Thank you to our Special Award sponsors.
Not all Special Awards may be awarded in any given year.
Organization: Arytza (Gourmet Baker)
- Arytza (Gourmet Baker) Special Award
- Award: Certificate and $100 cash
- Criteria: Agri-Food related project, with a focus on bakery-related product(s)
Organization: ASM International Manitoba Chapter
- ASM Manitoba Award for Excellence in Materials Science and Engineering
- Award: Certificate, plaque, and gift card
- Criteria: Project must include the study of materials or material properties.
- Level: Junior (grades 7 and 8), Intermediate (grades 9 and 10)
- ASM Manitoba Award for Excellence in Materials Science and Engineering
- Award: Certificate, plaque, and gift card
- Criteria: Project must include the study of materials or material properties.
- Level: Junior (grades 7 and 8), Intermediate (grades 9 and 10)
Organization: Assiniboine Park Zoo
- Assiniboine Park Zoo Conservation Award
- Award: Certificate, membership and $100 cash
- Criteria: Awarded to a student with a project that is focused on the conservation of animal or plant species in the wild.
- Level: Junior (grades 7 and 8), Intermediate (grades 9 and 10), Senior (grades 11 and 12)
Organization: Bagchi Family
- Adhir Bagchi Memorial Award for Excellence in Health Sciences
- Award: Plaque and $100 cash
- Criteria: The prize will be awarded to the best individual project that displays innovation and novelty in health science research, and is hypothesis driven.
- Level: Intermediate (grades 9 and 10)
Organization: Canada Compound Western Ltd
- Canada Compound Western Ltd Special Award
- Award: Certificate, Cash $100
- Criteria: Agri-Food related project, with a focus on flavour and/or spices
- Level: Elementary (grade 4-6), Junior (grades 7 and 8), Intermediate (grades 9 and 10), Senior (grades 11 and 12)
Organization: Canadian Institute of Food Science and Technology
- Canadian Institute of Food Science and Technology Special Award
- Award: Certificate, Cash $100
- Criteria: Agri-Food related project
- Level: Junior (grades 7 and 8), Intermediate (grades 9 and 10), Senior (grades 11 and 12)
Organization: Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society
- Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society Award
- Award: Certificate and $100 cash
- Criteria: Awarded to a project with a focus on theory and practice of engineering sciences and technology to medicine and biology
- Level: Junior (grades 7 and 8), Intermediate (grades 9 and 10), Senior (grades 11 and 12)
- Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society Award
- Award: Certificate and $100 cash
- Criteria: Awarded to a project with a focus on theory and practice of engineering sciences and technology to medicine and biology
- Level: Junior (grades 7 and 8), Intermediate (grades 9 and 10), Senior (grades 11 and 12)
- Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society Award
- Award: Certificate and $100 cash
- Criteria: Awarded to a project with a focus on theory and practice of engineering sciences and technology to medicine and biology
- Level: Junior (grades 7 and 8), Intermediate (grades 9 and 10), Senior (grades 11 and 12)
- Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society Certificate of Appreciation
- Award: Certificate
- Criteria: Awarded to a project with a focus on theory and practice of engineering sciences and technology to medicine and biology
- Level: Elementary (grade 4-6), Junior (grades 7 and 8), Intermediate (grades 9 and 10), Senior (grades 11 and 12)
- Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society Certificate of Appreciation
- Award: Certificate
- Criteria: Awarded to a project with a focus on theory and practice of engineering sciences and technology to medicine and biology
- Level: Elementary (grade 4-6), Junior (grades 7 and 8), Intermediate (grades 9 and 10), Senior (grades 11 and 12)
- Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society Certificate of Appreciation
- Award: Certificate
- Criteria: Awarded to a project with a focus on theory and practice of engineering sciences and technology to medicine and biology
- Level: Elementary (grade 4-6), Junior (grades 7 and 8), Intermediate (grades 9 and 10), Senior (grades 11 and 12)
- Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society Certificate of Appreciation
- Award: Certificate
- Criteria: Awarded to a project with a focus on theory and practice of engineering sciences and technology to medicine and biology
- Level: Elementary (grade 4-6), Junior (grades 7 and 8), Intermediate (grades 9 and 10), Senior (grades 11 and 12)
- Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society Certificate of Appreciation
- Award: Certificate
- Criteria: Awarded to a project with a focus on theory and practice of engineering sciences and technology to medicine and biology
- Level: Elementary (grade 4-6), Junior (grades 7 and 8), Intermediate (grades 9 and 10), Senior (grades 11 and 12)
- Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society Certificate of Appreciation
- Award: Certificate
- Criteria: Awarded to a project with a focus on theory and practice of engineering sciences and technology to medicine and biology
- Level: Elementary (grade 4-6), Junior (grades 7 and 8), Intermediate (grades 9 and 10), Senior (grades 11 and 12)
- Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society Certificate of Appreciation
- Award: Certificate
- Criteria: Awarded to a project with a focus on theory and practice of engineering sciences and technology to medicine and biology
- Level: Elementary (grade 4-6), Junior (grades 7 and 8), Intermediate (grades 9 and 10), Senior (grades 11 and 12)
Organization: CMOS – Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society
- Excellence in Meteorology
- Award: Certificate and $50 cash
- Criteria: Projects on weather, climate and atmospheric related science
- Level: Elementary (grade 4-6), Junior (grades 7 and 8), Intermediate (grades 9 and 10), Senior (grades 11 and 12)
- Excellence in Oceanography
- Award: Certificate and $50 cash
- Criteria: Projects on ocean related science
- Level: Elementary (grade 4-6), Junior (grades 7 and 8), Intermediate (grades 9 and 10), Senior (grades 11 and 12)
Organization: Department of Mathematics & Statistics, University of Winnipeg
- University of Winnipeg Mathematics & Statistics Award
- Award: Certificate and $100 Cash
- Criteria: Awarded to a project with a mathematics theme or to a project that involves in-depth use of statistical data analysis.
- Levels: Elementary (grade 4-6), Junior (grades 7 and 8), Intermediate (grades 9 and 10), Senior (grades 11 and 12)
- University of Winnipeg Mathematics & Statistics Award
- Award: Certificate and $100 Cash
- Criteria: Awarded to a project with a mathematics theme or to a project that involves in-depth use of statistical data analysis.
- Levels: Elementary (grade 4-6), Junior (grades 7 and 8), Intermediate (grades 9 and 10), Senior (grades 11 and 12)
Organization: Derek Wong Memorial
- Derek Wong Memorial Prize
- Award: $500 cash
- Criteria: Awarded to the student whose project is awarded a medal at the MSSS in the senior category of chemistry, biology, or physics and is most strongly associated with the study of cancer.
- Levels: Senior (Grades 11 and 12)
Organization: Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba
- Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba Senior Engineering Award
- Award: $325 cash
- Criteria: Projects demonstrating engineering merit.
- Level: Senior (grades 11 and 12)
- Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba Senior Geoscience Award
- Award: $325 cash
- Criteria: Projects demonstrating geoscience merit.
- Level: Senior (grades 11 and 12)
- Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba Intermediate Engineering Award
- Award: $200 cash
- Criteria: Projects demonstrating engineering merit.
- Level: Intermediate (grades 9 and 10)
- Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba Intermediate Engineering Award
- Award: $200 cash
- Criteria: Projects demonstrating engineering merit.
- Level: Intermediate (grades 9 and 10)
- Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba Intermediate Geoscience Award
- Award: $200 cash
- Criteria: Projects demonstrating geoscience merit.
- Level: Intermediate (grades 9 and 10)
- Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba Junior Engineering Award
- Award: $150 cash
- Criteria: Projects demonstrating engineering merit.
- Level: Junior (grades 7 and 8)
- Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba Junior Engineering Award
- Award: $150 cash
- Criteria: Projects demonstrating engineering merit.
- Level: Junior (grades 7 and 8)
- Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba Junior Engineering Award
- Award: $150 cash
- Criteria: Projects demonstrating engineering merit.
- Level: Junior (grades 7 and 8)
- Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba Junior Engineering Award
- Award: $150 cash
- Criteria: Projects demonstrating engineering merit.
- Level: Junior (grades 7 and 8)
- Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba Junior Geoscience Award
- Award: $150 cash
- Criteria: Projects demonstrating geoscience merit.
- Level: Junior (grades 7 and 8)
- Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba Elementary Engineering Award
- Award: $100 cash
- Criteria: Projects demonstrating engineering merit.
- Level: Elementary (grades 4-6)
- Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba Elementary Engineering Award
- Award: $100 cash
- Criteria: Projects demonstrating engineering merit.
- Level: Elementary (grades 4-6)
- Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba Elementary Engineering Award
- Award: $100 cash
- Criteria: Projects demonstrating engineering merit.
- Level: Elementary (grades 4-6)
- Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba Elementary Engineering Award
- Award: $100 cash
- Criteria: Projects demonstrating engineering merit.
- Level: Elementary (grades 4-6)
- Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba Elementary Geoscience Award
- Award: $100 cash
- Criteria: Projects demonstrating geoscience merit.
- Level: Elementary (grades 4-6)
Organization: Food and Beverage Manitoba
- Food and Beverage Manitoba Special Award
- Award: Certificate and $100 cash
- Criteria: Agri-Food related project, with a focus on a food product – preferably made in Manitoba
- Level: Elementary (grade 4-6), Junior (grades 7 and 8), Intermediate (grades 9 and 10), Senior (grades 11 and 12)
Organization: FortWhyte Alive
- FortWhyte Alive Special Award
- Award: 1 year family membership
- Criteria: Will be awarded to to an environmental studies/science focused project.
- Level: Elementary (grade 4-6), Junior (grades 7 and 8), Intermediate (grades 9 and 10), Senior (grades 11 and 12)
Organization: Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation
- Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation Special Award – Senior
- Award: Certificate and $100 cash
- Criteria: Agri-Food or Water related project, with a focus on commercial fishing, water resources / quality, fish production, processing or marketing
- Level: Senior (grades 11 and 12)
- Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation Special Award – Intermediate
- Award: Certificate and $75 cash
- Criteria: Agri-Food or Water related project, with a focus on commercial fishing, water resources / quality, fish production, processing or marketing
- Level: Intermediate (grades 9 and 10)
- Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation Special Award – Junior
- Award: Certificate and $50 cash
- Criteria: Agri-Food or Water related project, with a focus on commercial fishing, water resources / quality, fish production, processing or marketing
- Level: Junior (grades 7 and 8)
- Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation Special Award – Elementary
- Award: Certificate and $35 cash
- Criteria: Agri-Food or Water related project, with a focus on commercial fishing, water resources / quality, fish production, processing or marketing
- Level: Elementary (grade 4-6)
Organization: Granny’s Poultry Cooperative Ltd
- Granny’s Poultry Cooperative Ltd Special Award
- Award: Certificate and $100 cash
- Criteria: Agri-Food related project – preferably related to chicken or turkey products
- Level: Elementary (grade 4-6), Junior (grades 7 and 8), Intermediate (grades 9 and 10), Senior (grades 11 and 12)
Organization: Lake Winnipeg Research Consortium Inc.
- LWRC’s Water Award
- Award: Certificate and $100 cash
- Criteria: Projects with a focus on water quality, quantity, remediation.
- Level: Junior (grades 7 and 8), Intermediate (grades 9 and 10), Senior (grades 11 and 12)
Organization: Labels Unlimited
- Labels Unlimited Special Award
- Award: Certificate and $100 cash
- Criteria: Agri-Food related project, with a focus on food product – marketing, package, label, ingredients
- Level: Elementary (grade 4-6), Junior (grades 7 and 8), Intermediate (grades 9 and 10), Senior (grades 11 and 12)
Organization: Manitoba Association for Medical Laboratory Sciences (MAMLS)
- MAMLS Award – Senior Level
- Award: Certificate and $200 cash
- Criteria: Project that demonstrates excellence in relation to medical laboratory sciences.
- Level: Senior (grades 11 and 12)
- MAMLS Award – Intermediate Level
- Award: Certificate and $100 cash
- Criteria: Project that demonstrates excellence in relation to medical laboratory sciences.
- Level: Intermediate (grades 9 and 10)
- MAMLS Award – Junior Level
- Award: Certificate and $100 cash
- Criteria: Project that demonstrates excellence in relation to medical laboratory sciences.
- Level: Junior (grades 7 and 8)
- MAMLS Award – Elementary Level
- Award: Certificate and $100 cash
- Criteria: Project that demonstrates excellence in relation to medical laboratory sciences.
- Level: Elementary (grade 4-6)
Organization: Manitoba Association of Home Economists
- Manitoba Association of Home Economists Science Award
- Award: Certificate and $50 cash
- Criteria: Awarded to a projects relating to human ecology
- Level: Elementary (grades 4-6), Junior (grades 7 and 8), Intermediate (grades 9 and 10), Senior (grades 11 and 12)
- Manitoba Association of Home Economists Science Award
- Award: Certificate and $50 cash
- Criteria: Awarded to a projects relating to human ecology
- Level: Elementary (grades 4-6), Junior (grades 7 and 8), Intermediate (grades 9 and 10), Senior (grades 11 and 12)
- Manitoba Association of Home Economists Science Award
- Award: Certificate and $50 cash
- Criteria: Awarded to a projects relating to human ecology
- Level: Elementary (grades 4-6), Junior (grades 7 and 8), Intermediate (grades 9 and 10), Senior (grades 11 and 12)
Organization: Manitoba Children’s Museum
- Manitoba Children’s Museum Creative Learning Award
- Award: Prize package containing an annual individual membership, museum merchandise, and gift shop product – worth a combined total value of $200
- Criteria: Awarded to a project that demonstrates hands-on learning
- Level: Grade 4 or grade 5 students
Organization: The Manitoba Museum
- Excellence in Science Communication
- Award: Certificate, Membership, and $100 cash
- Criteria: Projects which exemplify effective science communication (visuals, writing level, props/interactives, presentation)
- Level: Elementary (grade 4-6), Junior (grades 7 and 8), Intermediate (grades 9 and 10), Senior (grades 11 and 12)
Organization: Manitoba Neuroscience Network
- Manitoba Neuroscience Network Award
- Award: Certificate and $100 cash
- Criteria: Awarded to a neuroscience related project.
- Level: Senior (grades 11 and 12)
- Manitoba Neuroscience Network Award
- Award: Certificate and $100 cash
- Criteria: Awarded to a neuroscience related project.
- Level: Intermediate (grades 9 and 10)
- Manitoba Neuroscience Network Award
- Award: Certificate and $100 cash
- Criteria: Awarded to a neuroscience related project.
- Level: Elementary (grades 4-6), Junior (grades 7 and 8)
Organization: Maple Leaf Construction
- Maple Leaf Construction Award
- Award: $100 cash
- Criteria: Projects of construction innovation are selected
- Level: Elementary (grade 4-6)
- Maple Leaf Construction Award
- Award: $100 cash
- Criteria: Projects of construction innovation are selected
- Level: Junior (grades 7 and 8)
Organization: Mid-Canada AOAC
- Analytical Sciences Award
- Award: Plaque and $100 cash
- Criteria: Project with a significant analytical content for qualitative and/or quantitative measurement a chemical or biological substance.
- Level: Intermediate (grades 9 and 10), Senior (grades 11 and 12)
- Analytical Sciences Award
- Award: Plaque and $100 cash
- Criteria: Project with a significant analytical content for qualitative and/or quantitative measurement a chemical or biological substance.
- Level: Intermediate (grades 9 and 10), Senior (grades 11 and 12)
- Analytical Sciences Award
- Award: Plaque and $100 cash
- Criteria: Project with a significant analytical content for qualitative and/or quantitative measurement a chemical or biological substance.
- Level: Intermediate (grades 9 and 10), Senior (grades 11 and 12)
- Analytical Sciences Award
- Award: Plaque and $100 cash
- Criteria: Project with a significant analytical content for qualitative and/or quantitative measurement a chemical or biological substance.
- Level: Intermediate (grades 9 and 10), Senior (grades 11 and 12)
Organization: Peak of the Market
- Peak of the Market Special Award
- Award: Certificate and $100 cash
- Criteria: Food related – preferably Manitoba fruit or vegetable product
- Level: Elementary (grade 4-6), Junior (grades 7 and 8), Intermediate (grades 9 and 10), Senior (grades 11 and 12)
Organization: Richardson Centre for Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals
- Richardson Centre for Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals Special Award
- Award: Certificate and $100 cash
- Criteria: Agri-Food related project – preferably related to functional foods and nutraceuticals
- Level: Intermediate (grades 9 and 10), Senior (grades 11 and 12)
- Richardson Centre for Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals Special Award
- Award: Certificate and $100 cash
- Criteria: Agri-Food related project – preferably related to functional foods and nutraceuticals
- Level: Elementary (grade 4-6), Junior (grades 7 and 8)
Organization: Richardson Milling Ltd.
- Richardson Milling Ltd. Special Award
- Award: Certificate and $100 cash
- Criteria: Agri-Food related project – preferably related to grains, cereals, etc.
- Level: Elementary (grade 4-6), Junior (grades 7 and 8), Intermediate (grades 9 and 10), Senior (grades 11 and 12)
Organization: Rogers Communications Inc.
- Ted Rogers Innovation Award
- Award: Certificate, $100 cash, T-Shirt
- Criteria: Projects that show their entrepeneurial spirit by developing a project that demonstrates commercial potential.
- Level: Junior (grades 7 and 8), Intermediate (grades 9 and 10), Senior (grades 11 and 12)
Organization: Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
- Best Astronomy Project
- Award: $50 cash and meteorite
- Criteria: Awarded to an astronomy related project
- Level: Elementary (grade 4-6), Junior (grades 7 and 8), Intermediate (grades 9 and 10), Senior (grades 11 and 12)
Organization: Sani Marc
- Sani Marc Special Award
- Award: Certificate and $100 cash
- Criteria: Agri-Food related project, with a focus on food safety / sanitation / cleaning
- Level: Elementary (grade 4-6)
- Sani Marc Special Award
- Award: Certificate and $100 cash
- Criteria: Agri-Food related project, with a focus on food safety / sanitation / cleaning
- Level: Junior (grades 7 and 8), Grade 9
- Sani Marc Special Award
- Award: Certificate and $100 cash
- Criteria: Agri-Food related project, with a focus on food safety / sanitation / cleaning
- Level: Grade 10, Senior (grades 11 and 12)
Organization: Smith’s Quality Meats
- Smith’s Quality Meats Special Award
- Award: Certificate and $50 gift card
- Criteria: Agri-Food related project – preferably related to meat products
- Level: Elementary (grade 4-6), Junior (grades 7 and 8), Intermediate (grades 9 and 10), Senior (grades 11 and 12)
Organization: Teshmont Consultants LP
- Special Engineering Award
- Award: $200 cash
- Criteria: To be given to an engineering focused project; ideally in the area of power and electrical
- Level: Elementary (grade 4-6), Junior (grades 7 and 8), Intermediate (grades 9 and 10), Senior (grades 11 and 12)
Organization: U of M Food and Nutritional Sciences Department
- U of M Food and Nutritional Sciences DEPT Special Award for Food Science
- Award: Certificate and $100 cash
- Criteria: Agri-Food related project, preferably with a focus on food science, safety or development
- Level: Senior (grades 11 and 12)
- U of M Food and Nutritional Sciences DEPT Special Award for Nutritional Science
- Award: Certificate and $100 cash
- Criteria: Agri-Food related project, with a focus on food or nutraceutical / nutritional properties
- Level: Elementary (grade 4-6), Junior (grades 7 and 8), Intermediate (grades 9 and 10), Senior (grades 11 and 12)
Organization: WISE Kid-Netic Energy
- WISE Kid-Netic Energy Award
- Award: A prize package
- Criteria: Female participant
- Level: Elementary (grade 4-6), Junior (grades 7 and 8), Intermediate (grades 9 and 10), Senior (grades 11 and 12)
- WISE Kid-Netic Energy Award
- Award: A prize package
- Criteria: Female participant
- Level: Elementary (grade 4-6), Junior (grades 7 and 8), Intermediate (grades 9 and 10), Senior (grades 11 and 12)
- WISE Kid-Netic Energy Award
- Award: A prize package
- Criteria: Female participant
- Level: Elementary (grade 4-6), Junior (grades 7 and 8), Intermediate (grades 9 and 10), Senior (grades 11 and 12)
- WISE Kid-Netic Energy Award
- Award: A prize package
- Criteria: Female participant
- Level: Elementary (grade 4-6), Junior (grades 7 and 8), Intermediate (grades 9 and 10), Senior (grades 11 and 12)
Organization: Women’s Health Research Foundation of Canada Inc
- Women’s Health Research Foundation of Canada Inc Award
- Award: Certificate, $50 cash, and a letter
- Criteria: Science projects that will raise awareness of women’s health concerns in their broadest terms, social, psychological and physical well-being.
- Level: Elementary (grade 4-6)
- Women’s Health Research Foundation of Canada Inc Award
- Award: Certificate, $50 cash, and a letter
- Criteria: Science projects that will raise awareness of women’s health concerns in their broadest terms, social, psychological and physical well-being.
- Level: Junior (grades 7 and 8)
- Women’s Health Research Foundation of Canada Inc Award
- Award: Certificate, $50 cash, and a letter
- Criteria: Science projects that will raise awareness of women’s health concerns in their broadest terms, social, psychological and physical well-being.
- Level: Intermediate (grades 9 and 10)
- Women’s Health Research Foundation of Canada Inc Award
- Award: Certificate, $50 cash, and a letter
- Criteria: Science projects that will raise awareness of women’s health concerns in their broadest terms, social, psychological and physical well-being.
- Level: Senior (grades 11 and 12)
