ELIGIBILITY
Each contestant must:

• Be of African decent
• Be enrolled in grades 9-12
• Be a citizen or a legal resident of the United States
• Be an amateur (having not received wages for professional services) in any category of competition.

 1. A contestant may enter up to three (3) categories. Each contestant must submit one

     project per category. NO GROUP PROJECTS ARE ACCEPTED.

    NOTE: Each local ACT-SO program may only submit one entry per category 

    at the National Competition.

2. Each contestant is responsible for the transportation and storage of their projects

    (all projects should be easily transportable.)

3. Each contestant must conform to the space requirements as dictated by each category.

4. All National contestants must submit to their local NAACP ACT-SO the following items:

    • A typed national application

    • A 1 or 2  page autobiography

    • A parent's consent form

    • A medical  release form

    • A media release form

    • A photograph with name of the contestant and branch printed on the back (no larger than 5"x7")

    •A verification form for science categories

    •Six copies of student's science or humanities entries.