Intel ISEF Alumni by Year
Intel ISEF historical pages project
Intel has been the title sponsor of the International Science and Engineering Fair since 1997. This fair, a program of Society for Science & the Public, previously known as Science Service, started out as the National Science Fair in Philadelphia in 1950 and has been an international fair since 1958 when Japan, Canada, and Germany joined the competition. Now the competition boasts over 70 participating countries!
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Below we have a listing of each year of the competition, where it was hosted and the number of fairs and finalists that attended. Our goal is to build a historical page for each year with information about that fair and its finalists. If you have pictures, stories or videos to share about your year, please share with us.
Year | City, State | Affiliated Fairs | Finalists |
|---|---|---|---|
2018 | Pittsburgh, PA | 420 | 1769 |
| Los Angeles, CA | 421 | 1774 | |
| 2016 | Phoenix, AZ | 419 | 1759 |
Pittsburgh, PA | 422 | 1702 | |
Los Angeles, CA | 426 | 1748 | |
Phoenix, AZ | 436 | 1581 | |
Pittsburgh, PA | 446 | 1530 | |
Los Angeles, CA | 443 | 1511 | |
2010 | San Jose, CA | 559 | 1594 |
2009 | Reno, NV | 550 | 1502 |
2008 | Atlanta, GA | 553 | 1529 |
2007 | Albuquerque, NM | 556 | 1492 |
2006 | Indianapolis, IN | 558 | 1470 |
2005 | Phoenix, AZ | 556 | 1419 |
2004 | Portland, OR | 543 | 1409 |
2003 | Cleveland, OH | 518 | 1279 |
2002 | Louisville, KY | 493 | 1259 |
2001 | San Jose, CA | 490 | 1230 |
2000 | Detroit, MI | 502 | 1224 |
1999 | Philadelphia, PA | 477 | 1159 |
1998 | Fort Worth, TX | 454 | 1125 |
1997 | Louisville, KY | 440 | 1089 |
1996 | Tucson, AZ | 482 | 1067 |
1995 | Hamilton, CANADA | 481 | 1028 |
1994 | Birmingham, AL | 431 | 929 |
1993 | Mississippi Beach, MS | 416 | 831 |
1992 | Nashville, TN | 394 | 753 |
1991 | Orlando, FL | 395 | 748 |
1990 | Tulsa, OK | 398 | 754 |
1989 | Pittsburgh, PA | 395 | 746 |
1988 | Knoxville, TN | 381 | 721 |
1987 | San Juan, PR | 360 | 680 |
1986 | Fort Worth, TX | 352 | 656 |
1985 | Shreveport/Bossier, LA | 334 | 613 |
1984 | Columbus, OH | 314 | 581 |
1983 | Albuquerque, NM | 305 | 560 |
1982 | Houston, TX | 288 | 525 |
1981 | Milwaukee, WI | 264 | 481 |
1980 | St. Paul, MN | 255 | 458 |
1979 | San Antonio, TX | 252 | 458 |
1978 | Orange County, CA | 248 | 451 |
1977 | Cleveland, OH | 230 | 416 |
1976 | Denver, CO | 227 | 407 |
1975 | Oklahoma City, OK | 220 | 396 |
1974 | Notre Dame, IN | 214 | 379 |
1973 | San Diego, CA | 217 | 374 |
1972 | New Orleans, LA | 208 | 378 |
1971 | Kansas City, MO | 215 | 399 |
1970 | Baltimore, MD | 219 | 404 |
1969 | Fort Worth, TX | 214 | 391 |
1968 | Detroit, MI | 226 | 415 |
1967 | San Francisco, CA | 228 | 425 |
1966 | Dallas, TX | 225 | 419 |
1965 | St. Louis, MO | 221 | 418 |
1964 | Baltimore, MD | 222 | 419 |
1963 | Albuquerque, NM | 219 | 411 |
1962 | Seattle, WA | 208 | 387 |
1961 | Kansas City, MO | 200 | 385 |
1960 | Indianapolis, IN | 193 | 356 |
1959 | Hartford, CT | 168 | 320 |
1958 | Flint, MI | 146 | 281 |
1957 | Los Angeles, CA | 122 | 233 |
1956 | Oklahoma City, OK | 110 | 213 |
1955 | Cleveland, OH | 71 | 136 |
1954 | Lafayette, IN | 50 | 95 |
1953 | Oak Ridge, TN | 30 | 71 |
1952 | Washington, DC | 19 | 42 |
1951 | St. Louis, MO | 15 | 30 |
1950 | Philadelphia, PA | 13 | 30 |