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Educational Programs
Brookhaven National Lab
Bldg. 438 - P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000
 
Phone: (631) 344-4503
Fax: (631) 344-5832
E-mail: oep@bnl.gov

High School Essay Contest Rules

Rules:

  • Essays must be 2-4 double-spaced pages in length (not including cover pages or references) and typed or printed from a computer printer onto 8 1/2" x 11" numbered pages in a 12-point font.
  • Essays must contain a cover sheet with the essay title and the student’s name and school.
  • The first page of the essay itself must include the essay title but must NOT contain the student's name or school.
  • Essays should have page numbers.
  • A bibliography of references and sources is required.  You must use a minimum of three references.  
  • High school students from Suffolk and Nassau Counties may submit entries.
  • Only one entry can be submitted per student.

Teachers are requested to submit only the top five essays from each class.  Only five entries per class, per school, will be accepted.  A list of all students submitting essays is requested.

Winning essays will be chosen by an independent panel of judges.  The essays will be evaluated on the basis of critical thinking, scientific accuracy, creativity, and organization.

Essay Contest contact at Brookhaven:
Jen Clodius
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Bldg. 438, P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000
(631)344-2489
(631)344-5832 fax

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Last Modified: January 31, 2008
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DOE, Office of ScienceOne of ten national laboratories overseen and primarily funded by the Office of Science of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Brookhaven National Laboratory conducts research in the physical, biomedical, and environmental sciences, as well as in energy technologies and national security. Brookhaven Lab also builds and operates major scientific facilities available to university, industry and government researchers. Brookhaven is operated and managed for DOE’s Office of Science by Brookhaven Science Associates, a limited-liability company founded by Stony Brook University, the largest academic user of Laboratory facilities, and Battelle, a nonprofit, applied science and technology organization.

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