Alabama Science and Engineering Fair (ASEF)
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Alabama Science and Engineering Fair (ASEF)
ASEF is the official fair for the State of Alabama and is an affiliate fair of the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (Regeneron ISEF). Regeneron ISEF is the world’s largest international pre-college science competition and provides a forum for millions of students from over 50 countries, regions and territories to showcase independent research annually.
At ASEF, the winners of Alabama’s four Regional Fairs listed below compete in either the Senior Division (grades 9-12) or Junior Division (grades 6-8) for an in-person competition and will be required to fill out additional ASEF-specific forms in STEM Wizard.
| Regional | Website | Location | Registration Deadline | Tentative Fair Date |
Director(s) |
| North Alabama Regional | NARSEF | UAH Huntsville | 1/24/25 | 2/28/25 | Amy Beth Ford |
| Central Alabama Regional | CARSEF | UAB Birmingham | 1/31/25 | 3/1/25 | Kevin Jarrett |
| Mobile Regional | MRSEF |
USA Mobile |
1/31/25 |
2/28/25 |
David Allison |
| Greater East Alabama Regional | GEARSEF | AUM Montgomery | 2/14/25 | 3/14/25 |
ASEF News
ASEF was held at Auburn University on April 13, 2024 and hosted middle and high school fair winners from our 4 regional fairs held across the state. Students competed for more than 150 awards totaling over $13,000.
Congratulations to our 2024 Regeneron ISEF Winners from Team Alabama that competed in Los Angeles, CA:
- Will Bao won a Grand Award in the Category of Materials Science, Third Place ($1000)
- John Parsons won the Soumyanath Memorial Award, First Place ($3000)
- Ashu Anand won the Air Force Research Laboratory Award, First Place on behalf of the United States Air Force ($750)
Congratulations to Rhea Rastogi from Loveless Academic Magnet Program High School! She was one of 40 U.S. high school seniors that was named as a finalist in the Regeneron Science Talent Search (STS). STS is the nation’s oldest and most prestigious science and math research competition for high school seniors, and Rhea received a prize of $25,000!
We are happy to announce a partnership between ASEF and DataClassroom. The DataClassroom web-app is a tool for graphing, statistics, and data analysis in the grade 6-12+ science and math classroom. Science fair teachers around the country have found it especially useful as it directly supports students in choosing appropriate graphs and statistical tests for their science fair projects. This partnership is offering up to two free DataClassroom licenses at each school in the state of Alabama. Current DataClassroom customers are not eligible. Please email kyd0002@auburn.edu for more information.
Congratulations to Nikita Prabhakar! She was part of the Top 30 in the nation for the Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovator Challenge. As a finalist, she received a $500 cash award and competed for over $100,000 in prizes during a trip to Washington, DC from Oct 28-Nov 2, 2023. For more information, please click here.
Congratulations to Amelia Gollapalli, Ayoung Jeong, Nikita Prabhakar, and Minlu Wang-He. These students competed at ASEF 2023 and were selected as part of the 2023 Top 300 Competitors in the Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovator Challenge, the nation’s premier STEM competition for middle school students. For more information, please click here.
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