Events

January 20
Teacher Registration Deadline. New teachers should register by this date so that their students can complete milestones in STEM Wizard.
2026
January 30
IRB Pre-Approval Confirmation Deadline. NOTE: All IRB approvals are now completed at school-level. MTSEF will no longer pre-approve Human Participant Projects, only confirm pre-approval.
2026
January 30
SRC Pre-Approval Deadline for projects that involve human participants that have received IRB preapproval at the school level, vertebrate animals, and potentially hazardous biological agents such as microorganisms, recombinant DNA, tissues. The SRC will respond to entries.
2026
March 6
Registration Deadline for Milestones except Abstracts
2026
March 23
All Milestones completed (including abstracts)
2026
March 27
MTSEF Competition
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm: Check-in and Project Set up
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm: Category Award Judging; Students must be at their projects
5:00 pm -​ 6:30 pm: Break and Public Viewing; Students may be at projects but not required. Dinner provided for judges.
6:30 pm -8:00 pm: Special Award and Grand Prize Judging; Students must be at their projects
Location: Belmont University, Jane Ayers Academic Center, 4th Floor
2026
April 6
MTSEF Awards Ceremony
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Location: Belmont University, Jane Ayers Academic Center, 4th Floor
Time: 6:30-8:00 pm
2026






