2026 Award Winners
2026 Grand Prize Winners
First Place
Aarit Atreja
Davis Senior High School
Second Place
David tran
SEABED: Secure and Efficient AI-Based Breast Cancer Detection Using Low-Cost Edge Devices
Franklin High School
Third Place
Avijay Sen
In-situ cryo-EM structures reveal mechanisms of sheathed flagellar assembly, rotation, and disassembly in Vibrio cholerae
Franklin High School
Category Awards
Middle School
- First Place
Aniket Sarkar
Sacramento Country Day Middle School - Second Place
Agamjit Bal
Evelyn Costa Elementary School - Third Place
Garrison Lam
Daniel Dais-Rook
Jonah Garcia
Barbara Chilton Middle School, Rocklin Gateway Academy - Fourth Place
Katelyn Sanders
Brisa Garcia
Leonardo Da Vinci Middle School
- First Place
Matthew Truong
Elizabeth Pinkerton Middle School
- First Place
Roy Shih
Oliver Wendell Holmes Junior High - Second Place
Noe Mertyris
Leonardo Da Vinci Middle School
High School
- First Place
Helen Xia
Davis Senior High School - Second Place
Ilayda Koker
Oak Ridge High School - Third Place
Ayushmaan Bellum
Laurel Springs School - Honorable Mention
Cassandra Chen
Oak Ridge High School
- First Place
Anaya Bhattacharyya &
Sanjoli Ray
Vista Del Lago High School - Second Place
Vera Lew
Davis Senior High School - Third Place
Nishka Mogulla
Maya Sarmah
Rocklin High School - Honorable Mention
Yoel Kidane
Natomas Pacific Pathways Prep
- First Place
Avijay Sen
Franklin High School - Second Place
Sarayu Pasumarthi
Vista del Lago High School - Third Place
Austin Lee &
Nihal Ghuman
Rocklin High School - Honorable Mention
Lily Hislop
Chico High School
- First Place
Edrea Banh &
Noman Sangar
Sheldon High School - Second Place
Ethan Golez, Haran Swaminathan, & Harish Anand
Vista Del Lago High School - Third Place
Jewel Pitcher
Feather River Charter School
- First Place
Aarit Atreja
Davis Senior High School - Second Place
Lalithendra Reddy Bhima
Folsom High School - Third Place
Aryan Agarwal
Mountain House High School - Honorable Mention
Haramrit Bal, Abishek Renjith, Pradhyun Akkala
Mountain House High School
Special Awards
Anaya Bhattacharyya
Sanjoli Ray
Shreyan Dasari
Atreya Kulkarni
Srihan Veera Venkata Kongara
Ajay Sathish Kumar
Foster Griffith
Lily Hislop
Aniket Sarkar
Excel Widjaja
Syeda Zainab Fatima
Akshat Agarwal
Haramrit Bal
Abishek Renjith
Pradhyun Akkala
Aarit Atreja
Thank you To Past Special Award Sponsors
- American Meteorological Society
- American Psychological Association
- American Public Works Association
- ASM Materials Education Foundation
- Association for Women Geoscientists
- California Air Resources Board
- California Association of Professional Scientists (CAPS)
- California Department of Water Resources
- California Biomedical Research
- GENIUS Olympiad
- Intel Excellence in Computer Science
- I-SWEEEP
- MU Alpha Theta
- National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
- Office of Naval Research (US Navy/US Marine Corps)
- Professional Engineers in California Government (PECG)
- Ramesh Innovation
- RICOH Americas Corporation
- Younger Member Forum of the American Society of Civil Engineers (Sac YMF)
- SMUD Energy Award
- Society for In Vitro Biology
- Stockholm Junior Water Prize
- US Public Health Service
- Yale Science & Engineering Association
It’s important!
By sponsoring the NorCal STEM Education Foundation or one of our Programs, you will be sponsoring achievement and encouraging excellence among our region’s pre-college scientists, technical and mathematical experts and engineers.
The Foundation offers numerous sponsorship opportunities, with increasing benefits to your organization at each level. You can make a difference in your community as you achieve your marketing, branding, and public relation goals by selecting one of our sponsorship options.
Six Levels of Sponsorship
- Platinum Sponsor ($20,000+)
- Gold Sponsor ($10,000-$19,999)
- Silver Sponsor ($5,000-$9,999)
- Bismuth Sponsor ($1,000-$4,999)
- Category Sponsor ($500)
- Friends of the Foundation Sponsor (less than $500)
See the package for each sponsorship level below.
Sponsor the Mentoring Program at a Local School.
Please contact us today to find out how to sponsor a local school of your choice! Sponsorship amounts differ dependent upon many factors. Click here to send us a message!
Sponsor the STEM Fair.
Please contact us today to find out how to sponsor any of the items below! Sponsorship amounts differ dependent upon many factors. Click here to send us a message!
Sponsor the College & Career Expo with a “Presenting” Sponsorship:
The Expo will be listed as “presented by” your organization. Your organization or company will be provided 5 event spaces for no registration fee, your organization’s name & logo associated with the Expo event in all promotional and event materials and on the website, and a 1/2 page ad in the program or marketing equivalent.
Sponsor a STEM Series.
Please contact us today to find out how to sponsor a STEM Series at a local school of your choice! Sponsorship amounts differ dependent upon many factors. Click here to send us a message!
Sponsorship Levels
Platinum Sponsor
$20,000+
- Opportunity to present 2-minute welcome message at Awards Ceremony
- Opportunity to put “swag” in each registered student goodie bag
- Opportunity for monthly ad in The Beaker to run for 12 months
- Company acknowledged in e-newsletter, the Beaker, delivered electronically to all participants, business partners and partnering organizations
- Company banner displayed in the Awards Ceremony auditorium (banner must be provided)
- Verbal recognition during Award Ceremony
- Full-page ad in event program
- Active link from our web site to your home page
- Opportunity to exhibit at College & Fair Expo with no fee (promotion booth at which you can demonstrate company products/processes)
- Company name and logo in event program, on sponsors’ billboard list at entrance to event, and on our website
Gold Sponsor
$10,000 – $19,999
- Opportunity to host one ad in The Beaker (month of own choosing)
- Company acknowledged in e-newsletter, the Beaker, delivered electronically to all participants, business partners and partnering organizations
- Company banner displayed in the Awards Ceremony auditorium (banner must be provided)
- Verbal recognition during Award Ceremony
- Full-page ad in event program
- Active link from our web site to your home page
- Opportunity to exhibit at College & Fair Expo with no fee (promotion booth at which you can demonstrate company products/processes)
- Company name and logo in event program, on sponsors’ billboard list at entrance to event, and on our website
Silver Sponsor
$5,000 – $9,999
- Quarter-page ad in event program
- Active link from our web site to your home page
- Opportunity to exhibit at College & Fair Expo with no fee (promotion booth at which you can demonstrate company products/processes)
- Company name and logo in event program, on sponsors’ billboard list at entrance to event, and on our website
Bismuth Sponsor
$1,000-$4,999
- Opportunity to exhibit at College & Fair Expo with no fee (promotion booth at which you can demonstrate company products/processes)
- Company name and logo in event program, on sponsors’ billboard list at entrance to event, and on our website
Category Sponsor
$500
- Selected STEM category identified in program and on state at Awards Ceremony as “presented as (company name)”
- Possible opportunity for a company representative to assist in presentation of awards on stage during Ceremony
- Company name and logo in event program, on sponsors’ billboard list at entrance to event, and on our website
Friends of the Foundation Sponsor
Less than $500
- Company name on our website and in event program
Tax Deductable
Tax ID #91-2169205
Contributions to the NSE Foundation are Tax Deductible —
For additional information contact us at (916) 441-3150 or sacstemfair@sacstemfair.org.