Unsure if this competition is right for you? Read one student’s experience about participating in the Contra Costa County Science & Engineering Fair HERE.
Student Qualifications
The Contra Costa County Science & Engineering Fair is open to students who attend school in Contra Costa County. Students must be in the 7th-12th grades. No prior fair qualification is required (i.e., school science fair, etc.)
We do not accept students who attend schools in other counties, states or countries. CCCSEF accepts mixed-county teams, provided that one team member attends school in Contra Costa County and the out-of-county team member(s) petition(s) their county fair director to participate as a mixed county team at the Contra Costa Science Fair.
2026 Science & Engineering Fair Will Be Held at Los Medanos College March 5-7, 2026
2026 Schedule is below:
Thursday, March 5, 2026
3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Student Project Board set-up.
Los Medanos College gymnasium, 2700 E. Leland Road, Pittsburg
Friday, March 6, 2026
7:00 a.m. Judges arrive for a brief training, then begin Project Board judging.
11:45 a.m. Students arrive at the gym for judge interviews.
12:00-2:30 p.m. Student interviews with judges.
Saturday, March 7, 2026
8:30 a.m. Doors to gymnasium open to students.
9:00 a.m. Award Ceremony begins.
10:30 a.m. Students go to their project boards for public viewing.
12:00 noon All project boards must be packed up and removed.
California Science and Engineering Fair
Each year, 18 successful projects are selected by the judges to represent the Contra Costa County Science & Engineering Fair at the California Science and Engineering Fair. In 2026, the California Science and Engineering Fair dates have not yet been finalized.
Questions about the Science Fair schedule? Please email Amy Kerns at communityoutreach@ba-leeds.org
Understand the Rules
For a complete list of the rules of the Science & Engineering Fair, click this button:
Interested in supporting the 2026 Contra Costa County Science & Engineering Fair? Click on the button for more information.
In order to have a successful fair, we need judges to review the students’ project boards and conduct student-scientist interviews. Click on the button to find out more about becoming a science fair judge.
Up to 350 projects are eligible to compete, and each will receive careful consideration by volunteer judges. These volunteers work extended hours to ensure our community’s promising young scientists and engineers receive timely feedback through the Awards Results. Judges, made up largely of veteran Science Fair volunteers, are well aware of how hard our students work over several months in preparation for each year’s competition. They are proud to contribute their time under extraordinary circumstances to make student feedback possible.
The results of the 2025 Science Fair can be found below.
CCCSEF would like to thank the sponsors of the 2025 Science Fair, and the companies who provided judges that allowed the fair to take place for our community’s youth. They are shown below:
Directly contact the Science & Engineering Fair Team
April Treece
Fair Director (Business Sponsorship & Judge Volunteers)
apriltreece@ba-leeds.org
(925) 672-3759
Amy Kerns
Fair Administrator (School & Student Services & Support)