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Scholarships and Awards

Significant awards are available to student who compete in the regional and national symposia.  The support of the U.S. Army Research Office, U.S. Office of Naval Research, and U.S. Air Force Research Office jointly provides the following awards and scholarships.

For students who participate in regional and national symposia:

  • Public recognition and certificates, honoring achievement and interest in research pursuits.
  • Attain a sense of achievement and self-confidence resulting from interaction with students from other schools and regions and with professional researchers and educators.
  • To quote a former JSHS alumni, [At JSHS] "I learned a tremendous amount of science, got to meet other high school students who shared my interests in science, and learned that I could succeed at any program that I chose to pursue."

For teachers:
A $500 award is given out to one teacher at each of the 48 regionals, honoring the individual teacher and his or her school's contributions to advancing student participation in research.

For the Ohio Regional Finalists:

  • An expense-paid trip to the National JSHS, awarded to five finalists at each regional symposium. The National Symposium brings together over 300-400 participants in a program of educational and scientific exchange.
  • The 1st and 2nd place regional finalists will compete for military sponsored National JSHS Scholarships as listed below by orally presenting their original research at the National Symposium.
  • The 3rd, 4th, and 5th place regional finalists will present their research in poster competition to compete for cash awards at the National Symposium.
  • A total $4,500 in undergraduate, tuition scholarships, awarded to Ohio regional finalists in the oral presentations only. An award of $2,000 for 1st place, $1,500 for 2nd place, and $1,000 for 3rd place regional symposium finalists. Awards also presented to best poster presentations but only oral presentations may qualify to go to national symposium.

For the National Finalists:

  • All students at the National Symposium will engage with Department of Defense researchers, laboratories, and related STEM organizations and professionals as well as compete for scholarships listed below.
  • Six $12,000 undergraduate, tuition scholarships, awarded to each of the 1st place finalists in the National research paper competition.
  • Six $8,000 undergraduate, tuition scholarships, awarded to each of the 2nd place finalists in the National research paper competition.
  • Six $4,000 undergraduate, tuition scholarships, awarded to each of the 3rd place finalists in the National research paper competition.