The Google Science Fair Global Online Science and Technology Competition For Students Is Here Again

Are you between the age of 13 and 18 with a good idea to showcase using science, technology, engineering and math? Then the Google Science Fair  might just be the platform to display your idea.

The Competition is an online science competition, open to students between the ages of 13 and 18 from around the world. Also, the competition is open to full-time and home-schooled students around the world between the specified age range (these ages are slightly different in a few countries like Israel, South Korea and Europe). See the Official Rules for more details.

Students can register on their own, or as teams of up to three. See the Official Rules for restrictions about eligibility, including some countries where students are prohibited by law to enter the competition.

It doesn’t matter if you use pen and paper or a full-scale lab; For Google, it’s all about the idea and the thinking behind it—no matter how big or small.

What should you do next?

Start thinking up ideas. Go solo or grab some friends to join and dive into all the guides and inspiration Google has collected to help you along the way. Oh, and check out the prizes—there’s way more this year!

You can sign up starting September 13th 2018 by visiting googlesciencefair.com and clicking on the Start your project button. If you’re not sure where to start, you can get help by taking a look at the  Student resources and checking out some out some of our previous winners.

Also, note that a Google account is required for registering and creating your project site. If you don’t have one, don’t worry: you can go create a Google account. Follow just a few simple steps and you’re off.

Prizes:

$50,000 Take home an educational scholarship.

$15,000 scholarship and travel to LEGO® in Billund, Denmark.

$15,000 scholarship and take an expedition to explore your world.

$15,000 scholarship and set sail with scientists across the world.

$15,000 scholarship and tour Virgin Galactic’s Facilities.

$5,000 gift card from LEGO Education for educational products.

Travel to Google headquarters.

Score an Android tablet and other goodies.

Score a Chromebook and other goodies.

Timeline:

• Submissions open September 13th, 2018
• Submissions close December 12th, 2018
• State award winners announced March 2019
• Regional finalists announced April 2019
• Global finalists announced May 2019