Award Name	Award Criteria
Best in Beginner’s	project in grades 4-6 3 awards offered no self nomination required any project category
Glenn Cunningham Enthusiasm Award	project in grades 4-6 enthusiastic presenter
Junior Awards of Excellence	2 awards given 2 of the top 3 junior projects, regardless of subject division (3 includes best in the division) no self nomination required can be in any project category
Intermediate/Senior Award of Excellence	2 awards given 2 of the top 3 intermediate/senior projects, regardless of subject division (3 includes best in the division) no self nomination required can be in any project category
Best Junior	no self nomination required can be in any project category represents the top overall project in the age division
Best Intermediate/Senior	no self nomination required can be in any project category represents the top overall project in the age division
Best in Fair	no self nomination required can be in any project category represents the top overall project at the fair (junior, intermediate, or senior) grades 7-12
Canada-Wide Science Fair (CWSF)	6 awards given one of the top 6 projects from grades 7-12 all-expenses paid trip to the CWSF self nomination required students must be able to travel on the specified dates cannot be awarded to a student attending ISEF should be at minimum a Best in Fair, Best in Division, or Award of Excellence Winner, unless some of those recipients are not able/eligible to attend CWSF can be in any project category
Peer Judging Awards - Beginner	best beginner’s project as judged by their peers no self nomination required grades 4-6
Peer Judging Awards - Junior	best junior’s project as judged by their peers no self nomination required grades 7-8
Peer Judging Awards - Intermediate / Senior	best project within category as judged by their peers no self nomination required grades 9-12
Elementary School Participation Award	most number of students participating in science fair at the school level in a K-8 school
High School Participation Award	high school with the highest number of participating students at the school level
Plant Biology Award	a deserving biology project, preferably involving plants
Geological Sciences Award	most deserving geology or mining project
LU book Awards - Junior	most deserving Junior projects (of total 5) self nomination not required
LU book Awards - Intermediate / Senior	most deserving Intermediate / Senior projects (of total 5) self nomination not required
Transportation Award	top project in the field of transportation grades 7-12
Renewable Energy Award	top project(s) in renewable energy or air quality, with demonstration of environmental stewardship ​grades 7-12
Ecological Consciousness Award	for project(s) with a nature-related theme such as ecology, biodiversity, or environmental stewardship grades 7-12
Environmental Responsibility Award	projects investigate/demonstrate ways that we can reduce our use of energy, reduce waste, or reuse materials preference is for a junior project, but will consider intermediate & senior project that best meet the criteria
Women in Engineering Award	awarded to the top engineering project by a female grades 7-12
PEO Award	for the most technologically innovative project, to produce a working model
Peace & Sustainable Development Award	a deserving project in area of peace & sustainable development grades 7-12
LU Psychology Award	project focusing on any aspect of human behaviour grades 7-12
Union Gas Award	a top project in the area of energy conservation grades 7-12
TB Hydro Award	the top energy project grades 7-12
Rotary Preserve Planet Earth Award	awarded to the project which best investigates the science of climate change grades 7-12
Health Research Award	a project using scientific principles in exploring or solving a problem​ related to human health issues
Technological Innovation Award	a project that develops a technology/device/system to solve a problem or create improvements
Mathematics Award	a project that identifies/solves a problem with a creative use of​ mathematics
Ken Shurget Memorial Communication Award	to a student who exemplifies the passion and enthusiasm necessary to accomplish great science. For great communication skills.
Lakehead University Entrance Scholarship Award	most deserving senior project, or intermediate if no suitable senior project
University of Ottawa Entrance Scholarship Award	to the most deserving senior project from each region, as selected by the regional science fair organization the scholarship will be applied to tuition fees when the student(s) register in an undergraduate program at the Faculties of Engineering, Science or Health Sciences in the case of a 2-student project, each student will receive a $500 admission scholarship if they register in appropriate undergraduate programs at the University of Ottawa
Horticultural Society Award	a deserving biology project, preferably involving plants grades 7-12
LU Engineering Award	the top engineering project
NorthWestern Ontario Prospectors’ Award	most deserving geology or mining project in each of the junior, intermediate & senior categories (where numbers warrant) if no suitable geology or mining project, the funds may be used to support travel to the CWSF
Lakehead Regional Conservational Authority Award	deserving project in water conservation & environment grades 7-12