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Empowering Mentors, Inspiring Innovators: Society for Science Invests $228,000 to support 70 STEM Educators Mentoring the Next Generation

Tracy Lee — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 13:00:30 +0000

Washington D.C.– Society for Science (the Society) has selected 70 extraordinary educators for its 2025–2026 Advocate Program. This program provides training, stipends and year-round support to mentors assisting students to enter science fairs and other research competitions. This year, the Society is awarding a total of $228,000 in funding, with 61 Advocates each receiving $3,000 and nine Lead Advocates each receiving $5,000. Lead Advocates mentor and support their educator cohorts, while all Advocates work to increase the number of students they guide through independent research projects and STEM competitions each year.

“Congratulations to the 2025 Advocates. Their relentless dedication to mentoring students is transforming how STEM is taught and experienced. By providing educators with resources and support to guide their students in scientific research and ultimately competing in STEM competitions, we empower the next generation to solve the world’s most intractable problems,” said Maya Ajmera, President and CEO of Society for Science and Executive Publisher of Science News. “At Society for Science, we are shaping a future where students will not just learn science, but they will lead it.”

The Society’s Advocate Program is dedicated to broadening student access to science and technology by empowering educators to mentor students in building essential research skills and a confidence in their own STEM ability. As classrooms integrate AI, data science and other emerging technologies, educators play a pivotal role in preparing students to solve urgent global challenges, invent transformative solutions and shape the future of science.

A cornerstone of the Advocate Program is the Advocate Training Institute, an intensive summer professional development experience. This year’s sessions covered cultivating student curiosity, building and promoting a high school research program, as well as fostering scientific integrity and ethical research practices. From newcomers learning the ropes to seasoned leaders expanding their reach, Advocates are setting ambitious goals to increase student participation in STEM competitions, guiding students from research question to competition entry while managing logistics and deadlines.

Advocates this year hail from 34 states and Puerto Rico. Twenty-two mentor middle school students, thirty-eight mentor high school students, and ten mentor students across all grade levels. This year’s Advocates reach students across a diverse range of geographic locations, with 59 in public schools, 2 in private schools and 9 in charter or other types of schools.

In total, 439 teachers from 47 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, and the Mariana Islands have participated in the program. Since its inception in 2015, the Advocate Program has been a key part of the Society’s outreach initiatives, building and connecting a national community of STEM and research educators.

To date, Advocates have supported more than 8,335 students during their participation in the program, of which 6,039 students have successfully competed in at least one science research competition. During the 2024-2025 cycle, 76% percent of student mentees participated in science competitions at the local and/or national level. Overall, students of Advocates are responsible for over 11,000 unique competition entries, with many students entering more than one competition.

This year’s Advocate Program is made possible by Arconic Foundation, Battelle, DoD STEM through the Defense STEM Education Consortium, and Regeneron.

The following are this year’s 2025–2026 Advocates:

2025–2026 Lead Advocates:

Janirette Chaves Rodriguez, University High School (Orange City, FL)
Emily Dawson, Mark Bills Middle School (Peoria, IL)
Chance Duncan, Russellville High School (Russellville, AR)
Susie Fisher, Tongue River Middle School (Ranchester, WY)
Sam Hartpence, Pathfinder High School (Lander, WY)
AJ Mallozzi, Oregon State University (Corvallis, OR)
Alfred Olivas, INSIGHTS Science Discovery (El Paso, TX)
Garrick Purdie, Duplin Early College High School (Kenansville, NC)
Paul Timm, Lyons-Decatur Public Schools (Lyons, NE)

2025 – 2026 Advocates:

Jonas Almerino, Sallie B. Howard School of Arts and Science (Wilson, NC)
Lance Atkinson, Rialto Unified School District (Rialto, CA)
Janice Badongen Patal-e, Espanola Valley High School (Espanola, NM)
Anna Barrientos, Harmony Science Academy-Carrollton (Carrollton, TX)
Caitlin Bonham, Chicago Public Schools (Chicago, IL)
Tiffany Bookal, Gwinnett County Public Schools (Norcross, GA)
Ronald Brillantes, Porcupine School (Porcupine, SD)
Shanna Brown, Milwaukee Public Schools (Milwaukee, WI)
Benjamin Buchanan, Warren Central High School (Indianapolis, IN)
Shaneka Bullins, Palmdale High School (Palmdale, CA)
Kate Cameron, Delta High School (Pasco, WA)
Jalavender Clowney, Saluda Trail STEAM Middle School (Rock Hill, SC)
Geizi Dejka, San Juan College High School (Farmington, NM)
Brittany Devlin, Southeast High School (Bradenton, FL)
James Dowd III, Ardsley High School (Ardsley, NY)
Mark Eastburn, Princeton High School (Princeton, NJ)
Ryne Emerick, Lebanon High School (Lebanon, MO)
Meaghan Ferris, Meadow Park Middle School (Beaverton, OR)
Shauna Garbe, Barratt Elementary (American Fork, UT)
Steven Gaskill, Knudson Academy of the Arts (Las Vegas, NV)
Lamberto Geolin Jr., Ramah Middle/High School (Ramah, NM)
Cecelia Gillam, Benjamin Franklin High School (New Orleans, LA)
Lori Grabarkewitz, ISD 318/Robert J. Elkington Middle School (Grand Rapids, MN)
Willman Henriquez Osorio, George L. Carrington Middle School (Durham, NC)
Kathy Hockman, Jule F. Sumner High School (Riverview, FL)
Wayne Howse, Locust Fork High School (Locust Fork, AL)
Oktay Ince, Horizon Science Academy Columbus High School (Columbus, OH)
Tyza Faith A. Iwag, Raton High School (Raton, NM)
Sunday Iwalaiye, Prince George’s County Public Schools (Laurel, MD)
Carol Jones, Pine Ridge Middle School (West Columbia, SC)
Abraham Kamara, Tulsa Public Schools (Tulsa, OK)
Andrea Kennedy, LC Swain Community Middle School (Greenacres, FL)
Tayler Kriss, CCSD 26JT (Center, CO)
Olivia Kuper, North Greene High School (Greeneville, TN)
Niegel La Borde, Summit Academy Charter School (Brooklyn, NY)
Jennifer Langston, Paragould School District (Paragould, AR)
Kris Larsh, McLish Middle School (Stonewall, OK)
Rita Leary, Ashburn Elementary School (Chicago, IL)
Karla Lomax, DeKalb Alternative School (Stone Mountain, GA)
Karen Maninang, Harvest Preparatory Academy (Yuma, AZ)
Josephine Mesina, International High School at Largo (Upper Marlboro, MD)
Brandy Mickelson, Wind River Middle School (Pavilion, WY)
Shawn Mitchell, DuVal High School (Lanham, MD)
Sam Northey, SPPS Online High School (St. Paul, MN)
Wayne Oelfke, Fort White High School (High Springs, FL)
Suneetha Panda, Central High School Bibb County (Macon, GA)
Cris Anthony Rabino, Zuni High School (Zuni, NM)
Kristine Record, MET Professional Academy (Peoria, AZ)
Tiska Rodgers, Kennett High School (Kennett, MO)
Laura Rosado, Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola (San Juan, PR)
Elda Sandoval, Heatherbrea (Phoenix, AZ)
Latasha Sheffield, Athol High School (Athol, MA)
Cassy Smith, Decatur High School (Decatur, GA)
Claire Diane Tabanas, Desert Sunrise High School (Maricopa, AZ)
Kandice Taylor, Kirksey Middle School (Jackson, MS)
Leanne Thele, Perry County District 32 (Perryville, MO)
Silvia Valencia, Crowley ISD (Fort Worth, TX)
Jeanettra Watkins, Homewood-Flossmoor High School (Flossmoor, IL)
David White, Kingsview Middle School (Germantown, MD)
James Winkler, Clare Public Schools (Clare, MI)
Jill Wood, Raleigh County Schools (Coal City, WV)

Explore the profiles of this year’s Advocates here: https://www.societyforscience.org/stem-outreach-programs/advocate-program/meet/2025-26/

About Society for Science

Society for Science is a champion for science, dedicated to promoting the understanding and appreciation of science and the vital role it plays in human advancement. Established in 1921, Society for Science is best known for its award-winning journalism through Science News and Science News Explores, its world-class science research competitions for students, including the Regeneron Science Talent Search, the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair and the Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge, and its STEM Outreach programming that seeks to ensure that all students have an opportunity to pursue a career in STEM. A 501(c)(3) membership organization, Society for Science is committed to inform, educate and inspire. Learn more at www.societyforscience.org and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat (Society4Science).

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Society for Science
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Society for Science Awards $275,000 to 57 Organizations Rooted in Cultivating Scientific Curiosity and Community Impact

Tracy Lee — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 12:59:50 +0000

Washington D.C. – Society for Science (the Society), a national leader in science education and STEM literacy, today announced $275,000 in grants to 57 high-impact organizations representing 25 states, Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico. “Congratulations to all the STEM Action Grantees. This program remains a vital part of the Society’s commitment to empowering grassroots organizations across the nation,” said Maya Ajmera, President and CEO of Society for Science and Executive Publisher of Science News. “This year, we are pleased that more than 70% of applicants are new to our program, a sign that more communities are learning about and engaging with our mission.”

Through the STEM Action Grants program, the Society is driving meaningful change and growth—whether by expanding access to STEM education, supporting rigorous scientific research and understanding or nurturing the next generation of scientific leaders. The program aims to bolster and support mission-driven nonprofit organizations that are working to increase scientific understanding by expanding opportunities for their local communities to engage and participate in STEM.

From climate data activism on the Gulf Coast to robotics labs in rural Alabama, the 2025 cohort reflects the bold, expansive ways STEM can shape lives and communities. Some are helping young people decode their world through mapping and environmental storytelling; others are turning classrooms into repair labs, drone flight zones or stages for personal stories of discovery. Incarcerated youth are gaining hands-on science experiences behind bars, while families and teachers join workshops that demystify AI and cybersecurity. Whether through civic engagement, creative expression or second chances, these programs equip learners not only with technical skills, but also with agency, voice and a sense of belonging in STEM.

Fifty-four organizations will receive grants ranging from $2,000 to $5,000 each, and three organizations—who have received STEM Action Grants previously—will receive capacity-building grants of $10,000 each: Girls Dream Code, Project Invent, and Treasure Coast Girls Coalition. Below, learn more about a few standout organizations from this year’s cohort:

Algalita Marine Research and Education (Long Beach, California)

Algalita is a pioneering environmental nonprofit with a 30-year legacy of protecting the planet and our oceans. The organization sparked global awareness of the plastic pollution problem when it first pointed out the vast accumulation of plastic debris in the Pacific Ocean, now known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Today, through one of their many initiatives, Algalita brings young ocean stewards along the shores of Southern California, inspiring the next generation through immersive science experiences. With support from this year’s STEM Action Grant, students will paddle through local waterways as part of their Kayak Explorers program—collecting plastic debris and analyzing their findings in Algalita’s new microplastics lab. For students unable to attend in person, the organization will distribute STEM toolkits to classrooms across the region, bringing environmental science to life for an additional 12,000 learners. To date, the Society has awarded the organization $10,000 in support.

Mississippi Delta Nature and Learning Center (Greenville, Mississippi)

Rooted in the rich soil of the South, this nature-based learning center has reimagined education for the children and people of the Mississippi Delta. With a focus on community, ecology and hands-on science, the Center transforms outdoor spaces into vibrant classrooms where students and families engage in everything from weekly science workshops and after-school programs to agricultural initiatives and an 11-month STEM workforce development course. Each year, the Mississippi Delta Nature and Learning Center reaches over 1,000 individuals across Washington County, encouraging children and adults to be creative and think critically. With this year’s grant, the Center will deepen its impact, helping more students on a path toward scientific discovery, and a deeper understanding of their place in the natural world. To date, the Society has provided $15,000 in total support.

Project Invent (National)

Project Invent is building a generation of compassionate problem solvers by empowering students to address real-world challenges through invention. Their yearlong program trains over 100 educators annually to deliver more than 100 hours of hands-on STEM learning to 2,000 students nationwide. Through a dynamic curriculum that blends design thinking, engineering and entrepreneurship, students work alongside diverse industry mentors, partner with community members facing real challenges, and ultimately pitch their inventions at Demo Day for real-world funding. This year, Project Invent will receive a $10,000 capacity-building grant to expand educator training and scale their impact. To date, the Society has awarded Project Invent $24,000 in total support.

The Society received over 200 applications—72% from new organizations—with funding requests totaling more than three times the available amount. Twenty-three of the 2025 grantees have not previously received a grant from the Society. This increased interest underscores the expanding reach of the program and the growing demand for STEM education support nationwide.

Since its launch in 2016, the STEM Action Grants program has awarded a total of $1.42 million to 167 organizations, including those announced today. Through bold ideas and broad outreach, these organizations are helping expand access to STEM and building a future where opportunity knows no bounds.

1. Algalita Marine Research and Education (Long Beach, California)
2. Art Technically (Cordova, Tennessee)
3. Aviation Youth Mentoring Program (Arlington, Virginia)
4. Ciencia Puerto Rico (San Juan, Puerto Rico)
5. Close the Gap Foundation (Cupertino, California)
6. Connect Key Foundation (Cypress, California)
7. Design Connect Create (Grand Prairie, Texas)
8. Develop for Good (San Francisco, California)
9. Dior Sunset Foundation (Long Beach, California)
10. Directed Initiatives for Youth (Excite All Stars) (New Orleans, Louisiana)
11. EARTHGANG Foundation, Corp (Atlanta, Georgia)
12. Equity Research Group, Inc. (Dunwoody, Georgia)
13. Forgotten Heroes Foundation (Chesapeake, Virginia)
14. Friends of Ballona Wetlands (Playa del Rey, California)
15. Gearbox Labs (South Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
16. Girls Dream Code (Saint Paul, Minnesota)
17. Impact NW (Portland, Oregon)
18. INSIGHTS Science Discovery (El Paso, Texas)
19. International Network of STEM for the Blind and Low-Vision, Inc. (Columbus, Ohio)
20. Latinas in STEM Foundation (Calabasas, California)
21. Learning Equipment Supply Service (Los Angeles, California)
22. Math Circles of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois)
23. Math N More Foundation, Inc. (Atlanta, Georgia)
24. Mid-Atlantic Gigabit Innovation Collaboratory (MAGIC) (Westminster, Maryland)
25. Mississippi Delta Nature and Learning Center (Greenville, Mississippi)
26. Nature Nexus Institute (Culver City, California)
27. Nehemiah Community Empowerment Center, Inc. (Greensboro, North Carolina)
28. Oceanographic Teaching Stations, Inc. (Manhattan Beach, California)
29. ProFab Education (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
30. Project Invent (San Francisco, California)
31. PS Science (Inglewood, California)
32. Rise Up: Northeast Ohio (Cleveland, Ohio)
33. Roaring Cubs Collective (Brookline, Massachusetts)
34. SciAccess, Inc. (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
35. Scientiae (Tallahassee, Florida)
36. SFA Foundation, Inc. (Beltsville, Maryland)
37. Shared Science (Long Beach, California)
38. SoundBio Lab (Seattle, Washington)
39. STEM for Flathead Valley Schools (Kalispell, Montana)
40. STEM on WHEELS (Saint Louis, Missouri)
41. STEM SQUAD (Harvest, Alabama)
42. STEM Unbarred (Washington, D.C.)
43. TechArts Empowerment Foundation, Inc. (Northridge, California)
44. The Code for Change (Largo, Maryland)
45. The Detroit Educational Takeover (Lathrup Village, Michigan)
46. The Princess Program STEM (Upland, California)
47. The Story Collider (New York, New York)
48. Thinkatorium (Arlington, Texas)
49. Treasure Coast Girls Coalition (TCGC) (Sebastian, Florida)
50. trubel&co (Dover, Delaware)
51. Virtual Science Teachers (Chesapeake, Virginia)
52. Western Oregon University / Rainbow Dance Theatre (Monmouth, Oregon)
53. WOLF – Warrior Outdoor Leadership for the Future (Saint Petersburg, Florida)
54. WonderLab Museum of Science, Health & Technology (Bloomington, Indiana)
55. Youth Inspiration Nation Inc. (La Puente, California)
56. Youth Science Center (Hacienda Heights, California)
57. Youth Technology Corps (Chicago, Illinois)

Learn more about the 57 grantees receiving support through the 2025 STEM Action Grants program here. This year’s funding is made possible through generous support from The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation, Regeneron and Simons Foundation.

For further information please contact:

Aparna K. Paul (she/her)
Director of Communications
Society for Science
apaul@societyforscience.org | 781-375-8353

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Society for Science names Jinger Zhao to its Board of Trustees

Kevin Easterly — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 13:59:04 +0000

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Society for Science is pleased to announce that Jinger Zhao has joined its Board of Trustees. “We are thrilled to welcome Jinger to our Board of Trustees,” said Maya Ajmera, President & CEO of Society for Science and Executive Publisher, Science News. “She brings a wealth of experience, strategic insight and a deep commitment to our mission. Her thoughtful leadership will be a tremendous asset as Society for Science continues to grow and expand our impact in advancing science, education and opportunity for all.”

Zhao joined Two Sigma in January 2007 and most recently served as head of APAC Strategies before departing the firm in 2025 to explore entrepreneurial opportunities. In that role, Zhao was responsible for developing the firm’s China and broader APAC investment capabilities across asset classes, locations and advisors. Previously, Zhao held region portfolio management responsibilities for Asia and China strategies. Prior to joining the firm, she was an Investment Analyst at QVT Financial where Zhao identified and implemented statistical and valuation-based strategies in futures and equities. Prior to that, she was a Software Engineer at Endeca Technologies and also worked on the design and development of software products at Microsoft and ICLUBcentral. Zhao earned a bachelor’s degree in computer science and a certificate in Mind/Brain/Behavior from Harvard University (magna cum laude).

“Competing in science fairs in my formative years ingrained in me the scientific method as a foundational way of thinking which I’ve carried forward to apply to financial markets and which is the heart of how I develop and manage investment strategies today,” said Zhao. “I am honored and invigorated to be joining the Board of Trustees for the Society of Science at a pivotal time for science education, journalism and technology, and excited to help engage and inspire the next generation of scientific thinkers.”

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Full Awards: Teen Scientists Win More Than $9 Million at 75th Annual Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair

Kevin Easterly — Fri, 16 May 2025 15:24:52 +0000

Columbus, OH — Society for Science announced Grand Awards of Regeneron ISEF 2025. Student winners are ninth through twelfth graders who earned the right to compete at Regeneron ISEF 2025 by winning a top prize at a local, regional, state or national science fair.

George D. Yancopolous Innovator Award

CHEM005 — Novel Design and Total Synthesis of Aza-C-Nucleosides From Furfuryl Alcohol, the Key to Fighting RNA Viral Diseases

Adam Kovalcik, Gymnazium Nove Zamky, Nitra, Slovakia

Regeneron Young Scientist Award

ETSD057 — From Crude to Extrude: A Novel Approach to Combining Pultrusion and Extrusion Technologies Into a Single Filament Production System to Recycle PET Bottle Waste and 3D Printing Purge Materials Into Additive Manufacturing Filament

Benjamin Davis, Bishop Feehan High School, MA, United States of America

MATS043 — Developing a Rapid, Colorimetric Metal Organic Framework (MOF) for Airborne Silica and Uranium Detection: A Novel Approach to Pollutant Monitoring and Health Risk Assessment in Indigenous Communities for Sjogren’s Syndrome

Siyaa Poddar, Arizona College Prep High School, AZ, United States of America

Gordon E. Moore Award

ENBM062T — NeuroFlex: A Cost-Effective, Non-Invasive EEG-Controlled Bionic Prosthesis for Transfemoral Amputees

Chanyoung Kim, Marcus High School, TX, United States of America
Eeshaan Dev Prashanth, Marcus High School, TX, United States of America
Samuel Skotnikov, Marcus High School, TX, United States of America

Craig R. Barrett Award for Innovation

ENEV001 — A Digital and Portable Integrated Apparatus for Dynamic Monitoring and Highly Efficient Catalysis of Trace Formaldehyde Using Fe-Based TiO2 Single-nanoparticle Photocatalyst

XinYan Chen, Shanghai High School International Division, China

Mary Sue Coleman Award

BMED015 — Paving the Path to the Impossible: Regenerating Neurons Using Prostaglandin E2 Regulation as a Therapeutic Strategy

Uma Sthanu, Westwood High School, TX, United States of America

Robert Horvitz Prize

PHYS005 — Theoretical and Experimental Investigation of Ship Wakes

Aleksandra Petkova, National High School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences “Acad. Luybomir Chakalov”, Bulgaria

Peggy Scripps Award

MATH028 — The Prisoner’s Dilemma: Strategy Dynamics Related to Memory and Selfishness

Cory Seelenfreund, New Rochelle High School, NY, United States of America

SIYSS – Nobel

BCHM037 — Multi-Color Magneto-Fluorescent Nanoarchitectures for the Targeted Identification of Exosomes of Triple Negative Breast Cancer

Pragathi Kasani-Akula, South Forsyth High School, GA, United States of America

PLNT026 — Examining the Synergistic Effects of Hydrotropism, Magnetotropism, and Simulated Microgravity on Allium fistulosum Morphology Using a Novel 3D Clinostat

Aarushi Pandey, College Park High School, TX, United States of America

TMED042 — OncoNote: Enabling the Discovery of a Novel Digital Biomarker for Early Pan-Cancer Survival and Recurrence Prediction via Free-Text Clinical Narratives

Vrishank Chandrasekhar, Lynbrook High School, CA, United States of America

EUCYS

ENBM068 — Empowering Low-Resource Settings With RetinAI: An AI System With a Wearable Headset and Retinal Imaging for Eye Tumor Home-Screening

Ethan Yan, Groton School, MA, United States of America

MCRO029 — A Novel Biological Treatment for Antibiotic-Resistant Vibrio Infections in Aquaculture

Abigail Qi, Baton Rouge Magnet High School, LA, United States of America

ANIMAL SCIENCES, sponsored by Society for Science

First Award of $6,000

ANIM052 — Enhancing Targeted Crop Pollination by Training Apis mellifera Using Synthetic Mimic Odors and AI-based Analysis

Matthew Lo, The Haverford School, PA, United States of America

Second Award of $2,400

ANIM002 — Evaluating the Efficacy of Novel Carbon Dioxide Spray and Pesticides Using a Convolutional Neural Network for Varroa Mite Treatment in Honey Bee Colonies

Aakash Manaswi, Lake Highland Preparatory School, FL, United States of America

ANIM005 — PawPath: An IMU-Based Gait Detection and Disease Screening Tool for Canines

Anshul Bhatt, Dhirubhai Ambani International School, Maharashtra, India

ANIM021 — Bio-Innovative Sponge to Reduce Cannibalism Behavior for Blue Swimming Crab Conservation and Sustainable Coastal Ecosystems

Pisit Arsirawichai, Bangkok Christian College, Thailand

Third Award of $1,200

ANIM010 — Generating RNAi Pesticides to Specifically Target Invasive Species: A Case Study Examining Feasibility in the Red Fire Ant (Solenopsis invicta)

Madeline Borchert, The Alabama School of Math and Science, AL, United States of America

ANIM013T — An Innovative Feed Formula and Suitable Environmental Factors for Efficient Farming of Giant Water Bugs (Lethocerus indicus)

Kasidet Srisuk, The Demonstration School of Khon Kaen University (Modindaeng), Khonkaen, Thailand
Pruttachart Khongsawat, The Demonstration School of Khon Kaen University (Modindaeng), Khonkaen, Thailand
Thunvarat Jaturon, The Demonstration School of Khon Kaen University (Modindaeng), Khonkaen, Thailand

ANIM016 — Utilizing Ants to Mitigate MSW Landfill-Generated Methane Production Through Novel Aerobic Digester System for Anthropogenic Food Waste Decomposition

Ananya Nagendra, Plano East Senior High School, TX, United States of America

ANIM022T — Optimizing Nematode Efficiency for Precision Pest Biocontrol via Conditional Training and Formulation for Enhanced Endurance

Burich Benjarattananon, Bangkok Christian College, Thailand
Paphawin Kongkatitham, Bangkok Christian College, Thailand

ANIM050T — BeeShield: An Innovative Varroa Mite Protection Tunnel Using Bee Behaviors at the Hive Entrance and Mite Response to Formic Acid

Kittanon Mueangkaew, Damrongratsongkroh School, Chiangrai, Thailand
Pannawit Teerananpattana, Damrongratsongkroh School, Chiangrai, Thailand
Wipharat Thanawong, Damrongratsongkroh School, Chiangrai, Thailand

Fourth Award of $600

ANIM003 — Circadian Evolution in Action: How Latitude Shapes the Genetic and Behavioral Divergence of Drosophila

Man-Ling Lin, Taipei First Girls High School, Chinese Taipei

ANIM012T — ColliNest: An Innovation with Integrated Method for the Propagation and Conservation of Subterranean Stingless Bees (Tetragonilla collina)

Natchapon Wongsaroj, Damrongratsongkroh School, Chiangrai, Thailand
Tanakon Sakhun, Damrongratsongkroh School, Chiangrai, Thailand
Tanawat Somyapornjarernchai, Damrongratsongkroh School, Chiangrai, Thailand

ANIM014 — Year II: Assessing Marine Bivalves as Novel Invertebrate Models for Targeting Anti-apoptotic BCL-2 Family Proteins in Blood Cancer: The in vivo Effects of Ursolic Acid and Gossypol Acetic Acid on Tumor Cells in Mercenaria mercenaria

Iris Shen, College Park High School, TX, United States of America

ANIM026 — Listening for Silent Flight: The Morphology of Trailing Edge Fringe in Birds of Prey

Tom Reznick, Riverside STEM High School, CA, United States of America

ANIM034 — The Effect of Diet on Lifespan, Tumor Burden and Wnt Signaling Activation in a Drosophila Apc1/Apc2-RasV12 Model of Colorectal Cancer

William Boberski, Staples High School, CT, United States of America

ANIM047 — Beta-Cyclodextrin Reduces the Cognitive and Survival Impacts of Imidacloprid Exposure in Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)

Jimin Shon, Portsmouth Abbey School, RI, United States of America

BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES, sponsored by Society for Science

First Award of $6,000

BEHA035 — CLIMB: A Novel Framework for Unveiling Hidden Patterns in Brain Aging Dynamics Through Resting-State fMRI and Curriculum Learning

Ameya Kharade, Nashua High School South, NH, United States of America

BEHA056 — Building a Better Backseat Driver – Emulating the Human Condition to Improve and Democratise Road Risk Intervention Technology

Jesse Rumball-Smith, Wellington College, Wellington, New Zealand

Second Award of $2,400

BEHA041T — A Novel Audio-Video Multimodal Deep Learning Model for Improved Deepfake Detection To Combat Disinformation

Emma Huang, Herbert Henry Dow High School, MI, United States of America
Louis Huang, Herbert Henry Dow High School, MI, United States of America

BEHA048 — emoTune: New AI-Based Approaches to Assistive Technology for Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorder

Simran Kaur, Minnetonka High School, MN, United States of America

BEHA061 — From Words to Actions: A Comprehensive Approach to Identifying Incel Behavior on Reddit

Ahmet Demirbas, Williamsville East High School, NY, United States of America

BEHA067T — Nightingale: Panic Attacks Treatment

Malak Abowady, STEM School of Alexandria, Egypt
Mariem Elkady, STEM School of Alexandria, Egypt

Third Award of $1,200

BEHA004T — SoundKraft: A Gamified, Sensory-Adaptive Screening System for Geriatric Cognitive Impairment

Keyaan Shah, Dhirubhai Ambani International School, Maharashtra, India
Vanya Gupta, Fravashi International Academy, Maharashtra, India

BEHA014 — CALM-R: Creating and Optimizing the Impact of a Multisensory Mental Wellness Space in Public Schools

Bersy Yonas, East Ridge High School, MN, United States of America

BEHA031 — Engaging Minds, Debunking Lies: Using Moral Foundations To Fight Misinformation

Aadi Mishra, The Waterford School, UT, United States of America

BEHA038 — Using a Multimodal Approach of Aromatherapy and Jigsaw Puzzles to Improve the Emotional Levels of a Geriatric Population Living With Alzheimer’s Disease (AD)

Hailey Richman, Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School, NY, United States of America

BEHA039 — Personalized Nature Virtual Reality (PnVR): A Novel Personalized Virtual Reality Nature Therapy via a Triple Combination Computational Software for Worldwide Mental Health Benefit

Matthew Casavant, John Jay High School, NY, United States of America

BEHA074 — A Children’s Book About the Union-Closed Sets Conjecture

Serene Feng, Science Academy of South Texas, TX, United States of America

Fourth Award of $600

BEHA021 — Healthy Gut! Healthy You!: Preclinical Validation of a Novel Enzyme Therapy for Improving Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Overall Gastrointestinal Health in Rattus norvegicus

Vanya Lavu, The Classical Academy – North, CO, United States of America

BEHA025 — Investigating the Effects of Cannabidiol-Medium Chain Triglyceride Oil on Locomotion and Tap Withdrawal Response Using Caenorhabditis elegans as a Model for Alzheimer’s Disease

Chloe Lee, Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School, NY, United States of America

BEHA034 — PsychSPT: A Novel AI System for Mental Health Assessment Using Large Language Models (LLMs)

Winston Fan, West High School, IA, United States of America

BEHA044 — Investigating Intersubjective Realities From Novel NLP and Chaos Theory Approach

Camila Carreon, Santa Fe Preparatory School, NM, United States of America

BEHA054 — Neural Correlations of Sleep Behavior and Olfactory Learning in Apis mellifera

Benny Peng, ASU SCENE, AZ, United States of America

BEHA062 — Harmony Plus: A User-Adaptive System for Neurocognitive Rehabilitation With Genetic Personalization and Real-Time Cognitive Load Monitoring in Bipolar Disorder

Sahar Ahmed, City Schools, Egypt

BEHA065 — Modern Redlining: Quantifying the Causal Effects of American Zoning Law on Spatial and Multidimensional Urban Inequality

Chisato Tarui, Iolani School, HI, United States of America

BEHA066 — The Zoning-Microbiome Integration Model (ZMIM): A Novel Framework for Quantifying the Biological Impact of Zoning Policies on Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Cardiometabolic Health and Gut Microbiome

Elle Sugimoto, Iolani School, HI, United States of America

BIOCHEMISTRY, sponsored by Regeneron

First Award of $6,000

BCHM037 — Multi-Color Magneto-Fluorescent Nanoarchitectures for the Targeted Identification of Exosomes of Triple Negative Breast Cancer

Pragathi Kasani-Akula, South Forsyth High School, GA, United States of America

Second Award of $2,400

BCHM024 — Regulating Cancerous Hyperactive Wnt Signalling Through a Novel Gid8 Mechanism in Drosophila and Human Embryonic Kidney Cells

Ashka Shah, Jericho High School, NY, United States of America

BCHM038 — Sustainable Biofuel Production Through Multimode Biocatalysis Using Enzymes Extracted and Concentrated From Household Waste

Rohan Bhosale, Carmel High School, IN, United States of America

Third Award of $1,200

BCHM005 — Detection of Serotonin and microRNA-1202 Using Molecularly Imprinted Polymers and Four-Way-Junction Sensor and Biosensor Toward Mental Disorder Diagnosis

Angela Calvo-Chumbimuni, Oviedo High School, FL, United States of America

BCHM006 — One Blood Drop to New Hope: A Novel Test Method To Improve Fertility Assessment

Melina Kumar, Clear Lake High School, TX, United States of America

BCHM014 — Engineering a Novel Electrochemical Biosensor Using a Self-Healing ZnO Quantum Dot Matrix and MIP Technology for Lysozyme Detection

Mythili Kota, Dr. Ronald E. McNair Academic High School, NJ, United States of America

Fourth Award of $600

BCHM013 — Optimization of One-Component Ionizable Amphiphilic Janus Dendrimer Design for Enhanced Dendrimersome Nanoparticle mRNA Delivery

Joshua Kim, McCallie School, TN, United States of America

BCHM015 — Peroxynitrite Biochemical Signaling Regulates miR21 Activation of NLRP3 Inflammasome and Is Key to PCOS Severity

Annika Chatterjee, University High School, CA, United States of America

BCHM021 — Generation of Antibody Oligonucleotide Conjugates Using a Novel Conjugation Chemistry

Brady Wang, Horace Greeley High School, NY, United States of America

BCHM030 — A New Enzymatic Distance Concept Enables Machine Learning Regression of Metabolite Chemical Representation Features to Distance in Metabolism

Grace Sun, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, KY, United States of America

BIOMEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES, sponsored by Regeneron

First Award of $6,000

BMED015 — Paving the Path to the Impossible: Regenerating Neurons Using Prostaglandin E2 Regulation as a Therapeutic Strategy

Uma Sthanu, Westwood High School, TX, United States of America

BMED040 — In vitro and in silico Retinal Models of Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Edward Kang, Bergen County Academies, NJ, United States of America

Second Award of $2,400

BMED008 — Assembling Multifunctional Drug Capsules From Safe and Accessible Materials for Selective Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis: Synergizing Fluorescent and Iron-Based Magnetic Therapy

Rashmi Basu, Keystone School, TX, United States of America

BMED051 — Lipid-Based Codelivery of Doxorubicin and siRNA PD-L1, as a Multi-function Chemo-Immunotherapy, Selective to Pancreatic Cancer via Its MUC1 Overexpression

Lula Wang, Greenwich High School, CT, United States of America

BMED052 — Molecular Arsonists: Degrading Oncogenic Transcription Factors to Reverse Tumor Cell Immortality

Joshua Wu, Dublin High School, CA, United States of America

BMED056 — The Role of Bacterial Cellulose in Advancing Regenerative Medicine Through Enhanced Healing, Infection Management, and Tissue Engineering

Pranav Reddy, St. Andrew’s Episcopal School, MS, United States of America

BMED086 — SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Interacts With the KCNA5 Potassium Channel: Potential Implications for Cardiac Ion Function and Arrhythmic Risk

Richard Xu, New Hartford Senior High School, NY, United States of America

Third Award of $1,200

BMED013 — Combining Single Cell RNA Sequencing With Functional Analysis: An Analytic Pipeline to Optimize Selection of CAR T Cell Therapy vs. BiTEs

Anand George, University School of Milwaukee, WI, United States of America

BMED028 — Musculoskeletal Effects of Tirasemtiv and Urtica dioica on Dstac Gene Knockdown in Drosophila melanogaster: Applications Towards STAC3 Disorder (Native American Myopathy)

Ava Cummings, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, NC, United States of America

BMED049 — ‘Plasticoma’: A Bioengineered Platform to Study the Microplastic Pollution-Induced Cellular Pathologies and Discover Therapeutic Interventions

Anushka Sable, Chamblee Charter High School, GA, United States of America

BMED062 — S107 Mitigates RyR2-Mediated Cardiac Dysfunction in COVID-19-Infected Rodents

Aaron Weinberg, The Masters School, NY, United States of America

BMED077 — Investigating the Influence of Coal Ash Heavy Metal Leachate on Thyroid Hormone Concentration, Hormone Receptor Gene Expression and Spectral Sensitivity in Danio rerio

Anna Tringale, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, NC, United States of America

BMED083 — A Newly Identified Chromatin Remodeling Pathway in the Lens Enables a Proof-of-Concept Gene Therapy for Posterior Capsule Opacification

Evan Xiang, Shady Side Academy, PA, United States of America

BMED085 — Demographic and Genetic Insights Into ARID1A Mutations in Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Implications for Prognosis and Treatment

Agastya Sarmah, Sharon High School, MA, United States of America

Fourth Award of $600

BMED023 — Utrophin and Dystrophin Localization in Dystrophic Myotubes After Transduction With AAV rh10 Vectors Containing Microdystrophin Targeted to Striated Muscle Cells; Treatments for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Sarah Miller, Satellite High School, FL, United States of America

BMED031 — Optimizing Liver Transplant Success: A Data-Driven Approach Incorporating MELD for Accurate Survival Prediction and Equitable Organ Allocation

Nia Shetty, Saint John’s School, TX, United States of America

BMED041 — Uncovering Molecular Mechanisms for Treatment of Congenital Heart Defects Through High-Content Genetic Perturbation Screens

Saanvi Dogra, Del Norte High School, CA, United States of America

BMED044 — Unveiling Synergistic Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Neem Leaf Bioactives: A Low-Cost, Eco-Friendly Breakthrough for Sustainable Disease Treatment

Arjun Sharma, duPont Manual High School, KY, United States of America

BMED054 — The Role of the Small GTPase ARF6 in Mediating Oxidative Stress-Induced Senescence in the Retinal Pigment Epithelium

Samuel Lu, Rowland Hall- Lincoln Street Campus, UT, United States of America

BMED059 — Determining Small Molecule Inhibitors of Calpain To Promote Cholesterol Efflux in Macrophage-Derived Foam Cells

Nithya Vinodh, Academies of Loudoun, VA, United States of America

BMED065 — VISTA Inhibitor CA170 Synergizes With KRAS Vaccine in Lung Cancer in a Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Analysis

Chloe Giglio, McLean High School, VA, United States of America

BMED066 — The Effect of the Tumor Microenvironment and RK-33 Treatment on Macrophage Infiltration in Sarcoma Mouse Tumors

Aine O’Sullivan, The Ursuline School, NY, United States of America

BMED074T — Research on Generation of Neutralizing Antibodies to Botulinum Neurotoxin Type A Based on Nanobody Technology

Anh Dang, High School for Gifted Students, Hanoi University of Science, Viet Nam
Trang Mai, High School for Gifted Students, Hanoi University of Science, Viet Nam

BMED075 — Investigating Impacts of the E736D COL22A1 Mutation Upon Vascular Stability and Hemorrhagic Incidence in an Embryonic Zebrafish Model

Yatharth Kakkad, Pine View School, FL, United States of America

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, sponsored by Regeneron

First Award of $6,000

ENBM062T — NeuroFlex: A Cost-Effective, Non-Invasive EEG-Controlled Bionic Prosthesis for Transfemoral Amputees

Chanyoung Kim, Marcus High School, TX, United States of America
Eeshaan Dev Prashanth, Marcus High School, TX, United States of America
Samuel Skotnikov, Marcus High School, TX, United States of America

ENBM068 — Empowering Low-Resource Settings With RetinAI: An AI System With a Wearable Headset and Retinal Imaging for Eye Tumor Home-Screening

Ethan Yan, Groton School, MA, United States of America

Second Award of $2,400

ENBM033 — Wearable Stethoscope Array for Cardiopulmonary Sound Localization and Interference Suppression Using Beamforming

Kayley Xu, The Bishop’s School, CA, United States of America

ENBM047 — Bi-Stable Auxetic Stent for Enhanced Vascular Conformability Using Machine Learning and Finite Element Analysis

Tarun Malarvasan, Urbana High School, MD, United States of America

ENBM051 — VAMPIRE: Vital Anti-Aging MiRNAs To Promote Induced Regeneration

Jamie Cheng, Green Level High School, NC, United States of America

ENBM055 — Design and Development of an Adaptable Gear-Based Upper Limb Prosthesis Using Additive Manufacturing and a Novel Visco-Elastic Material

Benjamin Lothamer, Mid-Prairie Home School Education Center , IA, United States of America

ENBM072 — The Future of Breast Cancer Screening: AI-Based Photoacoustic Imaging

Emma Zhang, Williamsville North High School, NY, United States of America

Third Award of $1,200

ENBM009 — Therapiez: A Piezoelectric System in a Wearable Medical Device for Accelerated Wound Healing Therapy

Julia Maksimowicz, Princess Anna Jablonowska nee Sapieha II High School, Podlaskie, Poland

ENBM019 — An Ingestible, Self-Propelling, Electroceutical Device With Electroenterogram and Electrical Stimulation Capabilities for Noninvasive Management of Small Intestinal Dysmotility

Akash Pai, Sunset High School, OR, United States of America

ENBM032 — VADAM: VOC Analyte Diagnostic Aid Machine

Francesco Hamilton, Academic Magnet High School, SC, United States of America

ENBM043 — Personalized Cloud-Based sEMG-to-Haptic System to Enable Long-Distance Communication for Usher Syndrome

Kaavya Tatavarty, Henry M. Gunn High School, CA, United States of America

ENBM048 — Using Changes in Bioimpedance Values to Infer Applied Force for Tissue-Specific Force-Sensing During Minimally Invasive Robotic Surgery

Benson Huang, Half Hollow Hills High School West, NY, United States of America

ENBM061 — A Novel Brain-Driven Forearm Exoskeleton With Adaptive Neuroregulation-Based Feedback for Subacute and Chronic Stroke Rehabilitation

Brad Wu, Arizona College Prep High School, AZ, United States of America

ENBM063T — Deep-Learning Based Solution for Male Reproductive Health Self-Evaluation at Home

An Pham, HUS High School for Gifted Student, Viet Nam
Khue Nguyen, HUS High School for Gifted Student, Viet Nam

Fourth Award of $600

ENBM004 — A Multi-model Experiment to Develop End-to-End Speaker-Independent Automatic Speech Recognition Solutions for Dysarthric Speech in Low-Resource Languages

Pranet Khetan, Shiv Nadar School, Haryana, India

ENBM006 — Wearable, High Sensitivity Bio-Transistor for the Detection of Lactate in Sweat (Year II)

Sravya Pilla, T.C. Jasper High School, TX, United States of America

ENBM007 — RecuNet: A Novel, Low-Cost, & Automated Pipeline for the Spatiotemporal Prediction of Brain Tumor Recurrence

Gopalaniket Tadinada, North Oldham High School, KY, United States of America

ENBM010 — A Device for Detecting Fast Moving Objects for Use by the Vision Impaired

Maura Moore-McCune, The King’s Hospital, Leinster, Ireland

ENBM013T — Ulcer Shield: An AI-Powered Intelligent Foot Care System for Diabetics, Integrating Image Analysis and Sensor Technology for Personalized Prevention, Early Detection, and Continuous Monitoring of Foot Ulcers

Salma Alqasem, Jubilee School, Jordan
Tala Kamel, Jubilee School, Jordan

ENBM042 — AI-Driven Soft Artificial Muscle for Cardiac Assist Using Hydraulically Amplified Self-Healing Electrostatic Actuators

Evan Zhang, The Harker School, CA, United States of America

ENBM054 — FLOValve: Engineering an Origami-Inspired Expandable Heart Valve Prosthetic

Sophia Kadian, Trinity School, NY, United States of America

ENBM060 — MicroHeart: A Novel, Structurally Accurate, Physiologically Relevant, and Scalable Heart-on-a-Chip Platform

Aadi Bhensdadia, Pine View School, FL, United States of America

ENBM080 — Revolutionizing Non-Invasive Blood Glucose Monitoring With AI-Powered Infrared Spectroscopy

Sarah Park, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, VA, United States of America

CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, sponsored by Regeneron

First Award of $6,000

CELL019 — The Effect of Histone Modifications Induced by Ack sRNAs on Ac Transposable Elements

Lilly Horowitz, Jericho High School, NY, United States of America

Second Award of $2,400

CELL035 — Design and in silico Validation of a Novel Fc-fusion Protein for the Treatment of Myasthenia Gravis

Serena Zhang, William G. Enloe High School, NC, United States of America

CELL037 — The Virtual Cell: Revolutionizing Personalized Cancer Treatment Through AI-Powered Simulation

Alan Alwakeel, Stanton College Preparatory School, FL, United States of America

CELL038 — A Scalable, Cost-Effective and Noninvasive Optogenetic Platform for Probing Synaptic Plasticity in Neurodegenerative Disease Research

Evan Morris, Saint Paul Academy and Summit School, MN, United States of America

Third Award of $1,200

CELL011 — Exploring Marine-Derived Extracts as Ethical, Sustainable, and Cost-Effective Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS) Substitutes

Kian Sanchez, University Laboratory School, HI, United States of America

CELL022T — Decoding ASXL3: A Novel Predictor of the Spectrum, Onset, and Treatment for Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Lara Hammoud, Detroit Country Day School, MI, United States of America
Maya Hammoud, Detroit Country Day School, MI, United States of America

CELL031 — Exploration of ACVR1’s Signaling Mechanisms in Relation to Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP) Using ACVR1/ACVR1B Chimera Receptors

Kevin Gong, Briarcliff High School, NY, United States of America

CELL049 — Region-Specific Maintenance of the Blood Brain Barrier by Astrocytes: Implications for Involvement in Selective Vulnerability to Alzheimer’s Disease

Sofia Magalhaes, Ossining High School, NY, United States of America

Fourth Award of $600

CELL003 — Investigation of Potential Anti-Cancer Impacts of Coffee Bean-Derived Exosomes Through Anti-Proliferative and Apoptosis Inducing Effects on Melanoma Skin Cancer Cells via Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Signaling Pathway

Ela Doruk Korkmaz, Hisar School, Turkey

CELL007 — Enhancing Base Editing by DNA Gap Induction

Arianna Xie, Shanghai High School International Division, China

CELL018 — Assessing Novel RIPK2-MKK7 Interaction Inhibitors in Prostate Cancer Cell Lines

Daanish Bassi, Smithtown High School East, NY, United States of America

CELL020 — The Antioxidant Role of the JAK2/STAT3 Signaling Pathway on Methylmercury-Induced Toxicity in a Mouse Astrocyte Neuronal C8-D1A Cell Line

Aafia Ahmed, Elmont Memorial Junior-Senior High School, NY, United States of America

CELL023 — Exploring the Impact of Alcohol on Cerebral Vasculature: Insights Into the ATX-LPA-LPP3 Axis

Shrivats Manikandan, Kirksville Senior High School, MO, United States of America

CELL030 — Transcriptomics and Immunoinformatics Analyses Reveal Midkine as a Promising Therapeutic Target in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma

Tuan Tran, Indian Springs School, AL, United States of America

CHEMISTRY, sponsored by Arc Institute

First Award of $6,000

CHEM005 — Novel Design and Total Synthesis of Aza-C-Nucleosides From Furfuryl Alcohol, the Key to Fighting RNA Viral Diseases

Adam Kovalcik, Gymnazium Nove Zamky, Nitra, Slovakia

Second Award of $2,400

CHEM011 — Devising Metal-Organic Framework Technology for Scalable Direct Air Capture of CO2

Elliott Slaughter, Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, TX, United States of America

CHEM020T — Ag-TiO2@HNT Photocatalytic Composites for Highly Efficient and Eco-Friendly Organic Pollutant Degradation

Isabel Gonzalez, Manhasset High School, NY, United States of America
Lucienne Keyoung, Manhasset High School, NY, United States of America

CHEM042T — High-Performance Oxidizing Materials: Lithium Vanadium Oxide for Environmental Treatment Applications

Phuong Do, Viet Duc Upper Secondary School, Viet Nam
Thai Nguyen, Viet Duc Upper Secondary School, Viet Nam

Third Award of $1,200

CHEM007 — Power-Up With Produce: Repurposing Produce Loss to Develop Eco-Friendly Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Isabelle Aduna, Wellington Girls’ College, New Zealand

CHEM010 — Improving Alkaline Electrolyzers: The Role of Forced Convection in Hydrogen Generation

Prachi Natoo, College Park High School, TX, United States of America

CHEM014 — Silver Nanoparticles From Food Waste: An Innovative Green Synthesis to Remove Synthetic Dyes for Novel Applications in Water Treatment

Tyler Clair, Minnetonka High School, MN, United States of America

CHEM033 — Non-Adiabatic Nanoreactor (NANR): A Novel Tool for in silico Photoreaction Discovery Applied to Woodward Hoffmann Ring Opening of Cis/Trans-3,4-Dimethylcyclobutene

Clare Lee, Cary Academy, NC, United States of America

Fourth Award of $600

CHEM003 — Enhanced Exciplex Formation on Triphenylamine-Benzothiazole (TPA-BT) Derivatives

Yun-Jen Chen, Taipei First Girls High School, Chinese Taipei

CHEM004 — Real-Time Wound Monitoring and Bioactive Healing Accelerator via Intelligent Biosensor Bandage: Carbon Dot Embedded Novel Grape Marc Hydrogel

Reyyan Cifci, Kartal Anadolu Imam Hatip High School, Kartal, Turkey

CHEM025 — Optimizing Catalysts for the Hydrogenolysis of Polyethylene

Emerson Waltz, Algona High School, IA, United States of America

CHEM032 — Atomically-Precise Cu Nanoclusters to Electrochemically Reduce CO2 Into Valuable Chemicals

Mesk Almutairi, Fatima Bint Almonthir, Eastern, Saudi Arabia

CHEM041 — Mimicking Rock Chemistry for White Hydrogen Production: A Deep Dive Into Serpentinization Reaction Chemistry and Scalable White Hydrogen Generation

Fatima Alarfaj, Alanjal Private School, Eastern Province , Saudi Arabia

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY AND BIOINFORMATICS, sponsored by Regeneron

First Award of $6,000

CBIO057 — StutterZero: End-to-End Speech Conversion to Transcribe and Correct Stutters

Qianheng Xu, Millburn High School, NJ, United States of America

CBIO071T — The Novel Role of KRT Proteins as Biomarkers in the Dysregulated Neuroendocrine System of ALS for Early Diagnosis With PT150 as a Novel Multi-Target Neuroprotective Therapeutic

Arnav Sharma, International Academy, MI, United States of America
Aryav Das, Park Tudor School, IN, United States of America
Samarth Dunakhe, Arizona College Prep High School, AZ, United States of America

Second Award of $2,400

CBIO025 — StAIR: Stepwise All-Atom Iterative Reconstruction of Large Coarse-Grained Protein Structures

Erin Wong, William A. Shine Great Neck South High School, NY, United States of America

CBIO034T — Allosteric Regulation of Ectopically Expressed Olfactory Receptors in Tumor Cells: Ligand-Receptor Topology and Deep Learning-Assisted Drug Discovery

Saanvi Gudisay, Dublin High School, CA, United States of America
Shivansh Bansal, Dublin High School, CA, United States of America

CBIO045 — Variational Autoencoder Latent Space as a Robust Clinical Classification Tool for Neurodegenerative Diseases

William Wakefield, Pine Crest School, FL, United States of America

CBIO058 — Modeling Bird Flu Mutation Patterns and Cross-Species Transmission Using Sequence Analysis and a Novel Contrastive Learning and Influence-tree Graph Attention Network (CLIGAT)

Aditya Lakshminarasimhan, BASIS Scottsdale, AZ, United States of America

Third Award of $1,200

CBIO001 — Above and Beyond the Autism of Today: Exploring a Retroelement Regulatory Hypothesis in Autism Spectrum Disorder

Leonard Walletzky, Gymnazium Matyase Lercha, Moravia, Czech Republic

CBIO006 — Ferromilab: Quantum Molecular Dynamics-Derived Biclonal Antibodies Modulating Hepcidin-Ferroportin Interfaces to Mitigate Iron Dysregulation and Ferroptosis in Alzheimer’s Disease

Arpit Ramani, Wheeler High School, GA, United States of America

CBIO036 — Cracking the Seizure Code: A Deep Learning Approach to Neonatal Seizure Detection Utilizing Hybrid Architecture for Multi-Scale EEG Analysis

Sonali Santhosh, Hanford High School, WA, United States of America

CBIO037 — Spatial Transcriptomics and Adaptive Multi-Modal Encoding: A Novel Approach to Early Metastasis Profiling and Therapeutic Targeting Treatment

Nidhi Yadalam, Jesuit High School, OR, United States of America

CBIO041 — Non-Invasive Blood-Based Early Alzheimer’s Detection Using Sex-Specific Brain-Blood Graph Reinforcement Learning

Claire Xu, The Harker School, CA, United States of America

CBIO060 — The Development of a U-Net Model for Pancreatic Tumor Segmentation in Computed Tomography Scans

Clay Nicholson, Champlain Valley Union High School, VT, United States of America

CBIO073 — AI Driven Drug Discovery: Designing Cancer Inhibiting Molecules With Genetic Algorithm

Claire Kim, Lamar Academy, TX, United States of America

Fourth Award of $600

CBIO003 — A Prediction Model for Detecting Colorectal Cancer and Identifying Biomarkers From the Gut Microbiome

Ananya Ganapathy, The International School of Bangalore (TISB), Karnataka, India

CBIO012 — The Utilization of Deep Learning Based Universal Gene Function Prediction to Identify Gene Synergy to Further Predict Drug Synergy

Zihan Huang, Colleyville Heritage High School, TX, United States of America

CBIO013 — AI-Augmented Computational Modeling of Bispecific Antibody Targeting B7H4+ Cancer Cells and CD3e+ CAR T-Cells for Targeted Therapy in Solid Tumors

Rishi Nair, Blacksburg High School, VA, United States of America

CBIO019 — “ProteinFlow” v2 – Biocomputational Analysis of Metabolic Pathways to Discover New Carbon Capturing Bacteria

Ayush Vispute, Rampart High School, CO, United States of America

CBIO033 — Small Changes, Big Impact: miRNAs in Lung Cancer Detection

Tarik Oguz, Del Norte High School, CA, United States of America

CBIO044 — In silico Investigation of Biophysical Relationships Between a Unique Codon Reassignment and Morphological Plasticity in Candida Fungal Pathogens of the CTG Clade

Eli Hatton, Rowland Hall- Lincoln Street Campus, UT, United States of America

CBIO048 — Computational Modeling of Bispecific Antibodies Targeting CD30+ Cells in Hodgkin Lymphoma and Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma

Rithvik Venisetty, Grand Blanc High School, MI, United States of America

CBIO056 — Promoting Equity: A Novel GAN-Based Framework for Improved MRI-Based Alzheimer’s Diagnosis Utilizing Multiple Deep Learning Architectures

Kenna Zhang, Cary Academy, NC, United States of America

CBIO062 — Early Detection of Critical Salmonellosis Cases for Pre-Emptive Treatment via Novel Biomarkers Discovered Through Protein Domain Analysis and Machine Learning

Aakash Bhattacharyya, Little Rock Central High School, AR, United States of America

EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES, sponsored by Society for Science

First Award of $6,000

EAEV045 — Optimizing Aquatic Oil Spill Clean Up: Oil Viscosity and Ferrofluid Composition

Miriam Haddad, Saginaw Arts and Sciences Academy, MI, United States of America

EAEV052 — A Novel Method of Water Purification: Optimizing Foam Fractionation for Effective Broad-Spectrum Removal of DBP Precursors in Chlorinated Drinking Water

Lakshmi Agrawal, Stanford Online High School, WA, United States of America

Second Award of $2,400

EAEV001 — Quantifying Caffeine as an Anthropogenic Biomarker for Septic Tank Contamination in Queens Cove Using HPLC and GIS Integration

Kailee Webster, Vero Beach High School, FL, United States of America

EAEV005 — MycoCast: Developing an Agent-Based Model for Mycorrhizal Network Connectivity Under Changing Environmental Conditions

Tristan Pasquale , Wiregrass Ranch High School, FL, United States of America

EAEV016 — Flow Matters: How a Coral Can Divert Currents and Suffocate Corals Nearby

Jeannik Littlefield, Hawaii Preparatory Academy, HI, United States of America

EAEV047 — Put AI-LyD On It! An AI-Driven Systematic Approach to Understanding, Predicting, and Controlling Spotted Lanternfly Proliferation Through Behavioral Analysis

Kevin Zhang, North Hunterdon High School, NJ, United States of America

Third Award of $1,200

EAEV015 — Solving the Sulfur Problem: Box Modelling Sulfur Transfer on Mars Using Earth as a Geochemical Analogue

Cathy Zhang, James Ruse Agricultural High School, NSW, Australia

EAEV040 — An Assemblage of Woodpeckers as an Indicator Species of Fire Intensity Using Fuel Loads as an Intermediary

Sahil Gupta, Mamaroneck High School, NY, United States of America

EAEV041 — Nature-Based Erosion Prevention Field Data and Modeling of Drag Force on Giant Kelp Under Winter Swell

Hazel Campbell, Pacific Collegiate School, CA, United States of America

EAEV044 — CorAI: Predicting Coral Bleaching Using Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Srihaan Seelam, Horace Greeley High School, NY, United States of America

EAEV046 — Saponin Surfactants: Novel Extraction of Environment Friendly Natural Saponins, and Their Effect on Bacterial Inhibition and Plant Histology

Tanvir Mundra, St. John’s School, British Columbia, Canada

EAEV053 — The Combinatorial Effects of “Forever Chemicals” on C. elegans Development and Behavior

Cooper Grotzinger Frerichs, Shawnee Mission South High School , KS, United States of America

Fourth Award of $600

EAEV003 — Evaluating the Efficacy of a Novel BIOPAC Bio-Adsorbent for the Removal of Aqueous Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)

Aditi Swain, Orlando Science Schools, FL, United States of America

EAEV014T — LocustTrack: Forecasting the Impact of Climate Change and IOD on the Distribution of Schistocerca gregaria (Desert Locust)

Aarav Rastogi, Oberoi International School – JVLR Campus, Maharashtra, India
Abhimanyu Singh, Dhirubhai Ambani International School, Maharashtra, India

EAEV021 — A Novel Approach to Measuring the Impact of Thawing Permafrost on Carbon Emissions Using Remote Sensing

Arav Agarwal, School for the Talented and Gifted at Yvonne A Ewell Townview Magnet Center, TX, United States of America

EAEV048 — Next-Hour Lake-Effect Quantitative Precipitation Forecasting Over the Great Lakes With Deep Learning

Atharva Tyagi, Ridge High School, NJ, United States of America

EAEV055 — Corrosion Resistance of Pipes in Louisiana Regarding the Mississippi River Saltwater Intrusion

Sarah Nguyen, Patrick F. Taylor Science & Technology Academy, LA, United States of America

EAEV057 — CryoStrat-RL: A Dynamic Graph-Game Framework for Arctic Conservation Using Reinforcement Learning

Ryka Chopra, Mission San Jose High School, CA, United States of America

EAEV058 — A Novel Method of Predicting Ocean pCO2 Using a Polynomial Model

Claire Zhan, Hamilton High School, AZ, United States of America

EAEV070 — A Multilayer Perceptron Based Neural Network Model to Identify Optimal Camera Locations for Early Detection of Wildfires

Sohan Govindaraju, Jesuit High School, OR, United States of America

EMBEDDED SYSTEMS, sponsored by HP

First Award of $6,000

EBED011 — Development of a Novel Solution for Mitigation of Debilitating Decubitus (Pressure) Ulcers, Year Two

Maya Trutschl, Caddo Parish Magnet High School, LA, United States of America

Second Award of $2,400

EBED032 — An AI-Driven Thermodynamics Based IOT Sensor Network for the Ultra-Early Detection of Wildfires Without Line of Sight View of Fire

Ryan Honary, Newport Harbor High School, CA, United States of America

EBED041 — Direct Pulse-Density-Modulated Bitstream Operators for Efficient Beamforming With Large Sensor Arrays

Armaan Gomes, Homestead High School, CA, United States of America

Third Award of $1,200

EBED003 — Really Autonomous Irrigation Network

Ramiru Wijayasiriwardhane, Ananda College, Western, Sri Lanka

EBED005 — SubArc: An Inexpensive, High Resolution, Open Source, Absolute Magnetic Rotary Encoder

Frank Lucci, BASIS San Antonio Shavano Campus, TX, United States of America

EBED033T — BrailleSense: A Modular, Low-Cost Solution for Accessible Braille Displays

Ansh Malhotra, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, VA, United States of America
Anush Devkar, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, VA, United States of America

EBED045T — Development of Assistive Technologies for the Visually Impaired Using AI

David Safrata, Gymnazium Evolution, Czech Republic
Jan Safrata, Gymnazium Evolution, Czech Republic

Fourth Award of $600

EBED002 — Spherical Robot Based on Double-Pendulum Drive System: Structural Design and Motion Control Function Research

Leo Fan, French International School, China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

EBED012T — Drone-enabled H2S Gas Leak Detection With Geofencing for Enhanced Worker Safety

Khalid Alsulaiti, Qatar Science and Technology Secondary School for Boys, Ain Khalid, Qatar
Nawaf Alammari, Qatar Science and Technology Secondary School for Boys, Ain Khalid, Qatar

EBED021 — VoltMatrix: An Analog Computing AI Chip Architecture for Scalable and Energy-Efficient Inference

Shangqiu Li, Camas High School, WA, United States of America

EBED027T — A Novel Magnetic Field-Based UAV Detection System Through Electromagnetic Signal Analysis of Drone Motors: A Technical Countermeasure for the Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Junseop Shin, Korea Science Academy of KAIST, South Korea
Kyungjin Shin, Korea Science Academy of KAIST, South Korea

EBED039T — Using Per-Channel Energy Normalization to Enhance Accuracy in Machine Learning-Based Lung Sound Classification

Nathan Ma, Detroit Country Day School, MI, United States of America
Samer Rahman, Detroit Country Day School, MI, United States of America

ENERGY: SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS AND DESIGN, sponsored by Siemens Energy

First Award of $6,000

EGSD040 — A Hybrid Hydrogel-Heat Sink for Enhancing GPU Performance, Solar Panel Efficiency, and Electric Vehicle Range

Oliver Wang, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, VA, United States of America

Second Award of $2,400

EGSD001 — A Novel Wireless Charging System for IMDs Using 2.4GHz EM Waves

Anish Anand, Palos Verdes Peninsula High School, CA, United States of America

EGSD003T — Dual Functional Catalyst for Green Hydrogen Production

Cho Fung Woody Tai, The Chinese Foundation Secondary School, China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Tanliang Ge, The Chinese Foundation Secondary School, China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

EGSD038 — Hydrogen Safety Through Advanced Gas Chromic Coatings for Leak Detection in Next- Generation Storage and Transportation Infrastructure

Mariam Almohaish, Alkifah Academy, Eastern Province, Ahsaa, Saudi Arabia

Third Award of $1,200

EGSD027 — Optimizing Silicon Anodes: Investigating Ultra-High Carboxyl Density Binders

Ryan Tae, Jericho High School, NY, United States of America

EGSD029 — Micro Closed-Loop, Pumped, Hydro-Power System Turbine Assessment

Thomas Sparling, Oakton High School, VA, United States of America

EGSD032 — Improving Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Efficiency by Integrating Hammerhead Shark Hydrodynamic Features Into the NACA0015 Blade Design

Akshara Srinivas, Eastlake High School, WA, United States of America

EGSD037 — Synergistic HI and Ag Doping Strategies for Efficient Lead-Free Perovskites in Indoor Photovoltaics

Jomanah Belal, Al-Hussan Modern National School for Girls – Al-Jubail, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia

Fourth Award of $600

EGSD008T — Black Phosphorus Anode: Realizing Fast Charging Lithium-ion Batteries

Chi Kin Pun, Pui Ching Middle School, China, Macao Special Administrative Region
Pok Hei Leong, Pui Ching Middle School, China, Macao Special Administrative Region

EGSD016 — In silico Design of sgRNAs for CRISPR/Cas9 Mediated Gene Mutageneis of Arundo donax to Optimize Biofuels

Sivani Babu, duPont Manual High School, KY, United States of America

EGSD021 — Efficient Energy Harvesting Using Biomaterials: Fabrication of a ZnO-Modified Eggshell Membrane and Cotton Based Piezo-Tribo Hybrid Generator

Meghana Addanki, Dr. Ronald E. McNair Academic High School, NJ, United States of America

EGSD036 — Developing a Hydrazine Seawater-based Hydrogen Production System Using a Highly Efficient Pd-Ni(OH)â‚‚ Catalyst

Imran Alturkistani, Misk Schools, Saudi Arabia

EGSD042 — Sustainable Self-Charging Aqueous Zinc-lon Battery Using CaVO Nanostructures Prepared From Recycled Mortar

Hanin Alhassan, Alkifah Academy, Eastern Province, Ahsaa, Saudi Arabia

ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY: STATICS & DYNAMICS, sponsored by Howmet Aerospace Foundation

First Award of $6,000

Benjamin Davis, Bishop Feehan High School, MA, United States of America

Second Award of $2,400

ETSD001 — Modulating Z-Axis Movement to Increase the Layer Adhesion of 3D Printed Parts

Akos Vida, Korosi Csoma Sandor Bilingual Baptist High School, Hungary

ETSD003T — A Fully Self-Developed and Completely Open-Sourced, Affordable Rocket Module Featuring an Interchangeable Secondary System for Versatile Mission Adaptability

Ruihan Zhao, BASIS International School Hangzhou , ZheJiang, China
Yuyang Lin, BASIS International School Hangzhou , ZheJiang, China

ETSD052 — SkyProbe: A Thrust Vectoring UAV for Enhanced Contact-Based Inspection Performance in Windy Conditions

Jingxuan Zhou, Northfield Mount Hermon School, MA, United States of America

Third Award of $1,200

ETSD005 — Hinged Threading: A Novel Method to Deploy Convex Polyhedral Nets

Suhani Sharma, Delhi Public School, Chandigarh, India

ETSD010 — ASCEND: Autonomous Structure Construction With Novel Agent Swarms

Ryan Xu, Plano West Senior High School, TX, United States of America

ETSD013T — A Bio-inspired, Flexible, and Retractable Robotic Tail Exoskeleton

Chon Man Tam, Instituto Salesiano, Macao, China, Macao Special Administrative Region
Seng Chon Chang, Instituto Salesiano, Macao, China, Macao Special Administrative Region

ETSD018T — Revolutionizing Rocket Propulsion: Development of a 3D-Printed Regeneratively Cooled Aerospike Nozzle for Extended Burn Propulsion

Asa Gangjee, Saint John’s School, TX, United States of America
Suman Muppavarapu, Saint John’s School, TX, United States of America

ETSD039 — Parametric Optimization and Discovery of a Low-Noise Toroidal Quadrotor Propeller With a Leading Blade Segment Height Offset for Responsible Wildlife Research

Erim Ozcan, The Potomac School, VA, United States of America

Fourth Award of $600

ETSD016 — Skateboard Stoppers: A Novel, Safer Way to Learn How to Skateboard

Gray Gankendorff, The Willow School, LA, United States of America

ETSD021 — Next-Generation VTOL Drones: A Breakthrough in Tilt Mechanism and Modular Design for Optimization and Accessibility

Cooper Taylor, Greenwich Country Day School, CT, United States of America

ETSD026T — Thermal and Acoustic Characterization of Hybrid Triply Periodic Minimal Surface Structures

Hui Seo Shin, Incheon Academy of Science and Arts, South Korea
Junwoo Shin, Incheon Academy of Science and Arts, South Korea
Yonggeon In, Incheon Academy of Science and Arts, South Korea

ETSD028 — A Novel Morphing Nose Cone Mechanism for Aerodynamic Optimization of a Supersonic Airplane

Daniel Ott, Holmen High School, WI, United States of America

ETSD033 — High-Frequency BLDC Feedforward Control and Optimization for Motion Control

Navtej Bhatti, Glenwood High School, IL, United States of America

ETSD051 — A Modular Ionic Wind Cooling System Based on High-voltage Pulse Generator and Sensors

Alex Hu, Tabor Academy, MA, United States of America

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING, sponsored by Jacobs

First Award of $6,000

ENEV001 — A Digital and Portable Integrated Apparatus for Dynamic Monitoring and Highly Efficient Catalysis of Trace Formaldehyde Using Fe-Based TiO2 Single-nanoparticle Photocatalyst

XinYan Chen, Shanghai High School International Division, China

ENEV059T — Integrating AI-Guided Robotics, Mathematical Optimization, and GAN-Based Crop Analysis for Precision Methyl Jasmonate Pest Control in Autonomous Smart Agriculture

Bennett Huang, Langley High School, VA, United States of America
Jason Pan, Langley High School, VA, United States of America

Second Award of $2,400

ENEV025 — An Integrated Detection & Delivery System to Abate Contaminants in Water Bodies

Sharanya Natarajan, Edgewood Junior Senior High School, FL, United States of America

ENEV055 — Pioneering Ultrafine Particle Prevention Technology in Internal Combustion Engine Vehicles – Investigating the Pressure Release Valve

Neil Hu, Temple City High School, CA, United States of America

ENEV064 — Innovative Application of Low GWP Refrigerants in Hydrate-Based Water Desalination

Jewan Shabi, Ibn Roshd International School Jazan, Saudi Arabia

ENEV066 — Novel Contact Liquid for Energy-Efficient, Cost-Effective, and Scalable Cryogenic Carbon Capture

Areej Alqarni, Al-Batool International School, Makkah, Saudi Arabia

Third Award of $1,200

ENEV008 — Turning Trash Into Treasure: Creating Sustainable Bioplastic Products From Food Waste Through Innovation

Jonathan Lai, Bartlesville High School, OK, United States of America

ENEV013 — A Novel Device for in situ Removal of Microplastics From Riverbed Sediment via Laser-Induced Particle Fluorescence

Luksina Isahaku, Nicolet High School, WI, United States of America

ENEV033 — Biofuels and Fertilizers Utilizing Filamentous Algae: A Proposal for a Globally Regenerative Business With Reduced Production Costs

Yumina Nishida, Yokohama Municipal Minami High School, Kanagawa, Japan

ENEV035T — Water Surface Remediation Using Liquid Marbles Formed by Self-Assembled ZnO Micro-Nanostructures

Laurentiu Palii, Aristotle Republican Theoretical Lyceum, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
Ruslan Gaitur, Liceul Academie de Stiinte a Moldovei, Republic of Moldova

ENEV054T — Dual-Purpose Biological Photovoltaic: Optimizing Power Output and Wastewater Treatment

Yu Chen Guo, St. George’s School, British Columbia, Canada
Yu Han Guo, York House School, British Columbia, Canada

ENEV065 — Integrated Direct Air Capture and Conversion Using Porous Organic Polymers for Efficient and Scalable Carbon Utilization

Lamyaa Al-Nofie, Alandalus Private Schools, Makkah Province, Saudi Arabia

ENEV075 — Science of Autonomy: Optimal Path Planning

Amelie Chen, Pacific Horizons School, American Samoa

Fourth Award of $600

ENEV004 — Advancing Biopolymer Innovation Through Nanotechnology: Utilizing Machine Learning and Predictive Data Analysis Techniques to Optimize Mechanical and Environmental Properties Using Nanoparticles

Aswath Rajesh, Viera High School, FL, United States of America

ENEV007 — New Wastewater Purification Strategy: Graphitic Carbon Nitride and Low-Temperature Plasma

Anna Podmanicka, Gymnazium Jura Hronca, Slovakia

ENEV010T — Mush N’ Pack: Mycelium-Based Composite for Greener Packaging

Muhammad Airil Wafri Mohd Khairi, Sekolah Menengah Sains Sultan Mohamad Jiwa, Kedah, Malaysia
Muhammad Naufal Mu’az Mohd Shahneezam, Sekolah Menengah Sains Sultan Mohamad Jiwa, Kedah, Malaysia
Nabil Fadhil Nor Faizal, Sekolah Menengah Sains Sultan Mohamad Jiwa, Kedah, Malaysia

ENEV011T — Integrated Robotic System To Clean Flood Tunnels, Divert Flood Water & Generate Electricity

Hong Zher Yew Jayden, Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Katholik, Selangor, Malaysia
Lim Keat Hao, Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Katholik, Selangor, Malaysia
Yan Hao Teh Jared, Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Katholik, Selangor, Malaysia

ENEV017T — EcoNanoGuard: Energy-Efficient Nanosilver Sensor for Early-Stage VOC Leakage Detection

Hsin-He Tien, Taipei First Girls High School, Taiwan, Chinese Taipei
Tzu-Ting Wu, Taipei First Girls High School, Taiwan, Chinese Taipei

ENEV044 — Reducing Methane Emissions by Implementing Strategic Hydroponics Into the Bos taurus Diet

Ian Lentz, Camp Hill High School, PA, United States of America

ENEV051 — Urban and Rural Fire Disasters: Engineering and Testing of Novel Alg/Cs/BET ‘Beads for the Rapid Abatement of Post-Fire Waterborne Pollutants

Julianne Luna, Sanger High School, CA, United States of America

ENEV052T — HydroROOT: Hydrogel-Mediated Nutrient Mobilization & Soil Hydration to Counter Desertification

Aksh Parekh, Washington High School, CA, United States of America
Neev Tamboli, American High School, CA, United States of America

ENEV060T — What-A-Filter! Biopolymeric Membrane for Water Treatment

Isabelle de Sousa Battocchio, EEMTI Marconi Coelho Reis, Ceara, Brazil
Miguel Ribeiro da Silva, EEMTI Marconi Coelho Reis, Ceara, Brazil

MATERIALS SCIENCE, sponsored by Howmet Aerospace Foundation

First Award of $6,000

Siyaa Poddar, Arizona College Prep High School, AZ, United States of America

Second Award of $2,400

MATS026 — Shrimp-Wrap: Fabrication and Characterization of a Strong, Biodegradable Chitosan Bioplastic Composite

William Ferenchick, Wilson High School , PA, United States of America

MATS036 — Engineering DNA Nanocrystals for Trigger-Responsive Drug Delivery: A Biocompatible Approach to Nanomedicine

Samyra Mahiba, Jericho High School, NY, United States of America

MATS063 — An Alternative Suture Material Synthesized From Marine Invertebrates

Chloe Wnek, Marine Academy of Technology and Environmental Science, NJ, United States of America

MATS064 — Eutectogel 2.0: A Continuous Journey Towards Advanced Green Electronic Skin

Sophia Zhang, Fairview High School, CO, United States of America

Third Award of $1,200

MATS012 — Developing Emulsion Additives to Optimize Rheological Behavior in Non-Aqueous Magnetorheological Smart Fluids

Ashu Anand, Alabama School of Fine Arts, AL, United States of America

MATS017T — Eco-Pads: Engineering Sustainable Sanitary Pads Integrated With Jamaica Dyed Banana Fiber That Monitor Feminine Reproductive Health

Carmen Martinez, Harvest Preparatory Academy, AZ, United States of America
Mercedes Castro, Harvest Preparatory Academy, AZ, United States of America

MATS018 — Next-Gen Smart Materials: Thermo-Responsive and Conductive 3D Printable Polymer Gels

Vallabh Ramesh, duPont Manual High School, KY, United States of America

MATS024 — Reel Problems, Reel Solutions: Combatting Microplastics in Aquatic Ecosystems With Biodegradable Fishing Lures

Ethan Albright, Hempfield High School, PA, United States of America

MATS042 — First Fabrication of High Q-Factor Rho-SiTaN for Optical Spectroscopy: Enabling Low-Cost Breathalyzer Detection of Lung Cancer

Kireeti Kompella, Interlake High School, WA, United States of America

MATS055T — Hemostatic Application of Powdered Decellularized Extracellular Matrix From Porcine Liver

Park Chanwoo, Sejong Science High School, South Korea
Yoon Chan-Young, Sejong Science High School, South Korea

Fourth Award of $600

MATS014 — A Reusable Teabag for the Detection and Bioremediation of Arsenic From Drinking Water

Vick Tan, EP Academy, MN, United States of America

MATS025 — LuminaSand: Harnessing the Optoelectronic Potential of Silicon Dioxide With Focused Laser Beam

Georia Ang, Hwa Chong Institution, Singapore

MATS034 — Chemical Modification and Synthesis of a Polysiloxane Composite for Enhanced Performance in Dielectric Elastomer Transducers

Hao Gu, Lynbrook High School, CA, United States of America

MATS038 — Developing a Hyaluronic Acid Coated Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticle Based Controlled Delivery System as an Antitumor Therapy

Aishwarya Deshpande, American Heritage School of Boca Delray, FL, United States of America

MATS040 — SUSTAINWARE: A Sustainable Alternative for Stoneware Production

Victoria Gomes, Instituto Federal do Rio Grande do Sul – IFRS – Campus Feliz, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

MATS051 — All-In-One Infrared Imaging: Colloidal Quantum Dot Pixel Mosaics for Enhanced Multi-Band Infrared Photodetectors

Abeer Alyousef, Dohat Alibdaa International Schools, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia

MATS054 — Analysis of Machining Parameters Effects on Surface Integrity of Titanium

Clara Fuller, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, KY, United States of America

MATS065 — Novel Alternative Method to Improve the Safety and Targeting of Nanotherapeutics

Aarush Tutiki, Albuquerque Academy, NM, United States of America

MATHEMATICS, sponsored by Akamai Foundation

First Award of $6,000

MATH028 — The Prisoner’s Dilemma: Strategy Dynamics Related to Memory and Selfishness

Cory Seelenfreund, New Rochelle High School, NY, United States of America

Second Award of $2,400

MATH019 — Quantum-Sound Factorization: On the Distribution and Structure of Irreducible Sets

Anay Aggarwal, Westview High School, OR, United States of America

MATH036T — Solving Variable-Entangled Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) via Atomic Tensor Decomposition and Gated Expert Neural Networks: A Multi-Expansion Framework for Accurate and Adaptive PDE Approximation

Maatank Parashar, Paradise Valley High School, AZ, United States of America
Tejas Dhulipalla, Paradise Valley High School, AZ, United States of America

Third Award of $1,200

MATH017 — Exploring Optimal Learning Rates and Convergence in Coded Federated Learning Using Lyapunov’s Theorem

Sarah Lu, Centro Residencial de Oportunidades Educativas de Mayaguez, Puerto Rico

MATH023 — Make24: Elegant Elementary Bounds for a Numbers Game

Liqian Ying, NUS High School of Mathematics & Science, Singapore

MATH042 — A Novel Theory-Driven Approach for Model Compression in Deep Neural Networks

Alyssa Yu, Poolesville High School, MD, United States of America

Fourth Award of $600

MATH022 — Matrix Product Formulas for Generating Functions for p-adic Valuations of Generalized Binomial Coefficients

Arav Chand, Half Hollow Hills High School West, NY, United States of America

MATH034 — Modeling X-ray and Natural Images: Perceptually Relevant Image Statistics and Applications

Vicky Cai, Stuyvesant High School, NY, United States of America

MATH040T — Making Every Component Count: Using the Shapley Value To Improve Win Ratio Analysis

Sophia Fu, Carmel High School, IN, United States of America
Valerie Fu, Carmel High School, IN, United States of America

MATH041 — Analyzing Pre-Indo-European Theory of the Etruscan Language Origins Using Topological Data Analysis

Helena Welch, Los Alamos High School, NM, United States of America

MICROBIOLOGY, sponsored by Schattner Foundation

First Award of $6,000

MCRO029 — A Novel Biological Treatment for Antibiotic-Resistant Vibrio Infections in Aquaculture

Abigail Qi, Baton Rouge Magnet High School, LA, United States of America

Second Award of $2,400

MCRO024 — Silent Signals: Boronic Acids Quench E. coli Quorum Sensing

Eun Jae Lee, Peachtree Ridge High School, GA, United States of America

MCRO025 — Computational Design of Novel Small-Molecule Activators Targeting the AtlA Autolysin in Multi Drug-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus to Combat Antibiotic Resistance Through Internal Cell Death Mechanisms

Srishti Boral, Eastlake High School, WA, United States of America

MCRO046 — Paracoccus for Bioremediation: Optimizing Formate Dehydrogenase in Paracoccus denitrificans for Development of a Non-Toxic Bioremediation Strategy for Toxic C1 Compounds in Water

Prisha Bhat, Plano East Senior High School, TX, United States of America

Third Award of $1,200

MCRO008 — Rapid and Cost-Effective Colorimetric Detection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Water via Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Targeting the mecA Gene

Luke Itomura, Punahou School, HI, United States of America

MCRO011T — A K47 Klebsiella pneumoniae Phage and Its Capsule Depolymerase in Therapeutic Applications

Hsiang-Cheng Shih, Taipei Municipal Chien Kuo High School, Chinese Taipei
Zhong-Yue Fan, Taipei Municipal Chien Kuo High School, Chinese Taipei

MCRO032 — Characterizing the Secretion Signal in the C-Terminus of the Francisella tularensis Protein FTL_1123: Insights for Type 1 Secretion and Therapeutics

Mehek Sawhney, Commack High School, NY, United States of America

MCRO037 — Understanding the Synergy Between Antibiotics and Phenolic Acids

Alex Kidangathazhe, Stillwater High School, OK, United States of America

MCRO050 — Harnessing Coral Bacteria as Probiotics to Combat Vibrio cholerae Water Contamination

Isabel Garcia, Isaac Bear Early College High School, NC, United States of America

Fourth Award of $600

MCRO013T — Development and Evaluation of a Novel Smart Automated System for Chromogenic Bacterial Detection in Water Samples

Ali Al Hamadi, Qatar Science and Technology Secondary School for Boys, Ain Khalid, Qatar
Fahad Al-Tamimi, Qatar Science and Technology Secondary School for Boys, Ain Khalid, Qatar

MCRO019 — AAVehicle: Novel Assembly Activating Protein Domain Shuffling for Enhanced Adeno-Associated Virus Capsid Formation and Gene Therapy as Treatment for Genetic Disorders

Suhaani Garg , West Linn High School, OR, United States of America

MCRO039 — Leveraging Microbiome Data and Machine Learning for the Identification of Novel Biomarkers in Early Detection and Classification of Pancreatic Cancer

Vrushab Karthik, Jesuit High School, OR, United States of America

MCRO042 — Investigating the Effect of Berberine and a Nanoparticle Delivery System on Epstein Barr Virus Replication and Infectivity: A Potential Therapeutic Approach

Giana Marchese, Westlake High School, NY, United States of America

MCRO043 — Assessing the Ability of Auxotrophic Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains to Trigger Trained Innate Immunity in Mouse Macrophages

Anhad Kataria, Ardsley High School, NY, United States of America

MCRO055 — Pentavax: Pentraxin Proteins With Dengue Virus Immunoreactivity

Soumil Sharma, Central Bucks High School East, PA, United States of America

PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY, sponsored by Jane Street

First Award of $6,000

PHYS001 — A Novel Low-Cost Zero Mean-Flow Chamber Design and Physics-Informed Neural Network for Astrophysical and Environmental Turbulence Applications

Aiden Kwon, Palos Verdes Peninsula High School, CA, United States of America

PHYS005 — Theoretical and Experimental Investigation of Ship Wakes

Aleksandra Petkova, National High School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences “Acad. Luybomir Chakalov”, Bulgaria

Second Award of $2,400

PHYS026 — ForeCAT: Advancing Clear Air Turbulence Prediction for Aviation Safety With Atmospheric Physics Informed Neural Networks and Spatiotemporal Weather Data

Aditya Sengupta, The Overlake School, WA, United States of America

PHYS065T — iSUM: Investigation of 3D Physical and Computational Models of Self-Uprighting Behavior in Pill Millipedes

Pimpandao Putharukkit, Kamnoetvidya Science Academy, Thailand
Thampisut Premsingchai, Kamnoetvidya Science Academy, Thailand

PHYS068 — The Power of a Star in a Jar: Using Nuclear Fusion for Medical Radioisotope Production

Yosef Herrera, Science Academy of South Texas, TX, United States of America

PHYS073 — High-Cadence Adaptive Reverberation Mapping of Variable Quasars to Resolve Light-Hour Accretion Disk Structures in Supermassive Black Holes

Thomas Jichen Wang, Shady Side Academy, PA, United States of America

Third Award of $1,200

PHYS003 — Development and Calibration of a Portable Muon Telescope for Balloon-Borne Atmospheric Muon Flux Studies

Saskia Poldmaa, Tallinn Secondary Science School, Harjumaa, Estonia

PHYS009T — New Insights on Antibubbles: Investigation of the Physical Properties of Antibubbles Using an Original Systematic Experimental Setup

Julius Gutjahr, Goethe Gymnasium Emmendingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
Maja Leber, Goethe Gymnasium Emmendingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany

PHYS034 — Lost in the Stars: Chemical Tagging of the Magellanic Clouds and Accreted Populations

Joe Smith, Stanford Online High School, CA, United States of America

PHYS035 — Discovery of the First Double Exocomet Using an Automated Deep Learning Convolutional Neural Network

Gary Han, Syosset High School, NY, United States of America

PHYS055 — NEPTUNE: N-body Exoplanet Prediction Using TTV for Unseen Exoplanets

Arushi Nath, Bloor Collegiate Institute, Ontario, Canada

PHYS062 — RUBES: Resonators Used in Building Emergency Sensors – Developing a Device (Year 4)

Ruby Aubin, Florida Atlantic University High School, FL, United States of America

Fourth Award of $600

PHYS016 — Investigating the Optimal Pump Source for an Optical Quantum Computer Using Type-I Spontaneous Parametric Down-Conversion

Enzo Carter, Melbourne High School, FL, United States of America

PHYS024 — Novel Flexible Substrate-based 2D MoS2 Devices and Novel Ionic Liquid Gated MoS2 Field-effect Transistors on Flexible Substrates

Michael Zhu, University School, OH, United States of America

PHYS031 — Deformation of Water Bells When Breaking the Membrane

Yoshihiro Tanaka, Senior High School at Komaba, University of Tsukuba, Tokyo, Japan

PHYS041 — Taking Shark Skin for a Spin! Can Shark-Denticle-Inspired Vortex Generators Reduce Heavy Vehicle Fuel Consumption?

Lily Rofail, Presbyterian Ladies’ College, Sydney, NSW, Australia

PHYS045 — Environmental Radioactivity and Meteorological Variables: Statistical Relationships and Machine Learning Regression

Nicola Trucco, Deutsche Schule Genua, Liguria, Italy

PHYS047 — Water World Exoplanet Atmospheric and Spectral Data Analysis via Thermodynamic Modeling and Unsupervised Machine Learning

Marcus King, The Governor French Academy, IL, United States of America

PHYS056 — ASTEKS: The First End-to-End Auto-Detection Survey for Single-Transit Exoplanets in Known Systems

Zichen Wei, Webb School of California, CA, United States of America

PHYS069T — A Comprehensive Machine Learning Paradigm for Space Debris Surveillance: An Integrated Triple Model Framework for Identification, Orbital Prediction, and Collision Risk Evaluation

Nikhil Krishna, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, VA, United States of America
Nived Nandakumar, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, VA, United States of America

PLANT SCIENCES, sponsored by Society for Science

First Award of $6,000

PLNT026 — Examining the Synergistic Effects of Hydrotropism, Magnetotropism, and Simulated Microgravity on Allium fistulosum Morphology Using a Novel 3D Clinostat

Aarushi Pandey, College Park High School, TX, United States of America

Second Award of $2,400

PLNT007 — Development of an Industrially Viable Oxytetracycline Nano-Formulation and OXYCHECK Detection System to Combat Citrus Greening: Year 3

Moitri Santra, Oviedo High School, FL, United States of America

PLNT024 — Year II, A Comprehensive Eco-Friendly Strategy for Citrus Greening Disease Management: Targeted Delivery of Novel Multi-Compound Formulation Derived From Murraya koenigii in Combination With Steam Therapy Approach and Its Validation Through Precision Agriculture Tools

Tanishka Aglave, Strawberry Crest High School, FL, United States of America

PLNT027 — From Hair to Harvest: Effects of Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Dots on Germination and Growth in Solanum lycopersicum (Tomatoes) Seedlings Using Keratin-Based Hydroponic Substrates

Dora Fields, Northport High School, NY, United States of America

Third Award of $1,200

PLNT009 — Fractal Fingerprinting: Utilizing the Fractal Dimension to Height Ratio of Leaf Venation Structure as a Novel Morphological Characteristic for Plant Taxonomy

Anubhav Ammangi, Redeemer Baptist School, NSW, Australia

PLNT013 — Efficacy of Chitosan Hydrogel for a Variety of Agricultural Applications

Al Zaidi, Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy, FL, United States of America

PLNT041 — Photogene Fusion: Enhancing Photosynthesis Through Agrobacterium-Mediated Delivery of the 3S5 Ruby Plasmid for Sustainable Carbon Capture

Venkat Yarlagadda, Arizona College Prep High School, AZ, United States of America

PLNT043 — Production of Antimicrobial Peptides in Nicotiana benthamiana Plants for Efficient Treatments

Fatmah Almutabagani, Riyadh School for Boys and Girls, Saudi Arabia

PLNT049 — Reversed Genetic Research of Nannochloropsis oceanica for Increased Thermal Tolerance

Deborah Park, Iolani School, HI, United States of America

Fourth Award of $600

PLNT018 — FULL MOON: A Novel and Economical Method for Sustainable Agriculture on the Moon

Quinn Hughes, Minnetonka High School, MN, United States of America

PLNT031 — Quantification of Crop Water Requirement Using Soil Moisture Based Nonlinear Autoregressive Exogenous (NARX) Machine Learning Model

Kinnoree Pasha, Clovis North High School, CA, United States of America

PLNT032T — Investigating the Genes and Biochemical Pathway Responsible for Caffeine Production in Ilex vomitoria (Yaupon Holly)

Aanya Goel, Kalamazoo Area Mathematics and Science Center, MI, United States of America
Claire Tong, Kalamazoo Area Mathematics and Science Center, MI, United States of America
Janelle Yao, Kalamazoo Area Mathematics and Science Center, MI, United States of America

PLNT038T — The Allelopathic Effects of Natural Plant Extracts on Seed Germination of Invasive Species Lolium Perenne

Aerin Kim, Governor’s School at Innovation Park, VA, United States of America
Kayla Minter, Governor’s School at Innovation Park, VA, United States of America
Willow Weeks, Governor’s School at Innovation Park, VA, United States of America

PLNT042 — Combining Ethephon and SL Analogs for Suicidal Germination of Striga hermonthica

Ghala AlGhamdi, Manarat Al Riyadh International School, Saudi Arabia

PLNT050T — A Green Alliance: Evaluating the Synergistic Dynamics of PETase Expression and Plant-Microbe Interactions in Enhancing Microplastic Degradation Pathways in S. alterniflora

Adam Siddiqi, College Park High School, TX, United States of America
Vibhan Emmi, College Park High School, TX, United States of America

ROBOTICS AND INTELLIGENT MACHINES, sponsored by Liquid AI

First Award of $6,000

ROBO025 — Cuddle and Comfort Chimp: An Innovative Soft Robotic Sleep Aid

Timothy Wilson, Barker College, New South Wales, Australia

ROBO045 — MyoAssist: An Innovative AI-Based, User-Driven Exoskeletal Assistive Control System for Individuals With Movement Disabilities

Chinmayi Goyal, Yorktown High School, NY, United States of America

Second Award of $2,400

ROBO021 — FallPoint: Fall Detection With 4D mmWave Radar Using PointNet and a Recurrent Neural Network

Louis Liu, University High School, AZ, United States of America

ROBO030T — Great Minds Think Alike, Great Models Think All at Once: MAESTRO, A Unified Framework for Video-Audio Understanding & Reasoning

Amy Low, Raffles Institution, Singapore
Felicia Tan, Raffles Institution, Singapore

ROBO051 — Utilizing Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning With Encoder-Decoder Architecture Agents to Identify Optimal Resection Location in GBM Patients

Krishna Arun, Eastlake High School, WA, United States of America

ROBO061T — TalkiEVBot – An Educational Support Robot for Children With Speech Disorders

Hung Huynh, Le Quy Don High School for the Gifted, Viet Nam
Kiet Nguyen, Le Quy Don High School for the Gifted, Viet Nam

Third Award of $1,200

ROBO011T — GaitGuardian: Real-Time IMU Processing and Visual Monitoring Using Machine Learning (ML) for Advanced Parkinson’s Disease Patients (II)

Keshav Anand, Plano East Senior High School, TX, United States of America
Viren Bankapur, Independence High School, TX, United States of America

ROBO014T — Multi UAV System for Wide Area Object Identification

Alexander Chindris, Episcopal School of Jacksonville, FL, United States of America
James Steffes, Episcopal School of Jacksonville, FL, United States of America

ROBO023T — Soft Robotics in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy: Engineering a Hydraulic AI-Assisted Colonoscope to Minimize Patient Risks and Enhance Usability

Jiya Joshi, Stephen F. Austin High School, TX, United States of America
Sai Spoorthi Maram, William B. Travis High School, TX, United States of America

ROBO041 — The Design and Engineering of an Intelligent Remotely Operated Vehicle for Coral Reef Research and Monitoring

Sydney West, Hanford High School, WA, United States of America

ROBO066T — IntelliCane: An Agentic Approach to Real-Time Obstacle Avoidance and Intelligent Decision-Making for the Visually Impaired Through a Monocular Servo-Guided Cane Using Deep Learning-Based Environmental Mapping

Akash Ragam, Jesuit High School, OR, United States of America
Tanay Chitlur, Westview High School, OR, United States of America

ROBO074T — AID: A Reinforcement Learning Framework for Iterative Optimization of Aerodynamic Elements

Aidan La Rosa, Lake Minneola High School, FL, United States of America
Arya Pasumarthi, The High School for Math, Science and Engineering, NY, United States of America
Jainish Patel, Lake Minneola High School, FL, United States of America

Fourth Award of $600

ROBO004 — Year 2: Designing a Terrestrial Plant Disease Suppression Robot Using Multispectral Imaging Techniques

Adrian Alvarez, Orlando Science Schools, FL, United States of America

ROBO019 — Improving Generalizability in Exemplar-Free Class-Incremental Learning

Arimitsu Horikawa Strakovsky, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, KY, United States of America

ROBO029 — Low-Cost, High-Performance Humanoid Upper Body for Automating Hazardous Tasks With Quasi-Direct Drive Actuators and Machine Learning

Partap Sidhu, Bethpage High School, NY, United States of America

ROBO032 — Chain of Action (CoA): LLM-Powered Multi-Agent Hexapod-Drone System

Haodong Wei, Cranbrook Kingswood School, MI, United States of America

ROBO046T — MobyGlobal: Real-Time Whale Detection Network Powered by a Custom CNN and 3D Printed Buoys

Matthew Li, Academies of Loudoun, VA, United States of America
Taha Rawjani, Academies of Loudoun, VA, United States of America

ROBO053 — AutoMates: Automating With Self-Learning Intelligent Agents

Dhroov Bharatia, Plano Senior High School, TX, United States of America

ROBO060 — An Intelligent, Bimanual Mobile Manipulator for Assisted Living Applications

Nathan Zhao, The Pembroke Hill School, MO, United States of America

ROBO065T — Autonomous Wheelchair for Mobility and Communication Assistance for ALS Patients

Hieu Le, Quang Tri Town High School, Viet Nam
Quan Cao, Quang Tri Town High School, Viet Nam

SYSTEMS SOFTWARE, Sponsored by Microsoft

First Award of $6,000

SOFT057 — HM-Detect: Murmur Detection and Classification Methodology Using A Novel C^2-LSTM Architecture for Multi-Modal Signals

Ram Sivaraman, Acton Boxborough Regional High School, MA, United States of America

Second Award of $2,400

SOFT008 — Gate OS: A Secure Rust Exokernel Based on Preventive Static Code Analysis With Process Domain Isolation

Franciszek Lopuszanski, I Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace Dwujezyczne im. Edwarda Dembowskiego w Gliwicach, Slaskie, Poland

SOFT013 — Integrity: Generalized Artificial Image Classification With Noise Domain Localization

Huxley Westemeier, Saint Paul Academy and Summit School, MN, United States of America

SOFT039 — EnAct: A Safety-Aware Actionable Guidance System via Multi-Agent Vision-Language Models for People With Vision Impairments

Amy Zhang, Lakewood High School, CO, United States of America

Third Award of $1,200

SOFT033 — A Novel Framework for PDF-Based Stegomalware Detection Using Kolmogorov Complexity

Sebastian Alexis, Northwood High School, CA, United States of America

SOFT038 — Computer Vision Driven Kinematic Analysis of Athlete’s Motion for Decision Optimization and Enhanced Objectivity in Fencing Refereeing

Arnav Chaphalkar, Adlai E. Stevenson High School, IL, United States of America

SOFT044T — HandNBrain: A Hand Gesture Recognition Based Game Design for Elder’s Cognitive Improvement

Juyoung Park, Arnold O. Beckman High School, CA, United States of America
Minjun Kim, Saint Paul Preparatory Seoul, Seoul, South Korea
Mugeon Jung, Osan High School, Yongsan-gu, South Korea

SOFT047 — A Multi-Stage Deep Learning Framework for Classification and Severity Quantification of Maize Gray Leaf Spot With Integrated Management Recommendations (DeGLS)

Henry Zou, Johnston High School, IA, United States of America

SOFT049 — Breaking Barriers in Quantum Circuit Optimization With Efficient and Noise-Resilient Real-Time Adaptation

Yash Tomar, West Lafayette Junior/Senior High School, IN, United States of America

Fourth Award of $600

SOFT007 — SplitSafe: A Novel Adversarial Attack Detection and Mitigation Technique for Artificial Intelligence Image Recognition Systems

Braden Yian, Palos Verdes Peninsula High School, CA, United States of America

SOFT015 — The Forensic Potential of MacOS Spotlight PSID.DB: Tracking Illicit Storage Drive Activity Through Artifact Reverse Engineering, Scripting and Analysis

Ethan Hale, South Eugene High School, OR, United States of America

SOFT021T — LiDRNet: Lightweight Inertial Dead Reckoning Network

Kwok Vincent, NUS High School of Mathematics & Science, Singapore
Zerui Wang, NUS High School of Mathematics & Science, Singapore

SOFT031T — Fire Radiative Power Prediction Using Ensemble and Deep Learning Models With Explainable AI Integration

Nijat Taghizada, European Azerbaijan School, Sabayil, Azerbaijan
Tural Abdinli, European Azerbaijan School, Sabayil, Azerbaijan

SOFT040 — DISTRACT: Driver Inattention State Transition Recognition Using Attention-Based Convolutional Transformers

Ronit Dey, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, NC, United States of America

SOFT046 — AssemblyComplete: 3D Combinatorial Construction With Deep Reinforcement Learning

Alan Chen, Westlake High School, TX, United States of America

SOFT052T — CO-Sign Language

Sharl Effat, Obour STEM School, Kalubya, Egypt
Yassin Khalaf, Obour STEM School, Kalubya, Egypt

TECHNOLOGY ENHANCES THE ARTS, sponsored by Midjourney

First Award of $6,000

TECA016T — eiBraille: Systematic Reform of Braille Education With AI & Low-Cost Tactile Technology for an Inclusive, Zero-Discrimination Society

Punnawit Ponnirun, The Prince Royal’s College, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Sataporn Thanapanyakul, The Prince Royal’s College, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Siwakorn Suwannahong, The Prince Royal’s College, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Second Award of $2,400

TECA018 — Unobstructed Voice for Signers: A Real-Time Centered Sign Language Recognition System

May Espinola, Obra D. Tompkins High School, TX, United States of America

Third Award of $1,200

TECA006 — SmartStrings: A Novel Low-Cost Multimodal System for Intelligent Violin Pedagogy With Real-time Corrective and Sensory Feedback Through Artificial Intelligence

Anusha Arora, Interlake High School, WA, United States of America

TECA012 — BrainSync: Advanced Neural Decoding With fMRI and EEG for Reconstruction of Visual Perception in Neurological States

Yashvir Sabharwal , Battlefield High School, VA, United States of America

Fourth Award of $600

TECA020 — VerifyMe: A New Approach to Authorship Attribution in the Post-ChatGPT Era

Sean O’Sullivan, Colaiste Chiarain, Munster, Ireland

TECA021T — Integration of Deep Learning in Automatic Music Generation, Aiming at Preserving and Developing Don Ca Tai Tu

Bao Ha, Le Hong Phong High School for the Gifted, Viet Nam
Duc Nguyen, Le Hong Phong High School for the Gifted, Viet Nam

TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL SCIENCE, sponsored by Regeneron

First Award of $6,000

TMED042 — OncoNote: Enabling the Discovery of a Novel Digital Biomarker for Early Pan-Cancer Survival and Recurrence Prediction via Free-Text Clinical Narratives

Vrishank Chandrasekhar, Lynbrook High School, CA, United States of America

TMED078 — Dethroning the King of Cancers: Pancreatic Cancer Diagnosis From Blood Enabled by a Cocktail of Antibody-Magnetic Nanospheres

Audrey Zheng, North Allegheny Senior High School, PA, United States of America

Second Award of $2,400

TMED020 — ParkinAid: A Multimodal AI-Powered Diagnostic and Robot-Assisted Rehabilitation System for Parkinson’s Patients

Liyang Han, Brookfield Central High School, WI, United States of America

TMED022 — Saw Palmetto-Induced Inhibition of the 5ALPHA-reductase Pathway as a Clinical Treatment for PCOS Symptoms

Mishika Bhatia, Rock Canyon High School, CO, United States of America

TMED036 — A Novel Multi-Modal Deep Learning Approach With Attention Mechanisms for Early Detection of Alzheimer’s Disease

Keen-Yin Woo, Greenwich High School, CT, United States of America

TMED064 — The Effect of Uncaria tomentosa (Cat’s Claw) and Gut Microbiome Dysbiosis Repair With Bacillus subtilis in Locomotion and Alpha Synuclein Aggregation in Caenorhabditis elegans Transgenic Strain NL5901, an Animal Model for Parkinson’s Disease

Kasey Moore, American Heritage School of Boca Delray, FL, United States of America

TMED069 — QuanTear: A Tear Test for Stroke Detection and Monitoring

James Xiao, North Allegheny Senior High School, PA, United States of America

Third Award of $1,200

TMED043 — A Colorimetric Lateral Flow Assay to Detect Neurodegeneration From Tears, Phase I

Antariksha Sharma, Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment, IA, United States of America

TMED045 — Patient-Specific Bolus Fabrication for Radiation Therapy: A Novel Computational Tool Using Deep Learning and Spectral Mesh Flattening With Geodesic Distance Mapping

Amritha Praveen, Adlai E. Stevenson High School, IL, United States of America

TMED061 — Utilizing FDM 3D Printing to Fabricate Biodegradable PCL-Dexamethasone Implants for DME

Lana Nouri, Al Zikr Schools, Makkah, Saudi Arabia

TMED062 — Transcriptome Approach to Reveal Novel Prognostic Biomarkers for Thyroid Cancer

Salman Alshehri, Al Rowad International School, Saudi Arabia

TMED063T — BreathInSight: Multi-Sensor Lung Health Analyzer for Early Detection of Respiratory Conditions

Amay Annasamudram, Arizona College Prep High School, AZ, United States of America
Ankit Annasamudram, Arizona College Prep High School, AZ, United States of America
Vihaan Patel, Arizona College Prep High School, AZ, United States of America

TMED071T — OralScan: A Multi-Stage Multi-Modal Architecture for Early Diagnosis of Oral Cancer and Potentially Malignant Disorders via Intra-Oral Images Captured on a Mobile App

Ronak Pai, Bentonville West High School, AR, United States of America
Veera Sai Joshik Unnam, Bentonville West High School, AR, United States of America

TMED072 — An Analytical Study of Optimized EfficientNet CNNs, Vision Transformers, and Hybrid Transformers for State-of-the-Art MRI-Based Brain Tumor Diagnosis With Integrated Explainable AI

Ishmeet Singh, Stockdale High School, CA, United States of America

Fourth Award of $600

TMED028 — Machine Learning for Increasing the Response Rate of Breast Cancer Patients to Neoadjuvant Therapy

Janie Cai, Miami Palmetto Senior High School, FL, United States of America

TMED035 — Using Deep Learning and Natural Language Processing to Detect and Optimize 911 Stroke Cases

Lehansa Marambage, Jose Marti STEM Academy, NJ, United States of America

TMED050 — Mixed Reality Application for Pancreatic Surgery

Diya Ramakrishnan, Saginaw Arts and Sciences Academy, MI, United States of America

TMED051 — Targeting Cap-Independent Translation in c-MYC mRNA: A Novel Small Molecule Approach for Cancer Therapy

Nakul Balaji, Florida Atlantic University High School, FL, United States of America

TMED055 — Unlocking CRAC Channel Modulation: Plant Metabolite-Derived ORAI1 Inhibitors Targeting E106 for Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment Through Combined AI-Derived Virtual Screening Approaches

Rishidharan Jayakumar, South Iredell High School, NC, United States of America

TMED066T — Healaria: Development of Herbal-Based Nanoparticles With Regenerative Effects on Dugesia japonica Planaria for Wound Healing Applications as a Basis for Innovative Wound Dressing

Krittayot Thaisuriyan, Mahidol Wittayanusorn School, Thailand
Panisa Sawangsuriya, Mahidol Wittayanusorn School, Thailand
Prach Amphon, Mahidol Wittayanusorn School, Thailand

TMED068 — Overcoming Docetaxel Resistance in Prostate Cancer

Thomas Yuan, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, KY, United States of America

TMED076 — Evaluating Convolutional Neural Networks for Multi-Label Chest X-ray Diagnosis: Model Complexity, Hardware Efficiency, and Radiologist Comparison

Alexander Cruz, Father Duenas Memorial School, GU, United States of America

TMED084 — Discovery of Novel Self-Antigens in IgG4-Related Disease Using Computational Modeling and Human Proteome Screening

Mahilan Guha, Montgomery Blair High School, MD, United States of America

TMED085 — An End-to-End AI Hardware Solution for Ophthalmic Diagnostics: Retinal Vessels as a Morphological Target for Segmentation and Early Detection

ZiXiuan (Angel) Xin, The Lawrenceville School, NJ, United States of America

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75th Annual Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair Awards Teen Scientists from Around the World More Than $9 Million in 2025 Competition

Kevin Easterly — Fri, 16 May 2025 15:24:40 +0000

Adam Kovalčík, 19, receives $100,000 Top Award for his development of a medicine that can stop viruses from copying genes and controlling infections at the world’s largest pre-college STEM competition in Columbus, Ohio

TARRYTOWN, N.Y. and WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 16, 2025) – Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: REGN) and Society for Science (the Society) announced that Adam Kovalčík, 19, of Dulovce, Slovakia, won the $100,000 George D. Yancopoulos Innovator Award at the 75^th Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (Regeneron ISEF), the world’s largest pre-college science and engineering competition. The award is named in honor of pioneering drug developer and Regeneron co-Founder, Board co-Chair, President and Chief Scientific Officer. Other top prizes went to projects in sustainable plastics engineering, air quality detection and advancement in prosthetics.

The top winners were recognized during two award ceremonies: the Special Awards on May 15 and the Grand Awards Ceremony on May 16. In total, more than $9 million in awards and scholarships were distributed, honoring finalists for their creativity, innovative thinking and scientific rigor. The competition brought together nearly 1,700 young scientists representing 48 U.S. states and more than 60 countries, regions and territories.

Adam Kovalčík, 19, of Dulovce, Slovakia, won first place and received the $100,000 George D. Yancopoulos Innovator Award for his new way of making the investigational antiviral drug galidesivir. Early clinical trials have shown this drug to be safe in humans. Animal tests show it may be effective against a broad spectrum of viruses. But it is expensive to produce. By starting with cheap materials from corn husk waste, he designed a shorter, more efficient way of making galidesivir. He cut the process from 15 to 10 steps and made almost twice as much drug in less time. He then used these reactions to create a new antiviral drug that may work even better. His new way to make these medicines can greatly decrease their cost, from $75/gram to about $12.50/gram. By making these medicines easier to produce, they are also easier to study, and if approved, more accessible, giving us more options to treat viral infections.

Benjamin Davis, 16, of Wrentham, Massachusetts, received the $75,000 Regeneron Young Scientist Award for creating a desktop plastic recycling system. The user-friendly system can recycle 3D printer waste and other plastics. It turns them into filaments for 3D printing. Up to 67% of the filament used in a typical 3D printing project may end up as waste. Using electrical, mechanical and chemical engineering methods, Benjamin combined pultrusion (push-through) and extrusion (pull-through) processes. Together, this made the process about 45% more efficient. His device is faster than other home recyclers and creates a higher quality product. Its easy operation means nontechnical users can recycle and 3D print more efficiently. His design is an effective recycling machine that costs 90% less than commercial options.

Siyaa Poddar, 16, of Chandler, Arizona, received the $75,000 Regeneron Young Scientist Award for her device, which rapidly detects toxic dusts. In the U.S. Southwest, toxic silica and uranium dusts from abandoned mines are a public health challenge. They contaminate the soil, air and groundwater, and can trigger autoimmune diseases like Sjögren’s syndrome. Rates of Sjögren’s syndrome are disproportionately high on Indigenous reservations in the Southwest, where many abandoned mines remain. Currently, there’s no easy, fast or affordable way to measure how much of these toxins are in the air. Siyaa designed two low-cost detectors using chemicals that easily react with uranium or silica by changing color. She trapped these chemicals in a framework made of metal atoms and organic molecules to stabilize them. Her system is an affordable, easy-to-use way to monitor air quality.

Samuel Skotnikov, 17, of Highland Village, Texas, and Chanyoung Kim and Eeshaan Prashanth, both 16, of Flower Mound, Texas, received the $50,000 Gordon E. Moore Award for Positive Outcomes for Future Generations for creating a brain-controlled bionic prosthetic leg. Current robotic limbs are expensive and can make movements feel unnatural. The team started by measuring the walking motion of their classmate, Aiden, with his usual prosthetic leg. They saw that the prosthetic’s stiffness forced the remaining part of his amputated leg to work much harder than his other leg. They designed their prosthetic leg, Neuroflex, to read the wearer’s brain signals through an EEG headband. The signals tell Neuroflex how the wearer wants to move, and Neuroflex uses its motors to support that movement. They also designed an ankle with more realistic joints. When the team tested their prototype on Aiden, it guessed the right movement 98% of the time. Their adaptable model could also relieve some of the cost burden of prosthetic limbs.

“Congratulations to the winners of this year’s Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair,” said Maya Ajmera, President and CEO of Society for Science and Executive Publisher of Science News. “I am deeply inspired by the creative, passionate and dedicated finalists from around the world who have come together—across borders, cultures and scientific disciplines —in the shared pursuit of science. Adam’s research into antiviral medicines has the potential to change the impact and scale of how people can benefit from such important life-saving treatments. His research gives me great hope for the future of global health and scientific innovation.”

Now in its landmark 75^th year, Regeneron ISEF remains the premier global stage for the next generation of scientists and engineers. This milestone year celebrates decades of scientific discovery, boundary-pushing innovation and international collaboration, uniting students from around the world in a powerful exchange of ideas. Through Regeneron ISEF and other STEM programming, Regeneron and the Society are fostering the next generation of STEM leaders who are pioneering solutions to improve our world. Since 2020, Regeneron has provided STEM experiences to over 3.2 million students, surpassing its goal of 2.5 million by 2025.

“Congratulations to this year’s extraordinary Regeneron ISEF finalists and winners,” said George D. Yancopoulos, M.D., Ph.D., co-Founder, Board co-Chair, President and Chief Scientific Officer of Regeneron. “My own high school science project lit a fire in me that changed the course of my life. Today, I see these students carrying that same spark forward by asking bold questions, pushing boundaries and proving that innovative science can take on humanity’s biggest challenges.”

Other top honors from the competition include:

XinYan Chen, 17, of San Gabriel, California, received the $10,000 Craig R. Barrett Award for Innovation for her mobile indoor formaldehyde detector. Formaldehyde is a chemical found in many household goods that can cause disease, including cancer. Other detectors work by either trapping chemicals until they are full, or by breaking them down with expensive materials. XinYan designed a low-cost material that breaks down formaldehyde into carbon dioxide and water. She used the material to build a device that measures and destroys the poison at the same time. Her device lowered the amount of formaldehyde in a closed box by almost 90% in 18 hours. XinYan’s device makes it cheaper and easier to both measure and improve indoor air quality.

Aleksandra Petkova, 18, of Sofia, Bulgaria, received the $10,000 H. Robert Horvitz Prize for Fundamental Research for her research on the relationship between a boat’s speed and the shape of its wake. When a boat travels faster than the waves it makes in the water, it makes a narrower wake. This type of wake creates more drag on the boat, which slows it down. Aleksandra looked at aerial photos of wakes and tested wake angles using a remote-controlled boat and a yacht. She figured out how to use a ship’s size to predict the speed it can travel before it starts leaving a narrow wake. Aleksandra’s ship wake model could help ship operators minimize drag by traveling at the ideal speeds for their ships.

Cory Seelenfreund, 17, of New Rochelle, New York, received the $10,000 Peggy Scripps Award for Science Communication for his study of the relevance of memory in the Prisoner’s Dilemma. Prisoner’s Dilemma is a classic game theory problem where two people accused of a crime decide whether to snitch or stay silent. Cory created computer simulations and mathematical models to test how selfishness and memory affect the game. Memory of just one game often improved results, but players with better memory won in more complex scenarios. He found the best outcomes when players had a variety of self-interested and altruistic behaviors. These findings can help design smarter AI bots and other programs that need to “get along” with humans.

Uma Sthanu, 17, of Austin, Texas, received the $10,000 Mary Sue Coleman Award for Life Science Innovation & Impact for her research on regenerating nerve cells. The neurons making up the human brain are powerful but fragile. Disease and injury can damage neurons and scientists have not yet found a way to regrow them. Uma studied the effects of an important hormone-like compound called PGE2 on damaged brain cells. She used advanced techniques to study how PGE2 treatment affects these broken neurons in the lab. She hopes this work will help researchers find better treatments for brain diseases and traumatic brain injuries.

Pragathi Kasani-Akula, 17, of Cumming, Georgia; Aarushi Pandey, 17, of Conroe, Texas; and Vrishank Chandrasekhar, 18, of San Jose, California, received the Dudley R. Herschbach SIYSS Award, which provides finalists an all-expense paid trip to attend the Stockholm International Youth Science Seminar during Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden.

Ethan Yan, 15, of Groton, Massachusetts, and Abigail Qi, 16, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, received the EU Contest for Young Scientists Award. Their projects will represent Regeneron ISEF at the EU Contest for Young Scientists to be held this September in Riga, Latvia.

For more information about the top winners and access to visual assets visit our media kit: https://www.societyforscience.org/regeneron-isef-2025-media-kit/

The full list of Special Award ISEF 2025 Finalists can be found at: https://www.societyforscience.org/press-release/regeneron-isef-2025-special-awards-winners

In addition to the Top Award winners, more than 450 finalists received awards and prizes for their innovative research, including “First Award” winners, who each received a $6,000 prize.

The following lists the First Award winners for each of the 22 categories, from which the Top Awards were chosen:

Animal Sciences, sponsored by Society for Science

Matthew Lo, 16, of Berwyn, Pennsylvania

Behavioral and Social Sciences, sponsored by Society for Science

Ameya Kharade, 16, of Nashua, New Hampshire
Jesse Rumball-Smith, 17, of Wellington, New Zealand

Biochemistry, sponsored by Regeneron

Pragathi Kasani-Akula, 17, of Cumming, Georgia

Biomedical and Health Sciences, sponsored by Regeneron

Edward Kang, 17, of Upper Saddle River, New Jersey
Uma Sthanu, 17, of Austin, Texas

Biomedical Engineering, sponsored by Regeneron

Chanyoung Kim, 16, of Flower Mound, Texas
Eeshaan Prashanth, 17, of Flower Mound, Texas
Samuel Skotnikov, 17, of Highland Village, Texas
Ethan Yan, 15, of Groton, Massachusetts

Cellular and Molecular Biology, sponsored by Regeneron

Lilly Horowitz, 17, of Jericho, New York

Chemistry, sponsored by Arc Institute

Adam Kovalčík, 19, of Dulovce, Slovakia

Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, sponsored by Regeneron

Arnav Sharma, 15, of Troy, Michigan
Samarth Dunakhe, 15, of Chandler, Arizona
Aryav Das, 16, of Noblesville, Indiana
Qianheng Xu, 16, of Millburn, New Jersey

Earth and Environmental Sciences, sponsored by Society for Science

Lakshmi Agrawal, 17, of Bellevue, Washington
Miriam Haddad, 18, of Saginaw, Michigan

Embedded Systems, sponsored by HP

Maya Trutschl, 17, of Shreveport, Louisiana

Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design, sponsored by Siemens Energy

Oliver Wang, 17, of Falls Church, Virginia

Engineering Technology: Statics and Dynamics, sponsored by Howmet Aerospace Foundation

Benjamin Davis, 16, of Wrentham, Massachusetts

Environmental Engineering, sponsored by Jacobs

Bennett Huang, 16, of Great Falls, Virginia
Jason Pan, 16, of Great Falls, Virginia
XinYan Chen, 17, of San Gabriel, California

Materials Science, sponsored by Howmet Aerospace Foundation

Siyaa Poddar, 16, of Chandler, Arizona

Mathematics, sponsored by Akamai Foundation

Cory Seelenfreund, 17, of New Rochelle, New York

Microbiology, sponsored by Schattner Foundation

Abigail Qi, 16, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Physics and Astronomy, sponsored by Jane Street

Aiden Kwon, 17, of Rolling Hills Estates, California
Aleksandra Petkova, 18, of Sofia, Bulgaria

Plant Sciences, sponsored by Society for Science

Aarushi Pandey, 17, of Conroe, Texas

Robotics and Intelligent Machines, sponsored by Liquid AI

Chinmayi Goyal, 17, of Yorktown, New York
Timothy Wilson, 18, of Pennant Hills, Australia

Systems Software, sponsored by Microsoft

Ram Sivaraman, 17, of Acton, Massachusetts

Technology Enhances the Arts, sponsored by Midjourney

Punnawit Ponnirun, 17, of Chiang Mai, Thailand
Sataporn Thanapanyakul, 17, of Chiang Mai, Thailand
Siwakorn Suwannahong, 17, of Chiang Mai, Thailand

Translational Medical Science, sponsored by Regeneron

Audrey Zheng, 16, of Wexford, Pennsylvania
Vrishank Chandrasekhar, 18, of San Jose, California

The full list of all award-winning ISEF 2025 finalists is available here.

View all the finalists’ research here.

About the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair

The Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (Regeneron ISEF), a program of Society for Science celebrating 75 years, is the world’s largest global science competition for high school students. Through a global network of local, regional and national science fairs, millions of students are encouraged to explore their passion for scientific inquiry. Each spring, a group of these students is selected as finalists and offered the opportunity to compete for approximately U.S. $9 million in awards and scholarships.

In 2019, Regeneron became the title sponsor of ISEF to help reward and celebrate the best and brightest young minds globally and encourage them to pursue careers in STEM to positively impact the world. Regeneron ISEF is supported by a community of additional sponsors, Adam R. Scripps Foundation, Akamai Foundation, Aramco, Arc Institute, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Howmet Aerospace Foundation, HP, Insaco, Intel, Jacobs, Jane Street, Liquid AI, Microsoft, Midjourney, Schattner Foundation, Siemens Energy, The Ohio State University, Battelle, Caltech, Cesco, Cisco, COSI, GoFundMe, Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams, JobsOhio, Johnson Energy Holdings. Many are entrepreneurs across a wide range of industries. Learn more at https://www.societyforscience.org/isef/.

About Society for Science

About Regeneron

Regeneron (NASDAQ: REGN) is a leading biotechnology company that invents, develops and commercializes life-transforming medicines for people with serious diseases. Founded and led by physician-scientists, our unique ability to repeatedly and consistently translate science into medicine has led to numerous approved treatments and product candidates in development, most of which were homegrown in our laboratories. Our medicines and pipeline are designed to help patients with eye diseases, allergic and inflammatory diseases, cancer, cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, hematologic conditions, infectious diseases and rare diseases.

Regeneron believes that operating as a good corporate citizen is crucial to delivering on our mission. We approach corporate responsibility with three goals in mind: to improve the lives of people with serious disease, to foster a culture of integrity and excellence and to build sustainable communities. Regeneron is proud to be included on the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index and the Civic 50 list of the most “community-minded” companies in the U.S. Throughout the year, Regeneron empowers and supports employees to give back through our volunteering, pro-bono and matching gift programs. Our most significant philanthropic commitments are in the area of science education, including the Regeneron Science Talent Search and the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF).

For more information, please visit www.Regeneron.com or follow Regeneron on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook or X.

Media Contacts

Joseph Brown, Regeneron
386-283-1323, joseph.brown2@regeneron.com

Gayle Kansagor, Society for Science
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Regeneron ISEF 2025 Special Awards Ceremony

Chyna Vargas — Fri, 16 May 2025 01:05:14 +0000

May 15th, 2025, Columbus, OH — Society for Science announced Special Awards of Regeneron ISEF 2025. Student winners are ninth through twelfth graders who earned the right to compete at Regeneron ISEF 2025 by winning a top prize at a local, regional, state or national science fair.

Adam R. Scripps Foundation

One cash award of $20,000

ETSD018T — Revolutionizing Rocket Propulsion: Development of a 3D-Printed Regeneratively Cooled Aerospike Nozzle for Extended Burn Propulsion

Asa Gangjee, Saint John’s School, Houston, TX, United States of America
Suman Muppavarapu, Saint John’s School, Houston, TX, United States of America

Air Force Research Laboratory on behalf of the United States Air Force

The Air Force Research Laboratory is a global technical enterprise, boasting some of the best and brightest leaders in the world. We are Revolutionary, Relevant, and Responsive to the Warfighter. We defend America by unleashing the unconquerable power of scientific and technical innovation. Our mission is leading the discovery, development, and integration of affordable warfighting technologies for our air, space, and cyberspace force.

First Award of $750 in each Regeneron ISEF Category,

ANIM038T — How Does Microplastics Shed From K-Pods Impact Primitive Behaviors, as Assessed Using Caenorhabditis elegans as a Model Organism?

Augusta Jane Wiens, Adams Central Jr.-Sr. High School, Hastings, NE, United States of America
Hadley Marie Hallett, Adams Central Jr.-Sr. High School, Hastings, NE, United States of America

BCHM038 — Sustainable Biofuel Production Through Multimode Biocatalysis Using Enzymes Extracted and Concentrated From Household Waste

Rohan Prakash Bhosale, Carmel High School, Carmel, IN, United States of America

BEHA074 — A Children’s Book About the Union-Closed Sets Conjecture

Serene Yi Feng, Science Academy of South Texas, McAllen, TX, United States of America

BMED062 — S107 Mitigates RyR2-Mediated Cardiac Dysfunction in COVID-19-Infected Rodents

Aaron Weinberg, The Masters School, Briarcliff Manor, NY, United States of America

CBIO064T — Automated Visualization 3D Visualization of Cell Behavior

Samuel Boccara, Hunter College High School, New York, NY, United States of America
Taj Rex Chhabra, Hunter College High School, New York, NY, United States of America

CELL016 — Unraveling the Mechanisms of Duckweed Tolerance to UV-B Radiation Stress: Insights Into Adaptive Plant Responses

Manvitha Adagoor Sanjaya, George Washington High School, Charleston, WV, United States of America

CHEM018 — Exploring and Detecting PFAS in Missouri Farmland Soil

Emma Mae Fetterhoff Hoffman, Perryville Senior High School, Perryville, MO, United States of America

EAEV058 — A Novel Method of Predicting Ocean pCO2 Using a Polynomial Model

Claire Zhan, Hamilton High School, Chandler, AZ, United States of America

EBED017 — Architecting AI Drone Communication for the Military Using Free-Space Optical Communication

Drake Huntington Sage, The Meadows School, Las Vegas, NV, United States of America

EGSD049 — The Effects of Different Road Conditions on Piezoelectric Tires

Jaden D. Mero, Moriah Central School, Mineville, NY, United States of America

ENBM076T — Bioimpedance and Electrocardiogram Monitor for Astronauts Using AI Integrated Technology

Cai Gwilliam, Good Hope Country Day School, Christiansted , VI, United States of America
Vedant Mittal, Good Hope Country Day School, Saint Croix, St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands

ENEV029 — Tackling Forever Chemicals PFAS for Environmental Stewardship

Erin Nam Choi, Flower Mound High School, Flower Mound, TX, United States of America

ETSD010 — ASCEND: Autonomous Structure Construction With Novel Agent Swarms

Ryan Xu, Plano West Senior High School, Plano, TX, United States of America

MATH035 — Disease Transmission and Epidemic Thresholds on Generalized Random Hypergraph Models

Grisham Narasimh Paimagam, Myers Park High School, Charlotte, NC, United States of America

MATS066 — Examining Environmentally Friendly Alternatives to Fiberglass Epoxy Resin Used on Wind Turbine Blades

Olivia Grace Snell, Marian High School, Elkhart, IN, United States of America

MCRO026 — Phage and Peptide Solutions for Biofilm Growth in Space

Kristen Nicole Bright, Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology, Snellville, GA, United States of America

PHYS026 — ForeCAT: Advancing Clear Air Turbulence Prediction for Aviation Safety With Atmospheric Physics Informed Neural Networks and Spatiotemporal Weather Data

Aditya Sengupta, The Overlake School, Bellevue, WA, United States of America

PLNT014 — Plants in Space: Investigating the Effects of Gravitational Force on Cress Seed Germination and Growth

Emma Tillery, Central High School, Macon, GA, United States of America

ROBO023T — Soft Robotics in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy: Engineering a Hydraulic AI-Assisted Colonoscope to Minimize Patient Risks and Enhance Usability

Jiya Joshi, William B. Travis High School, Richmond, TX, United States of America
Sai Spoorthi Maram, William B. Travis High School, Richmond, TX, United States of America

SOFT013 — Integrity: Generalized Artificial Image Classification With Noise Domain Localization

Huxley Grey Westemeier, Saint Paul Academy and Summit School, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America

TECA009 — Algorithmic Image Enhancement by Combining Multiple Images

Maylin Marie Kidwell, duPont Manual High School, Louisville, KY, United States of America

TMED040 — Development of a Novel Multi-Functional Non-Synthetic UV Filter to Prevent Erythema, Support Tissue Repair, and Minimize Environmental Toxicity

Isabelle Ann Luna, Sanger High School, Sanger, CA, United States of America

Winners will also receive an engraved glass trophy and medal.

Alfred University

Alfred University, located in Alfred New York with 2,000 undergraduate and graduate students majoring in Engineering, Art & Design, Business, and the Liberal Arts & Sciences. Often ranked as one of the best colleges for Ceramics, Glass, and Material Sciences. Alfred University, helps students realize their purpose through mentorship, inclusivity, and intersections.

Full tuition scholarship

CELL025 — A Tale of Two Cities: eIF4G1 and eIF4G2’s Mechanisms in Translation Initiation

Siona A. Pramoda, Baldwin School of Puerto Rico, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico

ETSD028 — A Novel Morphing Nose Cone Mechanism for Aerodynamic Optimization of a Supersonic Airplane

Daniel Michael Ott, Holmen High School, La Crosse, WI, United States of America

The winning student will also have the opportunity to conduct summer research during their time at Alfred University.

American Chemical Society

The American Chemical Society Education Division promotes excellence in science education and science literacy through a number of activities supporting teachers and learners of chemistry. Through its participation in Regeneron ISEF, ACS encourages and supports high school students in their exploration of the chemical sciences through research experiences.

Fourth Award of $1,000

CHEM034 — Synthesis of Molecular Sensor Based on the Curcumin Dye Extracted From Curcuma longa L. To Detect Long Chain Aldehydes as the Lung Cancer Biomarker

Thanat Chaimongkon, Princess Chulabhorn Science High School Chiang Rai, Mueang Lampang, Lampang, Thailand

CHEM041 — Mimicking Rock Chemistry for White Hydrogen Production: A Deep Dive Into Serpentinization Reaction Chemistry and Scalable White Hydrogen Generation

Fatima Abdullah Alarfaj, Alanjal Private School, Alahsa, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia

Third Award of $2,000

CHEM008 — Developing a Novel Phenanthroimidazole-based Fluorescent Sensor for Detecting Analytes in an Aqueous Medium

Varshith Kotagiri, The Carol Martin Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky, Frankfort, KY, United States of America

CHEM019 — 2-Phenylalkynylsilyl Acetaminophen as a Less Toxic and More Effective Pain Medication

Chloe Yehwon Lee, Plano East Senior High School, Murphy, TX, United States of America

Second Award of $3,000

CHEM003 — Enhanced Exciplex Formation on Triphenylamine-Benzothiazole (TPA-BT) Derivatives

Yun-Jen Chen, Taipei First Girls High School, Taipei, Taiwan

CHEM005 — Novel Design and Total Synthesis of Aza-C-Nucleosides From Furfuryl Alcohol, the Key to Fighting RNA Viral Diseases

Adam Kovalcik, Gymnazium Nove Zamky, Dulovce, Nitra, Slovakia

First Award of $4,000

BCHM016 — Targeted Nitroisoxazole-Based GPX4 Inhibitor Drug Conjugate for Ferroptosis Induction in Chemoresistant Tumors

Diego Benjamin Landeros, Lane Technical College Prep High School, Chicago, IL, United States of America

CHEM026 — Double-Extended Reticular Framework via Localized Covalent Cross-Linking in a Mercaptoaldehydate-Based Metal-Organic Framework for Redox-Modulated Electrochemical Carbon Dioxide Reduction to Ethylene

Saif Hassan Karam, RQ Science & Technology, Al Hamidiya, Ajman, United Arab Emirates

Founded in 1876, the American Chemical Society is a self-governed individual membership organization that consists of members at all degree levels and in all fields of chemistry. The organization provides a broad range of opportunities for peer interaction and career development.

American Mathematical Society

The American Mathematical Society was founded in 1888, to further the interests of mathematical research & scholarship, as well as to serve the national/international community through its publications, meetings, advocacy & other programs. Friends and family of the late mathematician, Karl Menger, contribute to a fund in his memory, to be distributed by the AMS for annual awards at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair.

Third Award of $500

BEHA074 — A Children’s Book About the Union-Closed Sets Conjecture

Serene Yi Feng, Science Academy of South Texas, McAllen, TX, United States of America

MATH007 — Combinatorial Invaraints of Stable Curve in Genus 4: Classification and Computation

Frank Kan, Oregon Episcopal School, Portland, OR, United States of America

Maatank Parashar, Paradise Valley High School, Scottsdale, AZ, United States of America
Tejas Dhulipalla, Paradise Valley High School, Phoenix, AZ, United States of America

MATH039T — Generation of Phi-4 Feynman Graphs Through a Recursive Algorithm

Kasper Carl Havre Vilde Johansson, Procivitas Privata Gymnasium Helsingborg, Lerberget, Skane, Sweden
Klara Ingrid Marie Bragesjo Bjorken, P A Fogelströms High School, Solna, Sweden

Second Award of $1,000

MATH032 — The Boltzmann-Hamel Equations for the Dynamics of Systems on Lie Groups and Lie Algebroids

Raphael Romeo Michel Esquivel, Iolani School, Lihue, HI, United States of America

MATH041 — Analyzing Pre-Indo-European Theory of the Etruscan Language Origins Using Topological Data Analysis

Helena Welch, Los Alamos High School, Los Alamos, NM, United States of America

First Award of $2,000

MATH011T — General Theory of the Occurrence of Pi in the Mandelbrot Set and First Proof of Its Occurrence at the Parameter -3/4

Nedim Srkalovic, Wichern-Schule, Hamburg, Germany
Oscar Levin Scherz, Marion Donhoff Gymnasium, Hamburg, Germany
Thies Johann Brockmoeller, Gymnasium Meiendorf, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

One-Year Membership to American Mathematical Society to each winner (7 winning projects, up to 3 team members per project)

BEHA074 — A Children’s Book About the Union-Closed Sets Conjecture

Serene Yi Feng, Science Academy of South Texas, McAllen, TX, United States of America

MATH001 — Evaluation of Difficult Integrals Through an Equation Involving Fractional Derivatives

Ilhami Aslansoy, Tarsus American College, Adana, Turkey

MATH004T — Expected Dispatches of Firefighting Helicopters Under the Optimal Strategy

Chang-Yu Wu, National Tainan First Senior High School, Tainan City, Taiwan
I-Hsiang Wang, National Tainan First Senior High School, Tainan City, Taiwan

MATH007 — Combinatorial Invaraints of Stable Curve in Genus 4: Classification and Computation

Frank Kan, Oregon Episcopal School, Portland, OR, United States of America

MATH010 — On a Conjecture About a Recursive Prime Generating Sequence

Binyameen Mohamedy, UJ Academy Maths, Science & ICT School of Specialisation, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

MATH011T — General Theory of the Occurrence of Pi in the Mandelbrot Set and First Proof of Its Occurrence at the Parameter -3/4

Nedim Srkalovic, Wichern-Schule, Hamburg, Germany
Oscar Levin Scherz, Marion Donhoff Gymnasium, Hamburg, Germany
Thies Johann Brockmoeller, Gymnasium Meiendorf, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

MATH017 — Exploring Optimal Learning Rates and Convergence in Coded Federated Learning Using Lyapunov’s Theorem

Sarah Lu, Centro Residencial de Oportunidades Educativas de Mayaguez, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico

MATH019 — Quantum-Sound Factorization: On the Distribution and Structure of Irreducible Sets

Anay Aggarwal, Westview High School, Portland, OR, United States of America

MATH020 — Geometric Hyperplane Intersection Solver: A Matrix-Inversion-Free Framework Enhanced by Quantum and Evolutionary Algorithms

Tawfiq Abdullah Tawfiq Jallad, Firas Al-Ajlouni School, Amman, Jordan

MATH023 — Make24: Elegant Elementary Bounds for a Numbers Game

Liqian Ying, NUS High School of Mathematics & Science, Singapore, Singapore

MATH025T — Prime Factorization of Linear Combination of Factorials

Seungjun Lee, Seoul Science High School, Seoul, South Korea
Soul Lee, Seoul Science High School, Seoul, South Korea

MATH032 — The Boltzmann-Hamel Equations for the Dynamics of Systems on Lie Groups and Lie Algebroids

Raphael Romeo Michel Esquivel, Iolani School, Lihue, HI, United States of America

MATH035 — Disease Transmission and Epidemic Thresholds on Generalized Random Hypergraph Models

Grisham Narasimh Paimagam, Myers Park High School, Charlotte, NC, United States of America

Maatank Parashar, Paradise Valley High School, Scottsdale, AZ, United States of America
Tejas Dhulipalla, Paradise Valley High School, Phoenix, AZ, United States of America

MATH039T — Generation of Phi-4 Feynman Graphs Through a Recursive Algorithm

Kasper Carl Havre Vilde Johansson, Procivitas Privata Gymnasium Helsingborg, Lerberget, Skane, Sweden
Klara Ingrid Marie Bragesjo Bjorken, P A Fogelströms High School, Solna, Sweden

MATH041 — Analyzing Pre-Indo-European Theory of the Etruscan Language Origins Using Topological Data Analysis

Helena Welch, Los Alamos High School, Los Alamos, NM, United States of America

Winning students will receive a cash award, certificate, a booklet about Karl Menger, and a one-year American Mathematical Society student membership.

American Psychological Association

The American Psychological Association is the leading scientific and professional organization representing psychology in the United States, with more than 173,000 researchers, educators, clinicians, consultants and students as its members. APA’s mission is to promote the advancement, communication, and application of psychological science and knowledge to benefit society and improve lives.

Complimentary student affiliate memberships

Third Award of $500

BEHA011 — Developing a Screening Instrument for Arabic Speaking Children With Reading Dyslexia

Sima Omar Saleh Al-Shaghnobi, Bunat Alghad Academy, Amman, Jordan

BEHA016 — Memory Board: An Eidetic Neuro-Training Complex With Digital Integration for Cognitive Development

Iryna Korynevska , Boryspil Academic Lyceum, Boryspil, Kyiv, Ukraine

BEHA039 — Personalized Nature Virtual Reality (PnVR): A Novel Personalized Virtual Reality Nature Therapy via a Triple Combination Computational Software for Worldwide Mental Health Benefit

Matthew Hutcherson Casavant, John Jay High School, Cross River, NY, United States of America

BEHA047 — The Impact of Puzzle-Solving on Memory Retention and Concentration: A Study of Cognitive Enhancement

Nazifa Arna, Upper Darby High School, Upper Darby, PA, United States of America

BEHA062 — Harmony Plus: A User-Adaptive System for Neurocognitive Rehabilitation With Genetic Personalization and Real-Time Cognitive Load Monitoring in Bipolar Disorder

Sahar Ashraf Mahmoud Ahmed, City Schools, Sohag, Egypt

Second Award of $1,000

BEHA021 — Healthy Gut! Healthy You!: Preclinical Validation of a Novel Enzyme Therapy for Improving Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Overall Gastrointestinal Health in Rattus norvegicus

Vanya Lavu, The Classical Academy – North, Colorado Springs, CO, United States of America

First Award of $1,500

BEHA031 — Engaging Minds, Debunking Lies: Using Moral Foundations To Fight Misinformation

Aadi Mishra, The Waterford School, Salt Lake City, UT, United States of America

Winning students will receive a scholarship, certificate, and a one-year student affiliate membership with APA.

Arizona State University

Arizona State University is pleased to offer a scholarship combining a monetary award and an environment focusing on knowledge, learning and research. The New American University ISEF Scholarship is renewable for four years. Individuals and teams will be considered for these awards.

Arizona State University ISEF Scholarship (valued at up to $32,000 each)

BCHM037 — Multi-Color Magneto-Fluorescent Nanoarchitectures for the Targeted Identification of Exosomes of Triple Negative Breast Cancer

Pragathi Kasani-Akula, South Forsyth High School, Cumming, GA, United States of America

BEHA073 — A Gut Feeling About Depression: Examining the Effect of Synbiotic Modification in the Gut-Brain Axis on Major Depressive Disorder Symptoms

Norah Claire Ahmed, Evansville Day School, Newburgh, IN, United States of America

BMED047 — Ferroptosis Sensitivity of HIV-Uninfected vs. HIV-Infected Human Microglia

Arielle Margie Klein, Hawken School, Beachwood, OH, United States of America

CBIO006 — Ferromilab: Quantum Molecular Dynamics-Derived Biclonal Antibodies Modulating Hepcidin-Ferroportin Interfaces to Mitigate Iron Dysregulation and Ferroptosis in Alzheimer’s Disease

Arpit Rajkumar Ramani, Wheeler High School, Marietta, GA, United States of America

CBIO032 — An Uncertainty-Aware Predictive Modeling Tool Towards Effective Clinical Monitoring of Sepsis Using Electronic Health Records From Hospitalized Patients

Shaunak Dalal, Hershey High School, Hummelstown , PA, United States of America

CELL012 — Live-Cell Kinetic Assays Reveal That the TGF-b Inhibitor Vactosertib Suppresses T Cell Exhaustion

John R. D’Cruz, University School, Shaker Heights, OH, United States of America

CELL026 — Targeting Hif1a: Attenuating in vivo Growth and Ferroptosis in Glioblastoma Cells

Neve Eliza Bawden, Bountiful High School, Bountiful, UT, United States of America

CELL032 — Analysis of Contactin-3 Expression in Cortical Interneuron Subtypes

Ashra Roshy, Adlai E. Stevenson High School, Buffalo Grove, IL, United States of America

CHEM012 — Platinum Electrode for Green Hydrogen Production via Electrocatalytic Conversion of Ion-Rich Agricultural Fertilizer Runoff

Felipe Amato Regis de Farias, Lubbock High School, Lubbock, TX, United States of America

EGSD048T — The Thermoelectric Generator Using Hot Sand

Michael Sean Stodelle, Redlands East Valley High School, Yucipia, CA, United States of America
Tyler Matthew Kalanjian, Redlands East Valley High School, Redlands, CA, United States of America
Zackary Alan Lewis, Redlands East Valley High School, Redlands, CA, United States of America

ENEV067 — A Sustainable Cyanobacteria Mitigation Method for Freshwater Ecosystems in the Rocky Mountain Region

Natalie Elizabeth Muro, William J. Palmer High School, Colorado Springs, CO, United States of America

ETSD008 — Shooting for the Stars

James Michael Little, Monte Vista High School, Monte Vista, CO, United States of America

ETSD014T — Optimizing Tensile Strength Using Infill Patterns and Nozzle Diameters

Jenna Liang, Pearl City High School, Waipahu , HI, United States of America
Kyle Kiyoshi Sewake, Pearl City High School, Mililani, HI, United States of America

MATH018 — Improving Atrial Fibrillation Prediction With Recurrence Matrix Analysis

Sergio Luis Santiago-Ortiz, Escuela Superior Isidro A. Sanchez, Luquillo,

MATS006 — From Trash to Nano-Treasure: Engineering Sustainable, Safe, and Biodegradable Quantum Dots for Use in Bioimaging, Medicine, and Agriculture

Vibha Hirsave, Westwood High School, Austin, TX, United States of America

Siyaa R. Poddar, Arizona College Prep High School, Chandler, AZ, United States of America

MCRO027 — Formulation and Evaluation of Antibacterial Ointments Infused With Traditional Plants: Extractos de Yerba de Manso, Canela, y Hojas de Arbol de Naranja

Estefany Valenzuela Regalado, Harvest Preparatory Academy, Yuma, AZ, United States of America

PHYS050 — Traversing Mars: The Noctis Landing Human Exploration Zone

Scarlett Ava Hartzman, New Rochelle High School, New Rochelle, NY, United States of America

PLNT055 — Allelopathic Effects of Cynara cardunculus on Native Coastal Sage Scrub Species

Anna Luo, Canyon Crest Academy, San Diego, CA, United States of America

ROBO063 — Automated Coral Reef Health Evaluation: Remote Monitoring With CNNs, Unsupervised Machine Learning & Analysis of Hyperspectral Data

Tahan Bapna, Punahou School, Honolulu, HI, United States of America

ROBO067 — TALON (Tactical Aerial Logistic-based Ornithological Navigator): Development of a Novel Biomimetic Ornithological Bot (BOB) Aerial System With Advanced Wing Morphing and Sensory Tech for Tactical Logistics in Disaster Relief and Military Operations

Leila Quyen Maleki, Chino High School, Chino Hills, CA, United States of America

SOFT012 — Analyzing Lattice-Based Threshold Signature Schemes for Securing Message Authentication in Preparation for Y2Q

Tiffany Cruz, Mililani High School, Mililani, HI, United States of America

TMED076 — Evaluating Convolutional Neural Networks for Multi-Label Chest X-ray Diagnosis: Model Complexity, Hardware Efficiency, and Radiologist Comparison

Alexander Cruz, Father Duenas Memorial School, Dededo, GU, United States of America

Winning students will receive a certificate and letter with scholarship details. Scholarship will go into effect upon application and successful admission to the University.

Association for Computing Machinery

ACM is widely recognized as the premier membership organization for computing professionals, delivering resources that advance computing as a science and a profession; enable professional development; and promote policies and research that benefit society. ACM hosts the computing industry’s leading Digital Library and serves its global members and the computing profession with journals and magazines, conferences, workshops, electronic forums, and Learning Center.

Fourth Award of $500

CBIO058 — Modeling Bird Flu Mutation Patterns and Cross-Species Transmission Using Sequence Analysis and a Novel Contrastive Learning and Influence-tree Graph Attention Network (CLIGAT)

Aditya Lakshminarasimhan, BASIS Scottsdale, Scottsdale, AZ, United States of America

ROBO013 — Navigating Parameter Space: Mitigating Catastrophic Forgetting in Continual Learning

Henry Zhipeng Huang, Palos Verdes Peninsula High School, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, United States of America

SOFT057 — HM-Detect: Murmur Detection and Classification Methodology Using A Novel C^2-LSTM Architecture for Multi-Modal Signals

Ram Sivaraman, Acton Boxborough Regional High School, Acton, MA, United States of America

Third Award of $1,500

ROBO023T — Soft Robotics in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy: Engineering a Hydraulic AI-Assisted Colonoscope to Minimize Patient Risks and Enhance Usability

Jiya Joshi, William B. Travis High School, Richmond, TX, United States of America
Sai Spoorthi Maram, William B. Travis High School, Richmond, TX, United States of America

Second Award of $3,000

SOFT011 — Efficient Lexical Encoding of Natural Language

Brian Lukas Heers, InTech Collegiate High School, Logan, UT, United States of America

First Award of $4,000

ROBO051 — Utilizing Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning With Encoder-Decoder Architecture Agents to Identify Optimal Resection Location in GBM Patients

Krishna Arun, Eastlake High School, Sammamish, WA, United States of America

In addition to monetary prizes, ACM also provides complimentary ACM Student Lite Memberships for the duration of the award recipients’ undergraduate education. This includes subscriptions to XRDS (Crossroads), an online version of Communications of the ACM, and full access to the ACM DL.

Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence

AAAI is a scientific society devoted to advancing the scientific understanding of the mechanisms underlying thought and intelligent behavior and their embodiment in machines. AAAI promotes research in, and responsible use of, artificial intelligence, as well as public understanding of artificial intelligence. AAAI also strives to improve the teaching and training of AI practitioners and provide guidance on the importance and potential of current AI developments and future directions.

Winners receive a student-level membership. Information is included separately in the SAO Portal.

EBED021 — VoltMatrix: An Analog Computing AI Chip Architecture for Scalable and Energy-Efficient Inference

Shangqiu Li, Camas High School, Camas, WA, United States of America

EBED024 — Think, Generate, Optimize: Presenting a Novel Fully AI-Driven Design Framework for Metasurface Lenses

Dhanvine Rameshkumar, Temasek Junior College, Singapore, Singapore

ENEV048 — FabAgent: An Agentic Optimization Framework for the Design of Sustainable Fabric Blends Using Large Language Models and Evolutionary Algorithms

Anusha Narayan, The Nueva School, San Carlos, CA, United States of America

ROBO018T — Deep High-Resolution U-Net Latent Diffusion Model for Histopathological Image Synthesis

Hang Kin Chan, Kao Yip Middle School, Macao, China, Macao Special Administrative Region
Ian I Xiao, Kao Yip Middle School, Macao, China, Macao Special Administrative Region
Ka Chon Sun, Kao Yip Middle School, Macao, China, Macao Special Administrative Region

Akash Ragam, Jesuit High School, Portland, OR, United States of America
Tanay Chitlur, Westview High School, Portland, OR, United States of America

AAAI Student Memberships for each finalist that is part of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Prize Winning projects and 5 Honorable Mention winning projects (up to 3 students per project) (in-kind award / part of the 1st-3rd prize)

EBED021 — VoltMatrix: An Analog Computing AI Chip Architecture for Scalable and Energy-Efficient Inference

Shangqiu Li, Camas High School, Camas, WA, United States of America

EBED024 — Think, Generate, Optimize: Presenting a Novel Fully AI-Driven Design Framework for Metasurface Lenses

Dhanvine Rameshkumar, Temasek Junior College, Singapore, Singapore

ENEV048 — FabAgent: An Agentic Optimization Framework for the Design of Sustainable Fabric Blends Using Large Language Models and Evolutionary Algorithms

Anusha Narayan, The Nueva School, San Carlos, CA, United States of America

ROBO018T — Deep High-Resolution U-Net Latent Diffusion Model for Histopathological Image Synthesis

Hang Kin Chan, Kao Yip Middle School, Macao, China, Macao Special Administrative Region
Ian I Xiao, Kao Yip Middle School, Macao, China, Macao Special Administrative Region
Ka Chon Sun, Kao Yip Middle School, Macao, China, Macao Special Administrative Region

Akash Ragam, Jesuit High School, Portland, OR, United States of America
Tanay Chitlur, Westview High School, Portland, OR, United States of America

SOFT013 — Integrity: Generalized Artificial Image Classification With Noise Domain Localization

Huxley Grey Westemeier, Saint Paul Academy and Summit School, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America

SOFT039 — EnAct: A Safety-Aware Actionable Guidance System via Multi-Agent Vision-Language Models for People With Vision Impairments

Amy Zhang, Lakewood High School, Morrison, CO, United States of America

TECA012 — BrainSync: Advanced Neural Decoding With fMRI and EEG for Reconstruction of Visual Perception in Neurological States

Yashvir Sabharwal, Battlefield High School, Bristow, VA, United States of America

AAAI Membership for the School Libraries of All 8 Winners (in-kind award / part of 1st-3rd prize and honorable mentions’ prize)

EBED021 — VoltMatrix: An Analog Computing AI Chip Architecture for Scalable and Energy-Efficient Inference

Shangqiu Li, Camas High School, Camas, WA, United States of America

EBED024 — Think, Generate, Optimize: Presenting a Novel Fully AI-Driven Design Framework for Metasurface Lenses

Dhanvine Rameshkumar, Temasek Junior College, Singapore, Singapore

ENEV048 — FabAgent: An Agentic Optimization Framework for the Design of Sustainable Fabric Blends Using Large Language Models and Evolutionary Algorithms

Anusha Narayan, The Nueva School, San Carlos, CA, United States of America

ROBO018T — Deep High-Resolution U-Net Latent Diffusion Model for Histopathological Image Synthesis

Hang Kin Chan, Kao Yip Middle School, Macao, China, Macao Special Administrative Region
Ian I Xiao, Kao Yip Middle School, Macao, China, Macao Special Administrative Region
Ka Chon Sun, Kao Yip Middle School, Macao, China, Macao Special Administrative Region

Akash Ragam, Jesuit High School, Portland, OR, United States of America
Tanay Chitlur, Westview High School, Portland, OR, United States of America

SOFT013 — Integrity: Generalized Artificial Image Classification With Noise Domain Localization

Huxley Grey Westemeier, Saint Paul Academy and Summit School, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America

SOFT039 — EnAct: A Safety-Aware Actionable Guidance System via Multi-Agent Vision-Language Models for People With Vision Impairments

Amy Zhang, Lakewood High School, Morrison, CO, United States of America

TECA012 — BrainSync: Advanced Neural Decoding With fMRI and EEG for Reconstruction of Visual Perception in Neurological States

Yashvir Sabharwal, Battlefield High School, Bristow, VA, United States of America

Third Award of $500

TECA012 — BrainSync: Advanced Neural Decoding With fMRI and EEG for Reconstruction of Visual Perception in Neurological States

Yashvir Sabharwal, Battlefield High School, Bristow, VA, United States of America

Second Award of $1,000

SOFT039 — EnAct: A Safety-Aware Actionable Guidance System via Multi-Agent Vision-Language Models for People With Vision Impairments

Amy Zhang, Lakewood High School, Morrison, CO, United States of America

First Award of $1,500

SOFT013 — Integrity: Generalized Artificial Image Classification With Noise Domain Localization

Huxley Grey Westemeier, Saint Paul Academy and Summit School, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America

Association of Old Crows Educational Foundation

The Association of Old Crows (AOC) is a professional non-profit association that educates, connects, and advocates on behalf of its members and stakeholders across the global electromagnetic warfare (EW) and spectrum operations community. AOC is the premier global association that unites members, organizations, and like-minded individuals interested in electromagnetic warfare (EW) and spectrum operations across government, defense, industry, and academia, and spanning air, land, maritime, space, and cyber maneuver spaces.

3rd Place

EBED001 — Faster Terahertz Gap Modulation for Higher Data Rates

Jonathan Luke Dorminy, Sola Fide Home School, McDonough, GA, United States of America

2nd Place

EBED044 — A Wearable Low-Cost 10.5 GHz Radar-Based Early Collision Warning System for Pedestrians With Dynamic Threshold Adjustment

Cavon Hajimiri, Polytechnic School, La Canada Flintridge, CA, United States of America

1st Place

EBED027T — A Novel Magnetic Field-Based UAV Detection System Through Electromagnetic Signal Analysis of Drone Motors: A Technical Countermeasure for the Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Junseop Shin, Korea Science Academy of KAIST, Yongin-si, South Korea
Kyungjin Shin, Korea Science Academy of KAIST, Daegu, South Korea

Auto Care Association

The Auto Care Association represents the entire supply chain of the $500 billion auto care industry, encompassing businesses that manufacture, distribute, and sell motor vehicle parts, accessories, tools, equipment, materials, and supplies, as well as those that perform vehicle service, maintenance, and repair. As a leading advocate for the industry, the Association provides essential resources, including market intelligence, product data standards, and legislative representation.

One cash award

ETSD001 — Modulating Z-Axis Movement to Increase the Layer Adhesion of 3D Printed Parts

Akos Kalman Vida, Korosi Csoma Sandor Bilingual Baptist High School, Budapest, Pest, Hungary

Drug, Chemical & Associated Technologies Association (DCAT)

The Drug, Chemical & Associated Technologies Association (DCAT) is a not-for-profit, corporate member-supported, and volunteer-led global business development association for companies engaged in the Bio/Pharmaceutical business ecosystem. The Association’s mission is to provide a diverse array of educational opportunities and industry experiences to enhance learning and create opportunities for members to expand their networks and deepen their relationships throughout the global Bio/Pharmaceutical business ecosystem.

DCAT First Prize

BCHM011 — Biophysical Investigations Into the Structure and Function of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Nitric Oxide Signaling System

Natalie Andrea Osorio, H. Frank Carey High School, Franklin Square, NY, United States of America

BCHM019T — Limiting Esophageal Cancer Metastasis With KRT16 siRNA

Naija Shah, Academies of Loudoun, Aldie, VA, United States of America
Sanjay Lakshmanan, Academies of Loudoun, Brambleton, VA, United States of America

CHEM005 — Novel Design and Total Synthesis of Aza-C-Nucleosides From Furfuryl Alcohol, the Key to Fighting RNA Viral Diseases

Adam Kovalcik, Gymnazium Nove Zamky, Dulovce, Nitra, Slovakia

MCRO047 — Examining the Antimicrobial Mechanisms of a Bile Acid-Derived Antibiotic – Implications for Tackling Superbug Infections

Colin Tang, Spring Valley High School, Columbia, SC, United States of America

Florida Institute of Technology

Florida Institute of Technology is a nationally ranked, doctoral degree granting research university. The university offers degrees in engineering, science, computing, aeronautics, business, psychology and liberal arts. It’s location is just south of the Kennedy Space Center provides incredible research opportunities for students interested in engineering and science. Florida Tech will offer three presidential scholarships to ISEF participants that equal full tuition each year for four years upon full-time enrollment at the university. Awardees must complete the FAFSA to be Eligible

Full Tuition Presidential Scholarship

EBED011 — Development of a Novel Solution for Mitigation of Debilitating Decubitus (Pressure) Ulcers, Year Two

Maya Julia Trutschl, Caddo Parish Magnet High School, Shreveport, LA, United States of America

ENEV025 — An Integrated Detection & Delivery System to Abate Contaminants in Water Bodies

Sharanya S. Natarajan, Edgewood Junior Senior High School, Melbourne, FL, United States of America

MATH018 — Improving Atrial Fibrillation Prediction With Recurrence Matrix Analysis

Sergio Luis Santiago-Ortiz, Escuela Superior Isidro A. Sanchez, Luquillo,

Scholarships are renewable for up to 4 years pending maintenance of a 2.6 cumulative GPA and full-time status. Each scholarship is valued at $169,384. Scholarships will go into effect upon admission to the university. All scholarship winners must compete a FAFSA to receive this the scholarship.

Fondazione Bruno Kessler

The Bruno Kessler Foundation (FBK) is a leading research center in Trento, Italy. WebValley is the FBK Summer School program for interdisciplinary scientific research. A team of enthusiastic and motivated high school students and FBK researchers accepts a project challenge, proposed by a visiting scientist. FBK’s Board of Directors will award several Regeneron

ISEF finalists full fellowships to be part of the WebValley team in June.

Award to participate in summer school “Web Valley”

BEHA063T — OICshift: A Mobile & VR Game With Integrated Multi-targeted Application for Detection of Aggression Behavior in Arab Children and Adolescents, Assessment of Game Intervention and Insights Into Parental Behavior

Badr Muhammad Anttar, Obour STEM School, Al-Salam City, Cairo, Egypt
Mohamed Hatem Hashish, Obour STEM School, Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt

EAEV042 — Exploring Biogeochemical Climate Solutions for Nutrient Removal in the Narragansett Bay Estuarine Ecosystem

Enyu Zhang, Portsmouth Abbey School, Portsmouth, RI, United States of America

EBED005 — SubArc: An Inexpensive, High Resolution, Open Source, Absolute Magnetic Rotary Encoder

Frank Eugene Lucci, BASIS San Antonio Shavano Campus, San Antonio, TX, United States of America

ENEV066 — Novel Contact Liquid for Energy-Efficient, Cost-Effective, and Scalable Cryogenic Carbon Capture

Areej Abdullah Alqarni, Al-Batool International School, Mecca, Saudi Arabia

The FBK Board of Directors will award at least 4 fellowships to be part of the WebValley team, reserved for Regeneron ISEF finalists, and awarded at the Regeneron ISEF SAO ceremony. FBK will provide full board accommodation, full tuition to courses, lab activities, and bus transfer from and to Trento. The call is open to 17 and 18 yo (US 11th and 12th grade) students. The applicants must meet eligibility requirements for travel, including a valid passport for travel and visit to Italy.

HP is a global technology leader and creator of solutions that enable people to bring their ideas to life and connect to the things that matter most. Operating in more than 170 countries, HP delivers a wide range of innovative and sustainable devices, services and subscriptions for personal computing, printing, 3D printing, hybrid work, gaming, and more. HP is pleased to promote the advancement and application of artificial intelligence at ISEF to foster the next generation of scientists and engineers.

3rd Place

SOFT030 — Enhancing Pedestrian Safety Through AI-Powered Smart Traffic Systems: Developing Smarter Roads for Safer Walks

Yunha Lee, Taejon Christian International School, Sejong-si, South Korea

2nd Place

TECA020 — VerifyMe: A New Approach to Authorship Attribution in the Post-ChatGPT Era

Sean O’Sullivan, Colaiste Chiarain, Pallaskenry, Co. Limerick, Ireland

1st Place

SOFT013 — Integrity: Generalized Artificial Image Classification With Noise Domain Localization

Huxley Grey Westemeier, Saint Paul Academy and Summit School, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America

IEEE Foundation

IEEE is the world’s largest professional association dedicated to fostering technological innovation and excellence for the benefit of humanity. The IEEE Foundation supports the IEEE core purpose. IEEE awards the $10,000 Presidents’ Scholarship to recognize a deserving student for an outstanding project demonstrating an understanding of electrical/electronics engineering, computer science, or other IEEE field of interest. In addition to the scholarship, IEEE awards a $600 Second Place Award and a $400 Third Place Award.

Third Place Award of $400

ENBM033 — Wearable Stethoscope Array for Cardiopulmonary Sound Localization and Interference Suppression Using Beamforming

Kayley Xu, The Bishop’s School, La Jolla, CA, United States of America

Second Place Award of $600

SOFT002 — A Hybrid Learning-Driven Approach for Lung Enhancement, Tumor Detection and Fibrosis System

Fay Salim Al Mahrouqi, Dohat al Adab, Muscat, Oman

The IEEE Foundation Presidents’ Scholarship Award of $10,000

ROBO041 — The Design and Engineering of an Intelligent Remotely Operated Vehicle for Coral Reef Research and Monitoring

Sydney Renee West, Hanford High School, Richland, WA, United States of America

Winning students will receive a certificate and IEEE student membership while attending University.

International Council on Systems Engineering – INCOSE

The International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) is a not-for-profit membership organization founded to develop and disseminate the interdisciplinary principles and practices that enable the realization of successful systems. The INCOSE Best Use of Systems Engineering awards are awarded to the best interdisciplinary projects that can produce technologically appropriate solutions that meet societal needs. There will be a first and second place Best Use of Systems Engineering and a INCOSE Bill Ewald Socio-Technical Systems Engineering Award.

Certificate of Honorable Mention, a 1-year free student membership to the INCOSE, and free virtual admission to the 2022 International Symposium of the INCOSE

EBED022 — Vita Seat: An Innovative Toilet Seat With Built-In UV Sanitization for Health Monitoring of Cardiovascular and Respiratory Diseases

Annika Chadha, duPont Manual High School, Prospect, KY, United States of America

EBED032 — An AI-Driven Thermodynamics Based IOT Sensor Network for the Ultra-Early Detection of Wildfires Without Line of Sight View of Fire

Ryan Honary, Newport Harbor High School, Newport Coast, CA, United States of America

ENBM004 — A Multi-model Experiment to Develop End-to-End Speaker-Independent Automatic Speech Recognition Solutions for Dysarthric Speech in Low-Resource Languages

Pranet Khetan, Shiv Nadar School, Gurgaon, Haryana, India

ENBM005 — MetaMotion Meter: IoT-Driven Biomechanical Device for Enhanced Hand Rehabilitation and Recovery Monitoring

Zara Namjoshi, Ecole Mondiale World School, Mumbai, India

ENBM019 — An Ingestible, Self-Propelling, Electroceutical Device With Electroenterogram and Electrical Stimulation Capabilities for Noninvasive Management of Small Intestinal Dysmotility

Akash Ashish Pai, Sunset High School, Portland, OR, United States of America

ENBM043 — Personalized Cloud-Based sEMG-to-Haptic System to Enable Long-Distance Communication for Usher Syndrome

Kaavya Tatavarty, Henry M. Gunn High School, Palo Alto, CA, United States of America

ETSD053 — Sundancer: Solar Powered Autonomous UAV for Natural Disaster Relief

Stephen King Griggs, Henry W. Grady High School, Atlanta, GA, United States of America

ROBO012 — Developing a Non-Intrusive Marine Data Collection Apparatus

Ailani Joelle Cruz, Kealakehe High School, Kailua Kona, HI, United States of America

ROBO032 — Chain of Action (CoA): LLM-Powered Multi-Agent Hexapod-Drone System

Haodong Wei, Cranbrook Kingswood School, Troy, MI, United States of America

ROBO041 — The Design and Engineering of an Intelligent Remotely Operated Vehicle for Coral Reef Research and Monitoring

Sydney Renee West, Hanford High School, Richland, WA, United States of America

Second Place INCOSE Best Use of System Engineering Award of $800, a 1-year free student membership to INCOSE, and free virtual admission to this year’s International Symposium of the INCOSE

ENEV075 — Science of Autonomy: Optimal Path Planning

Amelie Ruo Yi Chen, Pacific Horizons School, Pago Pago, Tutuila, American Samoa

INCOSE Bill Ewald Socio-Technical Systems Engineering Award of $1000, a 1-year free student membership to INCOSE, and free virtual admission to this year’s International Symposium of the INCOSE

EBED003 — Really Autonomous Irrigation Network

Ramiru Thehan Wijayasiriwardhane, Ananda College, Malabe, Western, Sri Lanka

INCOSE Best Use of Systems Engineering Award* of $1,500 and free registration and Exhibitor Booth at a future INCOSE Symposium

ENEV013 — A Novel Device for in situ Removal of Microplastics From Riverbed Sediment via Laser-Induced Particle Fluorescence

Luksina Ziddane Isahaku, Nicolet High School, Glendale, WI, United States of America

In addition, the First Place INCOSE Best Use of Systems Engineering Award includes free registration and Exhibitor Booth at a future INCOSE Symposium. The Second Place INCOSE Best Use of Systems Engineering Award winner, the INCOSE Bill Ewald Socio-Technical Systems Engineering Award winner, and Ten Certificates of Honorable Mention winners will receive a 1-year free student membership to the INCOSE and free virtual admission to the 2025 International Symposium of the INCOSE.

International Precious Metals Institute

The International Precious Metals Institute (IPMI) is the premier precious metals trade organization which represents member companies managing billions of dollars in metals yearly. Gold and silver are utilized in the electronics and solar that connect and power our world while the platinum group metals find use in the catalysts which produce our fuels, our pharmaceuticals, and control pollution. The IPMI Foundation’s charitable mission is to increase public awareness of precious metals and their crucial role in improving modern life, including through research and development.

Cash Award

CHEM025 — Optimizing Catalysts for the Hydrogenolysis of Polyethylene

Emerson Waltz, Algona High School, Algona, IA, United States of America

Cash award

ENEV063 — Selective Formic Acid Dehydrogenation Under Neat Conditions With Ruthenium-Hydrazine Carboxamide Catalysts

Saleh Abdulaziz Alangari, Riyadh School for Boys and Girls, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

The winning project will receive a cash prize in the form of a check mailed to the student’s home address from the IPMI Foundation. The grand prize winner will receive $5000 and is cordially invited to attend (with one chaperone) the 2025 IPMI annual conference June 7-10 at the luxurious Phoenician Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona The IPMI Foundation will cover the cost of registration, meals and accommodations.

Soumyanath Memorial Award

This award is presented by the family of Krishnamurthy Soumyanath (1957 – 2010), for the best project in Computer Engineering. Dr Soumyanath was an Intel Fellow and held the title of Chief Architect, Integrated Platform Research at Intel Labs, USA. He led research and development in circuits and architectures for next-generation transceiver devices. The prize honors the memory of an energetic and adventurous individual who inspired and mentored many young people to excel in all aspects of life.

First Award of $3,000

EBED001 — Faster Terahertz Gap Modulation for Higher Data Rates

Jonathan Luke Dorminy, Sola Fide Home School, McDonough, GA, United States of America

$1,000 will be awarded to the winner’s school.

EBED001 — Faster Terahertz Gap Modulation for Higher Data Rates

Jonathan Luke Dorminy, Sola Fide Home School, McDonough, GA, United States of America

The research category of Embedded Systems/Networking and Data Communications is the focus for this award. In addition to the student’s award of $3,000, a $1,000 grant will go to the winner’s school.

King Abdulaziz & his Companions Foundation for Giftedness and Creativity

“Mawhiba “is a non-profit foundation in Saudi Arabia dedicated to fostering a culture of creativity. The Foundation motivates young people around the world to explore innovative methods in diverse fields of study.

$400 cash prize for each Full Scholarship from King Fahd University award recipient

BEHA009 — Social Media’s Impact on University Students’ Mental Health: An AI Prediction Model

Aya Elgosrani, Al-Kawthar Secondary School for Girls, Aziziyah, Qatar

CBIO001 — Above and Beyond the Autism of Today: Exploring a Retroelement Regulatory Hypothesis in Autism Spectrum Disorder

Leonard Walletzky, Gymnazium Matyase Lercha, Brno, Jihomoravsky Kraj, Czech Republic

CHEM004 — Real-Time Wound Monitoring and Bioactive Healing Accelerator via Intelligent Biosensor Bandage: Carbon Dot Embedded Novel Grape Marc Hydrogel

Reyyan Cifci, Kartal Anadolu Imam Hatip High School, Instanbul, Kartal, Turkey

EBED024 — Think, Generate, Optimize: Presenting a Novel Fully AI-Driven Design Framework for Metasurface Lenses

Dhanvine Rameshkumar, Temasek Junior College, Singapore, Singapore

EGSD013 — Power Systems Protection With AI-Based Stability Enhancement in Emergency Situations

Tymofii Meshkov, Municipal institution “Kharkiv Lyceum No. 55 of the Kharkiv City Council”, Kharkiv, Ukraine

EGSD017 — Sustainable Energy Conversion: A Solar Cell Chip With Built-In DC to AC Transformation

Jose Julian Rodriguez Munoz, Dr. Pedro Albizu Campus, Ponce, Puerto Rico

ENBM011 — AI-Powered Portable Eye Screening Device for Early Detection of Pediatric Eye Diseases in Low-resource Settings

Thomas Anesuishe Machingaidze, Saint George’s College, Harare, Harare, Zimbabwe

ENEV007 — New Wastewater Purification Strategy: Graphitic Carbon Nitride and Low-Temperature Plasma

Anna Podmanicka, Gymnazium Jura Hronca, Visnove, Slovakia

MATS025 — LuminaSand: Harnessing the Optoelectronic Potential of Silicon Dioxide With Focused Laser Beam

Georia Ang, Hwa Chong Institution, Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

ROBO050 — WeCAViT: Weighted Ensemble of CNN, Attention, and a Visual Transformer – A Novel Ensemble Neural Network Architecture for Accurate Pneumonia Diagnosis From Chest X-Rays

Arnur Jumabekov, Haileybury Almaty, Almaty, Kazakhstan

SOFT010 — Reboot and Recover: The Bacteriophage Initiative – Harnessing the Power of Biomimicry to Replicate Nature’s Defenders and Revolutionize Cybersecurity Against Digital Threats

Gigi Dara Nyambirai, Peterhouse Girls School, Harare, Mashonaland, Zimbabwe

SOFT030 — Enhancing Pedestrian Safety Through AI-Powered Smart Traffic Systems: Developing Smarter Roads for Safer Walks

Yunha Lee, Taejon Christian International School, Sejong-si, South Korea

$200 cash prize for each Enrichment award recipient

EGSD036 — Developing a Hydrazine Seawater-based Hydrogen Production System Using a Highly Efficient Pd-Ni(OH)â‚‚ Catalyst

Imran Omar Alturkistani, Misk Schools, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

ENBM010 — A Device for Detecting Fast Moving Objects for Use by the Vision Impaired

Maura Jane Moore-McCune, The King’s Hospital, Enfield, Ireland

ENBM063T — Deep-Learning Based Solution for Male Reproductive Health Self-Evaluation at Home

An Quang Phuc Pham, HUS High School for Gifted Student, Ha Noi, Viet Nam
Khue Mai Nguyen, HUS High School for Gifted Student, Ha Noi, Viet Nam

MATS046 — Development of an Innovative Anti-dust Acrylic/SiO2 Coating for Improved Solar Cell Efficiency

Abdulrahman Hesham Alghannam, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) Boys High School, Al-Khobar, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia

ROBO070 — GENE-X: A Dual-Transformer AI Model for Enhanced Gene Expression Prediction From Chromatin Accessibility Data

Mohamed Tekari, Lycee Pilote Monastir, Monastir, Tunisia

TMED061 — Utilizing FDM 3D Printing to Fabricate Biodegradable PCL-Dexamethasone Implants for DME

Lana Yahya Nouri, Al Zikr Schools, Jeddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia

Mawhiba Universal Enrichment Program awards (and a $200 cash prize)

EGSD036 — Developing a Hydrazine Seawater-based Hydrogen Production System Using a Highly Efficient Pd-Ni(OH)â‚‚ Catalyst

Imran Omar Alturkistani, Misk Schools, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

ENBM010 — A Device for Detecting Fast Moving Objects for Use by the Vision Impaired

Maura Jane Moore-McCune, The King’s Hospital, Enfield, Ireland

ENBM063T — Deep-Learning Based Solution for Male Reproductive Health Self-Evaluation at Home

An Quang Phuc Pham, HUS High School for Gifted Student, Ha Noi, Viet Nam
Khue Mai Nguyen, HUS High School for Gifted Student, Ha Noi, Viet Nam

MATS046 — Development of an Innovative Anti-dust Acrylic/SiO2 Coating for Improved Solar Cell Efficiency

Abdulrahman Hesham Alghannam, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) Boys High School, Al-Khobar, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia

ROBO070 — GENE-X: A Dual-Transformer AI Model for Enhanced Gene Expression Prediction From Chromatin Accessibility Data

Mohamed Tekari, Lycee Pilote Monastir, Monastir, Tunisia

TMED061 — Utilizing FDM 3D Printing to Fabricate Biodegradable PCL-Dexamethasone Implants for DME

Lana Yahya Nouri, Al Zikr Schools, Jeddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia

Full Scholarship from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) (and a $400 cash prize)

BEHA009 — Social Media’s Impact on University Students’ Mental Health: An AI Prediction Model

Aya Elgosrani, Al-Kawthar Secondary School for Girls, Aziziyah, Qatar

CBIO001 — Above and Beyond the Autism of Today: Exploring a Retroelement Regulatory Hypothesis in Autism Spectrum Disorder

Leonard Walletzky, Gymnazium Matyase Lercha, Brno, Jihomoravsky Kraj, Czech Republic

CHEM004 — Real-Time Wound Monitoring and Bioactive Healing Accelerator via Intelligent Biosensor Bandage: Carbon Dot Embedded Novel Grape Marc Hydrogel

Reyyan Cifci, Kartal Anadolu Imam Hatip High School, Instanbul, Kartal, Turkey

EBED024 — Think, Generate, Optimize: Presenting a Novel Fully AI-Driven Design Framework for Metasurface Lenses

Dhanvine Rameshkumar, Temasek Junior College, Singapore, Singapore

EGSD013 — Power Systems Protection With AI-Based Stability Enhancement in Emergency Situations

Tymofii Meshkov, Municipal institution “Kharkiv Lyceum No. 55 of the Kharkiv City Council”, Kharkiv, Ukraine

EGSD017 — Sustainable Energy Conversion: A Solar Cell Chip With Built-In DC to AC Transformation

Jose Julian Rodriguez Munoz, Dr. Pedro Albizu Campus, Ponce, Puerto Rico

ENBM011 — AI-Powered Portable Eye Screening Device for Early Detection of Pediatric Eye Diseases in Low-resource Settings

Thomas Anesuishe Machingaidze, Saint George’s College, Harare, Harare, Zimbabwe

ENEV007 — New Wastewater Purification Strategy: Graphitic Carbon Nitride and Low-Temperature Plasma

Anna Podmanicka, Gymnazium Jura Hronca, Visnove, Slovakia

MATS025 — LuminaSand: Harnessing the Optoelectronic Potential of Silicon Dioxide With Focused Laser Beam

Georia Ang, Hwa Chong Institution, Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

ROBO050 — WeCAViT: Weighted Ensemble of CNN, Attention, and a Visual Transformer – A Novel Ensemble Neural Network Architecture for Accurate Pneumonia Diagnosis From Chest X-Rays

Arnur Jumabekov, Haileybury Almaty, Almaty, Kazakhstan

SOFT010 — Reboot and Recover: The Bacteriophage Initiative – Harnessing the Power of Biomimicry to Replicate Nature’s Defenders and Revolutionize Cybersecurity Against Digital Threats

Gigi Dara Nyambirai, Peterhouse Girls School, Harare, Mashonaland, Zimbabwe

SOFT030 — Enhancing Pedestrian Safety Through AI-Powered Smart Traffic Systems: Developing Smarter Roads for Safer Walks

Yunha Lee, Taejon Christian International School, Sejong-si, South Korea

Lehigh University

Lehigh University is ranked #15 in The Wall Street Journal’s 2025 Best Colleges in the United States. Lehigh’s five colleges are comprised of over 7,000 undergraduate and graduate students. Students are encouraged to partake in research beginning their first year and are inspired to think deeply, create pragmatic solutions, and innovate collaboratively.

Four Scholarships of $20,000 per year for four years. Total of up to $320,000

EGSD016 — In silico Design of sgRNAs for CRISPR/Cas9 Mediated Gene Mutageneis of Arundo donax to Optimize Biofuels

Sivani R. Babu, duPont Manual High School, Louisville , KY, United States of America

EGSD021 — Efficient Energy Harvesting Using Biomaterials: Fabrication of a ZnO-Modified Eggshell Membrane and Cotton Based Piezo-Tribo Hybrid Generator

Meghana Addanki, Dr. Ronald E. McNair Academic High School, Jersey City, NJ, United States of America

ENBM072 — The Future of Breast Cancer Screening: AI-Based Photoacoustic Imaging

Emma Zhang, Williamsville North High School, Buffalo, NY, United States of America

ENEV057 — A Novel Approach to Sustainable Concrete Engineering: Mechanochemical Activation of Local Waste Materials for CO2 Reduction

Anagha Iyer, American Heritage School, Miramar, FL, United States of America

Award winners will receive a $20,000 scholarship renewable for up to four years contingent on admission to Lehigh University and maintenance of a 3.0 GPA once matriculated.

London Digital Twin Research Center

The London Digital Twin Research Centre (LDTRC) is dedicated to advancing cutting-edge technologies for the digital transformation of real-world environments. LDTRC is awarding the best ISEF projects representing digital technologies and STEM in fields such as robotics, AI, and automation.

Biomedical Engineering Excellence Award

ENBM063T — Deep-Learning Based Solution for Male Reproductive Health Self-Evaluation at Home

An Quang Phuc Pham, HUS High School for Gifted Student, Ha Noi, Viet Nam
Khue Mai Nguyen, HUS High School for Gifted Student, Ha Noi, Viet Nam

Sustainable Futures Award

BCHM032T — Metabolic Engineering of Vibrio natriegens for Biosynthesis of BETA-Nicotinamide Mononucleotide

Dat Huy Tuan Pham, High school of Education Sciences, University of Education – Vietnam National University Hanoi, Hanoi, Hanoi, Viet Nam
Phuong Vu Thao Tran, High school of Education Sciences, University of Education – Vietnam National University Hanoi, Hanoi, Hanoi, Viet Nam

Innovative Materials & Biochemistry Award

CHEM042T — High-Performance Oxidizing Materials: Lithium Vanadium Oxide for Environmental Treatment Applications

Phuong Ha Do, Viet Duc Upper Secondary School, Ha Noi, Viet Nam
Thai Duc Nguyen, Viet Duc Upper Secondary School, Hanoi, Viet Nam

Health Sciences Discovery Award

BMED074T — Research on Generation of Neutralizing Antibodies to Botulinum Neurotoxin Type A Based on Nanobody Technology

Anh Tran Bao Dang, High School for Gifted Students, Hanoi University of Science, Hanoi, Hanoi, Viet Nam
Trang Tam Mai, High School for Gifted Students, Hanoi University of Science, Hanoi, Hanoi, Viet Nam

London International Youth Science Forum CIC

Founded in 1959 , LIYSF offers a two-week science summer program. Each year 500 students aged 16-21 years old from 80 countries attend, with lecture demonstrations from leading scientists, including Nobel prize winners, scientific visits to world-class laboratories and science universities combined with international cultural interaction. A vital part of the experience of attending LIYSF is creating global citizens through the exchange of different cultures and traditions, and for many students visiting LIYSF offers their first opportunity to travel abroad.

Cash stipend for travel expenses associated with travel to and from LIYSF 2025

MATS032 — We’re Dyeing to Know: How Do Changes in Temperature, Mordant Additives, and pH During the Dyeing Process Impact the Color-Fastness of Natural Substantive Dyes?

Akosua Feraw Akile Baah, Tucker High School, Tucker, GA, United States of America

Full scholarship to attend the London International Youth Science Forum, and a $1,500 cash stipend for travel expenses.

TMED050 — Mixed Reality Application for Pancreatic Surgery

Diya R. Ramakrishnan, Saginaw Arts and Sciences Academy, Saginaw, MI, United States of America

Students will receive a fully funded place to attend the London International Youth Science Forum this, held late July to early August. The award covers the costs in London and includes the full LIYSF program for 15-days, meals and accommodation throughout. A travel stipend is awarded to ensure the awarded winning student is able to get to London from their home and back, at no cost to them.

Long Island University

Long Island University, with two campuses in Brooklyn and Brookville, NY, is in the top 7% of universities with high research activity nationally recognized by the Carnegie Classification. Dassault Systemes designated LIU as the world’s first Center of Excellence in Life Sciences & Research with high societal impact in the fields of precision medicine, pharmaceutical sciences and health care in the digital age. LIU offers majors like Pharmacy, Health Sciences, Veterinary Technology, Biomedical Science, Health Care Administration, Nursing, and more. For more information, visit liu.edu.

Presidential Scholarships

ANIM010 — Generating RNAi Pesticides to Specifically Target Invasive Species: A Case Study Examining Feasibility in the Red Fire Ant (Solenopsis invicta)

Madeline Rose Borchert, The Alabama School of Math and Science, Mobile, AL, United States of America

BEHA015T — Optimizing Random Forest Algorithms for Autism Prediction: Enhancing Diagnostic Accuracy Through Machine Learning

Gabriel Alfonso Cintron, Fort Myers High School, Fort Myers, FL, United States of America
Tanish Madhar, Fort Myers High School, Fort Myers, FL, United States of America

BEHA073 — A Gut Feeling About Depression: Examining the Effect of Synbiotic Modification in the Gut-Brain Axis on Major Depressive Disorder Symptoms

Norah Claire Ahmed, Evansville Day School, Newburgh, IN, United States of America

BMED017T — Bombyx mori Antimicrobial Peptides: A Novel and Sustainable Catalyst for Cancer Cell Growth Inhibition and Death

Kaili Yiqian Tseng, Palos Verdes Peninsula High School, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, United States of America
Leila Veronica Gheysar, Palos Verdes Peninsula High School, Rolling Hills Estates, CA, United States of America

CBIO032 — An Uncertainty-Aware Predictive Modeling Tool Towards Effective Clinical Monitoring of Sepsis Using Electronic Health Records From Hospitalized Patients

Shaunak Dalal, Hershey High School, Hummelstown , PA, United States of America

CBIO056 — Promoting Equity: A Novel GAN-Based Framework for Improved MRI-Based Alzheimer’s Diagnosis Utilizing Multiple Deep Learning Architectures

Kenna Jiayue Zhang, Cary Academy, Cary, NC, United States of America

Srishti Boral, Eastlake High School, Sammamish, WA, United States of America

ROBO046T — MobyGlobal: Real-Time Whale Detection Network Powered by a Custom CNN and 3D Printed Buoys

Matthew Li, Academies of Loudoun, Brambleton, VA, United States of America
Taha Rawjani, Academies of Loudoun, Brambleton, VA, United States of America

ROBO054 — Comparing the Effectiveness of Novel Vision Transformers to Convolutional Neural Networks in Real Time Detection of Citrus Diseases With Integration on Drone Platform, Year II

Rohan Dash , Pine View School, Sarasota, FL, United States of America

TMED044 — A Unique Triage Approach to Management of Febrile Neutropenia in Pediatric Oncology Patients for Efficient Patient Stabilization and Antibiotic Administration

Agrini Neekhra, Dunlap High School, Dunlap, IL, United States of America

Mary Kay Inc.

Mary Kay Ash founded her dream beauty brand with one goal: to enrich women’s lives. That dream blossomed into a global company with millions of independent sales force members in more than 40 countries. Mary Kay is dedicated to investing in the science behind beauty and manufacturing cutting-edge skincare, color cosmetics, nutritional supplements, and fragrances. Mary Kay believes in preserving our planet for future generations, protecting women impacted by cancer and domestic abuse, and encouraging youth to follow their dreams.

Ten awards of $750 each

BCHM037 — Multi-Color Magneto-Fluorescent Nanoarchitectures for the Targeted Identification of Exosomes of Triple Negative Breast Cancer

Pragathi Kasani-Akula, South Forsyth High School, Cumming, GA, United States of America

BEHA024 — Evaluating Gender Disparities Due to Decision-Making Under Uncertainty in Entrepreneurship: A Panel Data Analysis

Grace Chenxin Liu, Syosset High School, Syosset, NY, United States of America

BEHA049 — Implications of Resveratrol on Memory Retention in Dugesia tigrina

Alina Albeik, George C. Marshall High School, Falls Church, VA, United States of America

BMED017T — Bombyx mori Antimicrobial Peptides: A Novel and Sustainable Catalyst for Cancer Cell Growth Inhibition and Death

Kaili Yiqian Tseng, Palos Verdes Peninsula High School, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, United States of America
Leila Veronica Gheysar, Palos Verdes Peninsula High School, Rolling Hills Estates, CA, United States of America

BMED026T — On the Hunt for Free Radicals With a Blue Light Reaction

Elisabeth Marie Fischermann, Julius-Echter-Gymnasium Elsenfeld, Obernburg am Main, Germany
Tom Kressbach, Julius-Echter-Gymnasium Elsenfeld, Obernburg am Main, Bavaria, Germany

Ela Doruk Korkmaz, Hisar School, Istanbul, Sariyer, Turkey

CELL039 — Salinomycin as a Molecular Trojan Horse for Targeting Mn-Induced Malignancy in Aggressive Tumors

Carolina de Araujo Pereira da Silva, Instituto Federal de Educacao, Ciencia e Tecnologia do Rio de Janeiro, Sao Joao de Meriti, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

ENBM002 — Formulation of Low-Cost Artificial Skin for Cellular Regeneration and Severe Burns Treatment

Sofia Mota Nunes, Escola Santa Teresinha, Imperatriz , Maranhao, Brazil

ENBM057 — SKIMP: Artificial Intelligence- Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) Portable Skin Cancer Detection Device With Skin Cancer Notifier Python-Based Program

Margareth Jalandoon Ac-ac, Sumaliring High School, Siaton, Negros Oriental, Philippines

MATS033T — EcoReishiFlex: An Innovative Sustainable Biodegradable Plastic Alternative Made From Ganoderma lucidum (Reishi Fungi) Polysaccharides

Kamila Zoe Rotger – Costas, Colegio Rosa-Bell, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
Miranda Sanz – Alvarez, Colegio Rosa-Bell, Caguas , Puerto Rico

Midjourney

Four awards of $5,000

EBED021 — VoltMatrix: An Analog Computing AI Chip Architecture for Scalable and Energy-Efficient Inference

Shangqiu Li, Camas High School, Camas, WA, United States of America

ETSD039 — Parametric Optimization and Discovery of a Low-Noise Toroidal Quadrotor Propeller With a Leading Blade Segment Height Offset for Responsible Wildlife Research

Erim Can Ozcan, The Potomac School, Mclean, VA, United States of America

PHYS016 — Investigating the Optimal Pump Source for an Optical Quantum Computer Using Type-I Spontaneous Parametric Down-Conversion

Enzo Blake Carter, Melbourne High School, Indialantic, FL, United States of America

ROBO033 — Symmetry-Preserving Variational Autoencoder and Latent Space Rectified Flow Diffusion for Accelerated Materials Discovery With Geometric Graph Neural Networks and Integrated Property Network Multi-Layer Perceptron

Ryan Rezaei, Canyon Crest Academy, San Diego, CA, United States of America

Midwest Microelectronics Consortium

MMEC leads the acceleration of microelectronic technologies and delivers solutions to build a trusted, resilient domestic supply chain. As a premier public-private ecosystem, MMEC engages innovative partners across industry, academia, and government to rapidly advance defense and commercial applications. This unique environment empowers members to discover new technologies, share capabilities, grow a skilled workforce, and launch innovation into scalable commercial production supporting national security and economic strength.

Four cash awards of $3,000 each.

EBED005 — SubArc: An Inexpensive, High Resolution, Open Source, Absolute Magnetic Rotary Encoder

Frank Eugene Lucci, BASIS San Antonio Shavano Campus, San Antonio, TX, United States of America

MATS018 — Next-Gen Smart Materials: Thermo-Responsive and Conductive 3D Printable Polymer Gels

Vallabh Ramesh, duPont Manual High School, Louisville, KY, United States of America

ROBO048 — Protecting Your Privacy: A Constitutional Filter to Prevent AI From Inferring Your Personal Information

Siyuan Du, American Heritage School of Boca Delray, Boca Raton, FL, United States of America

SOFT013 — Integrity: Generalized Artificial Image Classification With Noise Domain Localization

Huxley Grey Westemeier, Saint Paul Academy and Summit School, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America

Missouri University of Science and Technology

Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T) is a STEM-focused research university of over 7,200 students. Located in Rolla, MO, S&T offers 101 degrees in 40 areas of study and is among the nation’s top universities for return on investment. Missouri S&T is proud to offer these awards to ISEF participants: * THREE $8,000 scholarships over the course of four years for first-year (freshmen) students choosing to attend Missouri S&T. * FIVE Missouri S&T summer camp scholarship up to $1,500 to be used towards the camp and travel expenses

Summer Camp scholarships (camp tuition and travel expenses, valued at up to $1,500)

CHEM018 — Exploring and Detecting PFAS in Missouri Farmland Soil

Emma Mae Fetterhoff Hoffman, Perryville Senior High School, Perryville, MO, United States of America

EGSD007T — Thermoelectric Generator’s Effect on Photovoltaic System’s Output

Hannah Tran, Woodland High School, Stockbridge, GA, United States of America
Monica Ngo, Woodland High School, Stockbridge, GA, United States of America

EGSD036 — Developing a Hydrazine Seawater-based Hydrogen Production System Using a Highly Efficient Pd-Ni(OH)â‚‚ Catalyst

Imran Omar Alturkistani, Misk Schools, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

ETSD046 — Development and Testing of Novel Hybrid Airfoil Designs for Enhanced Low-Speed Lift and Efficiency

Yogi Patel, Little Rock Central High School, Little Rock, AR, United States of America

PLNT028 — Do pH Levels Affect Pea Plant Growth?

Adrian Scout Priest, Riverside High School, Lake City, AR, United States of America

SOFT059T — SENTRY: Semi-Supervised Efficiency-First Threat Recognition System

Humam Al-Shami, Arkansas Connections Academy, Magnolia, AR, United States of America
Mohammed Alroobi, Arkansas Connections Academy, Magnolia, AR, United States of America

$2,500 tuition scholarship (renewable for up to 4 years)

CELL047 — Effect of Telomere Targeted 8-Oxoguanine Stress in Combination With DNA Damage Response Inhibitors on Genomic Instability in Cancer

Anna Jean Holland, Shawnee Mission East, Prairie Village, KS, United States of America

MATH038 — Pólya’s Enumeration Theorem Applied to Cubic Unit Cells

Anna Le, Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts, Fort Smith, AR, United States of America

MCRO031 — Toxic Mechanisms of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Fungal Cells: Environmental and Human Health Impact

Gyan Singh Grewal , Greenwood Laboratory School, Rogersville, MO, United States of America

Scholarships for first-year (freshmen) students will go into effect upon admissions to Missouri S&T. Summer camp scholarships will be awarded to rising 9th – 12th grade high school students; winners can use the scholarship to participate in the S&T camp of their choice.

Mu Alpha Theta, National High School and Two-Year College Mathematics Honor Society

Mu Alpha Theta, the National High School and Two-Year College Mathematics Honor Society, strives to promote the enjoyment and scholarship of mathematics. The Mu Alpha Theta Award is given to the most challenging, thorough, and creative investigation of a problem involving mathematics accessible to high school students. Components of the investigation often include mathematical proof, mathematical modeling, statistical analysis, visualization, simulation, and approximation.

Second Award of $1,000

MATH011T — General Theory of the Occurrence of Pi in the Mandelbrot Set and First Proof of Its Occurrence at the Parameter -3/4

Nedim Srkalovic, Wichern-Schule, Hamburg, Germany
Oscar Levin Scherz, Marion Donhoff Gymnasium, Hamburg, Germany
Thies Johann Brockmoeller, Gymnasium Meiendorf, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

MATH023 — Make24: Elegant Elementary Bounds for a Numbers Game

Liqian Ying, NUS High School of Mathematics & Science, Singapore, Singapore

MATH042 — A Novel Theory-Driven Approach for Model Compression in Deep Neural Networks

Alyssa Yu, Poolesville High School, Clarksburg, MD, United States of America

First Award of $ 1,500

MATH005 — Squarefullness of Factorial Products of Polynomials

Dimana Miroslavova Pramatarova, Model High School of Mathematics “Akademik Kiril Popov”, Plovdiv, Bulgaria

MATH019 — Quantum-Sound Factorization: On the Distribution and Structure of Irreducible Sets

Anay Aggarwal, Westview High School, Portland, OR, United States of America

Winning students will receive a certificate and a cash award.

National Anti-Vivisection Society

Since 1929, the National Anti-Vivisection Society has promoted greater compassion, respect and justice for animals. NAVS educational and advocacy programs advance better, more humane science; support the development of alternatives to the use of animals in research, testing and education; and effect changes which help to end the unnecessary suffering of animals.

Awards of $3,000

ENBM044 — OpenChip: An Accessible, Low-Cost Organ-on-a-Chip Platform for Ethical Drug Testing

Suraj Dixit, Kalamazoo Area Mathematics and Science Center, Kalamazoo, MI, United States of America

Awards of $3,000

ENBM060 — MicroHeart: A Novel, Structurally Accurate, Physiologically Relevant, and Scalable Heart-on-a-Chip Platform

Aadi Nishant Bhensdadia, Pine View School, Sarasota, FL, United States of America

Awards of $3,000

ANIM040 — The Effect of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals on the Social Behaviors of Lontra canadensis (North American River Otter)

Willa Grace Olson, Yorktown High School, Yorktown Heights, NY, United States of America

Awards of $3,000

BCHM017T — Development of Pre-Clinical Models to Study How Biophysical Forces Alter Metastatic Breast Cancer

Audrey Mae Howard, South Carolina Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics, Anderson, SC, United States of America
Grace Hanjia Zhang, South Carolina Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics, Simpsonville, SC, United States of America

Awards of $3,000

BMED049 — ‘Plasticoma’: A Bioengineered Platform to Study the Microplastic Pollution-Induced Cellular Pathologies and Discover Therapeutic Interventions

Anushka Sable, Chamblee Charter High School, Atlanta, GA, United States of America

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – NOAA

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is a United States government science agency with a mission of science, service, and stewardship. NOAA enriches life through science, with a reach that goes from the surface of the sun to the depths of the ocean floor. They work to keep the public informed of the changing environment around them, protect life and property, and conserve and protect natural resources. NOAA’s Special Awards recognize outstanding projects in ocean, coastal, Great Lakes, weather, and climate sciences with cash awards.

Judges’ Award

EAEV017 — Raman Spectroscopic Detection of Microplastics in Fish Gills Around O’ahu

Travis Osaki, Pearl City High School, Waipahu, HI, United States of America

ENEV062 — Wave-Powered Filtration Buoy for Oil Spill Cleanup and Microplastic Removal

Madison Janice Bennett, Forest Hills High School, East Elmhurst, NY, United States of America

Science Communication Award

ENEV014 — Enhancing Coastal Resilience Using Biomimetic Wave Barriers

Marco Alexander Chua, Stanton College Preparatory School, Jacksonville, FL, United States of America

Taking the Pulse of the Planet First Award

EAEV042 — Exploring Biogeochemical Climate Solutions for Nutrient Removal in the Narragansett Bay Estuarine Ecosystem

Enyu Zhang, Portsmouth Abbey School, Portsmouth, RI, United States of America

EAEV045 — Optimizing Aquatic Oil Spill Clean Up: Oil Viscosity and Ferrofluid Composition

Miriam Noëlle Haddad, Saginaw Arts and Sciences Academy, Saginaw, MI, United States of America

Winning students will receive cash awards.

National Taiwan Science Education Center

National Taiwan Science Education Center (NTSEC) is a national organization and science center aiming at promoting science education in Taiwan. NTSEC holds Taiwan International Science Fair (TISF) every year to encourage Taiwanese students as well as international participants with excellent performance in science research to showcase their work. Taiwan International Science fair Special Award recognizes projects with the best creativity and scientific applications and offers opportunities to participate in TISF.

Taiwan International Science Fair Special Award is a trip to participate in the Taiwan International Science Fair

EAEV022 — Enhancing Cloud Seeding Efficiency: Augmentation of Cloud Condensation Nuclei Hygroscopicity and Identification of Optimal Cloud Targets

Yuti Purohit, Interlake High School, Bellevue, WA, United States of America

SOFT013 — Integrity: Generalized Artificial Image Classification With Noise Domain Localization

Huxley Grey Westemeier, Saint Paul Academy and Summit School, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America

One adult chaperone to attend

Winning students will receive a certificate. They are invited to participate in Taiwan International Science Fair (TISF) which is held in January or February in Taipei, Taiwan. A round trip airfare to Taiwan and local expenses during TISF are covered by NTSEC.

NC State College of Engineering

NC State is home to one of the world’s finest colleges of engineering and computer science. NC State Engineering integrates classroom learning, research, and hands-on experience, and our graduates emerge with the skills they need to succeed. Award winners will take part in a week-long summer camp, completing hands-on engineering challenges, exploring solutions, and sharing achievements along with other aspiring engineers.

Scholarship to attend NC State Engineering Summer Camp

ANIM002 — Evaluating the Efficacy of Novel Carbon Dioxide Spray and Pesticides Using a Convolutional Neural Network for Varroa Mite Treatment in Honey Bee Colonies

Aakash Manaswi, Lake Highland Preparatory School, Orlando, FL, United States of America

EAEV003 — Evaluating the Efficacy of a Novel BIOPAC Bio-Adsorbent for the Removal of Aqueous Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)

Aditi Swain, Orlando Science Schools, Orlando, FL, United States of America

ENBM054 — FLOValve: Engineering an Origami-Inspired Expandable Heart Valve Prosthetic

Sophia Kadian, Trinity School, New York, NY, United States of America

ENBM080 — Revolutionizing Non-Invasive Blood Glucose Monitoring With AI-Powered Infrared Spectroscopy

Sarah Park, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Fairfax, VA, United States of America

ENEV070 — An AI Submersible Device to Monitor the Restoration of Coral Reefs in John Pennekamp State Park Key Largo, FL

Josiah Gilbert, iPrep Academy North, North Miami , FL, United States of America

MATS008 — Speuro: A Novel Approach to Treating Axon Degeneration and Nerve Cell Death in Motor Neuron Disease and Spinal Contusions Utilizing Kudzu-Based Supramolecular Polymers

Lara Brozas Otico, McIntosh High School, Peachtree City, GA, United States of America

ROBO029 — Low-Cost, High-Performance Humanoid Upper Body for Automating Hazardous Tasks With Quasi-Direct Drive Actuators and Machine Learning

Partap Sidhu, Bethpage High School, Hicksville, NY, United States of America

TECA009 — Algorithmic Image Enhancement by Combining Multiple Images

Maylin Marie Kidwell, duPont Manual High School, Louisville, KY, United States of America

Winning students will be contacted with instructions to apply for a summer 2026 camp at https://www.engr.ncsu.edu/theengineeringplace/summerprograms/. As awardees, students will receive their first choice of camp and camp week.

Office of Naval Research on behalf of the United States Navy and Marine Corps

The Naval Science Awards Program (NSAP) is a U.S. Navy and Marine Corps program that encourages our nation’s students to develop and retain an interest in science and engineering. NSAP recognizes the accomplishments of eligible students at regional and state science and engineering fairs, as well as the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) in producing and presenting quality science and engineering projects.

The Chief of Naval Research Scholarship Award of $15,000

EBED005 — SubArc: An Inexpensive, High Resolution, Open Source, Absolute Magnetic Rotary Encoder

Frank Eugene Lucci, BASIS San Antonio Shavano Campus, San Antonio, TX, United States of America

EBED032 — An AI-Driven Thermodynamics Based IOT Sensor Network for the Ultra-Early Detection of Wildfires Without Line of Sight View of Fire

Ryan Honary, Newport Harbor High School, Newport Coast, CA, United States of America

EBED041 — Direct Pulse-Density-Modulated Bitstream Operators for Efficient Beamforming With Large Sensor Arrays

Armaan Christopher Gomes, Homestead High School, Sunnyvale, CA, United States of America

EGSD001 — A Novel Wireless Charging System for IMDs Using 2.4GHz EM Waves

Anish Anand, Palos Verdes Peninsula High School, Ranch Palos Verdes, CA, United States of America

ETSD021 — Next-Generation VTOL Drones: A Breakthrough in Tilt Mechanism and Modular Design for Optimization and Accessibility

Cooper Taylor, Greenwich Country Day School, Greenwich, CT, United States of America

Oracle Academy

As Oracle’s global, philanthropic educational program, Oracle Academy advances computing education around the world to increase knowledge, innovation, skills development, and inclusion in technology fields. The program engages with thousands of educational institutions and educators in more than 130 countries, helping millions of students become career ready. Oracle Academy is proud and honored to support the next generation of STEM innovators through ISEF.

Award of $2,500 for outstanding project in the systems software category.

SOFT003T — Last Chance Groceries

Amir Rayyan Muhammad Shaifuddin, The Malay College of Kuala Kangsar, Shah Alam, Malaysia
Anas Rayyan Muhammad Shaifuddin, The Malay College of Kuala Kangsar, Shah Alam, Malaysia

SOFT021T — LiDRNet: Lightweight Inertial Dead Reckoning Network

Kwok Xin Ze Vincent, NUS High School of Mathematics & Science, Singapore, Singapore
Zerui Wang, NUS High School of Mathematics & Science, Singapore, Singapore

SOFT027T — A-TACT App: Alzheimer’s Tracking, Assistance, Communication, and Technology Support for Caregivers

Mateo Camacho Casiano, Colegio Rosa-Bell, Carolina, Puerto Rico
Mikael Camacho Casiano, Colegio Rosa-Bell, Carolina, Puerto Rico

SOFT045 — Project Doe: An Online Data Platform That Can Provide Identification to the Displaced and Homeless

Jasmine Gaines, East Ridge High School, Clermont, FL, United States of America

Patent and Trademark Office Society

The PTOS is a membership-based organization for Patent and Trademark professionals and other interested individuals. From its inception in 1917, the Society has been dedicated to the improvement and appreciation of the United States Patent and Trademark Systems through promoting the systems’ growth and well-being, as well as promoting the social and intellectual welfare of the Society members.

Second Award of $500

CHEM019 — 2-Phenylalkynylsilyl Acetaminophen as a Less Toxic and More Effective Pain Medication

Chloe Yehwon Lee, Plano East Senior High School, Murphy, TX, United States of America

EBED006 — Giving Robot Hands a Feeling

Edward Ming Bao, BASIS San Antonio Shavano Campus, San Antonio, TX, United States of America

EGSD001 — A Novel Wireless Charging System for IMDs Using 2.4GHz EM Waves

Anish Anand, Palos Verdes Peninsula High School, Ranch Palos Verdes, CA, United States of America

ENEV053 — Self-Recycling System for Microplastic Removal: Development of a Novel Ferrofluid-Based Filtration Technology for Affordable Water Treatment

Mia Heller, Mountain Vista Governor’s School, Warrenton, VA, United States of America

ETSD001 — Modulating Z-Axis Movement to Increase the Layer Adhesion of 3D Printed Parts

Akos Kalman Vida, Korosi Csoma Sandor Bilingual Baptist High School, Budapest, Pest, Hungary

MATS065 — Novel Alternative Method to Improve the Safety and Targeting of Nanotherapeutics

Aarush Mohan Tutiki, Albuquerque Academy, Albuquerque, NM, United States of America

PHYS026 — ForeCAT: Advancing Clear Air Turbulence Prediction for Aviation Safety With Atmospheric Physics Informed Neural Networks and Spatiotemporal Weather Data

Aditya Sengupta, The Overlake School, Bellevue, WA, United States of America

ROBO032 — Chain of Action (CoA): LLM-Powered Multi-Agent Hexapod-Drone System

Haodong Wei, Cranbrook Kingswood School, Troy, MI, United States of America

TECA012 — BrainSync: Advanced Neural Decoding With fMRI and EEG for Reconstruction of Visual Perception in Neurological States

Yashvir Sabharwal , Battlefield High School, Bristow, VA, United States of America

Top Award of $1,000, and an American flag and a framed copy of the first patent granted in the USA

EBED005 — SubArc: An Inexpensive, High Resolution, Open Source, Absolute Magnetic Rotary Encoder

Frank Eugene Lucci, BASIS San Antonio Shavano Campus, San Antonio, TX, United States of America

Qatar Research, Development, and Innovation Council

The Qatar Research, Development, and Innovation (QRDI) Council, is committed to promoting advancements in research, development, and innovation initiatives locally and globally. QRDI catalyzes progress across various sectors, fostering collaboration and partnerships to address pressing societal issues and promote sustainable growth. The QRDI Awards acknowledge outstanding achievements in research and innovation across four distinct categories. Each team will receive a $500 award for their remarkable contributions to research and discovery.

The Qatar Research, Development, and Innovation Council awards will recognize 10 projects in the following categories: Agriculture and Water Management, Personalized Healthcare, Climate and Sustainability, and Emerging Information Technologies

BMED015 — Paving the Path to the Impossible: Regenerating Neurons Using Prostaglandin E2 Regulation as a Therapeutic Strategy

Uma Sthanu, Westwood High School, Austin, TX, United States of America

EBED037 — Intelligent Laser-Based Sensor in the Mid-Infrared Region for Precise Trace Detection of Benzene

Sama Ahmed Bukhamsin, Dhahran Ahliyya School, Al Khobar, Eastern, Saudi Arabia

ENBM065 — GastroSense – Non-invasive Method to Efficiently Detect Various GI Issues Unaccompanied by Deleterious Effects on the GI Tract

Grace Samer Yacobe, Academy of Notre Dame de Namur, Broomall, PA, United States of America

ENEV035T — Water Surface Remediation Using Liquid Marbles Formed by Self-Assembled ZnO Micro-Nanostructures

Laurentiu Palii, Aristotle Republican Theoretical Lyceum, Chisinau, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
Ruslan Gaitur, Liceul Academie de Stiinte a Moldovei, Ungheni, Ungheni, Republic of Moldova

MATH020 — Geometric Hyperplane Intersection Solver: A Matrix-Inversion-Free Framework Enhanced by Quantum and Evolutionary Algorithms

Tawfiq Abdullah Tawfiq Jallad, Firas Al-Ajlouni School, Amman, Jordan

MATS033T — EcoReishiFlex: An Innovative Sustainable Biodegradable Plastic Alternative Made From Ganoderma lucidum (Reishi Fungi) Polysaccharides

Kamila Zoe Rotger – Costas, Colegio Rosa-Bell, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
Miranda Sanz – Alvarez, Colegio Rosa-Bell, Caguas , Puerto Rico

MCRO013T — Development and Evaluation of a Novel Smart Automated System for Chromogenic Bacterial Detection in Water Samples

Ali Hamad Al Hamadi, Qatar Science and Technology Secondary School for Boys, Doha, Qatar
Fahad Al-Tamimi, Qatar Science and Technology Secondary School for Boys, Doha, Qatar

SOFT002 — A Hybrid Learning-Driven Approach for Lung Enhancement, Tumor Detection and Fibrosis System

Fay Salim Al Mahrouqi, Dohat al Adab, Muscat, Oman

TMED057T — Antimicrobial Potential of the Hydroalcoholic Extract of Myracrodruon urundeuva (Aroeira)

Gabriel Lopes Fernandes Filho, Escola Estadual Professor Abel Freire Coelho., Mossoro, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Otavio da Costa Nogueira, Escola Estadual Professor Abel Freire Coelho., Mossoro, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Rita Izabely Lopes da Costa, Escola Estadual Professor Abel Freire Coelho., Mossoro, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

TMED058T — EDAD: Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease Utilizing Low-Cost Plasma Peptide Extraction, Atmospheric Pressure Mass Spectrometer, and Support Vector Machine-Based Classification of Amyloid-Beta Species

Charly David Tawatao Manuel, Alaminos City National High School, Mabini, Pangasinan, Philippines
Klein Gunneries Rarang Bubos, Alaminos City National High School, Alaminos City, Pangasinan, Philippines
Rey Alfred Sevilla Quiam, Alaminos City National High School, Alaminos City , Pangasinan, Philippines

Qorvo

Qorvo technology has been at the heart of systems that connect, protect and power the planet for more than 30 years. As a company, we foster multiple outreach activities, focus on building a strong foundation for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM). An important pillar of our Qorvo Cares Program is promoting STEM Education, where the passions of our scientific communities are cultivated, inspired, and transferred to the next generations of young people, including our future employees, customers, and global community networks.

Qorvo Innovator Award – 3rd Place

PHYS024 — Novel Flexible Substrate-based 2D MoS2 Devices and Novel Ionic Liquid Gated MoS2 Field-effect Transistors on Flexible Substrates

Michael Jiaqi Zhu, University School, Avon, OH, United States of America

Qorvo Innovator Award – 2nd Place

MATS018 — Next-Gen Smart Materials: Thermo-Responsive and Conductive 3D Printable Polymer Gels

Vallabh Ramesh, duPont Manual High School, Louisville, KY, United States of America

Qorvo Innovator Award – 1st Place

EBED032 — An AI-Driven Thermodynamics Based IOT Sensor Network for the Ultra-Early Detection of Wildfires Without Line of Sight View of Fire

Ryan Honary, Newport Harbor High School, Newport Coast, CA, United States of America

Qorvo Innovator Award Winners will receive a framed certificate and cash scholarships. Interested winners will also receive 1 year mentorship from one of Qorvo engineers. We are honor to announce the 3 finalists’ winners of 2023 Qorvo Innovator Awards. * The 2nd runner up winner will receive $2,000 scholarship – Name of student TBD * The 1st runner up winner will receive $3,000 scholarship – Name of student TBD * The First-Place winner of Qorvo 2023 Innovator Award will receive $5,000 scholarship – Name of student TBD

Ricoh USA, Inc

Ricoh is empowering digital workplaces using innovative technologies and services that enable individuals to work smarter from anywhere. With cultivated knowledge and organizational capabilities nurtured over its 86-years history, Ricoh is a leading provider of digital services and information management, and print and imaging solutions designed to support digital transformation and optimize business performance. Ricoh has a long-standing environmental mission and commitment to sustainability, bringing corporate, social and environmental responsibilities into balance.

Ricoh Sustainable Development Award of $10,000

ENEV027 — HeatLeaf: A Small Scale Hybrid Renewable Energy System That Incorporates Biomimicry

Hanah Koh, Harmony Science Academy – El Paso, El Paso, TX, United States of America

Student(s) of the winning project will receive a Ricoh Sustainable Development Award certificate and a scholarship of $10,000.

Serving Society Through Science

Serving Society Through Science (SSTS) is dedicated to recognizing talented individuals who seek to serve humanity. SSTS awards creative, outstanding projects that have the potential to improve the lives of people or represent a dramatic scientific advancement.

Second Award of $500

ANIM016 — Utilizing Ants to Mitigate MSW Landfill-Generated Methane Production Through Novel Aerobic Digester System for Anthropogenic Food Waste Decomposition

Ananya Gulur Nagendra, Plano East Senior High School, Plano, TX, United States of America

CHEM019 — 2-Phenylalkynylsilyl Acetaminophen as a Less Toxic and More Effective Pain Medication

Chloe Yehwon Lee, Plano East Senior High School, Murphy, TX, United States of America

EAEV010 — Livestock Emissions and Coconut Waste: Analyzing the Inhibitory Potential of Coconut Waste Products in Cattle Manure Methane Emissions

Mitul Sendilkumar, BASIS San Antonio Shavano Campus, San Antonio, TX, United States of America

EBED044 — A Wearable Low-Cost 10.5 GHz Radar-Based Early Collision Warning System for Pedestrians With Dynamic Threshold Adjustment

Cavon Hajimiri, Polytechnic School, La Canada Flintridge, CA, United States of America

ETSD052 — SkyProbe: A Thrust Vectoring UAV for Enhanced Contact-Based Inspection Performance in Windy Conditions

Jingxuan Zhou, Northfield Mount Hermon School, Gill, MA, United States of America

MATS063 — An Alternative Suture Material Synthesized From Marine Invertebrates

Chloe Carey Wnek, Marine Academy of Technology and Environmental Science, Pine Beach, NJ, United States of America

PHYS076 — The First Quantum Computing Model Using Hadamard Random Walk and Grover Search for Semantic Memory in Neurodegenerative Diseases

David Jaewon Myung, Montgomery Blair High School, Ashton, MD, United States of America

PLNT007 — Development of an Industrially Viable Oxytetracycline Nano-Formulation and OXYCHECK Detection System to Combat Citrus Greening: Year 3

Moitri Santra, Oviedo High School, Oviedo, FL, United States of America

First Award of $1000

MATH031 — Slice Genus Bounds for Knots Using Grid Diagrams

Christopher Qiu, Bridgewater-Raritan High School, Bridgewater, NJ, United States of America

TMED084 — Discovery of Novel Self-Antigens in IgG4-Related Disease Using Computational Modeling and Human Proteome Screening

Mahilan Guha, Montgomery Blair High School, Potomac, MD, United States of America

Shanghai Association for the Advancement of Science for Youths

Shanghai Association for the Advancement of Science for Youths (SAASY) is committed to popularizing and disseminating science and technology to young people and the public. As a leading STEM education organization which has a long history, SAASY works with hundreds of researchers and industry experts in STEM field, providing high-quality online and on-site STEM education resources and training programs. Awards are given to recognize outstanding projects in all disciplines.

Award

Iris Shen, College Park High School, Spring, TX, United States of America

EGSD004 — A Novel Hybrid-Powered Low-Cost System for Volcanic Hazard Detection

Ruixuan Yang, Harrow International School Beijing, Beijing, China

EGSD008T — Black Phosphorus Anode: Realizing Fast Charging Lithium-ion Batteries

Chi Kin Pun, Pui Ching Middle School, Taipa, China, Macao Special Administrative Region
Pok Hei Leong, Pui Ching Middle School, Macao, China, Macao Special Administrative Region

ENEV001 — A Digital and Portable Integrated Apparatus for Dynamic Monitoring and Highly Efficient Catalysis of Trace Formaldehyde Using Fe-Based TiO2 Single-nanoparticle Photocatalyst

XinYan Chen, Shanghai High School International Division, San Gabriel, CA, United States of America

TMED061 — Utilizing FDM 3D Printing to Fabricate Biodegradable PCL-Dexamethasone Implants for DME

Lana Yahya Nouri, Al Zikr Schools, Jeddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia

Winners will receive certificates.

Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society

Founded in 1886, Sigma Xi is the international honor society of research scientists and engineers, with a distinguished history of service to science and society. This multi-disciplinary society includes members who were elected based on their research achievements or potential, and historically, more than 200 members have won the Nobel Prize. The Society is pleased to offer awards for the best demonstration of interdisciplinary research.

Second Life Science Award of $800

ANIM050T — BeeShield: An Innovative Varroa Mite Protection Tunnel Using Bee Behaviors at the Hive Entrance and Mite Response to Formic Acid

Kittanon Mueangkaew, Damrongratsongkroh School, Muang, Chaingrai, Thailand
Pannawit Teerananpattana, Damrongratsongkroh School, Muang, Chiang Rai, Thailand
Wipharat Thanawong, Damrongratsongkroh School, Muang Chiang Rai, Chiang Rai, Thailand

First Life Science Award of $1,200

ENEV071T — Bast Fiber and Novel Hydrogel Integration for Sustainable Postpartum Care

Aarna Patel, Arizona College Prep High School, Chandler, AZ, United States of America
Joanna Thomas, Arizona College Prep High School, Gilbert, AZ, United States of America
Reese Bermeo, Arizona College Prep High School, Gilbert, AZ, United States of America

Second Physical Science Award of $800

ENBM022T — Innovating Cost-Effective Cardiological Sound Transducers for Enhanced Applications

James Edward Mays, Martha Ellen Stilwell School of the Arts, Rex, GA, United States of America
Ka’lil Kaden Lamont Remer, Martha Ellen Stilwell School of the Arts, Rex, GA, United States of America

First Physical Science Award of $1,200

EGSD014T — Solara: A Self-Sustaining, Solar-Powered Heating System Utilizing Parabolic Reflection, Thermal Conductivity, and Automated Airflow Regulation for Energy-Efficient and Electricity-Free Climate Control

Antone Hamada Anton Qasir, Modern Montessori School, Amman, Jordan
Yara Lawrence Mohideen AlRousan, Modern Montessori School, Amman, Jordan

Second Behavioral and Social Science Award of $800

BEHA004T — SoundKraft: A Gamified, Sensory-Adaptive Screening System for Geriatric Cognitive Impairment

Keyaan Deven Shah, Dhirubhai Ambani International School, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Vanya Karan Gupta, Fravashi International Academy, Nashik, India

First Award Behavioral and Social Science Award of $1,200

BEHA067T — Nightingale: Panic Attacks Treatment

Malak Maged Abowady, STEM School of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt
Mariem Mohamed Elkady, STEM School of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt

Silicon Valley Engineering Council

Silicon Valley Engineering Council is the premier alliance of Engineering Societies founded in 1989, dedicated to advancing its member organizations and promoting STEM innovation by fostering curiosity, critical thinking, and technical excellence in future engineers and scientists.

3rd Place Prize

SOFT005 — Novel Approach to Calculation of Bike Route Distance Using Concept of Fractal Dimension

Mikhail Abraimov, Lawton Chiles High School, Tallahassee, FL, United States of America

2nd Place Prize

TMED042 — OncoNote: Enabling the Discovery of a Novel Digital Biomarker for Early Pan-Cancer Survival and Recurrence Prediction via Free-Text Clinical Narratives

Vrishank Chandrasekhar, Lynbrook High School, San Jose, CA, United States of America

1st Place Award

CBIO041 — Non-Invasive Blood-Based Early Alzheimer’s Detection Using Sex-Specific Brain-Blood Graph Reinforcement Learning

Claire Xu, The Harker School, Cupertino, CA, United States of America

Society Alumni Special Award

The Society for Science Alumni Special Award Committee is composed of alumni from Society programs, such as ISEF, Science Talent Search, and Junior Innovators Challenge. The committee is a self-organizing group of over 100 volunteers who worked together to devise the criteria, raise money, and judge this year’s inaugural award. This group of alumni was inspired by the resilience they learned to have while doing research and competing in Society for Science programs, so the 2025 award is for the project that best exemplifies extraordinary outcomes with ordinary resources.

Cash Award

ENBM033 — Wearable Stethoscope Array for Cardiopulmonary Sound Localization and Interference Suppression Using Beamforming

Kayley Xu, The Bishop’s School, San Diego, CA, United States of America

PHYS026 — ForeCAT: Advancing Clear Air Turbulence Prediction for Aviation Safety With Atmospheric Physics Informed Neural Networks and Spatiotemporal Weather Data

Aditya Sengupta, The Overlake School, Bellevue, WA, United States of America

TUBITAK The Scientific and Technological Research Institution of Türkiye

TÜBÄ°TAK is the leading agency for funding and conduct of research in Türkiye. TÜBÄ°TAK is responsible for promoting, developing, organizing, conducting, coordinating research and development in line with national targets and priorities. TÜBÄ°TAK not only supports innovation, academic and industrial R&D studies but also develops scientific and technological policies and manages R&D institutes, carrying on research, technology and development studies. TÜBÄ°TAK will distribute 5 cash awards to the best projects, each of which is in the amount of 1000$ (5000$ in total) in ISEF 2023.

1st Prize Award

CELL022T — Decoding ASXL3: A Novel Predictor of the Spectrum, Onset, and Treatment for Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Lara Hammoud, Detroit Country Day School, Franklin, MI, United States of America
Maya Sarah Hammoud, Detroit Country Day School, Franklin, MI, United States of America

CHEM017T — Photoswitchable Wetting Properties in Bifunctional Metavanadate-Promoted Chitosan/Cassava Biopolymer Films: A Mechanistic Study

Chayada Wisuttirattanamanee, Kamnoetvidya Science Academy, Mueang, Udon thani, Thailand
Nichaphat Aueng-Aree, Kamnoetvidya Science Academy, Mueang, Udon Thani, Thailand
Pongpop Sangsawang, Kamnoetvidya Science Academy, Mueng, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand

MATH023 — Make24: Elegant Elementary Bounds for a Numbers Game

Liqian Ying, NUS High School of Mathematics & Science, Singapore, Singapore

PHYS071 — Emergent Quantum Inductance in a Chiral Orbital Current State: Next-Generation Quantum Materials and Applications

Tristan Rei Cao, Stargate School, Broomfield, CO, United States of America

SOFT057 — HM-Detect: Murmur Detection and Classification Methodology Using A Novel C^2-LSTM Architecture for Multi-Modal Signals

Ram Sivaraman, Acton Boxborough Regional High School, Acton, MA, United States of America

Westlake University

Established in 2018, Westlake University is a leading research university with a strong emphasis on fundamental scientific research and cutting-edge technological innovation in Hangzhou, China. Our university is making pioneering research breakthroughs and advancing the frontiers of knowledge by inspiring the next generation of leaders in science and engineering from diverse cultures through world-class research, international collaboration, and academic programs taught in English.

Westlake University is awarding Pre-college Summer Program Scholarships, covering the program fee, lodging, food, insurance, round-trip international airfare, and excursions in Hangzhou & Shanghai this summer, to up to five finalists. Outstanding students will be given priority with full scholarships for four years of undergraduate admissions, applicable to any major, at Westlake University.

ANIM010 — Generating RNAi Pesticides to Specifically Target Invasive Species: A Case Study Examining Feasibility in the Red Fire Ant (Solenopsis invicta)

Madeline Rose Borchert, The Alabama School of Math and Science, Mobile, AL, United States of America

BCHM013 — Optimization of One-Component Ionizable Amphiphilic Janus Dendrimer Design for Enhanced Dendrimersome Nanoparticle mRNA Delivery

Joshua Hyungwan Kim, McCallie School, Chattanooga, TN, United States of America

EBED020 — Echo-Feather: A Controlled Acoustic Levitation Platform for Electronics Manufacturing

Anton Bulancea, Liceul Teoretic Orizont, Chisinau, Mun. Chisinau, Republic of Moldova

MCRO039 — Leveraging Microbiome Data and Machine Learning for the Identification of Novel Biomarkers in Early Detection and Classification of Pancreatic Cancer

Vrushab Karthik, Jesuit High School, Portland, OR, United States of America

Each winning student will receive an award including pre-college program scholarships that cover the program fee, lodging, food, insurance, round-trip international airfare, and excursions in Hangzhou and Shanghai during the summer of 2025, and full-tuition scholarships for undergrad studies at Westlake University, applicable to any major.

YM American Academy

YM American Academy (YMAA) is a leading education consulting organization, dedicated to help US and Chinese students apply to US universities, graduate schools and high schools. We are focusing on the student’s life growth through our comprehensive service and guidance. YM American Academy (YMAA) is pleased to award outstanding projects that display outstanding creativity, ingenuity in science and engineering, focusing on all areas in chemistry sciences.

Third Award of $500.00

CHEM022 — Development of an Assay Method for Zirconium Based on Chemiluminescence

Andrew Hantong Zhang, Norman North High School, Norman, OK, United States of America

Second Award of $1000

CHEM014 — Silver Nanoparticles From Food Waste: An Innovative Green Synthesis to Remove Synthetic Dyes for Novel Applications in Water Treatment

Tyler Alan Clair, Minnetonka High School, Excelsior, MN, United States of America

First Award of $3,000

CHEM013 — Testing a Novel Water Purification Method: Synthesis and Iron Modification of Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks for the Adsorption of Hexavalent Chromium

Urvi Mysore, James Clemens High School, Madison, AL, United States of America

Winner will also receive a certificate

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Society Names Two New Members to Honorary Board

Kevin Easterly — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 14:00:03 +0000

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Society for Science named two new members to its Honorary Board. Honorary Board members are elected by the Society’s Board of Trustees to provide strategic guidance and input on scientific issues important to the Society’s mission. The board members include distinguished scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs and innovators.

The new members are:

Carolyn R. Bertozzi
Baker Family Director, Sarafan ChEM- Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Chemistry and Professor (by courtesy) of Chemical & Systems Biology
Department of Chemistry and Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2022

Mary Sue Coleman
President Emerita, University of Michigan
Former President, Association of American Universities
Former Chair of Society for Science Board of Trustees
Science Talent Search 1961
International Science and Engineering Fair 1959-60

“We are honored to welcome Carolyn and Mary Sue to the Honorary Board. They are extremely respected scientific leaders, who serve as role models for young people everywhere,” said Maya Ajmera, President & CEO, Society for Science and Executive Publisher, Science News.

“We are delighted to welcome two scientific pioneers and dedicated educators as members of the Society’s Honorary Board. We are fortunate that Mary Sue, a former Chair of the Board of Trustees, has agreed to continue to support the Society’s efforts to engage young people in science and explain the workings of the world to the general public, and we eagerly anticipate the new insights that Carolyn will bring to the Society,” said Thomas F. Rosenbaum, Society for Science Board of Trustees Chair.

As part of the Honorary Board, Bertozzi and Coleman will assist the Society in thinking through strategic organizational questions and speaking to students who compete in our science competitions.

About Society for Science

Society for Science is a champion for science, dedicated to promoting the understanding and appreciation of science and the vital role it plays in human advancement. Established in 1921, Society for Science is best known for its award-winning journalism through Science News and Science News Explores, its world-class science research competitions for students, including the Regeneron Science Talent Search, the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair and the Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge, and its outreach programming that seeks to ensure that all students have an opportunity to pursue a career in STEM. A 501(c)(3) membership organization, Society for Science is committed to inform, educate and inspire. Learn more at www.societyforscience.org and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat (Society4Science).

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Empowering Classrooms: $58K in STEM Research Grants Help Educators Inspire Hands-On Discovery, Changing Students’ Lives

Kevin Easterly — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 13:00:32 +0000

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This year, Society for Science is proud to name 24 outstanding educators as recipients of its STEM Research Grants program, an initiative dedicated to expanding inquiry-driven science education in middle and high school classrooms nationwide.

Educators from across the country—from dynamic urban centers like Chicago and the Bronx to rural regions like Bismarck, North Dakota and Butte, Montana—will receive grants to empower them to bring essential STEM research equipment and project-based learning experiences to students in communities and schools throughout the United States.

The STEM Research Grants come in two forms: (1) research kits assembled and distributed to teachers by Society for Science and (2) funds paid directly to teachers intended for STEM equipment. The funds vary between $2,000 and $5,000, based on what the teacher requested for their classroom.

“Congratulations to the 24 recipients of this year’s STEM Research Grants. These grants empower educators to bring transformative, hands-on STEM experiences to classrooms nationwide, opening doors for students to engage in research projects they are curious about. This program helps to ensure that educators have the tools they need to inspire all students to think critically, learn new skills and solve science problems,” said Maya Ajmera, President & CEO of Society for Science and Executive Publisher of Science News.

The 24 awardees will bring hands-on STEM learning to classrooms in all corners of our nation. The recipients come from 12 states. Among them, 11 educators will receive research kits, while 13 will receive up to $5,000 in funding to inspire creativity and support student exploration in their scientific interests. The research kits, valued at $1,000 each, are designed to support many students in STEM research.

This year’s STEM Research Grants program is sponsored by Regeneron, and Victoria and Michael Chambers.

Priority is given to schools that lack access to funding for research equipment. This year, the majority of STEM Research Grantees are educators from public schools. With support from the Society’s STEM Research Grants, students will have a greater opportunity to venture into independent research projects that extend beyond their standard curricula, opening doors to participate in science fairs and showcase their work.

See the full list of Research Grantees here and below:

Kelsy Achtenberg, The Innovation School (Bismarck, North Dakota)
Deborah Armstrong, Mineola High School (Mineola, Texas)
Marie A. Baptiste, Leadership & Global Studies Academy (Houston, Texas)
Aja Brown, The Metropolitan Soundview High School (Bronx, New York)
Janice Coleman-Mathus, Parkside STEAM Community Academy (Chicago, Illinois)
Brianna Havir, Heritage E-STEM Magnet (West St. Paul, Minnesota)
Jace Haynes, East Middle School (Butte, Montana)
Willman Henriquez Osorio, George L. Carrington Middle School (Durham, North Carolina)
Katherine Kidd, Virgil Browne Glencoe Charter School (Franklin, Louisiana)
Megan LaRoque, Lincoln County High School (Eureka, Montana)
Lyndsey Lynch, Hanover Junior Senior High School (Colorado Springs, Colorado)
Zach Martin, Blackman Middle School (Murfreesboro, Tennessee)
Kevin McDonald, Lee High School (Huntsville, Alabama)
Coleen Nelson-Schafer, Martin Luther King Jr. Academic Magnet High School (Nashville, Tennessee)
Shelby Nesheim, Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé (Juneau, Alaska)
Natasha Rabinowitz, Central High School (Pheonix City, Alabama)
Consuela Reed, Benton Hall Academy (Nashville, Tennessee)
Zulaika Shamshieva, Tallahassee School of Math and Science (Tallahassee, Florida)
Gregory Smith, John Overton Comprehensive High School (Nashville, Tennessee)
Emily Stafford, Columbia Central High School (Columbia, Tennessee)
Marcus Staley, Shiloh Christian School (Bismarck, North Dakota)
Joshua Swartz, Hillsboro High School (Nashville, Tennessee)
Bryan Wood, Risley International School of Innovation (Pueblo, Colorado)
Trenton Young, Hunter High School (West Valley City, Utah)

This year, the kits for each teacher will contain 3 Arduinos, 2 PocketLab Voyagers, 1 Leaf Pack and 1 Soil Test Kit and 1 Garden Kit:

Arduino Starter Kits – Each STEM kit includes three Arduino Starter Kits. With this open-source hardware and software platform, students can get started on learning about electronics. Available in a variety of languages and simple to use in any location, teachers can lead students through projects about voltage, current, coding and the fundamentals of programming. Students can build innovative prototypes with Arduino boards for research projects with this kit.

Leaf Pack Stream Ecology Kit – Students will dive into the fascinating world of freshwater ecosystems with a field kit, created by aquatic specialists and educators from the Stroud Water Research Center and LaMotte. Unveiling the secrets of streamside forests and aquatic life, this kit empowers students to explore the intricate relationships between streams, food chain dynamics, and the impact of pollution. Kits include six mesh bags, a stainless-steel strainer and DiscoveryScope® to spark curiosity and enable engaging, hands-on research into the diverse realm of freshwater macroinvertebrates and their habitats.

LaMotte® Garden Kit – Each kit includes one soil test kit with a refill, equipping students with tools to conduct precise soil analysis. The kit enables students to perform rapid test procedures and reference laminated color charts to measure concentrations of nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and soil pH. Key components include a pH Indicator, Nitrogen Extracting Solution Phosphorus Test Tablets and more, ensuring students engage in a scientifically rigorous exploration of soil composition and garden analysis.

PocketLab Voyagers – Each STEM Research Grantee receives two PocketLab Voyagers. This gadget can fit into one’s pocket, hence the name, and enables students to conduct research from anywhere. The small pocket laboratory can help students explore physics, weather, climate studies and engineering topics via sensing capabilities that measure acceleration, angular velocity, magnetic fields, altitude, infrared rangefinder and more. Users can stream real-time data with the Pocket Lab app to their own devices.

For years, the Society for Science has been committed to strengthening STEM education by giving classrooms greater research tools—empowering students with the skills and experience needed to become tomorrow’s scientists, engineers and innovators. To date, the Society is proud to have distributed over 9,200 research kits and $943,000 of funding to 721 dedicated educators teaching in schools with limited and fewer STEM learning opportunities to truly thrive. Priority is given to schools with limited access to research equipment or funding, especially those serving students from a variety of backgrounds in STEM. These educators represent all 50 states, Washington D.C., American Samoa, Guam, Mexico, Northern Mariana Islands, Peru, Puerto Rico and Uruguay.

For more information, please visit https://www.societyforscience.org/outreach-and-equity/stem-research-grants/

About Society for Science

Society for Science is a champion for science, dedicated to promoting the understanding and appreciation of science and the vital role it plays in human advancement. Established in 1921, Society for Science is best known for its award-winning journalism through Science News and Science News Explores, its world-class science research competitions for students, including the Regeneron Science Talent Search, the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair and the Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge, and its STEM Outreach programming that seeks to ensure that all students have an opportunity to pursue a career in STEM. A 501(c)(3) membership organization, Society for Science is committed to inform, educate and inspire. Learn more at www.societyforscience.org and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat (Society4Science).  

Media Contact:
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Director of Communications
Society for Science
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Society for Science National Leadership Council Co-Chairs

Kevin Easterly — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 14:47:10 +0000

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Society for Science is pleased to announce that Catherine Havasi and Kevin Heller have been named Co-Chairs of the Society’s National Leadership Council, which is composed of alumni leaders from all three of the Society’s science competitions. The council seeks to promote the Society’s goals and our alumni, creating a spirit of unity and support.

“I am thrilled to announce Catherine and Kevin as Co-Chairs of the NLC,” said Maya Ajmera, President and CEO, Society for Science and Executive Publisher of Science News. “Their leadership, dedication and passion for our mission will be instrumental in strengthening our alumni community, fostering connections and inspiring the next generation of scientists and innovators. I look forward to the impact they will make in advancing our shared goals.”

Catherine Havasi specializes in artificial intelligence and natural language processing and how organizations innovate and operationalize emerging technologies. She is a serial entrepreneur who has founded and exited companies in customer service, financial services, and dual-use. She previously held a research scientist position at MIT Media Lab, where she started the project that created the AI resource ConceptNet and authored numerous peer reviewed publications. She is currently building a new stealth mode venture in the national interest space. Catherine received her S.B. and M. Eng from MIT and her Ph.D. in Computer Science from Brandeis University. Catherine is an alumnus of the Science Talent Search 1999 and the International Science and Engineering Fair 1996, 1998 and 1999.

Kevin Heller is a biotech executive, physician-scientist, and drug developer with over 20 years of experience in oncology research in academia and industry. His experience spans across all stages of oncology drug development from discovery (academia) and pre-IND through commercialization and business development. He participated in the development of multiple FDA approved drugs. He received his Bachelor’s degree in molecular biophysics and biochemistry from Yale University and his medical degree from George Washington University before training in pediatrics and then pediatric hematology/oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Following his fellowship, Heller joined the faculty at Rockefeller University as Instructor and subsequently Chief Clinical Scholar of Clinical Investigation in the laboratory of Ralph Steinman. Heller is an alumnus of the Science Talent Search 1989.

About Society for Science

Society for Science is a champion for science, dedicated to promoting the understanding and appreciation of science and the vital role it plays in human advancement. Established in 1921, Society for Science is best known for its award-winning journalism through Science News and Science News Explores, its world-class science research competitions for students, including the Regeneron Science Talent Search, the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair, and the Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge, and its STEM Outreach programming that seeks to ensure that all students have an opportunity to pursue a career in STEM. A 501(c)(3) membership organization, Society for Science is committed to inform, educate and inspire. Learn more at www.societyforscience.org and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat (Society4Science).

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Regeneron Science Talent Search 2025 Awards More Than $1.8 Million to High School Seniors for Innovative Research on Classifying Celestial Objects, Treating a Rare Muscle Disease and Solving a Long-Standing Math Problem

Kevin Easterly — Wed, 12 Mar 2025 01:26:18 +0000

$250,000 top award goes to Matteo Paz in America’s longest running and most distinguished science and math competition

TARRYTOWN, N.Y. and WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 11, 2025) – Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: REGN) and Society for Science (the Society) announced that Matteo Paz, 18, of Pasadena, California, won the top award of $250,000 in the 2025 Regeneron Science Talent Search, the U.S.’s oldest and most prestigious science and math competition for high school seniors.

Now in its 84th year, the competition celebrates and rewards young innovators who are applying their Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) talent and leadership skills to push the boundaries of discovery and address today’s pressing challenges.

Forty finalists, including Matteo, were honored this evening during an award ceremony at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C, where they were awarded more than $1.8 million in prizes for their groundbreaking research, exceptional problem-solving skills and potential to shape the future of STEM.

Matteo Paz, 18, of Pasadena, California, won first place and $250,000 for designing machine-learning algorithms to efficiently comb through 200 billion entries of raw NEOWISE infrared full-sky data. By analyzing tiny changes in infrared radiation, the AI sorted the objects into 10 classes. He found 1.5 million new potential objects.

Second place and $175,000 went to Ava Grace Cummings, 18, of Smithfield, North Carolina, for creating a fruit fly model of STAC3 disorder, or Native American myopathy (a rare genetic muscle disease). She found that the common nettle herb, alone or combined with the experimental drug Tirasemtiv, improved movement in both adult flies and larvae.

Third place and $150,000 went to Owen Jianwen Zhang, 18, of Bellevue, Washington, who solved a long-standing math problem about objects called 3-uniform hypergraphs. He proved a maximum value for how many 3-uniform hypergraphs can have similar structures but differing connections. Owen’s results have applications in computer science.

“Congratulations to the winners of this year’s Regeneron Science Talent Search,” said Maya Ajmera, President and CEO, Society for Science and Executive Publisher, Science News. “The remarkable creativity and dedication of these students bring renewed hope for our future. Driven by their ingenuity, these young scientists are developing groundbreaking solutions that have the potential to transform our world and propel society forward.”

The Regeneron Science Talent Search provides a national platform for high school seniors to showcase original, innovative STEM research that proposes novel solutions to real-world issues. Finalists are evaluated for their scientific rigor, originality, critical thinking, leadership potential and commitment to drive meaningful impact across crucial STEM fields.

“The Science Talent Search changed my life. At my high school, STS winners were treated like star athletes, and I never imagined I would belong in such an amazing group of kids who were operating at a whole different level than I had ever seen,” said George D. Yancopoulos, co-Founder, Board co-Chair, President and Chief Scientific Officer of Regeneron and a 1976 Science Talent Search finalist and top winner. “The experience of competing in STS and being named a top winner gave me the confidence to devote my life to science. So, congratulations to this year’s finalists and winners, you are America’s best and brightest. I hope this moment inspires you to push boundaries, challenge assumptions and use your brilliance to change the world.”

Other top honors from the competition include:

Fourth Place: Logan Lee, 18, of Honolulu, Hawaii received a $100,000 award for helping sterile male mosquitoes survive in the wild. These males are important in mosquito control. Logan improved their survival by giving them a transplant of wild mosquito bacteria. His transplant helped the sterile mosquitoes grow faster and survive better in the wild.

Fifth Place: Rivka Lipkovitz, 18, of San Francisco, California received a $90,000 award for using statistical modeling to study U.S. voter ID laws. She found that presidential election turnout dropped by 2.4% in states that passed strict laws after 2008. Turnout for midterm elections increased. Knowing how laws affect turnout can help shape future policies.

Sixth Place: Melody Heeju Hong, 17, of Wantagh, New York received a $80,000 award for developing a powerful, flexible statistical model for mapping sites called trans-methylation quantitative trait loci (trans-mQTL) within the human genome. These sites are key to understanding the interplay between genes and environment in disease and aging.

Seventh Place: Kevin Shen, 18, of Olympia, Washington received a $70,000 award for building a custom flight computer to control a 3D-printed airplane with oblique wings. These aircraft can be more fuel-efficient but are hard to control. His oblique-wing aircraft and flight computer improved flight efficiency by 9.2%.

Eighth Place: Minghao Zou, 18, of Santa Clara, California received a $60,000 award for simulating protons to probe environments that produce subatomic particles called neutrinos. He created an algorithm mimicking extreme astrophysical conditions, such as electromagnetic and gravitational forces and interactions with nearby particles. He verified it using known cases of particle motion.

Ninth Place: Thanush Patlolla, 17, of Cary, North Carolina received a $50,000 award for approximating the density of electrons using a finite nuclear model. Using a mathematical strategy called a density function, he created a model to map electrons in a nuclear simulation. The map increased the accuracy of energy distribution predictions by 0.6%.

Tenth Place: Ray Zhang, 17, of Chantilly, Virginia received a $40,000 award for studying how to better treat drug-resistant Fusarium fungal infections. Ray studied how the fungus builds sticky communities of cells that resist drug treatment. He also found that using a combination of drugs better controlled the fungus.

Akilan Sankaran, 17, of Albuquerque, New Mexico was named the Seaborg Award winner and selected to speak on behalf of the Regeneron Science Talent Search Class of 2025. The 40 finalists chose Akilan as the student who best exemplifies their class and the legacy of nuclear chemist Glenn T. Seaborg, who won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1951 and served on the Society’s Board of Trustees for 30 years.

All other finalists received $25,000. All 40 finalists join a distinguished group of Science Talent Search alumni, many of whom have gone on to achieve world-changing careers in STEM, with some earning esteemed honors, including the Nobel Prize, National Medal of Science, and MacArthur Fellowship. In total, Regeneron awarded $3.1 million in prizes, including $2,000 to each top scholar and their school.

Learn more about Regeneron Science Talent Search at https://www.societyforscience.org/regeneron-sts/ and learn about all their research projects at our Virtual Public Showcase.

For media resources, visit https://www.societyforscience.org/2025-regeneron-science-talent-search-media-kit

About Society for Science

Society for Science is a champion for science, dedicated to promoting the understanding and appreciation of science and the vital role it plays in human advancement. Established in 1921, Society for Science is best known for its award-winning journalism through Science News and Science News Explores, its world-class science research competitions for students, including the Regeneron Science Talent Search, the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair and the Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge, and its outreach and equity programming that seeks to ensure that all students have an opportunity to pursue a career in STEM. A 501(c)(3) membership organization, Society for Science is committed to inform, educate and inspire. Learn more at www.societyforscience.org and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat (Society4Science).

About Regeneron

For more information, please visit www.Regeneron.com or follow Regeneron on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook or X.

Media Contacts

Joseph Brown, Regeneron
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Gayle Kansagor, Society for Science
703-489-1131, gkansagor@societyforscience.org

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