects that require pre-approval: Humans, Vertebrate Animals, Human/Animal Tissue, PHBAs (blood, bodily fluids, bacteria)
- Reach out with pre-approval and SRC questions to director@flintsciencefair.org.
