Prizes

Best in Fair Prizes:

1st, 2nd, 3rd Place and Honourable Mentions are awarded in the following divisions:

• Senior Division (Grades 11-12)
• Intermediate Division (Grades 9-10)
• Junior Division (Grades 7-8)

Lieutenant Governor's Award

"For project which best demonstrates excellence and innovation in scientific thought and skill combined with enthusiasm for the scientific process"

Medals are awarded to the top 10 participants in each of Grades 4, 5 and 6.

Specialty Prizes (2025): 

Atlantic Canada Aerospace and Defence Association Prize

"Best demonstrates applications of advanced engineering technologies"

Atlantic Veterinary College Prize

"Animal related project (animals of interest and applicability to Veterinary Medicine)"

Bedeque Bay Environmental Management Association Prize

"A project that best incorporates the themes of Biodiversity, Nature, or Ecology"

BIO|FOOD|TECH Food Technology Award

"Best in division related to Food Science and Technology"

Canadian Parents for French (PEI) Award

"Project that has a French component in both the written and displayed work"

Chemical Institute of Canada (Maritime Division) Prize

"Exemplary projects related to chemistry"

Cleantech Academy’s Prize for Cleantech and Sustainability

"For projects that best demonstrate cleantech and sustainable solutions"

Dalhousie University Faculty of Agriculture - Excellence in Agri-Science Prize

"Best demonstrates an effective application of science to agriculture" 

Dental Association of PEI - Oral Health Prize

"Best project dealing with oral health"

Dr. Leon Loucks Award for Environment Stewardship & Sustainability

"Dr. Leon Loucks Award for Environment Stewardship & Sustainability"

ECOPEI Award

"Project that best demonstrates a practical application in addressing a real-world environmental challenge"

efficiencyPEI Prize

"Outstanding projects that best explore ways for Islanders to reduce their day to day energy consumption"

Engineers PEI Prize

"Project which best utilizes Engineering or Applied Sciences concepts"

FIRES: Fostering Indigenous Representation in Engineering and Sustainability Award

"Awarded to groups with members who identify as Indigenous and/or who acknowledge or use Indigenous knowledge/ways of knowing in their projects"

Hear PEI - Listen To This! Prize

"Project that best demonstrates awareness of hearing, hearing loss and associated issues"

Holland College Technology Prize

"Project that demonstrates a practical application of telecommunication or bioscience technology"

IDEaLS: Inclusive of Diversity in Engineering and Leadership in Sustainability Award

"A project that highlights the theme of IDEaLS: Inclusive of Diversity in Engineering and Leadership in Sustainability"

Innovation PEI Prize

"For projects demonstrating the economic impact of science & technology"

Island Waste Management Corporation Prize

"Waste management, waste reduction"

Mi'kmaq Confederacy of PEI Indigenous Knowledge in Science Award

"Projects that best incorporate Indigenous knowledge within Non-Indigenous traditional science practices"

Nature PEI Award

"Project related to any wildlife species (snails to whales) and/or plants and wildlife habitats" 

Nature's Crops International - Industrial Agriculture Prize

"Project that best shows industrial use of agricultural products"

Nautilus Discovery Award

"Bioscience or chemistry project best demonstrating the spirit of scientific discovery"

Parks Canada Prize

"Outstanding project related to natural resources and/or climate change and/or coastal ecology in Prince Edward Island National Park"

PEI 4-H Council Prize

"Agriculturally related projects:  food science, food safety, production issues"

PEI Association of Optometrists Award

"Projects involved with eyes, vision, optics or general health"

PEI BioAlliance Award

"Best project in the field of bioscience"

PEI Department of Agriculture Prize

"Innovation in Agriculture"

PEI Department of Education Award for Climate Studies

"Outstanding projects related to Climate Change - education/studies on climate effects, mitigation, adaptation"

PEI Energy Corporation Award

"Project that best promotes the concepts of renewable energy and energy efficiency"

PEI Energy Systems Prize

"Projects involving energy alternatives, production, distribution and green alternatives"

PEI Forests, Fish and Wildlife Prize

"Forest ecosystems & forest-based products, and Fish & Wildlife-related projects"

PEI Home and School Prize

"Best projects that focus on the total well-being of children, including health, safety and learning"

PEI Institute of Agrologists Prize

"Project that best exemplifies the impact of agriculture and good agricultural practices"

PEI Massage Therapy Association Award

"Project that best demonstrates aspects of alternative health or related health issues"

Phytocultures Plant Biology Award

"To foster interest in plant biology/agriculture at an early age"

ProGRES: Promoting Girls in Research in Engineering and Sustainability Award

"To encourage and promote girls to pursue research in Engineering and Sustainability (ProGRES)"

Sekisui Diagnostics Human Health Award

"Project best demonstrating technical knowledge of a human health issue"

Shad Canada Community Changemaker Prize

"For projects that demonstrate creativity, curiosity, and the potential for positive community impact."

Somru BioScience Award

"Excellence in Bio-science Research"

Sport PEI Prize

"Project that best demonstrates how the application of science can affect sport or athletes"

UPEI Biomedical Sciences Prize

"A project that addresses issues in human or animal biological function, health or disease"

UPEI Graduate Students Association - Future Graduate Student Award

"Project where the student(s) followed the integrity of the scientific process"

UPEI Neuroscience Research Group - Neuroscience Prize

"Project that best demonstrates an understanding of either the normal or disease-related function of the nervous system"

UPEI Office of Commercialization, Industry and Innovation - Technology Development Prize

"Project best demonstrating the commercial potential of an innovative or novel technology"

UPEI Physics Award

"Project that best shows awareness and innovation in the field of physics"

UPEI Psychology Award

"Project that best shows awareness and innovation in the importance of the field of psychology"

UPEI School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences Prize

"To the project that best shows awareness and innovation in any area of mathematical and computational sciences"