Main Category Awards

The Alaska Science & Engineering Fair (ASEF) sponsors Main Category Awards for students at  middle and high school levels.  At each level, one award is given to the best project  in each of the following categories based upon specific judging rubrics: (see middle and senior high judging rubric):

• 0100 – Animal Sciences
• 0200 – Behavioral and Social Sciences
• 0300 – Biochemistry
• 0400 – Cellular and Molecular Biology
• 0500 – Chemistry
• 0600 – Computer Science
• 0700 – Earth and Planetary Science
• 0800 – Engineering: Materials, Bioengineering, Electrical, and Mechanical, Robotics
• 0900 – Energy and Transportation
• 1000 – Environmental Management and Sciences
• 1100 – Mathematical Sciences
• 1200 – Medicine and Health Sciences
• 1300 – Microbiology
• 1400 – Physics and Astronomy
• 1500 – Plant Sciences

ASEF uses a simplified version of the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) categories. Senior High students can check their ISEF category and subcategory here: https://www.societyforscience.org/isef/categories-and-subcategories/