The
Northwest Science Exposition System (NWSES) is a
consortium of student science, math, and engineering
project competitions formed in the summer of 2003.
The NWSES is structured so that several competitions
called regional science expos, held each
year in February or March at sites around Oregon, send
their top projects to a state level science competition
- the Intel Northwest Science Expo. Both regional
fairs and the Intel NWSE send high school winners to
Intel ISEF.
High school students must qualify for
Intel NWSE by placing in the top one-third at their regional
fair. Middle school students are invited
to compete at Intel NWSE without qualifying at a regional
fair. Middle school students are encouraged to attend
a regional fair if it is available.
At Intel NWSE high school students proceeding from regional
fairs will compete for the top state awards. One
set of ISEF finalists will be chosen from the physical
science categories and another from the life science
categories.
The diagram below illustrates the relationships
between the different high school fairs.
For more information see our FAQ
page.
