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September
2025
November 2025
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Peoples Gas Middle School STEM Club
application due. Application form here.
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DUE DATE for appropriate endorsement
forms with supporting documents for
projects conducted in a university,
hospital or research facility under
the supervision of a doctor, professor
or scientist. These documents MUST
be submitted to the Scientific Review
Committee member listed on the forms
prior to the beginning of the
project.
Endorsements
must be signed and submitted by
teacher sponsors ONLY.
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11/7/-
12/19/25
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Suggested dates for
local school STEM Exhibitions.
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DUE DATE for MINI research grant
applications for pre-approval |
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December
2025
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DUE DATE for
informed consent certification,
human, vertebrate, vertebrate
tissue, microbiology, and DNA
endorsement requests to be received
by the Scientific Review committee
member listed on the appropriate
form. NOTE:
Endorsement requests
MUST be made PRIOR to experimentation in
order to ensure the safety of the test
subject(s) and/or the scientist.
The project plans are reviewed by the
Scientific Review Committee and, if
safe, the endorsement is granted and the
experiment may be carried out.
Permission to carry out an experiment
CANNOT be given to one that has already
been completed.
NOTE: Endorsements and
additional documentation for
projects
conducted
at a university, hospital or
research facility under the
supervision of a doctor, professor
or scientist must submitted to the
Scientific Review Committee member
listed on the forms by November 15, 2025
Endorsements
must be signed and submitted by teacher
sponsors ONLY. |
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DUE DATE for IJAS COVER
DESIGNS - mail to IJAS Cover
Design c/o CPS Student Science Fair,
Inc., P.O. Box 803945, Chicago, IL
60680-3945
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| 12/6/25-
1/25/26 |
Regional
STEM Exhibition Registration for all
Projects, Symposium Papers (see this
page) and Essays (see this page).
Regional STEM
Exhibition and Symposium Registration
Only Abstracts/Safety
Sheet (signed by student(s) and
sponsor) Endorsements (if needed) will
be required for registration. Students
will bring full paper with them to
their Regionals STEM Exhibition
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January
2026
| 1/10/26 |
North/Central Schools
Regional STEM Exhibition with Awards
Ceromony
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| 1/17/26 |
Southside/Central
Schools Regional STEM Exhibition with
Awards Ceremony |
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| 1/25/26 |
Submission deadline for
all Symposium Papers and Essays.
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| 1/31/26 |
Deadline for applying to
be a judge at the City Exposition
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February
2026
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Virtual
judging for the Regional STEM
Expositions, Symposium and Essays (see here for
Citywide judging) |
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DUE DATE Judge's
approval as a Level II volunteer.
CPS policy now mandates that ALL
prospective judges be approved Level
II Volunteers. More
information is available here.
NOTE: If you were approved for any
Regional Exhibition or the Exhibition
at Illinois Tech last year, you STILL
need to be re-approved.
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DUE
DATE for Maxi
and Mini
Research Grant applications to TBA
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| 2/20/26 |
Regional Awards
Ceremony |
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The top 3
Essay winners will receive notification
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TBD
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Scholarship Applications
Due
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April
2026
4/24-
25/26 |
Illinois
Junior Academy of Science (IJAS) State
Science Fair at University of Illinois
- Carbondale, Illinois
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May 2026
TBD
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Scholarship Interviews
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5/10-
15/26
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Person
International Science and Engineering
Fair in Phoenix, Arizona
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DUE DATE
for final Mini and Maxi Research Grant
report to TBA
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Scholarship Awards
Ceremony (Virtual)
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June 2026
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Last
update 8/15/2025 by R.
Coleman
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