2025 State Science Fair Awards
The Minnesota Academy of Science is grateful to Medtronic Technical Fellows and Global Tech & Innovation Sustainability Development, the Premier Sponsor of the 2025 Minnesota State Science and Engineering Fair.
Medtronic Innovation Award
First Place: $750, certificate, and invitation to Medtronic Technical Fellows Day | 1 high school winner and 1 middle school winner
Second Place: $500, certificate, and invitation to Medtronic Technical Fellows Day | 1 high school winner and 1 middle school winner
Third Place: $250, certificate, and invitation to Medtronic Technical Fellows Day | 1 high school winner and 1 middle school winner
Medtronic Technical Achievement Award: Biomedical
$500, certificate, and invitation to Medtronic Technical Fellows Day | 1 high school winner and 1 middle school winner
Medtronic Technical Achievement Award: Science & Engineering
$500, certificate, and invitation to Medtronic Technical Fellows Day | 1 high school winner and 1 middle school winner
Medtronic Technical Achievement Award: Sustainability
$500, certificate, and invitation to Medtronic Technical Fellows Day | 1 high school winner and 1 middle school winner
The Minnesota Academy of Science thanks the following organizations for sponsoring awards as part of the Minnesota State Science & Engineering Fair.
3M
Young Inventor Recognition
$100 and certificate | 5 high school winners and 5 middle school winners
Science Applied to Life Award
First Place: $500 | 1 high school winner and 1 middle school winner
Second Place: $300 | 1 high school winner and 1 middle school winner
Third Place: $200 | 1 high school winner and 1 middle school winner
American Chemical Society — Minnesota Section
Outstanding Experimental Project in Chemistry
First Place, High School: $100 | 1 high school winner
First Place, Middle School: $75 | 1 middle school winner
Honorable Mention: Subscription to ChemMatters | 3 high school winners and 3 middle school winners
American Fisheries Society — Minnesota Chapter
Aquatic Sciences Excellence Award
Book and Fishing Pole | 1 high school winner and 1 middle school winner
American Heart Association
The American Heart Association Community Impact Award
Certificate | 1 high school winner and 1 middle school winner
American Institute of Professional Geologists
Geology, Earth Science, Environmental Science and Sustainability Excellence Award
Fossil or geologic specimen, handbook, and certificate | 3 winners
American Psychological Association
Outstanding Research in Psychological Science
Certificate and membership | 1 high school winner
American Society of Plumbing Engineers
Best Display of Mechanical Engineering
First Place: $350 | 1 high school winner
Second Place: $150 | 1 high school winner
Association for Women Geoscientists
Student Award for Geoscience Excellence
Certificate | 1 female-identifying high school winner
Beckman Coulter
Excellence in Science Awards
First Place: $1,000 | 1 high school winner and 1 middle school winner
Second Place: $500 | 1 high school winner and 1 middle school winner
Excellence in Engineering Awards
First Place: $1,000 | 1 high school winner and 1 middle school winner
Second Place: $500 | 1 high school winner and 1 middle school winner
Bolton & Menk
Bolton & Menk Young Inventor Award
$500, t-shirt, certificate and job shadow experience at Bolton & Menk | 3 winners
Broadcom Foundation
Coding with Commitment Award
$250 gift card, Raspberry Pi Foundation Pico Kit, and certificate | 1 middle school winner
DiaSorin
Merit Award
$100 | 5 middle school winners
Relativity Award
$30 and Certificate | 1 winner
Dr. Xue's Math School
Dr. Xue's Math School Special Creativity Award
Academic and career consultation session | 2 winners
Ecolab
Ecolab Food Safety Award
$700 | 1 high school winner and 1 middle school winner
Ecolab Water Vision Award
$700 | 1 high school winner and 1 middle school winner
Emerson Women’s Impact Network
Female in STEM Excellence Award
$200 | 1 female high school winner and 1 female middle school winner
Empowering Women in Science
Rosalind E. Franklin Perseverance in STEM Award
$100 | 1 female-identifying or gender minority-identifying high school winner and 1 female-identifying or gender minority-identifying middle school winner
Good Chemistry
Good Chemistry Prize for Creativity
Science kit, Good Chemistry perfume, and certificate | 1 female middle school winner
Hamline University Department of Physics
Excellence in Renewable Energy and Sustainability Award
$100 scholarship to Hamline’s Summer Physics Camp (Young Physicist Camp or Microscope Adventure Camp) and certificate | 1 winner
Institute of Food Technologists — Minnesota Section
Institute of Food Technologists Food Science Award
First Place: $500 | 1 high school winner and 1 middle school winner
Second Place: $250 | 1 high school winner and 1 middle school winner
Land O’ Lakes
Land O’Lakes Award for Food Innovation
$500 | 2 high school winners and 2 middle school winners
Lemelson Foundation
Lemelson Early Inventor Prize
$100 and certificate | 1 middle school winner
Minnesota Environmental Health Association
Minnesota Environmental Health Association Award for Excellence in Environmental Health Science
First Place, High School: $200 | 1 high school winner
Second Place, High School: $100 | 1 high school winner
Third Place, High School: $50 | 1 high school winner
First Place, Middle School: $100 | 1 middle school winner
Second Place, Middle School: $50 | 1 middle school winner
Muminah Nihaar Mohammed
The Humanity & Future Impact Award
$250 | 1 high school winner
The Mosaic Innovation Award
$250 | 1 middle school winner
Mortenson Environmental
Mortenson Environmental Excellence Award
$75 gift card to The Enchanted Rock Garden and certificate | 3 winners
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Earth Systems Science Award
Certificate | 1 high school winner
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Taking the Pulse of the Planet Award
Certificate | 1 high school winner
Regeneron
Regeneron Biomedical Science Award
$375 and certificate | 1 high school winner
Ricoh
Sustainable Development Award
Certificate | 1 winner
Robocyclers
Outstanding Experimental Design Award
$100 and certificate | 1 middle school winner
Science Museum of Minnesota
STEM Communication Award
One year museum membership | 3 high school winners and 3 middle school winners
Society for In Vitro Biology (SIVB)
Outstanding Achievement for Ability and Creativity in In Vitro Biology
Certificate and membership in SIVB | 1 winner in 11th grade
Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge
Certificate and invitation to apply to national competition | Top 10% of middle school students
Kailey Soller
Women in Science - Impact Award
Women in Science book and a $50 gift card | 1 high school winner and 1 middle school winner
Twin Cities Meteorological Society
Twin Cities Meteorological Society Award
Certificate and weather radio | 1 winner
University of Minnesota College of Biological Sciences
College of Biological Sciences Budding Scientist Award
$50 gift card, water bottle, and t-shirt | 1 high school winner
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
Science Champion Award
Certificate and invitation to presentation by USAID’s Chief Scientist | 1 winner
U.S. Air Force
Air Force Achievement Award
Certificate | 4 high school projects
U.S. Metric Association
Best Use of the International System of Units
Certificate and U.S. Metric Association membership | 1 winner
U.S. Stockholm Water Environment Federation
Stockholm Junior Water Prize
Certificate and entry into state competition | 3 high school winners
Yale Science & Engineering Association
Most Outstanding Exhibit in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, or Chemistry
Certificate and medallion | 1 high school winner
Minnesota Academy of Science Awards
The Minnesota Academy of Science Grand Awards recognize excellence in scientific research at the middle school and high school level. The top 5% of projects presented at MSSEF receive the Gold Award. The next 10% of projects receive the Silver Award and the next 15% of projects receive the Bronze Award. Projects are ranked according to judge scores and the competitiveness of the category in which students present.
The Minnesota Academy of Science State Science Fair Advocacy Award recognizes one student and one adult for outstanding and highly impactful advocacy on behalf of the State Science & Engineering Fair.
International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) Award
The ISEF Award recognizes up to four of the top high school projects. Winners receive an all-expense-paid trip to compete in ISEF. In 2025, ISEF will be held in Columbus, Ohio from May 10-16. ISEF is the world’s largest international pre-college science competition; more than 1,700 high school students from over 70 countries and territories showcase their research at ISEF.
