All students who are younger than 20 years old and who attend school in the US in grades 2–12 are eligible to

 enter unless they have entered (or plan to enter) another RYA-affiliated competition in the same school y​ear.

Homeschooled students who attend a home school located in the US are eligible to enter.

Students who live in the US and attend an online school full-time are eligible to enter.

A student may participate in only one project.

Individual projects:  $20 application processing fee

 (includes admission to conference for both days)

Team Projects:  $30 application processing fee for a team of 2-3 students entering a team project.

 All members of a team must be eligible under the rules. 

(includes admission to conference for both days )

All projects will be judged for scientific merit using the same 

criteria regardless of the number of individuals preparing the projects.