What You Get
- Fees include: Regional and state membership, national membership, and one regional competition registration.
- As of 2018, the Coach’s Manual is available for free at www.soinc.org. To receive your Team Number you must pay for your registration.
- You may sign up for self-scheduled events once payment is confirmed (credit card) or received (check) and the scheduling system is open for your tournament.
- Your team can consist of up to 15 students and they will compete in up to 23 events. We don’t need to know which events your students will do but just before the competition you will receive an email with directions on which forms you will need to have students fill out and bring with you to the competition.
- Prior to the competition, you will be asked to fill out the online Team Roster Form and have your principal sign it electronically.
- Use the rules manual you receive to prepare your students. The team can only compete 1 time in each of the 23 events, but individual students will compete in up to 3-4 events during the competition.
- Florida Science Olympiad has an open Regional Policy. You are assigned to a region based on the county in which your school is located. If you can not attend the regional competition in which you are assigned, please indicate which regional you would like to attend in the registration form. If approved, the regional director will notify you. No changes can be made after December 31. Once approved and accepted by the team coach, no further changes can be made. Note that ALL teams from a school must go to the same regional.
- All teams must compete in a regional competition and the top teams will be invited to the state competition.
- Multiple teams can register from a single school, but each must have a different coach (either a teacher or adult).
- Each team will be asked to provide 2 volunteers (event supervisor or event assistant) who will help run and organize one of the 23 events.
What It Costs
2023-2024 Update: For the first time in over 20 years, the National Science Olympiad has increased their per team membership fee by $15 to $75 per team. We have also had to increase ours to account for this and higher competition costs.
Before September 30:
- Pay with Credit Card: $260 per team
- Pay with a Check: $285 per team
October 1 – November 15
- Credit Card: $285 per team
- Check: $320 per team
After November 16
- Credit Card: $320 per team
- Check: $345 per team
**Please note that the registration system asks you to select the discount you get- those discounts are applied at check out to give you the prices above.