Peer exchange
Trade methods and honest feedback before presentation day—not only after judging ends.
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Empowering Florida's Next Generation of Scientists
A statewide network where students do more than compete. They compare notes, challenge assumptions, build research together, and make room for the next great question.
2026Founding year
FloridaStatewide focus
4 fieldsOne shared network
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Our story
From adjacent projects to a shared scientific culture.
Founded in 2026 by Zander Colangelo, FLPASP was built to transform the State Science Fair experience. Students often arrive with months of work behind them—yet only a few feet between projects can feel like miles between ideas.
FLPASP closes that distance. Instead of standing side by side purely as competitors, students can learn each other's methods, share early thinking, and work toward a collective purpose.
Take part in the founding communityWhat the network makes possible
Serious science, without doing it alone.
Whether you are beginning to explore the cosmos or preparing advanced physics research, FLPASP gives your work a community, a rhythm, and a place to grow.
Research teams
Connect across schools when a project needs a second discipline, skill set, or point of view.
Find your network →Scientific voice
Practice explaining what changed, what failed, and why the work still matters.
Talk with FLPASP →How participation works
From first question to shared result.
There is no single path through research. This is the repeatable structure around it.
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Bring a real question
Start with the observation, problem, or possibility you cannot stop thinking about.
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Find your collaborators
Meet students across schools whose skills and perspectives strengthen the work.
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Build with feedback
Use workshops, peer review, and faculty guidance to move from idea to evidence.
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Share what you learn
Present the process honestly—results, revisions, and the next question alike.
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“The strongest science-fair community is not the one with fewer competitors. It is the one where every student leaves with better questions.”
FLPASP founding principle
Founding community