GENERAL GUIDELINES 

• All registration forms can be accessed on this site.
• All submissions must be completed correctly, following the sample format provided.
• All required files must follow the correct file name format and file type.
• A confirmation response from the organizers will be sent after the submission is received.
• Late submissions will not be accepted.
• More detailed guidelines can be found in the Research Fair 2026 Handbook.

Research Competition 

• Each school may submit a maximum of three (3) research entries per category for the Journal Entry Round.
• From the submitted entries, only the top 25 research entries per category will be selected to participate in the Exhibit Presentation. This is the face-to-face component, where the research poster will be presented to a panel of up to three (3) judges, who are experts in the field corresponding to the poster’s category.
• Of the 25 entries, only the top six (6) per category will proceed to the Closed-Door Defense Round.
• From these studies, only the Top 2 teams per category must proceed to the Final Defense Round.
• For qualifiers of both Closed-Door and Final Defense Round, ties would be broken by the Journal Entry Round score garnered by each of the teams.
• Continuing projects will be accepted, provided they show substantial progress from previous versions.
• Resubmission of research entries is not allowed. However, research conducted from SY 2024-2025 to the present may be submitted as long as it was not previously entered in past Research Fairs, and the students are still bona fide high school students.

National Science Conquest

• Only the first sixty (60) teams to submit their registration forms will be accommodated.
• Each school may send up to three (3) teams, with each team consisting of three (3) members and one (1) optional alternate.
• If a registered participant is unable to attend the competition due to valid reasons (e.g., illness, death in the immediate family), a substitute from the same school will be allowed to compete, provided that:
  • The replacement satisfies the eligibility guidelines.
  • A document validating the reason for absence is submitted during registration, prior to the Opening Program of NSC.
  • No replacements will be allowed after this point. Failure to comply will result in the team competing with fewer members.
  • The registered alternate may replace a main team member without submitting a document of excuse.

Youth Science Convention 

• Only fifteen (15) participants (excluding the participants from RC, NSC, and CSC) per school will be allowed to join the YSC Talks. Only registered and paid participants are eligible to participate in the convention. 
• Each school is only allowed to register six (6) participants for Lab Tours. In case the slots for lab tours are not filled by December 27, 2025, the organizers shall accept more participants on a first-come, first-served basis.
• A school may send up to two (2) teams for the Case Study Competition, composed of three (3) members each.