WELCOME TO THE SUSSEX COUNTY SCIENCE FAIR



Welcome to the Sussex County Science Fair (SCSF) website. The website is designed to assist students, teachers, mentors and parents in the development of a student's research project in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). The website is also a resource for current and prospective science fair judges and those individuals who might be considering volunteering their time, effort and talents to ensure the continued success of the Sussex County Science Fair.

Judges for the SCSF are made up of active and retired members of the community who are science and/or technology based professionals and educators who truly enjoy interacting with the students. All decisions made by the judges each year are final and are not subject to appeal.

All students from grades 6th through 12th throughout Sussex County, Delaware are eligible to participate. Participants at the SCSF are judged for grade level awards as well as Special Awards. Only grade level awardees are eligible to participate at the next level of competition, the Delaware Valley Science Fair held at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, Pa. Students who participate and win in specific categories at the DVSF may be eligible to compete at the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) that is held each year in a different city throughout the United States.

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Financial Aid

The Sussex County Science Fair has a limited amount of financial aid available for students whose projects require it. A request along with the experimental design plan and a budget for needed items can be submitted to the Board for a case by case evaluation. (Contact info use Contact US menu option)

In 2015 the SCSF renewed a partnership with Delaware Technical and Community College, Owens campus to hopefully be the permanent home of the SCSF. This is a homecoming of sorts since many years ago the SCSF was held at DelTech. DelTech offers a state of the art facility that allows all of the submitted science fair projects to be displayed, reviewed and judged in a single large room as well as providing separate facilities for judges and student lunches.

At the 2019 SCSF there were 114 science fair projects with a total of 50 student winners eligible to compete at the Delaware Valley Science Fair (DVSF), which is the regional fair for our science fair. See the Fair Winner section on our website to get the names of the winners as well as the titles of their science fair projects from the 2019 SCSF.

You can support the SCSF by:

  • Becoming a member of the SCSF organizing committee
  • Becoming a judge
  • Offering a Special Award
  • Underwriting the cost of purchasing awards, program printing, student lunches or other fair related expenses.
  • Making a monetary donation to the Sussex County Science Fair and mail to PO Box 570 Nassau, Delaware 19969.


If you have any questions or need additional information please go to the Contact Section of this website.

The organizers of the SCSF are looking forward to another exciting year of being fully involved in supporting and encouraging teachers and parents in getting their students to participate in creating science fair projects. All the best to all of the young scientists, engineers and mathematicians who are planning to participate in the 2020 Sussex County Science Fair.