Grant Requirements for Kansas Regional Science and Engineering Fairs (KRSEF)

1. The completed grant application must be submitted at least 6 weeks prior to training scheduled in late October, 2008.
2. A regional fair coordinator must be named and is responsible for submitting the follow up information to the Kansas State Science and Engineering Fair (KSSEF) coordinator by March 25, 2009.
3. The KRSEF Grant recipient must provide a detailed budget report, and a list of judges and their places of employment to the KSSEF coordinator by March 25, 2009.
4. The KRSEF coordinator will be required to attend training via web conference.
5. The regional fair coordinator will be asked to serve on the KSSEF Board of Directors.
6. The regional fairs must offer an invitation to school districts in the counties surrounding it.
7. KSSEF Board of Directors reviews Grant applications. Recipients will be contacted via email pending the review.

KRSEF Grant Benefits

1. The regional science fair grants are available to 9 strategically located regional fairs covering the state of Kansas in the amount of $2000 each.
2. The KSSEF will be offering tech support and requiring training via satellite for hosting a regional fair. That contact will be provide to regional fairs.
3. Regional Science Fair funding will help us reach as many students in Kansas as is possible.

KRSEF Grant Application

Proposed site of Regional Science Fair

Counties that will be included in this regional  

Expected number of students participating

Grade level of students participating

Planned rewards for students who perform at a highly superior level and/or win their division or category:

How do you plan to raise other funding for this event?

Coordinator of Regional Science Fair Information:

Name:

Mailing address:

Email address:

Information to be submitted following the KRSEF

How many counties actually participated in your fair?

How many Division I entries did you have?

How many Division II entries did you have?

What improvements are needed for next year?

Did you visit the online sites of other regional fairs (info is on KSSEF site) for ideas?

Did your students use the blog links on the KSSEF site?

Was there anything that was of more help to you than anything else? If so what?

Please send the following items: 1) this questionnaire, 2) a complete list of students, categories, and divisions, 3) a spreadsheet with budget information, 4) a list of the judges and their places of employment to Kim Ring at EJSHS, 815 N. Jefferson, Eureka, KS 67045, or fax to 620-583-8222 no later than March 25th, 2009.

*Note: Each student must submit an entry form as per the instructions on the KSSEF web site. The list from the regional coordinator is NOT an automatic entry.