April 23, 2021 Pictured: Rachel Bergey, winner of the Lemelson Award for Invention in the Broadcom MASTERS 2019.
The Broadcom MASTERS® is the nation’s premier middle school STEM competition. Annually, the program awards approximately $100,000 to extraordinary middle schoolers whose research projects explore a multitude of science and engineering questions, ranging from understanding eye disease to improving recycling to quantifying gerrymandering.
Society-affiliated fairs nominate the top 10% of 6
th, 7
th, and 8
th grade students to compete in Broadcom MASTERS each year. The deadline for the 2021 Broadcom MASTERS application is
June 9, 2021 at 8pm Eastern Time.
We want to show you the application is not a scary process – you’ve already done the hard work by completing your research project and presenting to judges at your local fair! Below, we have highlighted seven important things to know for nominees applying to the 2021 Broadcom MASTERS.