Thank You to Our Sponsors!

STEM research projects provide youth with exciting opportunities to engage their curiosity and ingenuity and to cultivate perseverance and resilience. These hands-on research experiences provide students with new learning possibilities, connections with mentors in STEM professions, and future engagement in STEM education and careers.

Participating students acquire skills in research, written, oral & visual presentations that willserve them in their pre-college, undergraduate, and graduate courses or in technical schoolsand in internships, apprenticeships, and in their long-term careers.

Upper Miami Valley Science Days would not be possible without the generous support of our sponsors!

Your contributions directly impact 5th to 12th grade students in Champaign, Darke, Miami, andShelby counties in rural west-central Ohio. Donations cover student participation fees andresearch costs (reducing barriers to participation), support the four County and one RegionalScience Days events, and provide sponsored awards to encourage and reward student efforts.

Since its founding in 2014, UMVSD has grown to include hundreds of annual student participants from 15 public school districts and from private and home schools, and awards $16,000 in prizes and scholarships. With your sponsorship or donation, we will continue to increase participation and create lasting impacts for west-central Ohio youth.