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The 58th Annual Greater San Diego Science and Engineering Fair will be held March 20 - 25, 2012 at the Balboa Park Activity Center (2145 Park Blvd.)


The 2012 Student Application Materials and Timeline for those invited to apply is now available.

The Greater San Diego Science and Engineering Fair is a non-profit 501(c)(3) which operates SOLELY on donations and is run completely by volunteers. We need your assistance in ensuring that this Fair is not the last! Please support the students of San Diego.

Find out more about our fundraising needs!
Remaining Schedule of Events
Friday, March 23, 2012
Open to the public
  • Open to the public - 10:00am - 3:00pm
  • Admission and Parking to the Fair are FREE.
  • Student Exhibitors receive free admission to many of the Balboa Park museums and the San Diego Zoo.
  • Saturday, March 24, 2012
    Open to Public
  • Open to the public - 10:00am - 4:00pm
  • Admission and Parking to the Fair are FREE.
  • Student Exhibitors receive free admission to many of the Balboa Park museums and the San Diego Zoo.
  • Sunday, March 25, 2012
    Family Day and Closing Day
  • Open to the public - 10am - 3pm
  • Student Exhibitors receive free admission to many of the Balboa Park museums and the San Diego Zoo.
  • Special activities and presentations.
  • The entire family is welcome to participate in the activities!
  • Admission and Parking to the Fair are FREE.
  • ALL PROJECTS MUST REMAIN ON DISPLAY UNTIL 3:00PM. NO EXCEPTIONS!
    Tear-Down - Open for student exhibitors and their families - 3:00pm - 4:30pm
  • Note to Exhibitors: When you applied to enter the GSDSEF, you and your parent(s)/guardian(s) agreed to leave your project on display until 3:00 pm, Sunday, March 27. There are no exceptions to this agreement! You (or your representative) are responsible for removing your project. NOTE: PROJECTS NOT REMOVED BY 4:30 PM ON SUNDAY, March 25 will be discarded that evening. Notebooks will be emptied of their contents and distributed to schools for re-use. If you can’t pick your project up, arrange for someone else to do so. Give that person your badge and a note authorizing removal.
  • All projects must be removed between 3:00pm-4:30pm. No exceptions.
  • Remaining projects will be discarded.
  • Please bring your exhibitor badge as identification to remove your project.
  • Get more details on the events and timeline by viewing the Exhibitor Timeline.



    Congratulations to the 2012 GSDSEF Winners!
  • View the 2012 Special Awards listing - Sweepstakes and Special Awards!
  • View the 2012 Regular Awards listing - Category/Place Awards!
  • View the 2012 Professional Society Awards listing!
  • View the 2012 CA State Science Fair Qualified and Alternate lists!
  • View the 2012 Broadcomm Nomination List!
  • View the 2012 combined awards (all awards won) list by project or by school!
  • A special thanks to our 2012 sponsors:
    Friedman Family Foundation
    The San Diego Union Tribune
    PECG (Professional Engineers in California Government)
    San Diego County Office of Education
    Celgene
    Reuben H. Fleet Science Center
    Qualcomm
    GenProbe
    SDG&E
    Jack in the Box Foundation
    Northrop Grumman
    National University
    Wells Fargo Foundation
    Resmed
    SonTek
    AFCEA (Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association)
    Broadcom Foundation
    ONR (Office of Naval Research Awards)
    San Diego Parks & Recreation
    San Diego County Water Authority
    San Diego Zoo Global
    More News!

  • View the 2011 Special Awards listing!
  • View the 2011 Regular Awards listing!
  • View the 2011 Professional Society Awards listing!
  • View the 2011 CA State Science Fair Qualified list!
  • View the 2011 CA State Science Fair ALTERNATE list!
  • Our newsletter NewsLink for May, 2010 which recaps the 2010 Science Fair season (regional, state and international).
  • View the 2010 Special Awards listing!
  • View the 2010 Regular Awards listing!
  • View the 2010 Professional Society Awards listing!
    San Diego Union-Tribune article on April 2, 2009.
    San Diego Union-Tribune article on April 4, 2009
    San Diego Union-Tribune listing of winners!
    San Diego Union-Tribune Photo gallery

    Interested in volunteering for the Fair?

    If you have not yet heard from your Professional Society, email AwardProgs@gsdsef.org!

    CA State Fair Website

    Want to volunteer to help?! Fill out the application!


    Our discussion board is currently down - feel free to contact us if you have questions and we will get back to you ASAP.

  • Links for Resources

    Winners of recent Fairs

    Teacher of the Year Awards

    Science Fair Workshops conducted by SAB

    Projects to Avoid! List of projects that are unlikely to be accepted by GSDSEF.

    Judging Information and Applications

    Want to help the Fair and San Diego's students?
    We're looking for people interested in helping out! You don't need to be in the science or engineering field... just willing to lend a hand! Check out our volunteer opportunities!




    Interested in doing a project next year? Interested in judging the Fair or other volunteer work? Email us!