You get direct access.
Every family gets our personal email and phone numbers. We do not count hours or disappear between calls.
Science fair should be fun
Science competitions changed the trajectory of our lives. They introduced us to one another, led to lifelong friendships, and created opportunities we could not have imagined when we began.
We want the same for every student we advise: succeed at the highest level and genuinely enjoy the ride. The standard stays at the level your goals demand, but the work should be fun and personal. Honest conversations, shared momentum, friends made along the way, and people you want to call when something does not go as planned.
We also believe research is self-expression. The quirky parts of how you think belong in the work, in the story you tell about it, and in how you show up to defend it. Our job is to make the work unmistakably yours, then make it undeniable for your priorities.
Fifteen Regeneron ISEF Grand Awards and five Top Awards across our founders and advisers.
Our most recent First Award is from 2026.
Competition knowledge expires
What judges ask, what reads as serious, what wins: it shifts every season. We have the most up to date knowledge of what succeeds.
The nonobvious details. We help you through every one of them
- Do you actually need to log everything in a lab notebook?
- How much energy should you actually put into your annotations?
- When judges arrive at different times what do you do?
- How many competitions do you really need to apply for?
- How do you address a judge when they first come up? Just talk? Small talk? Introduction?
- What do you do when you genuinely do not know the answer to a question?
- How do you shift your presentation pending the judge... their tone... their body language... their experience?
- How do you change the framing of your project depending on the competition and audience?
- What to do when your poster gets lost the day before judging?
- What do you do when a judge is being outright mean?
You work directly with the founders
Proximity.
When possible and tangibly important we will fly out to your competition to support you first hand.
We work with your existing support system.
Research mentors, teachers, counselors: we can join the calls, align the story, and make sure every adult around your student is pulling in the same direction. Research is hard to explain. We know how.
We do not promise outcomes.
No credible person can guarantee an award, publication, or admission. We will do everything possible to help you achieve your desired outcome but can never make promises on results.
We are intentionally small
We are a fit for students who want direct feedback and families who value honesty over reassurance.
We publish how many students we can take and when each window closes. Four partnerships a season is not a marketing number. It is what three people's calendars hold. What an engagement costs depends on what it contains, so we scope it with you first and put the figure in writing afterwards.
Start with a free consultation
Our first session is to determine fit and get to know you. Please do not feel pressured to overly prepare!
Book a free consultationOr email us directly at contact@vantorconsulting.com