Teachers Win, Too!

Senior Division Third Place Winner Katilyn Lewter is joined by her sponsoring teacher Brad Parton on The 2015 DuPont Challenge Awards Trip

The support that you give your students is a key to their success and to the success of The DuPont Challenge Science Essay Competition. DuPont is pleased to recognize the unique contributions made by the sponsoring science teachers.

Sponsoring teachers of the first, second, and third place winners in each division will receive an expenses-paid trip with their student to The Walt Disney World® Resort and NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Orlando, Florida. Teachers of the first place winners in both division will also receive expenses-paid trip to the NSTA National Conference of the following year. DuPont feels strongly that teachers who guide their students and help them achieve national recognition deserve to be honored as well!

See the chart below for what sponsoring teachers could win.

Senior Division (Grades 9, 10, 11, 12)

First Place Winner Sponsoring Teacher:

Expenses-paid 2017 NSTA Conference trip
Expenses-paid Orlando trip
Subscription to Britannica Online School Edition for entire school
Britannica’s Breakthroughs in Science & Technology (6 titles)

Second Place Winner Sponsoring Teacher

$500 teaching grant
Expenses-paid Orlando trip
Subscription to Britannica Online School Edition for entire school
Britannica’s Breakthroughs in Science & Technology (6 titles)

Third Place Winner Sponsoring Teacher

$250 teaching grant
Expenses-paid Orlando trip
Subscription to Britannica Online School Edition for entire school
Britannica’s Breakthroughs in Science & Technology (6 titles)

Junior Division (Grades 6, 7, 8)

First Place Winner Sponsoring Teacher:

Expenses-paid 2017 NSTA Conference trip
Expenses-paid Orlando trip
Subscription to Britannica Online School Edition for entire school
Britannica’s Pioneers & Innovators books (5 titles)

Second Place Winner Sponsoring Teacher

$500 teaching grant
Expenses-paid Orlando trip
Subscription to Britannica Online School Edition for entire school
Britannica’s Pioneers & Innovators books (5 titles)

Third Place Winner Sponsoring Teacher

$250 teaching grant
Expenses-paid Orlando trip
Subscription to Britannica Online School Edition for entire school
Britannica’s Pioneers & Innovators books (5 titles)

Please read the competition Rules to make sure your students are eligible.