To join our Silicon Valley ACS special award team of judges at the Synopsys Championship on March 10, 2026, in San Jose, please contact us. We welcome participants from all chemistry-related fields.
As an ACS volunteer judge, you will be able to see the incredible level of focus, energy, sophistication, intelligence, commitment, and diversity in students who participate in science fairs. These are our science stars of tomorrow, and they need to be encouraged. It takes just one day of your time to judge at a local science fair – and all but one (San Mateo STEM Fair) are in person. Our local science fairs need category awards judges, especially in the areas of biology, chemistry, microbiology, and all areas of informatics. Science fairs put a human face on chemistry – make it yours by volunteering!
All of our local science fairs are qualifiers for the California State Science & Engineering Fair and either the Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge (previously Broadcom MASTERS) (middle schoolers) or the Regeneron ISEF (International Science and Engineering Fair) (high schoolers) which will be held this year in Phoenix, Arizona. No matter which local fair(s) you choose, please volunteer now!
- Synopsys Championship, Santa Clara County, March 10, 2026, San Jose Convention Center
- San Mateo County Office of Education STEM Fair, March 14, 2026, virtual format
- Santa Cruz County STEAM Expo, March 28, 2026, Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds
- Golden Gate STEM Fair, March 8, 2026 for High School and March 22, 2026 for Middle School, Randall Museum, San Francisco
- Alameda County Science and Engineering Fair, March 14, 2026, Chabot College, Hayward Campus
