Each school will nominate one teacher (or other staff member) and three students to attend. Paper submission or preparation of a workshop report is not required for attendance. However, students must have an interest in or potential for science or math, and must be in grades 9-11. Students who have attended a previous Symposium are not eligible to attend unless they are submitting a research paper or making a first-time workshop presentation (seniors are ineligible for workshop reports). If a student is selected for the scholarship competition, the accompanying teacher should be the one who helped that student with the research.
An Equal Opportunity Component enables a school to bring one or more additional faculty, staff or student participants who are members of a targeted minority group (Asian, African American, Hispanic, and Native American). Foreign exchange students do not qualify as minority group members.
Participants must remain for the entire Symposium, except for local commuting schools for whom special arrangements can be made.
Wisconsin has two regional JSEHS Symposia (UW-Madison and UW-La Crosse); schools cannot attend both Symposia during the same school year.
Schools or individuals are responsible for transportation and personal expenses. Meals from Thursday's lunch through the Friday Awards Banquet, and lodging for Thursday night, are provided for all out-of-town participants. In addition, those schools traveling more than 130 miles from Madison may request lodging for Wednesday or Friday night. Extra meals must be paid by the participants. We are not permitted to lodge Madison residents, but special arrangements permit such students to attend on a day trip basis. Please contact the Regional Director, (608) 263-0643, or by e-mail, jsehs@engr.wisc.edu, for information on these arrangements.
