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Welcome to the Google Science Fair!

The Google Science Fair is now live! Google has partnered with CERN, the LEGO Group, National Geographic and Scientific American to launch what we hope will become the largest, most inclusive online science competition in the world.

This is a truly global competition: students around the world between the ages of 13 - 18 can participate. Students in India (or Ireland or Israel) can compete with students in Canada (or Cambodia or Costa Rica) for amazing scholarships, once-in-a-lifetime experiences, and real-life work opportunities.

Students interested in taking part may now register online at www.google.com/sciencefair either as individuals or in teams of up to three. Submissions will be accepted until 4 April 2011.

In early May we will announce 60 global semi finalists (individuals or teams), whose projects will be exhibited in an online gallery and open for voting for a “People’s Choice Award”. In late May we will be announcing the 15 global finalists (individuals or teams). The 15 finalists, accompanied by a parent or guardian, will be flown to Google HQ in early July for a celebratory finalist event and finalist judging round. We are excited to have a finalist judging panel made up of science luminaries, Nobel laureates, inventors, innovators and thought leaders in the scientific arena.

The subject categories are broad and encompass all areas of scientific interest. So whether you teach computer science, chemistry, biology or math, you can encourage your students to enter and get your classes involved. We have created some great Google resources which explain how Google tools like Docs, Maps and YouTube can be used to enrich the student’s science fair project. We have also linked to some great science fair resources and partner resources which you can use in the classroom or your students can access in order to explore project ideas. We have pulled together a comprehensive list of FAQs should you have any further questions.

Here at Google, we believe that science can change the world and that young scientific talent should be celebrated, championed and encouraged. We hope you are as excited about the Google Science Fair as we are and that you will encourage your students to enter!

- The GSF Team

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