The Path to State Starts Locally
Start Here: Participate
There are six Regional Science Fair organizations located across Massachusetts. Participation at the State Fair is based on projects that are approved for participation at the Regional level. Click on the RED text below the map to find regional fair contact information.
Scroll down for more information and resources.
Submit projects for participation and find regional event information at the links here:
Grades 6-8 start here: Middle School Statewide Review Site, MAMS.zfairs.com
Grades 9-12 start here: High School Statewide Review Site, MAHS.zfairs.com
Locate your region
Click the RED links below to see a full list of towns for each region and the corresponding event and contact information.
All parochial and private schools in Boston are in Southeastern Region 5.
Western
Region 1 »
High School Website »
Middle School Website »
| HS Host: Western New England University region1@scifair.com christian.salmon@wne.edu |
MS Host: Mass College of Liberal Arts region1@scifair.com |
- Adams
- Agawam
- Alford
- Amherst
- Ashfield
- Becket
- Belchertown
- Bernardston
- Blandford
- Buckland
- Charlemont
- Cheshire
- Chester
- Chesterfield
- Chicopee
- Clarksburg
- Colrain
- Conway
- Cummington
- Dalton
- Deerfield
- East Longmeadow
- Easthampton
- Egremont
- Erving
- Florence
- Florida
- Gill
- Goshen
- Granby
- Granville
- Great Barrington
- Greenfield
- Hadley
- Hampden
- Hancock
- Hatfield
- Hawley
- Heath
- Hinsdale
- Holyoke
- Huntington
- Lanesboroug
- Lee
- Lenox
- Leverett
- Leyden
- Longmeadow
- Ludlow
- Middlefield
- Monroe
- Monson
- Montague
- Monterey
- Montgomery
- Mount Hermon
- Mt. Washington
- New Ashford
- New Marlboro
- New Salem
- North Adams
- Northampton
- Northfield
- Orange
- Otis
- Palmer
- Pelham
- Peru
- Petersham
- Pittsfield
- Plainfield
- Richmond
- Rowe
- Russell
- Sandisfield
- Savoy
- Sheffield
- Shelburne
- Shutesbury
- South Deerfield
- South Hadley
- Turners Falls
- Southampton
- Southwick
- Springfield
- Stockbridge
- Sunderland
- Tolland
- Tyringham
- Ware
- Warwick
- Washington
- Wendell
- West Springfield
- West Stockbridge
- Westfield
- Westhampton
- Whately
- Wilbraham
- Williamsburg
- Williamstown
- Worthington
Regional High Schools
- Amherst-Pelham
- Frontier
- Gateway
- Hampshire
- Hoosac Valley
- Minnechaug
- Mohawk Trail
- Monument Mountain
- Mount Everett
- Mount Greylock
- Pathfinder Reg. Voc.
- Pioneer Valley
- Ralph C. Mahar
- Taconic
- Turners Falls
- Wahconah
Central
Region 2 »
High School Website »
Middle School Website »
| HS Chair: Taryn Surabian taryn.surabian@wrsef.net |
MS Chair: Lisa Greenwald greenwaldl@westboroughk12.org |
- Ashburnham
- Ashland
- Athol
- Auburn
- Barre
- Berlin
- Blackstone
- Bolton
- Boylston
- Brimfield
- Brookfield
- Charlton
- Clinton
- Devens
- Douglas
- Dudley
- East Brookfield
- Fiskdale
- Fitchburg
- Framingham
- Gardner
- Grafton
- Hardwick
- Harvard
- Holden
- Holland
- Holliston
- Hopedale
- Hopkinton
- Hubbardston
- Hudson
- Lancaster
- Leicester
- Leominster
- Lunenburg
- Marlborough
- Maynard
- Mendon
- Milford
- Millbury
- Millville
- New Braintree
- North Brookfield
- Northborough
- Northbridge
- Oakham
- Oxford
- Paxton
- Phillipston
- Princeton
- Royalston
- Rutland
- Shrewsbury
- South Lancaster
- Southborough
- Southbridge
- Spencer
- Sterling
- Still River
- Stow
- Sturbridge
- Sudbury
- Sutton
- Templeton
- Upton
- Uxbridge
- Wales
- Warren
- Webster
- West Boylston
- West Brookfield
- Westborough
- Westminster
- Whitinsville
- Winchendon
- Worcester
Regional High Schools
- Algonquin
- Assabet Valley
- Bay Path
- Blackstone-Millville
- Lincoln-Sudbury
- Montachusett
- Narragansett
- Nashoba
- Nipmuc
- Oakmont
- Quabbin
- Quoboag
- Shepherd Hill
- South Middlesex
- Tahanto
- Tantasqua
- Wachusett
Southwestern
Region 3 »
High School & Middle School Website »
| HS Chair: Pallavi Naravane pallavinaravane@gmail.com |
MS Chair: Pallavi Naravane pallavinaravane@gmail.com |
- Acushnet
- Attleboro
- Berkeley
- Chartley
- Dartmouth
- Dighton
- Fairhaven
- Fall River
- Foxborough
- Franklin
- Lakeville
- Mansfield
- New Bedford
- Norfolk
- North Attleboro
- Norton
- Plainville
- Raynham
- Rehoboth
- Seekonk
- Somerset
- South Attleboro
- Swansea
- Taunton
- Westport
- Wrentham
Regional High Schools
- Apponequet
- Bristol-Plymouth
- Dighton-Rehoboth
- Diman Regional
- King Philip
Northeastern
Region 4 »
High School Website »
Middle School Website »
| HS Chair: Suzanne Stickley sstickley@pioneercss.org |
MS Chair: Akshay Kokil akshay_kokil@uml.edu |
- Acton
- Amesbury
- Andover
- Arlington
- Ashby
- Ayer
- Bedford
- Belmont
- Beverly
- Billerica
- Boxborough
- Boxford
- Bradford
- Burlington
- Byfield
- Cambridge
- Carlisle
- Chelmsford
- Chelsea
- Concord
- Danvers
- Devens
- Dracut
- Dunstable
- Essex
- Everett
- Georgetown
- Gloucester
- Groton
- Groveland
- Hamilton
- Hanscom Air Force Base
- Hathorne
- Haverhill
- Ipswich
- Lawrence
- Lexington
- Lincoln
- Littleton
- Lowell
- Lynn
- Lynnfield
- Malden
- Manchester
- Marblehead
- Medford
- Melrose
- Merrimac
- Methuen
- Middleton
- Nahant
- Newbury
- Newburyport
- North Andover
- North Chelmsford
- North Reading
- Peabody
- Pepperell
- Reading
- Revere
- Rockport
- Rowley
- Salem
- Salisbury
- Saugus
- Shirley
- Somerville
- South Hamilton
- Stoneham
- Swampscott
- Tewksbury
- Topsfield
- Townsend
- Tyngsboro
- Wakefield
- Waltham
- Watertown
- Wenham
- West Newbury
- Westford
- Wilmington
- Winchester
- Winthrop
- Woburn
Regional High Schools
- Acton-Boxborough
- Concord-Carlisle
- Greater Lawrence
- Greater Lowell
- Groton-Dunstable
- Hamilton-Wenham
- Masconomet
- Nashoba Valley Tech
- North Middlesex
- Northeast Metro Tech
- Pentucket
- Shawsheen Valley
- Triton
- Whittier Regional
Southeastern
Region 5 »
High School Website »
Middle School Website »
| HS Chair: Pat Monteith maregionV@gmail.com |
MS Chair: Erin McQuaid Erin.McQuaid@regiscollege.edu |
- Abington
- Avon
- Barnstable
- Bellingham
- Bourne
- Braintree
- Brewster
- Bridgewater
- Brockton
- Brookline
- Buzzards Bay
- Canton
- Carver
- Chatham
- Chestnut Hill
- Cohasset
- Cotuit
- Dedham
- Dennis
- Dover
- Duxbury
- East Bridgewater
- Eastham
- Easton
- Falmouth
- Freetown
- Halifax
- Hanover
- Hanson
- Harwich
- Hingham
- Holbrook
- Hull
- Hyannis
- Kingston
- Marion
- Marshfield
- Martha’s Vineyard
- Mashpee
- Mattapoisett
- Medfield
- Medway
- Middleborough
- Millis
- Milton
- Nantucket
- Natick
- Needham
- Newton
- Norwell
- Norwood
- Orleans
- Osterville
- Pembroke
- Plymouth
- Plympton
- Provincetown
- Quincy
- Randolph
- Raynham
- Rochester
- Rockland
- Sandwich
- Scituate
- Sharon
- Sherborn
- South Easton
- South Weymouth
- Stoughton
- Truro
- Walpole
- Wareham
- Wayland
- Wellesley
- Wellfleet
- West Bridgewater
- Weston
- Westwood
- Weymouth
- Whitman
- Yarmouth
Regional High Schools
- Blue Hills
- Bridgewater-Raynham
- Cape Cod Regional
- Dennis-Yarmouth
- Dover-Sherborn
- Martha’s Vineyard
- Nauset
- Old Colony Regional
- Old Rochester
- Silver Lake
- Southeastern Regional
- Upper Cape Cod Regional
- Whitman-Hanson
- All Boston parochial and
- private schools.
Boston Public Schools
Region 6 »
High School & Middle School Website »
| HS Chair: Nicole Guttenberg nguttenberg@bostonpublicschools.org |
MS Chair: Nicole Guttenberg nguttenberg@bostonpublicschools.org |
- Allston
- Back Bay
- Bay Village
- Beacon Hill
- Brighton
- Charlestown
- Chinatown-Leather District
- Dorchester
- Downtown
- East Boston
- Fenway-Kenmore
- Hyde Park
- Jamaica Plain
- Mattapan
- Mid-Dorchester
- Mission Hill
- North End
- Roslindale
- Roxbury
- South Boston
- South End
- West End
- West Roxbury
Private and parochial schools within the City of Boston are included in Region V
Fair policies
All students, parents, teachers, and project sponsors should familiarize themselves with the program policies here, (https://scifair.com/category/rules-guidelines/) in addition to the Manuals found on the Grade-specific pages. All participants must adhere to the Ethics Statement.
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