Central Nebraska Science and Engineering Fair

Congrats to our CNSEF students on being ISEF FINALISTS at the 2025 Columbus Competition. Learn more about their project at https://isef.net/categories

Meet Peyton and Berkley from Adams Central Jr.-Sr. High School. They investigated how dietary interventions compare to a popular anti-seizure medication. The won the US Metric Association award, the Regeneron Biomedical Science Award, the Society for In Vitro Biology Award, the US Air Force Award, and the Nebraska Association of Teachers of Science 1st place award. By winning 1st place, the qualified for the and will represent our fair in Columbus, Ohio this May!

Photos from the CNSEF Wednesday, March 26 at the UNK hosted by the University of Nebraska at Kearney Biology Department Thank you to all the judges, students, teachers, Nebraska Student Union staff, and fair officials that made it all happen! Video slideshow produced by Adams Central Digital Media.

CNSEF 2025 Participants Video slideshow of the participants in the 50th annual Central Nebraska Science and Engineering Fair. Video slideshow was produced by Adams Central Digital M...

Less than 1 week until Middle School project registrations are due!

Central Nebraska Science and Engineering Fair Our fair is a regional Regeneron ISEF (International Science and Engineering Fair) qualifying fair. We serve schools west of Highway 281 in Nebraska. Grades 6-12 are invited to showcase their project in our fair.

Only one month left until middle school registrations are due! Get your forms and research paper ready. Registration and more information can be found at our website.

I am the director of the Central Nebraska Science and Engineering Fair. Please consider a donation to our competition which will be held this March. It offers some amazing opportunties for our grades 6-12 researchers in Central and Western Nebraska. More information can be found on the GoFundMe page. If you want to donate by check, please let me know!.

If you want to donate online, go to https://www.gofundme.com/f/37fwtn8zi0?utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer&utm_campaign=p_cp_guide_do&member=30878911 If you would rather donate by check, please message me back or comment.

I started off with a donation of $10. Any amount you can add makes a big difference in our mission. You can learn more about our fair at our website: https://www.cnsef.net/.

If anyone is looking to participate in the Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS), Nebraska now goes to the Heartland Region at the University of Iowa instead of Oklahoma State University. Read more at this link: https://jshs.org/region/heartland/

Congratulations Dominic Stutesman on winning a 1st place $1250 scholarship from Missouri S&T for an engineering summer camp at ! He also was awarded a $5,000 per year scholarship, renewable for 4 years, from the University of Texas - Dallas.

This is the first time a CNSEF student has been on stage since the move to and the first time since 2018 a Nebraska student has made the stage. See Dominic get his awards in these clips from the Awards Ceremony!

University of Texas - Dallas: https://youtu.be/6ukDwWrKbeI
University of Missouri S&T: https://youtu.be/HfPcMI-8KvE

ISEF 2023 Special Awards - University of Missouri S&T

Mark your calendars! The 2024 CNSEF will be held at UNK on March 27, 2024 in the Ponderosa Room.