NJAS Judges Information

The 68^THNJAS annual meeting will be celebrated in person  this year 2023.  We will need the assistance of our elite scientific community around the state of New Jersey to serve as judges at our event. It is our hope we can count on you to help evaluate the amazing work of our participants. High school students compete in the Junior Division and College, Master’s & Doctoral level students in the Senior Division. Awards are given for outstanding presentations. Science & Math & Technology professionals are asked to volunteer as judges in any of the following fields: 

Environmental Science / Ecology

Cell or Molecular Biology

Health / Medicine

Chemistry / Biochemistry

Physics / Engineering

Mathematics/Computational Science

Psychology / Animal Behavior

Microbiology

Botany

Marine Science

Science or Math Education

Earth Science / Geology / Meteorology

Topical Reviews

This year NJAS judges Process and Due dates:

1. Interested judges must fill the form to be considered as NJAS judge by April 6, 2023

2. Judges will be informed of their category and how many abstract/videos they will review by April 18, 2023.  The judges will be able to review the video presentations in advance and may choose to have some notes/questions on the live PowerPoint presentations on May 20th.

3. Judges will evaluate final presentations at the in person event on May 20, 2023. Please save the date. Judges expected contribution time should be from 9:30 am to 1 pm. Judges are welcome to stay to the end of the event. Judges will received a complimentary registration, breakfast and lunch.

NJAS Judges Guidelines:

1. Judges must follow the rubric and give final score per presentation to Junior Academy leader/coordinator  during the lunch break  or by 1 pm on 5/20/23.
2. Judges must select top 3 winners only
3. Judges will communicate with presenters during the live presentations.

For any questions you may have please email the following: For Junior Academy - Ms. Donna Leonardi at donleo54@gmail.com or Dr. at krithikagandhii@gmail.com. For Senior Academy - Dr. Bologna at  bolognap@montclair.edu. Full meeting agenda TBA.