Specific event location and schedule information can be found on the next webpage.
Updated information about the 65th Regional Science and Engineering Fair as of February 3, 2025:
The 64th RGV Regional Science and Engineering Fair is very excited to announce that one of our Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge competitors has won the Broadcom Coding with Commitment Award at the national level.
Gary Allen Montelongo, 14, La Joya, Texas, won the 2024 $10,000 Broadcom Coding with Commitment ® Award for combining expert STEM knowledge and passion for helping or improving one’s community through coding. In his project, Gary used his coding and engineering skills to build models of train suspension systems to learn how the vibrations produced by springs and the weight distribution of the train cars contribute to train derailment.
More information about Gary and his project is found here:
https://www.societyforscience.org/jic/2024-student-finalists/gary-montelongo/
About Our Fair
The Rio Grande Valley Regional Science and Engineering Fair (RGVRSEF) takes place at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) in February every year. Participants come from the Rio Grande Valley region. All participating students are required to register their projects through the STEM Wizard registration system and follow all the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) Rules with the following exception: instead of ISEF forms, middle schoolers (Junior Division) will submit the Safety and Consent Form for Texas Middle School Science Fair Students. Awards are given for 1st - 5th place winners in each category for each division as well as special awards.
The Senior Division is a competitive event for 9th-12th graders. 1st - 2nd place winners advance to the Texas Science and Engineering Fair in March. Typically, four projects in the Senior Division are selected as Grand Champion winners and advance to the Regeneron ISEF competition in May.
The Junior Division of the RGV RSEF is a competitive event for 6th-8th graders. The top 10% of Junior Division projects in each category are nominated for the Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge. 1st - 2nd place winners advance to the Texas Science and Engineering Fair in March.