Scholarship Value $10,000
Number of Scholarships 40
All students must meet the following rules:
- All students must be United States or Canadian citizens and living within the United States or Canada, U.S. Territories, or a Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) school abroad, and enrolled full-time in a public, private, parochial, virtual school, or home school.
- Students must be younger than 21 years of age.
- National Science Teaching Association employees, NSTA board members, ExploraVision judges and their respective families are not eligible to enter the competition.
- Any student who was a regional or national finalist in ExploraVision can only compete in subsequent years with a new team — i.e., with students who have not previously been an ExploraVision regional or national finalists.
- Students enter as a team of 2-4 students with a teacher/coach and optional mentor (no individual entries).
- Students may only submit one project per year. However, each teacher/coach can participate in multiple projects per year.
All coaches must meet the following rules:
- A coach must be at least 21 years of age.
- Coaches may be one of the following: a teacher, coach, counselor, leader in a youth organization, or parent/guardian.
- A coach must know at least one student on the team.
- A coach cannot be a judge in the same competition year.
All projects must meet the following rules:
Any project that has won at ExploraVision’s regional and/or national level may not be resubmitted in future years.
Any project previously awarded a prize in another competition may not be submitted.
AI and the tool ChatGPT may be used to brainstorm and/or research your project ideas. These should be used as a tool, but not as the only resource for your project.
Any information generated by these resources must be included in the bibliography with the proper citations from the original resources Toshiba/NSTA ExploraVision Requirements
Categories
Each team must choose the appropriate category, the oldest student on a team determines the category. Each category will be judged separately based on the abilities of students inthose grades. ExploraVision has four categories:
- Primary Level (Grades K to 3)
- Upper Elementary Level (Grades 4 to 6)
- Middle Level (Grades 7 to 9)
- High School Level (Grades 10 to 12)
Project Requirements
Each complete project must consist of:
- A title (50 characters max).
- An abstract (150 words max.)
- The project description (11 pages max.)
- Bibliography
- Five sample Web pages
The coach submits a team’s project online before the deadline of 7:00 PM ET, February 3, 2026.