Dates & Deadlines
Updated 04/17/2023
Senior Fair
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 Judging (all Senior Finalists have been assigned a Judging Pod)
- Finalists
- 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
- Non-Finalists
- 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!
- 2:00 - 5:00 Public Viewing
Sunday - Senior
- Senior Awards Ceremony at Northbank Center (in person)
May 2024
International Science & Engineering Fair -
**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.
Junior & Elementary Fair
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.
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 - Junior
- 8:15 - 9:30 Junior Project 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.
- Example: If you are in Pod D but are doing Saturday setup, your project can only be set up from 8:15 - 9:30.
- 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
- 2:00 - 3:45 Junior Public Viewing
Saturday - Elementary
- 9:30 - 10:45 Elementary Project Setup (for special circumstances, and only by prior request)
- Setup is only allowed during the allocated times and must be complete by the end of the setup window for your division. Plan accordingly)
- 11:00 - 12:00 Elementary Judging (please arrive 30 minutes prior)
- At 10:50 all Elementary students please start lining up outside of the hall. 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
- 2:00 - 5:00 Elementary Public Viewing
Sunday - Elementary & Junior
- Awards Ceremony (in person) at Northbank Center
**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.
