The Optimist Essay Contest gives students a chance to express views and to win cash awards at a Club and District level. The Hillsboro/Beaverton Club program offers a first place ($500), second place ($300) and third place ($125) essay awards. The NW Optimist District offers $2500 for first place. You must win the Club first place award to be eligible to compete at District.

This year’s topic is Is Optimism the Key to Achieving the dreams you imagine?. The contest requires a 700-800 typed, properly-formatted essay. Our entrants must be Hillsboro or Beaverton district high school students under the age of 19. Students from other districts should look for their local Optimist Club.

Oregon Junior Science & Humanities Symposium (JSHS) is a competition that awards scholarships to students interested in STEM and is sponsored by the US Army, Navy, and Air Force. The competition is open to all High School students from the state of Oregon who are US Citizens. The first round of the competition is blind judging of student research summaries. All students who submit a research summary are invited to attend the regional event held at the Evergreen Aviation Museum where 12 semifinalists will compete for scholarships and a chance to attend the National Competition. To learn more about Oregon JSHS, visit https://sites.google.com/site/oregonjshs/.

Online Registration & Summary Submission Deadline - December 10, 2019

Oregon JSHS Event - February 7-8, 2020 at the Evergreen Aviation Museum

Thank you to everyone who has donated. We have raised $20,000. Our full sponsor list is growing and thanks also to the many who choose to remain anonymous. 
Judge registration has also opened, once our last fair confirms their date I will send a registration reminder to all.

We have a new Donate Now link. This allows credit card donations through our fiscal sponsor the PSU Foundation.

The Northwest Science Expo is looking for a new title sponsor for the first time since 1999, when Intel took over sponsorship. As time is short in order to guarantee the 2020 science expo, we are also working to raise $30,000 from our many supporters in the next three months. All donations are tax deductible to the extent allowable through law through our fiscal sponsor the PSU Foundation. Please share this with your networks and contact Stephanie Jones with any questions.

Calling all high school and undergraduate students who did research in chemistry (or a related field)
over the summer, at an institution, at a company, a national lab, wherever...
Join the Portland ACS section for the annual FALL POSTER SYMPOSIUM & CAREER FAIR

Sunday, Oct. 20 from 4-7 PM

Entrance foyer

Science Research & Training Center (SRTC)

Portland State University
SW 10th & Montgomery St.
Deadline for submission October 10
• $150 prize for best in each of seven divisions!
• $75 second place prizes may be awarded!
• pizza, pastries, networking, and CHEMISTRY!
• visit with local industry sponsors and graduate schools!
https://sites.google.com/site/portlandacsposters/home
Questions? Email Dave Reingold: reingold@juniata.edu

The 2020 ISEF forms are now available from the Help tab above. Online registration for adult sponsors and projects will be available tomorrow.

Oregon Students won 11 Grand awards and 18 Special Awards for a total of $252,950.

ENGINEERING MECHANICS

First Award of $3,000

ENMC014 — Development of a Fully Reusable and Autonomously Landing Suborbital Launch Vehicle

• Ryan Westcott, Oregon Episcopal School, OR, United States of America

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

Second Award of $1,500

ENBM007 — A Novel Optical Diagnostic Method for Non-Invasive Detection of Blood Glucose Using Reverse Iontophoresis Modulation and Personalized Neural Networks

• Rohan Ahluwalia, Westview High School, OR, United States of America

CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Third Award of $1,000

CELL059 — Direct Evolution of Antibody Fragments Targeting CD32a for Application in Immunotherapy to Eradicate HIV Latency

• Long Ngo, Oregon Episcopal School, OR, United States of America

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY AND BIOINFORMATICS

Second Award of $1,500