Competition
Compete at ASERS
Bring original research, explain how you did it, and get useful questions and feedback from scientists.
Rules & eligibility
Read the full rules →Grades: 9–12
Projects: Individual or team
Research: Original experimental, computational, engineering, or theoretical work
Required: Paper, oral presentation, and poster
Safety review: Required where applicable
Registration: Through your local chapter
A conference-style research event
ASERS is a presentation and evaluation venue, similar to a scientific conference. We do not design, fund, supervise, or approve a student's research. Students, parents or guardians, advisors, schools, and research institutions remain responsible for the work and the approvals it requires.
Students may enter before every approval document has been collected. A project cannot be accepted for the symposium until required institutional documentation is submitted and verified. The full rules explain what may be required and what can be displayed.
Read the research and display rules →The competition journey
01
Submit
Research paper review helps judges understand your methods, evidence, and research record.
02
Present
Give a timed oral presentation, answer questions, and discuss your work at a poster session.
03
Improve
Receive structured feedback from scientists, including a strength, limitation, alternative explanation, and next step.
04
Advance
The strongest projects from each category move to a cross-category final in the auditorium for the top awards.
More than a ranking
Oral and poster judges score independently, so your project gets more than one review. After the symposium, we aim to combine their comments into feedback you can use.
Submit → present → get feedback → improve → defend again
Find your chapter
Registration and local eligibility details are handled by each chapter.