WESEF 2010 will be held on Saturday, March 13th, 2010 at the Pace Briarcliff Campus.  Please visit the Dates to Know page for More information on dates/ deadlines! 

WESEF is a local science fair affiliated with the Intel International Science Fair serving budding scientists in Westchester & Putnam counties of New York State.

Since its inception in 2000, the WESEF organizaiton has grown tremendously; last year almost 200 students participated in the fair from over 23 different schools.

Students deliver formal presentations of their scientific accomplishments in a poster forum to professional researchers in the local area. The top 8 individual projects and top 4 teams are awarded the honor of representing Westchester & Putnam counties in the INTEL International Science & Engineering Fair where they will compete with over 1500 top high school research students from over 50 different countries worldwide!

WESEF, the Westchester Science and Engineering Fair, held at the PACE Univeristy, Briarcliff campur, offers high school students from Westchester and Putnam counties an opportunity to present their research to scientists, business leaders, and the general public.  Students prepare a poster detailing their projects which, in most cases, have involved complex research conducted under the guidance of a professional researcher in their field of interest.

Finalists of WESEF will attend the INTEL® International Science & Engineering Fair, where they will compete against the top high school research students from the USA and 40 additional countries.  YEAR AFTER YEAR, WESEF FINALISTS COMPETE AND WIN AGAINST THE BEST HIGH SCHOOL RESEARCH STUDENTS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.

Below is a small summary of the awards our finalists have won at the international level since our inception only five years ago.

Over $ 500,000 in
scholarships and cash:
1st place Medicine & Health
1st place Zoology
1st place Team
2nd place Space Science
2nd place Biochemistry
3rd place Behavior (2)
3rd place Biochemistry
3rd place Generontology
4th place Behavioral
Sciences (2)
4th place Microbiology
4th place Chemistry (2)
1st place American
Psychological Association
1st place US Air Force
Chemistry, Zoology,
Behavioral Sciences
1st place US Navy Zoology
1st place US Army
Behavioral Sciences
2nd place American
Physiological Society

Local Schools in Westchester and Rockland counties with Science Research programs

Scarsdale, Hendrick Hudson, Carmel, White Plains, Mahopac, Katonah-Lewisboro, Ursuline Gorton, Edgemont, Blindbrook, Pleasantville, Rye, RyeNeck, Salesian, Ardsley, Mamaroneck, Ossining, Woodlands, Somers, Hackley, Pelham, Horace Greeley, Harrison, Sleepy Hollow, Croton Harmon, New Rochelle, Westlake, Bedford, Byram Hills, Eastchester, Solomon Schechter, Valhalla, Briarcliff, North Salem, Bronxville, Irvington, Our Lady of Victory, Rye Country Day, Lakeland, Peekskil, Walter Panas, Yorktown

Need more information?

Email the President of the WESEF organization: Michael Blueglass

Email the Chairperson of the SRC with questions regarding forms and rules: Angelo Piccirillo

Email the Webmaster with feedback/ comments about the www.wesef.org website: Valerie Holmes