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Encouraging Utah students to pursue innovation through math, science, and software careers
The Symantec Software Scholarship program is intended to encourage high school students (grades 9 – 12) to pursue education in math and science. You could win one of four $10,000 Symantec Software Scholarship Awards* when you create and enter a software-based science project into a Utah regional science fair.
One scholarship will be awarded at each of the four science fairs. Scholarships will be given to students who best meet the criteria outlined in Symantec Software Scholarship Rules and Regulations. A team of Symantec software engineers will serve as a panel of judges, and will be responsible for choosing the winning participants.
- Carefully review Symantec Scholarship Rules and Regulations so that you can be certain that your project idea meets the Symantec Software Scholarship requirements.
- Be selected to compete in a Utah regional science fair, for high school grades 9 – 12, by qualifying in both your school and district science fairs.
- Enter your project into one of the following regional science fairs:
Note: You do not have to win at the regional science fair level, but you must compete at this level to be chosen for a Symantec Software Scholarship.
- Richey Science Fair (Weber State University)
http://community.weber.edu/sciencefair/- Salt Lake Science and Engineering Fair (University of Utah)
http://www.utahsciencecenter.org/sciencefair/- Central Utah Science and Engineering Fair (Brigham Young University)
http://cusef.byu.edu/- Southern Utah Science and Engineering Fair (Southern Utah University)
http://www.suu.edu/sci/fair/
- Register as a Symantec Software Scholarship participant. (Do this at the same time you enter the regional science fair.)
- Be someone who has not previously won the Symantec Software Scholarship.
- Create a science project that involves writing computer software that solves a specific problem.
For sample projects, and general help, see our Resources page.
- The software code that you write must be primarily your own effort. You can consult a teacher or other expert, but you must come up with your own idea and you must do the work, yourself.
- Use of existing, or third-party code (such as Open Source code) is encouraged as long as you clearly reference or cite the source in your project.
- Qualify and enter your project into one of the Utah regional science fairs (refer to the regional fair web pages for more specific information).
- Enter your project into a Utah regional science fairs.
NOTE: You must advance from the school to the district and from the district to the regional science fair.
- You do not have to win at the regional science fair level, but you must compete at this level to be chosen for a Symantec Software Scholarship.
- You must register with Symantec Corporation as a participant.(Do this at the same time you enter the regional science fair.)
- Your project will have a greater chance of winning if:
- It goes beyond the simple entry and display of data through a user interface.
- The problem being solved is complex (the more complex the problem, the more impressed the judges will be).
- The software you write actually solves the problem or question of your project.
- The user interface is well designed and easy to use (Well designed user interfaces are given a higher value by the judges).
- The software handles errors effectively by either automatically resolving them, or by explaining to the user what must be done to correct the error.
- Once you have won the Symantec Software Scholarship you will be able to use it to pursue an education in math and science.
To register for the Symantec Software Scholarship, please submit the following information:
Within 7 days of registering, you should receive an email from Symantec that confirms that your information has been received and entered for the scholarship contest. If you do not receive this notice after 7 days, please resubmit your information.
