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Science Olympiad Team Membership Fees (2024-2025)
Since 1985, all teams participating in any Science Olympiad tournament (Invitational, Regional, State, or National) must be official members of Science Olympiad and pay a national membership fee of $75.In Nebraska, each competing team must also pay a state membership fee of $75, bringing the total membership cost to $150 per competing team.
Additional Exhibition teams are only required to pay the national fee of $75.
All fees collected go towards covering the costs associated with the Science Olympiad. Half of the team fee covers the costs associated with running the national organization. The other half of the team fee partially covers the costs of running the state organization and the state tournament. Team fees cover only a portion of the costs. The state organization and tournament are subsidized by the University of Nebraska system, donors, grants, and the hard work and dedication of an army of volunteers.
Please read the team structure rules before registering below.
Team Structure Rules
- Each school can bring one Division B Team (Middle School) and one Division C Team (High School) to the State Tournament.
- Each team must register for State and National Science Olympiad membership at $150 per team. ($75 for state membership and $75 for national membership.)
- Each team is composed of 15 students or less from one school in one of the two divisions.
- Each team can have up to 5 alternate competitors. Alternates can fill in for absent team members. Otherwise, alternate competitors may only compete in trial events at the state tournament.
- No teacher/coach may supervise more than one team. Please bring a coach or supervisor for each team.
- Some invitational tournaments may allow you to bring a second B Team or C Team for exhibtion only (which means they are not a competitive team.) In this case, the second team only needs to pay the national membership fee of $75.
- Division B teams may have a maximum of (5) 9th graders. Middle schools may invite five (5) of their last year’s eighth grade students to be part of a team.
- Division C teams may have a maximum of seven (7) seniors.