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JSHS Scholarship
Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS) is a Department of Defense-sponsored STEM program (U.S. Office of the Secretary of Defense and the U.S. Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force) for high school students enrolled in grades 9-12 who engage in research investigations in the sciences, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM). Students are invited to compete in an affiliated JSHS regional symposium and may win the opportunity to advance to the National JSHS.
Grade Level/Age
High School Student
Deadline
Organization
Junior Science and Humanities Symposium
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Award information
$12,000
Eligibility Requirements
- Students may compete in only one regional symposium. The address of the student’s school determines the region with the exception of the Virtual Region.
- Citizenship. Students must be a citizen or legal permanent resident of the United States or U.S. territory to participate in JSHS.
- Continuation projects. Students may continue a research investigation; however, a study which merely adds data from a previous year’s project is not considered a strong continuation project. If a continuation project is submitted, the student must discuss how the project was expanded (e.g., methodology, new variables); discuss any revisions in experimentation and present new data.
- A student may present a report on work done as part of a class project, or as a science fair project, or summer research project.
- Team projects - A team leader should be selected to register and present the results of the group work. The research may not be presented by any other member of the team. The judging criteria used to judge all JSHS presentations remains the same. The presentation should focus on the coordinated efforts of all team members and properly acknowledge the contributions of the team (students, mentors, and/or teachers).
- Team project awards. If an individual presenter from a group project is selected as a Regional finalist and is invited to present at the National JSHS, the same presenter must present at the National Symposium. Scholarships and other awards available at
- Regional and National Symposia are awarded to the presenter. Projects that are demonstrations, ‘library’ research or informational projects are not appropriate for JSHS.
- The date/time for the student’s presentation is determined by regional and national symposia leadership. A student must be present for the assigned time or risk disqualification.