Registration Fees

The summary of the bill may be available upon request, otherwise, a list of registered projects will be sent out via email/mail the week (7-10 days) following registration deadline. Exception is for the elementary division because of any hard copy project registrations which has taken up to a couple of weeks to enter. Contact the science.fair@mnsu.edu for any needed information. Payment not received by payment deadline will result in an additional $5 per person. (Fees have increase for the 2009 regional fairs to help cover the fair costs.) Fees not sent in by the assigned date (see important dates & deadlines) may result in a deletion of the student's registration. Schools are encouraged to either pay online or pay the registrations with one check and collect the fees from the students. Some schools or school organizations do choose to cover half or all of the fees for their students.

Junior/Senior High Registration Fees

The registration fee for the research paper competition is $15. Registration for the project competition is also $15 per student. If a student chooses to register for both the research paper and project competition, there will be a $15 registration fee for each competition or $30 total. If there are additional team members, each member needs to pay the $15 fee for each competition. Online registrations will only be available up to midnight on the registration deadline date. Payments need to be received by Friday, January 16, 2009 (or postmarked with the same date). A late fee of $5 will be charged per person for each late project registration. No late research paper registrations will be accepted. Late project registrations turned in after the deadline date may or may not be listed in the program. No project registrations will be accepted after Monday, January 23, 2009. All fees will need to be paid prior to fair date. Call the SC/SW MN Regional Science & Engineering Office at 507-389-2849 with any conflicts.

Elementary Division registrations are due on Monday, March 23, 2009. RSEF Elementary Division – Registrations Fees

Payments for registrations are due Wednesday, March 30, 2009. The registration fee for project competition is $15 per student. If there are additional team members, each member needs to pay the $15 fee. Late registrations are discouraged. Approval of any late project registrations is needed by the Science Fair Office PRIOR to registration deadline. Late registrations may or may not be listed in the fair booklet. No project registrations will be accepted after Wednesday, April 1, 2009. Call the SC/SW MN Regional Science & Engineering Office at 507-389-2849 with any conflicts.

Coordinator/Teacher Notes:

1. We recommend that the student registrations be monitored in reducing the amount of error. Online registrations cannot be submitted with any missing information. Any information not submitted on the hard copy of the registration form, may cause problems. Remind all students to print out registration form prior to submission. Once the school's science fair coordinator receives the registration lists from the regional office, all information needs to be checked and reviewed. Adult Educators need to refer back to the original files to ensure all exhibitors are included. In the past, incorrect categories or grade levels have been entered (by school or regional office) which caused a lot of confusion and problems for the participant. Last year, we had a couple of schools who didn't notice the omission of registrations. At our office, we will be very careful in entering the information, but schools/teachers also need to be very careful in reviewing the info.
2. If you have any trouble or questions, or need verification, or change on any registrations, please email the science.fair@mnsu.edu and we will get back to as soon as we can.

Checks should be made out to:

SC/SW MN RSEF
Or
SC/SW MN Regional Science & Engineering Fair

Mailing Address:
SC/SW MN Regional Science & Engineering Fair
TS242
Minnesota State University, Mankato
Mankato, MN 56001

Online Registration (Credit Card) Payments:Preferred method of of payment is the online process. Individuals or schools may pay (by credit card) online. See the instructions on the previous web page. Link is provided below the Online T-Shirt info.

Online T–Shirt Orders and Credit Card Payments: Preferred method of ordering and payment is the online process. Individuals or schools may order and pay (by credit card) online. Payment must accompany orders.

School Checks: write in "memo" area school name and number of registrations. To avoid confusion, it is appreciated that a list of your school's regional fair participants (include grade, category, correct spelling of name(s) and title of project) sent to our office. Any discrepancies will be handled as soon as possible by the regional office.

T–Shirt Checks: write in "memo" area, student's name. Include downloadable T–Shirt order form (available in PDF format). Please be sure to fill out all the necessary information including number of desired t-shirt along with sizes and send to the regional office listed above. Please note that for the Elementary Division, a color imprint choice of either blue or burgundy is offered. Please choose your preference. The fee for a T-Shirt is $13 up to the ordering deadline. Orders do not have to go through your school and may directly be sent to the regional office by individual families. Payment must be sent in with shirt order. No late orders will be accepted. A limited number of shirts may be available on fair day at an increased cost of $15.