Eligibility Rules

1.  New Hampshire Student. Each applicant must be a student in any educational
institution recognized by the State of New Hampshire and enrolled in grades 9-12
at the time of qualifying for the NHSEE.
2.  Single Entry. Each student may enter only one project in the NHSEE. Each
science project may have only one author. Engineering projects may have one to
four authors. All work must be done by the student(s) named as author(s).
Projects entered into the Expo under an individual's name but discovered by the
judging panel to have been prepared by a team of more than one student will be
disqualified.
3.  Categorization. In the Project Registration student/teacher declare the category
for which the project will be placed.  The Directors of Judging will determine, upon
review of submitted Project Summaries, the correctness of the category for each
project. The NHSEE reserves the right to disqualify any project due to poor
quality, incompleteness, or inappropriateness of project content.
4.  New Research. Any project reentered from a past NHSEE must show substantial
new research and development to be eligible for an award. Final determination
shall be made by the category judges.
5.  Supervision. Students not accompanied by their own parent(s) must be under
authorized supervision by an adult escort, teacher, or administrator. Each
student must have appropriate signed permission form(s) as required by his/her
own school district. The NHSEE is not responsible for the supervision of any
participant.
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