Eligible students shall complete “a research project” that complies with one of the categories outlined below. For a student to enter the contest, he/she must register the project online and submit a slide show presentation by February 24, 2012. An applicant cannot enter more than one project. The projects will be evaluated according to judging criteria outlined below. The projects will be ranked and the top 40 projects will be considered as a semifinalist and out of 40 semifinalists, the ten (10) with the highest scores will be selected as finalists and will compete for the Grand Prize during the International I-SWEEEP Science Fair in Houston.