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The Junior Science and Humanities Program (JSHS) was established in 1958 to increase the number of highly trained scientists and engineers in the United States by promoting research and experimentation at the secondary school level and by recognizing high school students for their original research achievements. Since that time JSHS has become one of the most prominent pre-college programs in the country. JSHS is sponsored by the United States Department of the Army , the United States Department of the Navy and the United States Department of the Air Force . The Academy of Applied Science , a non-profit educational organization in Concord, New Hampshire, administers the National JSHS Program. The Northern New England Regional JSHS at the University of New Hampshire (UNH) is co-operatively sponsored by the College of Engineering and Physical Science and the College of Life Science and Agriculture.
About 10,000 high school students and teachers participate in forty-eight regional symposia which are held at universities and other educational institutions throughout the United States, Puerto Rico and the Department of Defense schools in Europe and the Pacific. High school students may participate as observers or presenters of research they have conducted. The program year culminates at the National Symposium which brings together 240 high school students, their teachers, university faculty and other educators and scientists.
JSHS is an approved program of the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) and has been placed on the National Advisory List of Contests and Activities.
The Northern New England Regional JSHS (NNE-JSHS) meets each year on the Durham campus of the University of New Hampshire. This year NNE-JSHS meets on Thursday and Friday, March 27-28, 2008, in the UNH Memorial Union Building (MUB) and Holloway Commons.
The major activities of the Northern New England Junior Science & Humanities Symposium (NNE-JSHS) are to conduct a symposium in which high school students can present the results of their original research in science, mathematics, and engineering in oral or poster sessions, have an opportunity to meet other students from the Northern New England region with similar interests in the sciences, and visit research laboratories at UNH and speak with scientists and engineers. See How to Participate.
Three high school students and one teacher from any high school in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont can attend the symposium. Registration fees, housing and planned meal functions during the symposium are covered by the symposium sponsor. Travel to and from the Symposium and personal meal or miscellaneous purchases are not covered.
Students who make presentations at our regional Symposium have an opportunity to win scholarship and cash awards from $200 to $2,000. Awards amounts may be subject to change according to the National JSHS organization. The first and second place winners at the NNE-JSHS and several other students will be invited to an expense-paid trip to the National JSHS Symposium. The first and second place winners will have an opportunity to compete for additional scholarship awards from $2,000 to $16,000. See Awards.
OBJECTIVES
Promote experience in research and experimentation in sciences, mathematics, and engineering at the high school level.
Recognize the significance of research in human affairs, and the importance of humane and ethical principles in the application of research results.
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Expand the horizons of research oriented students by exposing them to opportunities in academic, industrial, and governmental communities.
Increase the number of future adults capable of conducting research and development.
(Parts of this document were derived from the 2008 National JSHS Guidelines)
For additional information on paper preparation, style and presentation see National JSHS Program http://www.jshs.org/