ISEF初中版科研竞赛JIC青年创新者挑战赛介绍

竞赛简介Introduction

JIC青年创新者挑战赛是美国初中最知名的初中STEM科研竞赛之一。初赛时，6-8年级学生在美国所在地的科学展会展示自己的科研成果。每个年级的前10%竞争者有机会参加全国总决赛。

The Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge (JIC) is the nation’s premier STEM research competition for middle school students. Students in 6th, 7thor 8thgrade interested in participating must first complete a science fair project and compete in a Societyaffiliate fair in the United States or a U.S. territory. Society affiliated science & engineering fairsare provided the opportunity to nominate the top 10% of 6th, 7th and 8th grade student participants for this national competition through their judging procedures.

如果有资格并计划参加总决赛，参赛者仍需要完成申请报告。总决赛一般有300名资格者，其中有30名决赛获胜者有机会争夺2万5美金的大奖。申请报告包括自己的科研成果分享、对日常生活中的科研感悟等。

All Thermo Fisher JIC nominees are eligible to complete anonline applicationto compete at the national level to become one of the Top 300 students or one of 30 finalists named who will compete for a top award of $25,000. Thisonline applicationincludes essay questions about your science fair project and essay questions about understanding science and engineering in your everyday life.

学生可以以个人或团队（至多3人）参赛。但团队若是参加总决赛，队伍中的每名成员都需要提交独立的申请报告。组委会希望看到除了团队成果以外每个参赛者在报告中提及的科学话题的感想，并有可能将奖项给予团队中的一名或多名成员。

Students can compete as individuals or teams of up to three, but each student must submit an individual application. The application requires students to answer questions independently, as the project description only covers a portion of the application, and our judges want to distinguish how each student contributed to the project. A significant portion of the application addresses STEM topics other than the project. It is possible that only one team member could become one of the Top 300 students or a finalist. A student from a team may enter even if not all members of the team apply.

竞赛时间和地点

Schedule and Location

2023-24学年度参考

2023-24 School Year for Reference

多数当地科学展会在1月-4月举办。若需查询当地科学展会，可前往以下链接：findafair.societyforscience.org。

Most Societyaffiliate fairs take place between January and April.To find a fair in your area, go tothis link: findafair.societyforscience.org.

决赛申请表格报告须在2024年6月12日前提交。

Students must complete and submit their online application and parental/guardian permission form by the June 12, 2024 deadline to officially enter the national competition.

参赛资格

Eligibility

6-8年级初中生，尤其推荐有志于申请STEM专业的学生

6-8th graders, esp. those who are interested in/applying for STEM majors

奖项设置

Awards

主要奖项包括：

Major prizes are awarded at all levels:

Nominee资格者：参加当地科学展会的初赛者中每个年级的前10%，有资格参加全国总决赛。

Entrant总决赛参赛者：参加总决赛的资格者。

Top 300 Students全国前300名：有机会获得DoD STEM的125美金消费券等奖励。

Finalists总决赛获胜者：500美金加上免费华盛顿特区之旅。

Nominee:The nomination is a great honor, as it designates the project as among the top 10% of middle school science fair projects in the US. Each nominee is eligible to apply for the national competition.

Entrant:All nominees who enter are eligible to receive a t-shirt, bumper sticker and other prizes.All entrants join the Society alumni network.

Top 300 Students: $125 courtesy of DoD STEM, an award ribbon, a one-year subscription toScience News Exploresmagazine, and a subscription to Wolfram|Alpha Notebook Edition.

Finalists:$500, an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, DC for finalist and a parent/guardian and the opportunity to win more awards.