Science Fair Category Descriptions
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This table includes the NEW INTEL Science and Engineering Fair descriptions of the different categories for science projects. You must check one of the categories on your application. Our Science Fair has combined several categories but we have chosen judges who can evaluate the different subject matters fairly.
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| Category |
Description |
| Animal Sciences |
development, ecology, animal husbandry, pathology, physiology, populations genetics, systematics, other |
| Behavioral & Social Sciences |
clinical & developmental psychology, cognitive psychology, physiological psychology, sociology, other |
| Biochemistry |
general biochemistry, metabolism, structural biochemistry, other |
| Cellular & Molecular Biology |
cellular biology, cellular and molecular genetics, immunology, molecular biology, other |
| Chemistry |
analytical chemistry, physical chemistry, organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, general chemistry, other |
| Computer Science |
algorithms, data bases, artificial intelligence, networking and communications, computational science, computer graphics, software engineering, programming languages, computer system, operating system, other |
| Earth Science |
climatology, weather, geochemistry, mineralogy, paleontology, geophysics, planetary science, tectonics, other |
| Energy & Transportation |
aerospace & aeronautical eng, aerodynamics, alternative fuels, fossil fuel energy, vehicle development, renewable energies |
| Engineering |
Materials & Bioengineering: bioengineering, civil eng, construction eng, chemical eng, industrial eng, processing, material science;
Electrical & Mechanical: electrical eng, computer eng, controls, mechanical eng, thermodynamics, solar
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| Environmental Science |
Environmental Analysis: air pollution and air quality, soil contamination and soil quality, water pollution and water quality;
Environmental Management: bioremediation, ecosystems management, environmental engineering, land resource management, forestry, recycling, waste management |
| Mathematics |
algebra, analysis, applied math, geometry, probability and statistics, other |
| Medicine & Health Sciences |
disease diagnosis and treatment, epidemiology, genetics, molecular biology of diseases, physiology and pathophysiology, other |
| Microbiology |
antibiotics, antimicrobials, bacteriology, microbial genetics, virology, other |
| Physics & Astronomy |
astronomy, atoms, molecules, solids, biological physics, instrumentation and electronics, magnetics and electromagnetics, nuclear and particle physics, optics, lasers, masers, theoretical physics, theoretical or computational astronomy, other |
| Plant Sciences |
agriculture/agronomy, development, ecology, genetics, photosynthesis, plant physiology (molecular, cellular, organismal), plant systematics, evolution, other |
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