Click here to view students who won an award at the 2024 SASEF Awards Ceremony
SASEF awards are broken down into several categories:
Senior Division
- Overall Winners
- Top two Senior Division win an all-expense-paid trip to the Regeneron International Science & Engineering Fair for themselves and their teacher
- Scholarship prizes vary from $25-1,000
- Certificate of Excellence Winners (awarded to projects that the team of judges deems to be excellent)
- Each COE winner receives at least $50
- Local Special Awards
- Vary from $50-500
- National Special Awards
- Honorable Mention Awards
Junior Division
- Overall Winners
- Scholarship prizes vary from $25-200
- All Junior Division Overall winners are nominated for a national middle school STEM competition sponsored by Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
- Certificate of Excellence Winners (awarded to projects that the team of judges deems to be excellent)
- Each COE winner receives at least $50
- Local Special Awards
- Vary from $50-500
- National Special Awards
- Honorable Mention Awards
Overall Winners
| SASEF | Senior Grand Champion | $1,200 |
| SASEF | Senior Reserve Champion | $1000 |
| SASEF | Senior 3rd place winners | $300 |
| SASEF | Senior 4th place winners | $150 |
| SASEF | Senior 5th place winners | $75 |
| SASEF | Senior Certificate of Excellence | $25 |
| SASEF | Junior Grand Champion | $500 |
| SASEF | Junior Reserve Champion | $250 |
| SASEF | Junior 3rd place winners | $100 |
| SASEF | Junior 4th place winners | $75 |
| SASEF | Junior 5th place winners | $50 |
| SASEF | Junior Certificate of Excellence | $25 |
Previous Local Special Awards (Award numbers may differ in 2023)
- American Chemical Society, East Tennessee Section
- $50 to best chemical sciences project in both Junior and Senior Divisions
- American Institute of Chemical Engineers
- $75 to best application of chemical engineering in both Junior and Senior Divisions
- American Meteorological Society, Smoky Mountain Chapter
- $100/each to two outstanding projects involving meteorology, climate, or atmospheric/oceanic science
- Excellence in Life Science Award
- $100 Anonymous biology teacher provides an award for excellence in life science research
- Howard L. Bruer Award
- The Tennessee Entomological Society gives this award each year to a student who has made an outstanding accomplishment in entomological activities in Tennessee.
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), East Tennessee Section
- $100 to best demonstrations of electrical or electronics design or computer science in both Junior and Senior Divisions
- Jewelry Television
- JTV gift packages to projects in both Junior and Senior Divisions
- Joanne Logan Sustainability Prize
- $50 to the student of a project with sustainability at its core
- $100 to the student’s teacher
- Knox County Superintendent’s Award
- $50 to an outstanding project
- Oak Ridge National Lab
- $500 and a letter from the Director of ORNL to one outstanding project
- SASEF Staff Awards
- $50 cash awards and certificates to the fair staff’s favorite projects
- Strata-G
- Certificate awarded to a project that addresses stewardship and sustainability of the environment
- Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society, Great Smoky Mountain Alumni Chapter
- $100 to outstanding projects in engineering in both Junior and Senior Divisions
- Tennessee Science Teachers Association (TSTA)
- $50 to a project that exemplifies outstanding adherence to the scientific method
National Special Awards
Each year, SASEF is provided certificates and awards from national organizations to distribute at the fair. To view what organizations offer awards go to this page here.