2024 Governor's STEM Competition

STEM - Where Innovation and Ingenuity Collide

Creating a Commonwealth with Universal Design in Mind

In celebration of the 10th Year Anniversary of the Governor’s STEM Competition, we are excited to offer two options for school teams who wish to participate in the 2024 competition.

Regardless of each student team's participation in the competition, a team is limited to a maximum of five students in grades 9 through 12. Students must be associated with a public, charter, or private school, a career and technical education center, or homeschooled in Pennsylvania. Each student team must work under the guidance of an approved school mentor.

• Each team will receive a $600 stipend.
• This option is for those who wish to have the opportunity to participate in-person at the State Finals.
• STEM Prototype with Digital Poster Scoring Components
• Written Proposal: Minimum 500, Maximum 2,000-word document submitted no later than March 6, 2024.
• Video Presentation: 10-minute minimum, 20-minute maximum presentation recorded and submitted no later than March 6, 2024.
• Digital Poster demonstrates the scientific and engineering process that students engaged in while designing the team’s prototype.
• Project submissions are categorized in one of two divisions:
• Division 1: Those who competed in the STATE COMPETITION in the last 5 years.
• Division 2: Those who have not competed in the STATE COMPETITION in the last 5 years.
• Top 20 projects will advance to the State Finals at PaTTAN Harrisburg

• The purpose for creating a Digital Poster is to demonstrate the scientific and engineering process students engaged in, while developing and designing their school’s STEM class, program, or club.
• Option B is for those teams who do not wish to participate in-person.
• School teams will submit their posters digitally.
• Posters will be printed by PaTTAN, displayed at Finals, and then mailed to school teams.
• No formal judging will occur for posters submissions.
• Digital badges and Certificates of Participation will be provided to participating student teams.
• A maximum of 5 students are permitted to work and submit a poster.
• Approved mentors are not permitted to contribute to the development or creation of digital components for the team’s poster.

The Governor’s STEM Competition will be held in a hybrid format in 2024.

Registrants will receive a one-time $600 stipend to design and build their prototype or device. Stipends will be distributed to schools pending commitment to participation in the competition. Once school district business offices receive the stipend, they are responsible for disbursement of funds to the team advisor.