Registration is now open!
Teacher and student project registration for the 2025 SASEF is now open. Click here to register.
2025 SASEF Dates
SASEF will be hosted on the University of Tennessee, Knoxville campus. Judging will be held on March 25, 2025, in the Student Union Ballroom.
The Awards Ceremony will be held on April 1, 2025, in Mossman Building Room #102. The Ken and Blaire Mossman Building is located on the University of Tennessee, Knoxville campus at 1311 Cumberland Avenue Knoxville, TN 37996.
The fair will be held in person as it has traditionally been done with students at their posters during judging. In addition to the in-person aspect, all students will be asked to upload a digital copy of their poster to a virtual platform. Judges will use this platform to access posters and project information.
Attend a Virtual Science Club Meeting!
Attend Virtual Science Club meetings for free! Click here to learn more about this club that meets twice per month. Meetings include guest speakers and small-group breakouts hosted by volunteer mentors. The meetings provide support to students working on 2025 SASEF STEM projects.
Congratulations to all the 2024 SASEF Award Winners!
Check out all the award winners at 2024 SASEF by clicking here. Thank you to all students, teachers, judges, and parents that invested their time in the 2024 event!
About the Southern Appalachian Science & Engineering Fair
The Southern Appalachian Science & Engineering Fair (SASEF) is an annual event traditionally held during the last week of March or the first week of April on the University of Tennessee, Knoxville campus. Students are invited to present their research covering a variety of categories in STEM. There are two divisions of competition — Junior Division for middle school students, grades 6 – 8, and Senior Division for high school students, grades 9 – 12.
The top two Senior Division winners and their teachers will qualify to attend the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) which is traditionally held in mid-May.
Thermo Fisher Scientific sponsors nation’s premier middle school STEM Competition. More information is on Society of Science’s website found here.
In 2020 and 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, SASEF was hosted in a virtual format.
Region
SASEF consists of the 23-county region as shown on the map below. If you are not in one of these counties visit this page here for more information.
