Fair Divisions and Fields of Study
In the Philippines, two fairs are affiliated to the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in the US: the Intel Philippine Basic Science Fair and the Intel Philippine Applied Science Fair. Specific fields of study for each of the affiliated science fair are as follows:

Intel Basic Science Fair: Life Sciences Intel Applied Science Fair: Physical Sciences Botany Zoology Microbiology Biochemistry Medicine and Health Ecology Chemistry Physics Mathematics Computer Science Engineering Earth and Space Sciences Environmental Science

Who are eligible to participate?

Cluster 1 Students from the regular and private high schools Cluster 2 Students from special science high schools, science and technology-oriented high schools, the Philippine Science High School system and high schools under tertiary institutions

Preparatory work for the different competition levels commences in August when students present project proposals to their science advisers who, in turn, help them individually or in teams fine tune the scientific concepts they want to highlight in their projects. The advisers also guide them in the execution of their projects.

For the students to make it to the grand finals, they first have to hurdle the division level competition which is usually conducted on October of every year. Then those students who win in the division level move on to compete against the winners of the other divisions for a chance to represent their region in the national level competitions.

Students are judged on the basis of the following criteria: creativity, resourcefulness and inventiveness; scientific thought; thoroughness; research skills; their exhibit and oral presentation skills.