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 regional JSHS at the University of New Hampshire (UNH) is co-operatively sponsored by the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences and the College of Life Sciences and Agriculture.
The Army Educational Outreach Program (AEOP) has been created to expand and integrate an array of educational program opportunities for students and teachers interested in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).
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 are selected to participate as presenters of their research and teachers and students can attend as observers. The program year culminates at the 51th National JSHS Symposium which will bring 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 for 2012-2013.
The Northern New England Regional JSHS and the Southern New England Regional JSHS symposia are held each year. This year NNE-JSHS and SNE-JSHS will meet Thursday and Friday, March 21-22, 2013 at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, NH at the Memorial Union Building (MUB) and various campus buildings.
The major activities of the NNE-JSHS and SNE-JSHS are to conduct a program in which selected high school students can present the results of their original research in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) in either an oral or poster session, have an opportunity to meet other students from the Northern and Southern New England regions with similar interests in STEM research, visit research laboratories at UNH, and speak with professionals in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Please refer to How to Participate.
Initially, up to five high school students and one teacher from high schools in the Northern New England states of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont and up to five high school students and one teacher from high schools in the Southern New England states of Rhode Island and Massachusetts can attend the symposium. There are no registration fees and accommodations and planned meal functions during the symposium are covered by the symposium sponsors. Travel expenses to and from the symposium, personal meals outside of the program schedule, and your miscellaneous purchases are not covered.
Students who are selected to make presentations at either the regional NNE-JSHS or SNE-JSHS have an opportunity to win scholarship and cash awards from $200 to $2,000. Award amounts may be subject to change upon availability from the sponsors. The top 5 winners of the NNE-JSHS and the top 5 winners of the SNE-JSHS will be invited to an expense-paid trip to the National JSHS Symposium. And the first and second place winners of the NNE-JSHS and the first and second place winners of the SNE-JSHS will have an opportunity to compete for additional scholarship awards from $4,000 to $12,000 at the National JSHS, as referred to in the Awards section. The 51th National JSHS is being hosted by the Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio from May 1-5, 2013.
OBJECTIVES
To promote experience in research and experimentation in sciences, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) at the high school level.
To provide an opportunity for students to publicly present their research.
To expand the horizons of research oriented high school students by offering opportunities in academic and governmental communities.
To recognize students and their teachers for outstanding achievement.
To encourage continuing interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) to widen the pool of trained scientific and engineering talent prepared to conduct research and development.
For additional references to information on paper preparation, style and presentation, please refer to the website for the National JSHS Program at http://www.jshs.org/.
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