Judging
The Siemens Competition recognizes student research projects that display originality, creativity, academic rigor, and clarity of communication. The College Board assembles a panel of research scientists to conduct the initial review of all project submissions.
Judges identify projects that exhibit not only scientific excellence, but also the collaborative teamwork that is often characteristic of successful scientific and technological endeavors.
Students should consider the audience who is judging the Research Reports. For the initial review and for the national level of the Competition, judges are selected by their field of expertise and come from both academic and laboratory settings. For the regional level, judges are selected by the Siemens Foundation's partner universities.
Team projects are evaluated separately from individual projects, using the same criteria. Additional attention is given to the collaboration among team members and to each team member's contribution to the project effort.
Read about the judging process. You can also view the criteria the judges consider during their evaluations.