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Dr. Hope Babette Tang Humanism in Healthcare Essay Contest

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The annual Dr. Hope Babette Tang Humanism in Healthcare Essay Contest asks medical and nursing students to engage in a reflective writing exercise that illustrates an experience where they or a healthcare team member (doctors, nurses, therapists, social workers, pharmacists, patients and families, etc.) worked to ensure that humanism was at the core of care. Submissions that touch upon students’ personal experiences of humanistic care or stories of family and friends are also accepted.

Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 Dr. Hope Babette Tang Humanism in Healthcare Essay Contest! Read the full announcement here.

First-, second-, and third-place essays for both nursing and medical students are chosen by a panel including healthcare professionals, writers/journalists, and educators.

Winners receive monetary awards of $1000, $500 and $250, respectively, and their essays are published in Academic Medicine and The Journal of Professional Nursing in the fall.

For details, visit  Eligibility, Selection Criteria, and Process.

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Who was Dr. Hope Babette Tang?

The essay contest is named in memory of Hope Babette Tang, MD, an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center and the Pediatric Medical Director of the hospital’s HIV clinic until her death in 1998 at age 36. Dr. Tang’s patients were often facing numerous obstacles on top of their devastating medical challenges, which made healing even more difficult. Her mantra in caring for her patients was “Whatever it takes.” Her approach meant she saw the person in front of her, not just their medical situation. Many of her acts of caring only came to be known after her death. She treated the whole patient, a hallmark of humanistic care.

2024 Medical Student Winners

First Place | “A Drop of a Person” Caterina Florissi Harvard Medical School

Second Place | “Apartment 5 on Dolphin Drive” Noor Ahmed Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine at Seton Hill University

Third Place | “A Place for Grief” Danielle Collins Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

2024 Nursing Student Winners

First Place | “Baby J’s Song” Hailey Sommerfeld University pf Utah College of Nursing

Second Place | “The Cat” Megan McDowell Brenau University

Third Place | “A Quiet Place” Erin Bowdish The Valley Foundation School of Nursing at San Jose State University

Read the full announcement of the 2024 winners.

2024 Dr. Hope Babette Tang Humanism in Healthcare Essay Contest Prompt

Students were asked to use the following quote to reflect on an experience in any healthcare setting where they or another healthcare team member worked to put the person at the center of care.

“The practice of medicine is an art, not a trade; a calling, not a business; a calling in which your heart will be exercised equally with your head.” — William Osler

Hear past essay winners read and share about their essay through the Gold Connection Podcast

For more information about the Gold Foundation programs or their status, please contact Director of Program Initiatives Michelle Sloane at [email protected] .

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Helen H. Glaser Student Essay Award

To encourage medical students to write creative narratives or scholarly essays relevant to medicine. Winning essays will be published in the Autumn issue of  The Pharos .

Important Dates

Deadline for submission.

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Winners will be annouced

Cash awards of $1,500 for first place; $1,000 for second place; and $850 for third place.

Eligibility

Authors must be enrolled in medical schools that have an active ΑΩΑ Chapter or Association but need not be members of ΑΩΑ. However, if the author is an AΩA member, he/she must be an active member. Only one entry may be submitted per student.

Requirements

1. Essays must be written while the student is in medical school, must be the work of a single author, and must be an original work. The essay must not be offered to, or published by, any other journal or entered in any other contest prior to submission or during, the AΩA selection process. 

2. The essay must be related to medicine.

3. Essays should not be fictional or written in first person, but academic/scientific in theme.

4. The essay must not exceed 15 double-spaced pages of 12-point type with minimum 1-inch margins, exclusive of reference listing. The author’s name and essay title must be on each page, and all pages must be numbered.

5. Unique references, numbered consecutively, should be limited to 20. (Reference citation of a website is not acceptable unless a site is the sole source of the information or has official academic credentials. Examples of acceptable sites are official government web pages such as that of the National Institutes of Health.)

6. The Pharos Editorial Board suggests that authors review George Orwell’s “6 Rules for Writing”.

7. Essays that are not selected as award recipients may be submitted to other contests/publications after the winners are announced on March 8, 2024.

8. Essays not meeting all requirements will not be considered.

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Questions may be directed to  Libby Appel at 720-859-4149, or  [email protected]

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Past Student Essay Winners

Previous winners.

Begun in 1982, this award is annually awarded in June.  All medical students enrolled in schools with active AΩA chapters are encouraged to apply. The purpose of this award is to encourage medical students to sit down and write well-crafted creative narratives or scholarly essays relevant to medicine.

• First prize : $1,500
• Second prize : $1,000
• Third prize : $850

Winning essays will be published in future issues of  The Pharos.

• First prize – “Show me Your Scars” by Jeong Jun Kim, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

• Second prize tie – “The Fears and Needs of the Dying Child: The Case of Julianna Snow” by Aishwarya Gautam, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

• Second prize tie – “Remote Renaissance: Expanding Telehealth and Provider Incentives in Rural Areas” by Kathleen Warner, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

• Third prize – “Perseverance and Passion: The Road to Being a Woman in Neurosurgery” by Evangeline Bambakidis, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

• First prize – “The Words We Use Matter” by Mary (Molly) Fessler, University of Michigan Medical School
• Second prize – “Pathway Programs: A Promising Pipeline to Diversity and Equity for Tomorrow’s Physicians” by Ben Rhee, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
• Third prize tie – “What TikTok Teaches: Women’s Health and Medical Misinformation on TikTok” by Madelaine McElrath, New York Medical College
• Third prize tie – “Automation of Medicine: The Intersection of Healthcare and Artificial Intelligence” by Nitin Nadella, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
• Third prize tie – “Chronic Pain: An Invisible Disease in Western Biomedicine” by Allison Yan, The Ohio State University College of Medicine
• First prize: “Yellow Plague in America: the intersections of disease, social determinants and discrimination” by Rebecca Chen, Baylor College of Medicine
• Second prize: “The Silent Pandemic: Told & Untold Stories of Mental Health in a COVID-19 World” by Geetanjali Rajamani, University of Minnesota Medical School 
• Third prize: “Sociomedicine: Explanations for Race Disparities in Infant Mortality” by Adrienne Simmons, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine   
• First prize:  “Historic Context & Communication: Undoing Medical Mistrust” by Olivier Joseph, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
• Second prize:   “Health Care’s Carbon Footprint” by Preethi Kesavan, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Third prize:  “Respect” by Jaclyn Arvedon, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine at Florida International University
• First prize:  “If Dementia Comes for Me” by David Ney, Sidney Kimmel Medical College
• Second prize:  “Just the Honey” by Gillian Stein, New York University School of Medicine
• Third prize:  “Hair and Its Stories” by Jesse Perdily, New York University School of Medicine
• First prize:  “The Price of Pills: A Brief History of the Kefauver-Harris Amendment” by Reid Wilkening, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine
• Second prize:  “The Louse Manifesto” by Prisca Alilio, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine
• Third prize:  “Don Ze Pill” by Rebecca Grossman-Kahn, University of Michigan Medical School“Historic Context & Communication: Undoing Medical Mistrust” by Olivier Joseph, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine

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Building Trust Essay Contest

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In 2022, the ABIM Foundation launched the Building Trust Essay Contest to explore the diverse activities or projects that medical students are engaged in that build trust with their schools, faculty, peers, patients, and communities.

Building on the success of its first two years, the 2024 Building Trust Essay Contest expanded its scope to welcome submissions from students across all health professions, including nursing, medicine, pharmacy, physical therapy, and others. This expansion maintains the contest’s foundational commitment to exploring and celebrating initiatives rooted in trust.

2024 Winners

• Kaveri Curlin , University of California, Irvine School of Medicine
• Ella Eisinger , Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
• Claudia Rivera Barbeito , University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine
• Margaret Sorg , University of Kentucky College of Medicine

Honorable Mentions

• Melodyanne Cheng , David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
• Nitya Devisetti , Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
• Shannon Fang , Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
• Meilynn Shi , Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
• Margaret Flinter, APRN, PhD, FAAN, FAANP , Senior Vice President and Clinical Director of the Moses Weitzman Health System and its Community Health Center, Inc.; member of the ABIM Foundation’s Board of Trustees
• Erica Johnson, MD, FACP , Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Disease at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Program Director for the Internal Medicine Residency at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center; Associate Vice Chair for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Medical Education for the Johns Hopkins Department of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; member of the American Board of Internal Medicine’s Board of Directors and Chair of the American Board of Internal Medicine’s Infectious Disease Board
• Jackie Judd , former reporter for ABC News, CBS News, NPR, and the PBS NewsHour; Secretary-Treasurer of the ABIM Foundation’s Board of Trustees; member of the Board of Directors of the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation
• Elina Kurkurina, MPH , medical student at the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University; winner of the 2023 Building Trust Essay Contest
• Bruce A. Leff, MD , Professor of Medicine and Director of the Center for Transformative Geriatric Research at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; member of the ABIM Foundation’s Board of Trustees
• Furman S. McDonald, MD, MPH , Senior Vice President for Academic and Medical Affairs at the American Board of Internal Medicine; Adjunct Professor of Medicine at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science and the Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania
• Shannon Scielzo, PhD , Associate Professor and the Associate Director of Education in Internal Medicine, and Evaluation and Assessment Analyst for Graduate Medical Education at the University of Texas Southwest Medical Center; member of the American Board of Internal Medicine’s Rheumatology Board
• Daniel Wolfson, MHSA , former Executive Vice President and COO of the ABIM Foundation
• Molly Fessler , University of Michigan Medical School
• Isra Hasnain , The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
• Ian Jaffe , NYU Grossman School of Medicine
• Meher Kalkat , The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
• Elina Kurkurina , Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University
• Christopher Montgomery , UCSF School of Medicine
• Maria L. Belalcazar, MD , Vice Chair for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at the University of Texas Medical Branch
• Marianne M. Green, MD, FACP , Vice Dean for Education, Raymond H. Curry MD Professor of Medical Education, and Professor of Medicine at Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
• Lorna A. Lynn, MD , Vice President of Medical Education Research at the American Board of Internal Medicine
• Furman S. McDonald, MD, MPH , Senior Vice President for Academic and Medical Affairs at the American Board of Internal Medicine
• David Reuben, MD , Director, Multicampus Program in Geriatrics Medicine and Gerontology and Chief, Division of Geriatrics at UCLA
• Annelise Silva , AMSA National President-elect, medical student at Wright State Boonshoft School of Medicine
• Rohini Siva , AMSA National President, 4th year medical student at Eastern Virginia Medical School
• Daniel Wolfson, MHSA , Executive Vice President and COO of the ABIM Foundation
• Teva Brender , Oregon Health & Sciences University
• Howard Chang , THe Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
• Sunil Joshi , Oregon Health & Sciences University
• Meher Kalkat , The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
• Clarice Douille , Creighton University School of Medicine
• Veenadhari Kollipara , Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
• Paul Lewis , Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
• Armaan Ahmen Rowther, PhD , The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
• Suman Vadlamani , UT Southwestern Medical School
• Nicholas Wilson , Morehouse School of Medicine
• Andres Diaz , Editor of AMSA’s  The New Physician , MD/PhD student at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson
• Shan Jin , AMSA Academy Chair, a third-year medical student at the NYIT College Of Osteopathic Medicine
• David Reuben, MD , Director, Multicampus Program in Geriatrics Medicine and Gerontology and Chief, Division of Geriatrics at UCL
• Michael Walls, DO, MPH , AMSA National President, graduate of Touro University California

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Medicine & the Muse Program

Links: contests.

Alpha Omega Alpha Student Essay Contest (note: Stanford has an AΩA association)

Alpha Omega Alpha Student Poetry Contest  (note: Stanford has an AΩA association)

Baylor College of Medicine DeBakey Poetry Contest

Bioethx Under 25 Daniel Callahan Young Writer’s Prize

Conley Art of Medicine Contest  (All materials must be submitted by October 25, 2019)

Conley Ethics Essay Contest  (The contest will end on September 27, 2019)

Hektoen International Writing Contests

Hippocrates Poetry and Medicine Contest

Humanism in Medicine Essay Contest from the Arnold P. Gold Foundation

Irvin David Yalom, M.D. Literary Award  (Open to Stanford students and trainees only) 

Richard Selzer Prize , Des Moines University (Medical students who submit an essay or short story of up to 5,000 words will be considered for the $1,000 Richard Selzer Prize)

Society for the Social History of Medicine Prize Essay Competition

Stanley M. Kaplan Medical Student Essay Contest

UNESCO Bioethics Arts Competition

William Carlos Williams Poetry Contest for Medical Students , Northeast Ohio Medical University

Eligibility Requirements

The contest is open to medical students and residents. 

• Must be a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP). Join now .
• Must be enrolled in an ACGME accredited family medicine residency training program.

Selected winners must agree to the use of their essay in both the CHFM archive and in promotional materials such as the AAFP Foundation website.  

Non-winning applicants may apply more than once, provided they still meet all eligibility criteria listed above.

Essay Requirements

• Only one entry may be submitted per applicant.
• development of the specialty of Family Medicine
• the contributions of a particular individual to the specialty
• a medical or medical-political controversy within family medicine
• the impact of social or political change on the specialty
• documentation of the day-to-day work of a family physician (such as a narrative, written reminiscence, or interpretation of a diary)
• family physicians’ response to a disease, medical condition, or public health problem.
• The essay should be written in American Medical Association (AMA) style of format. It should not exceed 3,750 words and must be double-spaced with a 12-point font with minimum 1-inch margins, exclusive of reference listing.
• The paper must not be submitted to, or published by, any journal or entered in any other contest prior to submission to the CHFM Essay Contest or during the selection process. Essays that are not selected as winning essays in this competition may be submitted to other contests/publications after the winners are announced.
•  All entries must be written in English, by the applicant. Essays written with AI assistance are not eligible.
• Essays not meeting all requirements will not be accepted.

Application Process

We encourage all to apply and are committed to developing scholarly essays relevant to the history of Family Medicine in the United States by medical students and residents who reflect the rich diversity of the specialty and the patients served.

The application period opens on August 15 and closes on November 1. Apply through the online portal by clicking on the Apply Today button below. For questions, please contact Veronica Roberts ([email protected]) or 913-906-6239.

To complete the online application process, please include with submission the following items: 

• A PDF copy of your completed essay
• A PDF copy of your curriculum vitae (CV) or resumé.

Review Process

All completed applications and supporting materials will be reviewed by the Student and Resident Essay Selection Subcommittee of the Board of Curators of the Center for the History of Family Medicine, consisting of distinguished family physicians, educators and leaders in the specialty. The Subcommittee will make the final selection of the Fellow, subject to the approval of the Board of Curators and the Board of Trustees of the American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation.

Recent Contest Winners

First Place Winner: Joshua A. Smith, MD, MPH, PGY-4 Essay: Family Physicians and Unintended Consequences

Second Place Winner: Muhammad Junaid Anwar, MD, PGY-2  Essay: A History of the Increasing Role of Telehealth in Family Medicine

First Place Winner: Audriana Mooth, D.O., PGY-2 Essay: Family Physicians and the Humanizing of Opioid Use Disorder Management

Second Place Winner: Jonothon Segars, D.O. Essay: Over Yonder

First Place Winner: Morgan Weiler, MS4 Essay:  First Person Accounts of the Impact COVID-19 had on Kansas Family Physicians and the Communities They Serve

Second Place Winner: Auguste Niyibizi, D.O. Essay:  Hard to Stay: Looking to FQHCs as Models for Better Primary Care

For additional information, including full contest rules and past winners, visit the CHFM  webpage . Any questions please contact: Kelly Heide Manager Center for the History of Family Medicine 11400 Tomahawk Creek Parkway Leawood, KS 66211 Telephone: (913) 906-6031 Email:  [email protected]

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Essay Contest

Congratulations to the 2024 Essay Contest winners !

About the Contest

The Lasker Essay Contest engages early career scientists and clinicians from the US and around the globe in a discussion about big questions in biology and medicine and the role of biomedical research in our society today. The Contest aims to build skills in communicating important medical and scientific issues to broad audiences. The topic is announced annually in early February, and winners are announced in mid-July.

Eligibility

The Contest is open to medical school students, interns, residents, and fellows; doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows in biomedical sciences; and graduate students training in health professions programs e.g., public health, dental, pharmacy, etc who are currently doing research. Applicants (from the US or any other countries) must be currently participating in an educational program. This program may be located in any country.

Winners will receive up to $5,000. Monetary prizes will be directed to the winner’s university to be used towards the winner’s educational expenses.

Essays should be 800 words or less and must be written in English. We allow only one essay submission per applicant, and the essay must be written by a single author. The use of any generative AI tool (e.g. ChatGPT) in composing an entry is prohibited – all essays will be screened with software designed to detect use of AI. Essays need to be original; content previously published will be disqualified.The file containing the essay should include the essay title and the applicant’s name, email, and institutional affiliation. The 800-word limit applies to the body of the essay. Field-specific scientific jargon should be avoided or explained.

Evaluation Criteria

Essays will be evaluated based on their originality, quality of writing, style, and clarity. Essays that are not written in English or are longer than 800 words will not be considered.

Publication

The winning essays will be published in the July issue of The Journal of Clinical Investigation .

All Winners

Meet the Winners of the 2024 Essay Contest and Read the Essays

Meet the Winners of the 2023 Essay Contest and Read the Essays

Meet the Winners of the 2022 Lasker Essay Contest

The 2022 Lasker Essay Contest

Meet the Winners of the 2021 Lasker Essay Contest

The 2021 Lasker Essay Contest

Winners of the 2020 Lasker Essay Contest

Winners of the 2019 Lasker Essay Contest

Winners of the 2018 Essay Contest

Winners of the 2017 Essay Contest

Winners of the 2016 Essay Contest

Winners of 2015 Essay Contest: The “Research Challenge”

2014 Essay Contest: Supporting Medical Research

Read the winning essays.

Kevin S. Blake Missing microbiomes: global underrepresentation restricts who research will benefit

Catherine M. Bridges Illuminating maternal sepsis: a call for improved recognition and prevention

Andrea M. Maxwell What happens to the brain during pregnancy?

A Subashan Vadibeler The (unresolved) antibody paradox

Sarah Voss The enemy of my enemy is my friend

Allison R. Chen Research Training in an AI World

Louise O. Downs Is a Test Better Than No Test When There Is No Treatment?

Ayush Kumar Using HG1222 — A Perspective Into the Ethics of Collecting Biospecimens

Salman E. Qasim The Human Brain: The Final Frontier and the Wild West

Sneha P. Rath Cementing the Bricks

Kaelyn Cummins Microbes, Medicine, and Astronauts: Reflections on a Collaborative Project

Azmina Karukappadath Two Fields, One Dream

Hussain Lalani I Would Be Scared if I Heard That Too

Rutvij Merchant Pathways to Global Health Equity: More Seats, Fresh Perspectives

Kirti Nath Puzzles

Avik Ray Unified Diversity: The Team Game

Ziad Ali What Happens Now?

Banafsheh Nazari Embracing Technology, the Pandemic’s Lesson for Us

Trisha Pasricha One more question

Miriam Saffern My Mother is a Layperson

Adina Schonbrun The Cornerstone of Scientific Success: Unsung Frontline Heroes of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Emily Ashkin Michael Bishop: A Scientist for the Next Generation

David Basta For the Love of Science

Avash Das Michael Brown and Joseph Goldstein: Tribute to My Inspiration

William Dunn Sweet Are the Uses of Adversity

Safwan Elkhatib Salk, Sabin, and the Crown of Health

Laurel Gabler Putting “People’s Health in People’s Hands”: How the Bangs Inspired my Personal Journey

Kwabena Kusi-Mensah As One Single Tribe: Thinking Globally and Locally

Lisa Learman With the Corn, Against the Grain

Olivia Lucero Genetics as a Tool for Generational Empowerment

Hannah Mason My Gym Genie: Gathering Inspiration from Dr. John Schiller

Samantha Wong Fauci: Science as a Voice of Reason

Grace Beggs Game On: Smartphone Technology for Science Education

Peter John Making it All Fun and Games in the Biomedical Sciences

Dereck Paul Pathways: A National Mentorship Program for High School Students Underrepresented in Science and Medicine

David Hartmann Cancer Survivors: Outstanding Advocates for Trust in Science

Debra Karhson A Verification Vaccine for Social Contagion

Caroline Vissers Diversity at the Top of the Social Media Signaling Cascade

Abigail Cline Science and Cinema: From the Benchtop to the Big Screen

Tammy Tran Science Is Everywhere: Unexpected Science Encounters in the Course of Everyday Life

Michael Wu Search for Science: Smart Search-Linked Discussion Forums

Jennifer Bratburd Breaking through Barriers to Science with Citizen Science

Apurva Lunia Dissemination of Biomedical Research Via Multimedia Platforms Using Existing Healthcare Frameworks

Jessica Sagers Let’s Get Real: (Re)making Scientists Into People

David Ottenheimer Modern Neuroscience Has the Tools to Treat Psychiatric Illness

Therese Woodring (Korndorf) Hacking the Bacterial Social Network: Quorum Sensing and the Future of Microbial Management

Unikora Yang The Cutting Edge of DNA Editing: Translating CRISPR to Improve Human health

David Hill Mutual Understanding: Uncovering the Mechanistic Basis of the Host-Symbiont Relationship in Human Health

Joseph Rathkey In Silico Modeling as an Ideal Platform for Future Biological Research and Discovery

Stephanie Ng Depression and the Final Frontier

Omar Toubat Mastering the Genetic Reprogramming of Cells

Peter Soh Offering Incentives for Future Scientists

Michael Burel Catalyzing Broad Public Interest in Scientific Research

Nick Andresen Crowdsourcing a Medical Research Donation Database

Gregg Gonsalves Researchers as Advocates and Activists

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Stanley M. Kaplan Essay Award

Stanley M. Kaplan, MD, was an alumnus of the UC College of Medicine and a member of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience faculty from 1954 until his death in 2011.

In 1992, Dr. Kaplan established the annual Stanley M. Kaplan, MD Medical Student Essay Contest to encourage improvement in writing and research skills among medical students.

All U.S. medical students are invited to submit an original written work to the contest. Entries may include topical essays, case reports, review articles or original research. Entries will be judged on creativity, knowledge of psychiatry, style, and contribution to understanding important problems in any of the biological, psychological, or social dimensions of psychiatry.

Flyer - Kaplan Essay Award 2022 (PDF)

2021 Winners

First prize: "Marketing Medicine for the Mind: Mental Hygiene, Neurasthenia and Patent Drugs in Mid-1930’s Shanghai” by Richard Zhang at Sidney Kimmel Medical College

Second prizes: “Neuropsychological Comparison of Guilt and Grief: A Review of Guilt Aspects in Prolonged Grief Disorder” by Brandon Joa at Ensign, Medical Corps, USNR Sidney Kimmel Medical and “Racial Disparities in Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder: A Review of the Literature” by Faris Katkhuda at New York Medical College

2020 Winners

First prize: "Effects of duration and midpoint of sleep on cortico-limbic circuitry in youth” by Aneesh Hehr at Wayne State University School of Medicine.

Second prizes: “Genius or Madness: Neurosyphilis Among Great Artists in the Pre-Antibiotic Era” by Samantha Cheng at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and “AS TOLD BY A DAUGHTER” by Miriam Rosen at the University of Pittsburgh

2019 Winners

First prize: " The Case of Mr. P: Psychodynamic Case Formulation " by Shefali Hegde, University of Virginia School of Medicine.

Second prizes: “The Incapacitating Grip of Addiction: Reflections on a patient’s struggle with substance abuse” by Deborah Rose at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine and “A Fortunate Man or a Bad Doctor? “Good Doctoring” in Two Voices” by Taylor Purvis at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

2018 Winners

First prize: “Stereotype Threat for Parental Education Level” by Lindsy Pang from Stony Brook Medicine.

Second prizes: “Ketamine as a Rapid-Acting Antidepressant: Promising Clinical and Basic Research” by Danish H. Ghazali and Andrew N. Tuck from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons; and “The Mālaekahana Path: An Ecological Model-Based Intervention for Increasing Walking and Biking in Rural Hawai‘i” by Michael Harding at Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.

2017 Winners

First prize: "From Healer to Patient: a Journey of Misconceptions, Acceptance, and Growth," by Alex Carter at The Ohio State University College of Medicine.

Second prizes: “Psychosis management during pregnancy” by Virginia Ramos at New York Medical College and “Psychosis in a 22-Year-Old Woman with Narcolepsy after Restarting Sodium Oxybate” by Patrick Buckley at University of Virginia School of Medicine.

2016 Winners

First prize: “Associations of Childhood Adversity and Adulthood Trauma with C-Reaction Protein: a Cross-sectional Population-based Study,” by Joy Lin at University of California, San Francisco.

Second prizes: “Suicide Education in the University of Colorado Medical School Curriculum” by Sarah Allexan at University of Colorado School of Medicine in Denver, Colorado and “Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and REM Sleep Behavior Disorder: Coincidence or a Cause for Worry?” by Stuart McCarter at University of Minnesota.

2015 Winners

First prize: “MAD WOMEN: A Brief History of a Twisted Differential Diagnosis,” by Arya Shah at Mayo Medical School in Rochester, Minnesota.

Second prizes: “Things to do in Denver When You’re Dead: On Fear, Narrative, and Writing with The Terminally Ill” by Richard Froude at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Denver, Colorado and “Psychodynamic Case Conference Presentation” by Penelope Carter at University of Virginia School of Medicine in Charlottesville, VA.

2014 Winners

First prize: "Identification of Differentially Expressed MicroRNAs Across the Developing Human Brain" by Mark Ziats at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas.

Second prizes: "Biopsychosocial factors in rampage violence - nature or nurture?" by Amy Huang at State University of New York Downstate College of Medicine in Brooklyn, New York and "Neurofunctional Changes in Adolescent Cannabis Users with and without Bipolar Disorder" by Samantha Bitter at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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Medical Student Essay Award

Description.

Created to honor outstanding academic promise

Tips for Nominations

Submission by student to annual essay contest

Award Benefits for 2024 Award

• Complimentary registration for 2024 AAP Annual Meeting
• Up to $1,000 reimbursement for 2024 Annual Meeting-related travel and meal expenses
• Essay presented as e-poster at 2024 Annual Meeting

2023 1st Place: Brian R. Smith, Stanford University 2nd Place: Isabel Draper, Baylor College of Medicine 3rd Place: Serra Sozen, University of Vermont College of Medicine

2022 1st Place: William Thomas (Tommy) Baumel, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine 2nd Place: Eun Jin (Gloria) Yu, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA 3rd Place: Brittany Perry, University of South Florida College of Medicine

2021 1st Place: Sahana Nazeer, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine 2nd Place: Chloe Malava, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College 3rd Place: Mollie Marr, Oregon Health Sciences University 4th Place: Edward Tie, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University

2020 1st Place: Jeff Jin, McGovern Medical School 2nd Place: Nicole Hadler, University of Michigan Medical School 3rd Place: David Jevotovsky, NYU Grossman School of Medicine

2019 Alan Elbaum, University of California - San Francisco

Your award includes complimentary registration for the AAP Annual Meeting, and up to $1,000 reimbursement for meeting-related travel and meal expenses.

The theme is: The Art of Communication in Psychiatry: Connecting with the Patient.

SUBMISSIONS FOR THE 2024 MEDICAL STUDENT ESSAY CONTEST ARE NOW CLOSED. 

Submission Requirements The contest is open to any student who is both currently enrolled in an accredited medical school (US, Canada, or anywhere in the world) and will be enrolled at the time of the Annual Meeting September 11 - 14, 2024. The work must be an original unpublished essay of 1,000 words or less . Due to an overwhelming response, ONLY ONE SUBMISSION PER STUDENT WILL BE ACCEPTED.

The top essay may be considered for publication in the Academic Psychiatry Journal in "The Learners' Voice" section. Essay winner does not guarantee publication in the Academic Psychiatry Journal . Please review the publication criteria when writing your essay here . Refer to MANUSCRIPT TYPE & GUIDELINES #8 The Learners' Voice.

Essays should be submitted electronically through the JOYN Awards Portal by clicking the link below. Please include a cover page with the following information:

• Student’s Name
• Name of Medical School where enrolled, year in school
• Mailing Address, Phone Number, Email Address

Selection Criteria

Judges will be blinded to the participant and affiliated medical school. Judging will be based on originality, uniqueness, flow of thought, and appropriateness to the theme.

Thank you for your interest. 

The AAP Abstract and Award Submission Portal for the 2024 Medical Student Essay IS NOW CLOSED. Submissions for the 2025 Medical Student Essay will open January 1, 2025.

For QUESTIONS ONLY, contact James Haliburton, MD, Medical Student Essay Subcommittee Chair, at [email protected] . All essay submissions must be made through the Award portal.

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2021 Hope Babette Tang Humanism in Healthcare Essay Contest

Third place medical student essay: someone else’s mother.

Bell, Fletcher 1

1 F. Bell is a medical student, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York; email: [email protected] .

Editor’s Note: The patient’s name and other details have been changed to protect patient privacy.

Early winter mornings on the gynecological oncology service were a bleak way to start my clinical year. Arriving at the hospital in the cold and desolate darkness to preround on my patients made clinical work seem even more daunting than I had imagined as a preclinical student. The weather matched the diagnoses. The bite of New York winter wind was a reminder from the universe that this was not going to be easy and it certainly was not going to be fun.

Then I picked up a patient who turned that all around.

Ms. G was a splash of sunshine. She smiled big, laughed when I made a quip, welcomed me in her space, and even liked to hold my hand. She was grateful and generous with her warmth, and she told me every morning that getting to talk with me was the best part of her day—even if I did wake her up at 6 am . Going in became easier because time with her felt rewarding.

We talked about her life. She told me about growing up in Central America with her sisters, about immigrating with her husband. How she left him and raised her 3 children alone because “the man just couldn’t help himself from fooling around, and I simply didn’t have time for it.” We discussed her doubt about religion, but how she prayed every day. She talked to me like a close friend. When her son came to visit, he greeted me with a smile. “I couldn’t wait to meet you!” When she was finally stable enough to be discharged, I felt part of their celebration.

Her diagnosis, however, was one of the grimmest. Her metastatic ovarian cancer had spread to the crevices of her upper abdomen before it had even been detected, deterring even the most skilled surgeons from performing a complete resection. The debulking procedure was a brutal 10-hour surgery.

Despite her unresectable mass and poor prognosis, and a difficult postop recovery that included an ileus and a small pulmonary embolism, Ms. G felt triumphant as she returned home. We stayed in touch. She told me that she loved to hear from me, even if I did not call as often as she hoped.

In late summer, I realized that we had not spoken for more than a month. I took a look at her chart and saw that she had been readmitted. My heart sank. The next day I went to visit her on the oncology floor. I knew from the notes she was receiving palliative care. I thought maybe we could have a long talk; we had talked about death and God before. When I found her, my heart sank further. She was in pain, dying from metastatic cancer resistant to pain control. I wanted to cry.

She was short of breath and said she could not talk long. “That’s okay,” I replied. “Whatever you need. I just wanted to see you.” I tried to smile.

She whispered, “I’m so glad you came. I wanted to see you.” She asked how my mother was doing. I told her that she was well. “Good,” she responded. “Cherish that.” I promised I would come back after her nasogastric tube was removed. She thought that might make talking easier.

Two days later, I got a call from my stepbrother. “Your mom passed out this morning. It’s not clear what’s going on, but she’s in an ambulance going to the hospital.”

Two hours after that, my sister called me weeping: “Mom is on a helicopter to a different hospital. They said something about a ‘dissection’?” I started to cry in a random hospital hallway.

I told my chief resident I needed to go find my best friend who I knew would help me figure out what to do. “You can either stay here to take care of other people’s mothers,” he said. “Or you can go back and be with your own.” He was right.

I flew home, rented a car, and sped to the hospital, arriving before the 6-hour surgery had ended. In the waiting room, my family tensely waited for some news. Finally, the cardiothoracic surgeon emerged and carefully explained how my mother’s aorta had ruptured into her pericardium, miraculously clotting off the bleed. How the timing had allowed him to crack her chest with time to spare. How she was a lucky woman. How she was going to be just fine. A wave of relief washed over all of us.

I spent the next 3 weeks by my mom’s side, helping her recover in the hospital and return home. We talked, laughed, and generally counted our blessings. She was incredibly happy to have me with her. I was so happy she was alive and with me.

Remembering I had promised to check in with Ms. G, I texted a friend asking for an update. This time, the news was somber; she had passed away a few days prior. In rushing to my mother, I had missed the chance to comfort someone else’s.

I will always have overlapping duties as a doctor. My time, energy, and focus are finite; one clear, properly motivated action will come at the cost of another. It is easy to think this means I will miss out on important moments, or that I may disappoint some for the benefit of others. But the antidote is to recognize that each experience is special. All the time I spent with Ms. G will never be taken away. Family priorities and patient care do not have to conflict. One gives meaning to the other.

Ms. G’s pain clarified the importance of being with my own mother. My decision to go home put into relief how important a relationship with a patient can be. I hope to cultivate an ability to recognize the power and beauty of both responsibilities and to cherish them as interconnected elements of my practice.

The Arnold P. Gold Foundation holds an annual essay contest to encourage medical and nursing students to reflect on their experiences and engage in narrative writing. The contest began in 1999 open to medical students and expanded in 2018 to include nursing students. Students are asked to respond to a specific prompt in a 1,000-word essay.

For the 2021 contest, students were asked to use the following quote as inspiration to reflect on humanism in healthcare during the past difficult year using their experiences or observations, as an individual or as a team (doctors, nurses, therapists, etc.)

“We’ll observe how the burdens braved by humankindAre also the moments that make us humans kind;Let each morning find us courageous, brought closer;Heeding the light before the fight is over.When this ends, we’ll smile sweetly, finally seeingIn testing times, we became the best of beings.”

— Excerpt from “The Miracle of Morning,” by Amanda Gorman

More than 270 essays were submitted. A distinguished panel of judges, including esteemed healthcare professionals and notable authors, reviewed the submissions. Three winning essays from medical students and three winning essays from nursing students were selected, along with 9 honorable mentions. The winning essays will be published in consecutive issues of Academic Medicine and the Journal of Professional Nursing in the fall/winter of 2021.

The contest is named for Hope Babette Tang-Goodwin, MD, who was an assistant professor of pediatrics. Her approach to medicine combined a boundless enthusiasm for her work, intellectual rigor, and deep compassion for her patients. She was an exemplar of humanism in medicine.

The Arnold P. Gold Foundation is a nonprofit organization that champions humanism in healthcare, defined as compassionate, collaborative, and scientifically excellent care. This Gold standard of care embraces all and targets barriers to such care. The Gold Foundation empowers experts, learners, and leaders to together create systems and cultures that support humanistic care for all.

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Students currently enrolled in a medical school or program are encouraged to submit to Hektoen International ’s 2022 Medical Student Essay Contest. Submissions will be reviewed by the Hektoen International Editorial Staff and a select group of contest judges who will determine the two winners of the following awards:

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Essays can be on any topic as it relates to medicine. Art, history, and literature topics are preferred. Fiction will be accepted. Original poetry and standalone artwork will not be considered (though essays on poetry and on original artwork are welcome). Before submitting an article, please search for your topic to see that it has not been fully covered already. For possible topic categories, see our Sections .

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• Currently serving as a fellow to pursue a medical specialty.

Essays should be under 1,200 words. The deadline is March 15, 2023, at 12 PM (noon) CST.  The contest is now closed.  Late submissions will not be considered. Contest submissions should be sent to  [email protected] or via the form below . Participants must certify that their work is original. Participants must have copyright ownership or permission to use any images submitted. 

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Medical Student Essay Competition

'The medical student response to the Covid-19 pandemic’ - now closed. See winning essays below

Since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, medical students were encouraged to participate in the NHS response raising unique challenges and potential ethical, professional and legal issues. At the start of 2021, the IME invited UK medical students to submit an essay entitled ‘ The medical student response to the Covid-19 pandemic’ aimed at highlighting the ethical issues raised by their experiences in responding to the pandemic. We received an excellent response with medical students keen to express their individual experiences.

Seven prizes of £300 each were awarded, plus complimentary IME student membership for 12 months.

This competition is now closed. For a list of winners and essays, click here .

Regeneron ISEF 2021 Special Awards Winners Announced

Washington, D.C.—Society for Science announced the Special Awards of the Regeneron ISEF 2021. Student winners are ninth through twelfth graders who earned the right to compete at the Regeneron ISEF 2021 by winning a top prize at a local, regional, state or national science fair.

Each year, organizations representing government, industry and education across a wide variety of scientific disciplines, affiliate with Regeneron ISEF as Special Award Sponsors, providing awards, scholarships internships and other prizes to hundreds of student finalists.

Acoustical Society of America

The purpose of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA) is to generate, disseminate, and promote the knowledge and practical applications of acoustics. The Acoustical Society of America awards three finalists with cash prizes for themselves, their schools, and their mentors as well as financial support to attend the ASA next meeting. These meetings offer opportunities for students, young researchers, and experienced acousticians to grow their acoustics careers, interact with professional acousticians, and learn more about acoustics in general.

First Award of $1,500, plus students’ school will be awarded $200, and mentor awarded $500.

PHYS022 — Why Do Beginners Produce Noise Instead of Music When They Play Musical Instruments? —Taking Erhu for Example

• Wanjia Fu, Shanghai Foreign Language School Affiliated to SISU, Shanghai, China

Second Award of $1000, plus students’ school will be awarded $100 and mentor awarded $250.

ROBO089T — SoundScape: Real-Time 3D Sound Localization and Classification with Sensory Substitution for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

• Eugene Choi, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, VA, United States of America
• Irfan Kabir Nafi, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, VA, United States of America
• Raffu Al Khondaker, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Springfield, VA, United States of America

Third Award of $600.00, plus students’ mentor will be awarded $150.

CBIO096T — A Non-Invasive Ear-EEG Hearing Aid to Address the Cocktail Party Problem via Cloud-Based Deep Learning

• Govardhan Thirumurthy Poondi, Plano West Senior High School, Plano, TX, United States of America
• John Rho, Plano West Senior High School, Plano, TX, United States of America

Honorable Mention

TMED003 — Diagnosing the Stage of COVID-19 using Machine Learning on Breath Sounds

• Chinmayi Ramasubramanian, Sri Kumaran Children’s Home – CBSE, Bangalore, India

All winners will be invited to attend the next national ASA Meeting for a day. Meeting registration fees will be waived for students and 1 guardian. $2000 will be divided among the student award winners to help defray costs associated with travel to the meeting location.

Aerojet Rocketdyne Foundation

Aerojet Rocketdyne, a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:AJRD), is a world-recognized aerospace and defense leader that provides propulsion systems and energetics to the space, missile defense and strategic systems, and tactical systems areas, in support of domestic and international customers. We are offering five – $1,500 Special Awards – Aerojet Rocketdyne Foundation Explore Awards for Excellence in: Innovation, Engineering, Design, Research, and Science.

First Award of $1500.00

ENMC020T — Designing an Aerospike Nozzle

• Logan Murray, College Park High School, The Woodlands, TX, United States of America
• Max Oberg, College Park High School, Spring, TX, United States of America

ENMC049T — Engineering an Environmentally Friendly 3D-Printed Rocket Engine

• Caleb Wilson Chakmakjian, Live Oak Classical School, Waco, TX, United States of America
• John Blanton Lewis, Live Oak Classical School, Waco, TX, United States of America

ENMC066 — The Engineering and Construction of a Large-Capacity CNC Router for Inexpensive Computerized Manufacturing

• Holden E. Rice, Conrad Weiser High School, Robesonia, PA, United States of America

ENMC069 — Effect of Geometric Manipulation on the Main Combustion Chamber of a Full- Flow Staged Rocket Engine

• Joseph Rosario Cinquemani, Niles Township West High School, Skokie, IL, United States of America

MATS050 — Year Two: Digital Light Processing Printing of Hierarchical Porous Carbon for Environmental Remediation and Water Desalination

• Howard Tang Hua, Wheeler High School, Marietta, GA, 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

ANIM037 — What Affects Bird Diversity in Urban-Rural Transition Zones?

• Braden Collard, Hellgate High School, Missoula, MT, United States of America

BCHM024 — A Novel Approach to Treating Burn Wound Infections Using Flavonoids: Exploring the Interaction between Antibiotics and Flavonoids

• Michelle Zahra Sheikh, Arizona College Preparatory- Erie, Gilbert, AZ, United States of America

BEHA001 — The Effect of Constraining Eye Movements on Learning Gains and Retention

• Dante Amadeo Martinez, Westminster Christian School, Palmetto Bay, FL, United States of America

BMED030 — Investigating Bone Morphogenetic Protein 4 as a Potential Regulator of the Age Related Increase in Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease: The Regulation of the Unfolded Protein Response and Apolipoprotein E Expression in Astrocytes

• Sedona Kessler, Walter Payton College Preparatory High School, Chicago, IL, United States of America

CELL003 — Enzymatically Treated Cellulosic Packaging Waste Utilized to Release Fermentable Sugars for the Production of Bioethanol: A Second Year Study

• Serenity Renee Derousie, Ridgeview High School, Orange Park, FL, United States of America

CHEM024 — The Effect of the Mass of Sodium Bicarbonate on Endothermic Reactions

• Kiara Adrianna-Stephenson Fenn, Fairfax High School, Fairfax, VA, United States of America

EAEV002 — Rethinking Our Roads: The Ability of Porous Concrete to Reduce Surface Runoff of Tire Wear Particles (TWP)

• Mason Brandt Sufnarski, Marvin Ridge High School, Waxhaw, NC, United States of America

EBED014 — A Novel AI-Based GPS Anti-spoofing System with Subspace Differential Direction-of-Arrival Estimation and Deep Learning Against Dynamic Spoofers

• Milidu Jayaweera, La Cueva High School, Albuquerque, NM, United States of America

EGSD004 — Designing and Testing a Novel 25% Degree of Reaction Steam Turbine

• Benjamin Michael York, Creekside High School, Saint Johns, FL, United States of America

ENBM046 — Building a Low Cost Hearing Device with User Customized Frequency Response for the Hearing Impaired

• Elizabeth Koh, Dublin High School, Dublin, CA, United States of America

ENEV088 — Nature Breathe: Natural Plant Material HVAC Filter for Nanoparticle Filtration

• Benjamin Varos, Taos Academy Charter School, Arroyo Seco , NM, United States of America

ENMC039 — Increasing Aerofoil Lift via Artificial Amplification of the Coanda Effect Using Heat

• Timothy Drinkall, Greenwich High School, Old Greenwich, CT, United States of America

MATH002 — Novel Methods for Shape Classification, Analysis, and Synthesis Using the Isoperimetric Profile and Mathematical Morphology

• Dev Mayur Chheda, Ardrey Kell High School, Charlotte, NC, United States of America

MATS016 — First-Principles Characterization of a Novel Chromium Doped Vanadyl-Oxide Based Cathode for Higher Energy and Efficiency Lithium-ion Batteries

• Vedanth Iyer, Sunset High School, Portland, OR, United States of America

MCRO010 — Prevention of Healthcare Associated Infections using Antibacterial Boron Carbonitride Nanoparticle Coating on Medical Devices

• Varsha Naga, Winter Springs High School, Oviedo, FL, United States of America

PHYS004 — Optimization of Phased Array Antenna Systems for 3D Surfaces

• Akash Anand, Palos Verdes Peninsula High School, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, United States of America

PLNT025 — Multinutrient Biofortification of Microgreens for Human Health

• Lilian Crawford, Lincoln Park Academy, Fort Pierce, FL, United States of America

ROBO071 — HealthDrone: An Autonomous, Offline Medical UAV For Advanced Biometric Collection and Analysis Using Deep Learning

• Nithin Naikar, Olentangy Liberty High School, Powell, OH, United States of America

SOFT036T — Improving Upon Quantum Cryptography Protocols Using Entanglement and Quantum Signatures

• Ansh Girish Sharma, West Windor-Plainsboro High School South, West Windsor, NJ, United States of America
• Rohan Rajendra Kulkarni, Montgomery High School, Belle Mead, NJ, United States of America

TMED008 — The Spread of Macroscopic Droplets from a Simulated Cough with and without the Use of Masks or Barriers

• Atreyus A. Bhavsar, The Blake School, Hamel, MN, United States of America

Winners will also receive an engraved glass trophy and a medal.

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.

First Award of $4,000

CHEM014 — Phase II: Towards the Total Synthesis of the Leishmanicidal Lindbergin E for the Development of an Enantioselective Phloroglucinol-Derived Polyketide Synthesis

• Elijah Lee Jones, Jackson Senior High School, Jackson , MO, United States of America

Second Award of $3,000

CHEM069 — Investigating the Efficiency of Carpobrotus edulis, Kelp, and Walnut Shell Bioethanol in Comparison to Corn Ethanol Using Percent Yield and Mass Fractionation

• Alexis Téa MacAvoy, San Mateo High School, Hillsborough, CA, United States of America

Third Award of $2,000

CHEM028T — Structurally Modified Chlorophyll a as a Natural-Based Pigment for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

• Sapol Maison , Kamnoetvidya Science Academy, Nakhon Sawan, Thailand
• Settanan Suangburanakul, Kamnoetvidya Science Academy, Bangkok, Thailand
• Suphawit Promkhot, Kamnoetvidya Science Academy, Sakon Nakhon , Sakon Nakhon , Thailand

Fourth Award of $1,000

CHEM059 — Diffusion Mechanism of Pu+3 in Sedimentary Repository Conditions: Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Study

• Becca Barbera, Cathedral High School, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Certificate of Honorable Mention

CHEM008 — Photocatalysis Degradation of Oil-Polluted Water Enhancement via Pickering Emulsion Stabilized by TiO2

• Mingyi Zhang, The Experimental High School Attached to Beijing Normal University, Beijing, Beijing, China

CHEM022T — Improvement of Hydrolysis Efficiency of Cellulose Using Ionic Liquids for Efficient Bioethanol Production

• Kazuki Toida, Aichi Prefectural Ichinomiya Senior High School, Inazawa, Sobue, Aichi, Japan
• Nanami Kanzaki, Aichi Prefectural Ichinomiya Senior High School, Kitagatacho Sonemura Higashi Ichinomiya Shi, Aichi, Japan
• Yuri Muto, Aichi Prefectural Ichinomiya Senior High School, Ichinomiya Kitagata Shinyashikiura, Aichi, Japan

CHEM038 — Creating and Testing New Polymers to Remove the Environmental Toxin PFOA from Water

• Andrew Lipton, Lafayette Jefferson High School, Lafayette, IN, United States of America

CHEM042 — Novel Ultra-Low-Density Nickel Aerogel

• Omer Eyal, The Hebrew University Secondary School, Jerusalem , Jerusalem , Israel

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 Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science

The American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science, founded in 1944, develops philanthropic support for the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, one of the world’s premier scientific research institutions. The Dr. Bessie F. Lawrence International Summer Science Institute at the Weizmann Institute provides students with a unique opportunity to participate in hands-on studies in professional academic laboratories at the forefront of scientific research.

Two finalists will be selected to receive a scholarship to attend the Bessie Lawrence International Summer Science Institute, which will be held virtually for 2021.

BCHM004 — Computer-Aided Investigation of Methoctramine-ExoU Interactions

• Mya Lynneese Johnson, University School of Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, United States of America

CELL018 — Immunopeptidomics of Non-small Cell Lung Carcinomas (NSCLC) for the Discovery and Validation of Novel Peptides for Targeted Immunotherapy

• Maya Sarina Weitzen, Sleepy Hollow High School, Sleepy Hollow, NY, United States of America

Alternate for trip

CELL032 — Detecting Differential Transcription Factor Binding Using Single-Cell Sequencing

• John Lin, Boston Latin School, Allston, MA, United States of America

Winning student will receive a full scholarship that covers the full cost of the program.

American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics

The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics is committed to inspiring the next generation of aerospace professionals by recognizing exceptional students at all levels. We encourage students’ progress through STEM-based educational programs, design competitions, scholarships, and awards such as the AIAA “Look Up!” Award. We will award a cash prize for the top three aerospace-related projects. We encourage students to Look Up! and see their future in aerospace.

First Award of $2000.00

ENMC033 — In situ Resource Utilization of Martian Regolith for Construction, Year Four

• Isabella Weiner, Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy, Rockledge, FL, United States of America

Second Award of $1500.00

ENMC079 — Development of a Rotor with Improved Aerodynamics to Propel a Quadcopter – Design and Manufacture According to the Laws of the Propeller Theory by Betz and Schmitz

• Max Schaldach, Freies Gymnasium Zurich, Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Third Award of $1000.00

PHYS002 — Visualization of Three-Dimensional Aerospike Nozzle Flow Using Schlieren Photography

• Melanie Deville, Westminster Christian School, Coral Gables , FL, United States of America

Winners of the AIAA Look Up! Award from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics will also receive free AIAA High School Student Membership with access to all student programs, Aerospace America online and may be featured in AIAA publications.

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.

First Award of $2,000

MATH048 — Classification of Tight Contact Structures on a Solid Torus

• Jessica Jihang Zhang, Proof School, Foster City, CA, United States of America

Second Award of $1,000

MATH025 — An Expansion of “Buffon’s Needle” to Higher Dimensions: Computational Theory of Probability Using Figures and Its Application to Geometry

• Haruki Sato, Nara Women’s University Secondary School, Higashi Osaka-shi, Osaka, Japan

MATH051T — Curve Optimization Using Curvature Based Models with Calculus of Variations

• Dohyeon Kim, Korea Science Academy of KAIST, Ulsan, South Korea
• Hyungwon Han, Korea Science Academy of KAIST, Daejeon, South Korea
• Hyunjun Cho, Korea Science Academy of KAIST, Changwon, South Korea

Third Award of $500

MATH011 — Enumeration of Polygon Dissections with Prescribed Conditions

• Tzu-Hsuan Chiu, Taipei First Girls High School, Taipei City, Taiwan

MATH031 — The Structure of the Positive Monoid of Integer-Valued Polynomials Evaluated at an Algebraic Number

• Andrei Mandelshtam, University High School, Irvine, CA, United States of America

MATH040 — A Novel Approach to Estimate the Number of Asteroids in Different Belts Using Weighted Regression

• Chloe Feiyang Zhan, Hamilton High School, Chandler, AZ, United States of America

MATH045 — A Novel and Efficient Method of Persistent Homology to Detect and Remove Topological Errors in Triangle Mesh Data

• Alexander Zhang, Lynbrook High School, San Jose, CA, United States of America

MATH005 — On Geometry of Central Extension of Klein Bottle Group

• Oleg Chistov, School 564, Saint-Petersburg, Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation

MATH008 — Investigations in Topdrops

• Nathan Richard Krause, Park Christian School, Moorhead, MN, United States of America

MATH034 — Lebesgue Measure Preserving Thompson’s Monoid

• William Li, Delbarton School, Chester, NJ, United States of America

MATH039T — Stimulating Mathematical Thinking Through the System of Geometric Exercises and Games Designed by Scratch Programming

• Chau Anh Le, Nguyen Tri Phuong Lower Secondary School, Hue, Thua Thien Hue, Viet Nam
• Khoa Dang Huynh, Nguyen Tri Phuong Lower Secondary School, Hue, Thua Thien Hue, Viet Nam

A booklet about Karl Menger will be given to each award recipient.

American Meteorological Society

The American Meteorological Society (AMS) is the nation’s leading scientific and professional society advancing the atmospheric and related sciences, technologies, applications, and services for the benefit of society. Founded in 1919, the AMS has a membership of more than 14,000 professionals, students, and weather enthusiasts. AMS offers numerous scholarships and fellowships to support students pursuing careers in the field.

EAEV024T — Hidden Signals in Paleoclimate Records: Investigating the Importance of the Sun to Earth’s Climate

• Annalie Brienne Haralson, Monarch High School, Superior, CO, United States of America
• Lauren Egaas, Monarch High School, Superior, CO, United States of America
• Maddie Fox, Monarch High School, Superior, CO, United States of America

EAEV080 — Predicting the Extent of Late Seasonal Wildfires in Washington Using the Correlation Between the Standardized Precipitation Index and Burned Area Data

• Saketh Dhulipalla, Nikola Tesla STEM High School, Sammamish, WA, United States of America

EAEV071 — Dendrochronological Data Analysis to Measure Climate Sensitivity and to Develop Paleoclimate Reconstructions

• Shreya Khullar, West High School, Iowa City, IA, United States of America

EAEV049 — Polar Vortex and Long-Duration Events: Climate Change in the U.S. and Canada

• Jason Wang, Walnut High School, Walnut, CA, United States of America

EAEV109T — Operation and Verification of Weather Prediction System for Marine Vessels Using NOAA Polar Orbit Satellites

• Geunhee Park, Kyeongbuk Science High School, Pohang, South Korea
• Hajin Woo, Kyeongbuk Science High School, Pohang, South Korea
• Hyeokju Song, Kyeongbuk Science High School, Pohang, South Korea

MATH017 — Negative Binomial Regression to Model Dengue Cases Using Weather Factors

• Sanuja Dilanka Manage, College Park High School, Conroe, TX, United States of America

American Psychological Association

The American Psychological Association is the leading scientific and professional organization representing psychology in the United States, with more than 122,000 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.

First Award of $1,500

BEHA009T — Autest: Culturally Adapted Risk Assessment Game for Autism Spectrum Disorder

• Anwesha Das, Delhi Public School – Kalyanpur, Kanpur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
• Aranyo Ray, Kalyani Public School, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

BEHA064 — Digital Phenotyping Autism: Investigating Objective Vocal and Movement Quantification for Characterizing Autism Severity

• Emilin Maria Mathew, American Heritage School, Davie, FL, United States of America

BEHA003 — Jewish Identity Formation Processes within Reform Adolescents

• Rachel Elizabeth Buksbaum, Wiregrass Ranch High School, Wesley Chapel, FL, United States of America

BEHA008T — Optimizing Students’ Working Memory Capacity with Binaural Beats: An Experimental Study on SMA Negeri 28 Jakarta Students

• Athifah Qonita Millati, SMA Negeri 28 Jakarta, Jakarta Selatan, Dki Jakarta, Indonesia
• Noor Naila Imtinan Himam, SMA Negeri 28 Jakarta, Jakarta Selatan, Jakarta, Indonesia

BEHA010 — Using Response Times to Investigate the Face Recognition Mechanism in Developmental Prosopagnosia

• Tanvi Palsamudram, The International School of Bangalore (TISB), Bangalore, Karnataka, India

BEHA011 — SMART CUBES: Interactive Tactile and Sound Set for Blind Children

• Aleksei Shremzer, Gymnasium #32, Nizhnekamsk, Tatarstan, Russian Federation

BEHA066T — High School Students’ Psychological Difficulties in Online Learning

• Mai Phuong Vu, Lao Cai High School for Gifted Students, Lao Cai, Lao Cai, Viet Nam
• Phuc Viet Hoang, Lao Cai High School for Gifted Students, Lao Cai, Lao Cai, Viet Nam

BEHA023 — Video Game Reward Systems and Their Impact on Players’ Behavior in the Iterated Prisoner’s Dilemma

• Madeline Audrey Santoso, West Linn High School, West Linn, OR, United States of America

BEHA024 — Don’t Trip; TRIPP! The Effect of a Virtual Reality Meditation Environment on Stress and Mindfulness

• Stefan Alek Salaices, Colleyville Heritage High School, Grapevine, TX, United States of America

BEHA042T — Application for Screening Attention Deficit Disorder (Inattentive ADHD(ADD))

• Jood Faisal Mohammed, Jubilee School, Amman, Jordan
• Zeina Ahed Al Sharaydeh, Jubilee School, Amman, Jordan

BEHA057 — Seeing Through the Scan: The Impact of fMRI Evidence on Juror Satisfaction and Verdicts

• Isabella Souza, Syosset High School, Syosset, NY, United States of America

Winning students will receive a scholarship, certificate, and a one-year student affiliate membership with APA.

American Statistical Association

The American Statistical Association is the world’s largest community of statisticians. The ASA supports excellence in the development, application, and dissemination of statistical and data science through meetings, publications, membership services, education, accreditation, and advocacy. Our members serve in industry, government, and academia in more than 90 countries, advancing research and promoting sound statistical practice to inform public policy and improve human welfare.

ENBM035 — Employing Adversarial Machine Learning and Computer Audition for Smartphone-Based Real-Time Arrhythmia Classification in Heart Sounds

• Aditya Kendre, Cumberland Valley High School, Mechanicsburg, PA, United States of America

CBIO008 — The Genetics of Human Aging: Predicting Age and Age-Related Diseases by Deep Mining High Dimensional Biomarker Data

• Hannah Guan, BASIS San Antonio Shavano Campus, San Antonio, TX, United States of America

PLNT016 — When Two Problems Meet: Analysis and Prediction of the Spread of Invasive Plant Species in Relation to the Changing Environment

• Sarah Cao, Palos Verdes Peninsula High School, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, United States of America

BEHA082 — Analyzing Health Implications of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) on American Adults

• Maieasha Shifa Rashid, Greencastle High School, Greencastle , IN, United States of America

BMED050 — Differential Expression Analysis and Transcriptomic Characterization of Glioma Progression

• Matthew Lee, East Brunswick High School, East Brunswick, NJ, United States of America

BMED052 — Investigating Racial Disparities in Cancer by Assessing Transcriptomic and Proteomic Biomarkers in Various Carcinomas using TCGA Database and Web-based Analysis Tools

• Brian Lei, Hunter College High School, Brooklyn, NY, United States of America

CBIO010 — ResPred: Biomarker Discovery and Antibiotic Resistance Prediction Through Machine Learning-based Genomic Analysis of Neisseria gonorrhoeae

• Rushank Goyal, Rajeev Gandhi Higher Secondary School, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India

EBED018 — A Non-invasive Electromyographic Interface for Hand Gesture Recognition with Active Noise Suppression Using a Combined Biosignal Processing Algorithm

• Vadim Sannikov, The Andrey Melnichenko Foundation, The Centre for the Development of Children’s Creativity in Science and Engineering at the Kuzbass State Technical University, Kemerovo, Russian Federation

EBED033 — Readily Implementable Fall Detection System for the Elderly using Thermal Image Segmentation and Convolutional Neural Networks

• Vetri Senthil Vel, Bangor High School, Veazie, ME, United States of America

ROBO075 — CoMET: A Novel Graph-based Machine Learning System for Predicting Topological Features of Dynamic Covert Networks with Applications in Counterterrorism

• Paarth Tara, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, Mebane, NC, United States of America

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

ANIM046 — Investigation on Amino Acid DL-Phenylalanine’s Ability as a Cognitive Stimulant in V. costata

• Zarrin Askari, Cibola High School, Yuma, AZ, United States of America

CBIO078T — Application of Deep Learning in Target Identification Through Determining the Mechanism of Action Given Cellular Signature Data

• Ayush Jain, Ocean Lakes High School, Virginia Beach, VA, United States of America
• Omar Abul-Hassan, Ocean Lakes High School, Virginia Beach, VA, United States of America

CELL012 — In Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Patient Tissue, UG Rich RNA Is Not Preferentially Soluble as Predicted

• Karah Michelle Mayer, Tanque Verde High School, Tucson, AZ, United States of America

CELL034 — A Novel Method for Measuring Cell Permeability as a Number of Viable Pores Using Spectroscopy and Pore Relaint Antibiotics

• Bailey Bree Tischer, San Tan Charter School, Gilbert, AZ, United States of America

CHEM057 — Synthesis, Characterization and in vitro Cytotoxicity of Tunable Sized Chemo-PTT Combination Nanomedicines For Cancer Therapy

• Amna Khan, Little Rock Central High School, Little Rock, AR, United States of America

EGSD008 — Waste Heat Recovery Cooking Pot

• Tanaka Chirara, ZRP High School, Marondera, Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe

EGSD014 — Making a Saguaro H.A.W.T. (Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine)

• Amanda Ruth Whalen, Veritas Christian Community School, Sierra Vista, AZ, United States of America

ENBM003 — A Mathematically Generated Bessel Function Based Ultrasonic Waveform Tractor Beam for Optimizing Blood Circulation

• Isabela Victoria Perdomo, MAST at FIU Biscayne Bay Campus, Miami Beach, FL, United States of America

ENBM069 — Enhancing Communication and Music Sensory Perception for the Hearing Impaired Through Haptic Feedback in an Improved Tactile Glove

• Ruby Rajab, Manarat Al-Riyadh, Riyadh , Centeral Province, Saudi Arabia

ENEV052T — Designing a Bioplastic Material to Replace Polystyrene and Polypropylene in Single-Use Hard Plastics that Rapidly Degrades in Landfill, Freshwater, and Saltwater Environments

• Kaitlyn Lee Zuravel, Terry Sanford High School, Fayetteville, NC, United States of America
• Lauren Gail Zuravel, Terry Sanford High School, Fayetteville, NC, United States of America

MATS015 — Synthesizing c-Si3N4 from Extreme Temperature and Pressure Conditions

• Jeyan Francis Cornelio, Waipahu High School, Waipahu, HI, United States of America

PHYS016 — Modeling Type Ia Supernovae Hydrodynamics using Walking Droplets

• Rafael Amato Regis de Farias, Lubbock High School, Lubbock, TX, United States of America

PHYS059T — Transportation of the Future: How the Variance of Diamagnetic Properties Apply to Transportation

• Jaci Moss, Woods Cross High School, NSL , UT, United States of America
• Joshua Hilbig, Woods Cross High School, Bountiful, UT, 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.

ROBO084 — Fusing LiDAR and Camera Data for Advanced Context Recognition in Autonomous Navigation Sensory Systems Through Multidimensional Deep Neural Network Architectures

• Emily SIhan Zhang, Cherry Creek High School, Englewood, CO, United States of America

SOFT013 — A Novel Method of Creating Block Ciphers Provably Immune to Linear and Differential Cryptanalysis

• Szymon Perlicki, Szkola Podstawowa nr 28 im. Generala Leopolda Okulickiego we Wroclawiu, Wroclaw, Wojewodztwo dolnoslaskie, Poland

Third Award of $1,500

SOFT012 — Development of an AI-Powered Facial-cue Control Module

• Daniel Shen, William G. Enloe High School, Cary, NC, United States of America

Fourth Award of $500

ROBO011 — Limited Query Black-box Adversarial Attacks in the Real World

• Hristo Todorov Todorov, High School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences “Professor Emanuil Ivanov”, Kyustendil, Kyustendil, Bulgaria

SOFT006 — Towards a Greener AI: Structured Pruning of Convolutional Neural Networks at Initialization

• Sydney Faux, Pace Academy, Atlanta, GA, United States of America

SOFT016 — A Hash Algorithm for Directory Tree

• Linzhou Jiang, Chengdu No. 7 High School, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

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.

ROBO033 — Dilated Silhouette Convolutional Neural Network: A Novel Deep Learning Framework for Real-time Human Action Recognition

• Michelle Hua, Cranbrook Kingswood School, Troy, MI, United States of America

ENBM093 — Novel Fully MRI Compatible Nonmagnetic and Dielectric Pneumatic Servo Motor for MRI Guided Surgical Robotics

• Leo Wylonis, Conestoga High School, Berwyn, PA, United States of America

SOFT043T — Utilizing Computer Vision and Machine Learning Systems to Develop an Algorithm Helping Physically Disabled People to Use Computer

• Gasser Mohamed Galal, Elnasr Boys’ School , Alexandria, Egypt
• Mostafa Ahmed Abdelmohymen , Elnasr Boys’ School , Alexandria, Egypt

ROBO014 — Neural Abstract Reasoner

• Victor Stilianov Kolev, Sofia High School of Mathematics, Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria

ROBO015 — Novel Architectures for the Artificial Neural Network: Implementation of Virtual Neurotransmitters

• Nikhil Hari Iyer, Edgewood Junior Senior High School, Merritt Island, FL, United States of America

ROBO022 — Non-invasive Autonomous Anemia Screening Using Conjunctival Images

• I-Ning Tsai, Taipei Municipal Zhongshan Girls High School, Taipei, Taiwan

ROBO047 — Neuroromorphic Computing: Simulating the Brain’s Visual Cortex for a Faster, More Effecient Computer

• Robert Strauss, Los Alamos High School, Los Alamos, NM, United States of America

ROBO051 —  ComposeGAN:  A Conditional GAN Approach to Symbolic Music Style Transfer

• Conan Lu, Redmond High School, Redmond, WA, United States of America

SOFT012 — Development of an AI-Powered Powered Facial-cue Control Module

ASU Rob and Melani Walton Sustainability Solutions Service

Arizona State University’s Rob and Melani Walton Sustainability Solutions Service works with you to make measurable impacts on your sustainability goals and influence decision making through customized, actionable and scalable solutions for a stronger future. The Solutions Service utilizes diverse teams of faculty, students, entrepreneurs, researchers, and innovators collaborate to deliver sustainability solutions, accelerate global impact, and inspire future leaders. Four projects are selected by sustainability subject matter experts to be awarded $1,000 each.

Award of $1,000

CHEM067 — Novel Coating of Porous Cu as Heat Pipe for Thermal Management

• Lingbo Shen, National Junior College, Singapore , Singapore

EAEV045T — A New Approach To Ecology: Using Machine Learning to Predict the Spread of Invasive Species

• Avi Vikram Bagchi, Shaker High School, Loudonville, NY, United States of America
• Ayaan Bargeer, Shaker High School, Cohoes, NY, United States of America

EAEV114 — Soil Farms: A New Approach to Cropland Restoration

• Emma Pearl Kratcha, Hankinson Public School, Hankinson, ND, United States of America

EGSD022 — E-waste Derived Copper-based Catalysts Derived Toward Carbon-Neutral Electrochemical CO2 Reduction

• Juntao Wu, Shanghai High School, Shanghai, Shanghai, China

ENEV019 — An Automated Differentiation Method of Recyclable Textiles via Hyperspectral Imaging

• Zoe Yu, College Park High School, Conroe, TX, United States of America

Central Intelligence Agency

The CIA is a U.S. government agency that provides objective intelligence on foreign countries and global issues to the president, the National Security Council, and other policymakers to help them make national security decisions. Our Agency is made up of multidisciplinary teams that integrate the full range of our analytic, operational, support, technical and digital capabilities. The CIA is dedicated to investing in and building the next generation of a diverse and technically skilled workforce to meet the needs of the nation.

First Award: $3000 award and CIA STEAM challenge coin

EAEV083 — A Consumer Internet-of-Things Device for On-Site and Regional Earthquake Early Warning

• Vivien He, Palos Verdes Peninsula High School, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, United States of America

ENBM004 — Happy Feet: A Low-Cost Smart Shoe Utilizing Temperature, Pressure, Humidity, and Alcohol Levels to Detect and Monitor Common Foot Problems

• Vishnu Vasudev, Liberty High School, Plano, TX, United States of America

ENBM047 — Designing, Prototyping and Testing a Novel Urinary Catheter with Tesla Valves and a Microporous Membrane

• Ishaan S. Brar, Stockdale High School, Bakersfield, CA, United States of America

MATS018 — The Effects of Lattice Structure on SLA 3D Printed Piezoelectric PVDF

• Ethan Mark Zentner, Nicolet High School, Glendale, WI, United States of America

MATS037T — InnovaStrip: Fast, Comprehensive, Small-Volume Blood Diagnostics via an Algorithm for Handheld Analysis of Rapidly Solidified Drops into Thin Films

• Nikhil Suresh, BASIS Scottsdale, Scottsdale, AZ, United States of America
• Thilina Navod Balasooriya, Hamilton High School, Chandler, AZ, United States of America
• Wesley Peng, BASIS Scottsdale, Scottsdale, AZ, United States of America

MATS048 — Engineering an Invasive Algae and Taro Based Bioplastic

• Kelly Sanae Mukai, Iolani School, Pearl City, HI, United States of America

TMED043 — An Application to Monitor Freezing of Gait in Parkinson’s Disease

• Nitya Ayyagari, Amador Valley High School, Pleasanton, CA, United States of America

China Association for Science and Technology (CAST)

China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) is the largest organization of scientists and technologists in China. One of its missions is to promote public understanding of science. Having developed science education programs, CAST supports youth and adolescents in becoming citizens with high scientific literacy. CAST awards are given to the projects that best reflect the originality and innovation of the students’ work in all scientific disciplines.

Award of $1,200

CELL025 — Save Our Sons: Exploring RNAi-mediated Intragenomic Conflict in D. sim through Genetic Assays and Testis Cytology

• Jaeah Kim, Hunter College High School, New York, NY, United States of America

EAEV006 — The Luch-2 Lava Cave in the Zvezda Crater, Tolbachik Volcanic Complex, Kamchatka Peninsula

• Vlada Shevchenko, The Specialized Educational Scientific Center on Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry and Biology of Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation

EAEV031 — Analysis of Potential Groundwater Availability Using Euclidean Distance in Yogyakarta Suburban City

• Valencio Evanio Sahasika Kusumadyas, SMA Negeri 3 Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta, Indonesia

ENMC044T — CPS – Custom Printed Submarine: A Community Based Approach to Designing Unmanned Underwater Vehicle Systems Using 3D Printing and Widely Available Production Methods

• Filip Mikolaj Bulawa, I Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace Dwujezyczne im. Edwarda Dembowskiego w Gliwicach, Gliwice, Slaskie, Poland
• Marcin Jerzy Hnat, I Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace Dwujezyczne im. Edwarda Dembowskiego w Gliwicach, Gliwice, Slask, Poland
• Piotr Domanowski, I Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace Dwujezyczne im. Edwarda Dembowskiego w Gliwicach, Gliwice, Slaskie, Poland

PHYS038 — Evolution of the Cat’s Eye Nebula Revealed Through Morpho-Kinematic and Hydrodynamic Modeling

• Ryan A Clairmont, Canyon Crest Academy, San Diego, CA, United States of America

PHYS070T — Manufacture of Diffraction Grating Spectroscope and Development of Automatic Spectrum Analysis System

• Sejong Park, Kyeongbuk Science High School, Gumi, South Korea
• Uicheol Park, Kyeongbuk Science High School, Pohang, South Korea
• Yunseo Lee, Kyeongbuk Science High School, Yeongju, South Korea

SOFT030 — Enabling High-Accuracy Human Activity Recognition with Fine-Grained Indoor Localization

• Arvind Seshan, Fox Chapel Area High School, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

Drug, Chemical & Associated Technologies Association (DCAT)

The Drug, Chemical & Associated Technologies Association (DCAT) is a not-for-profit, global business development association whose unique membership model integrates both innovator and generic drug manufacturers and suppliers of ingredients, development and manufacturing services, and related technologies. Through our participation in Regeneron ISEF, we are investing in the future of science by supporting young scholars who represent the geographic regions and areas of study that reflect the global membership of DCAT.

$1,000 scholarship will will be awarded

BCHM006 — In silico Research of the Potential Role of a Number of Compound Class N-acylethanolamines as Inhibitors of E-protein Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2

• Adam Trach, Specialized School #89, Kyiv, Ukraine

BCHM017T — Analyzing the Efficacies of Potential Inhibitors of Drug Targets Human Receptor ACE2 and Viral Replication Enzyme RdRp Against SARS-CoV-2

• Aditya Sandip Desai, Martin Luther King High School , Riverside, CA, United States of America
• Hedy Bian, Martin Luther King High School , Riverside, CA, United States of America

CHEM015 — Towards the Total Synthesis of the TRAIL-Resistance-Overcoming Cytotoxic Pannokin D for the Development of New Anticancer Pharmaceuticals and a Novel Regioselective Diprenylated Chromone-Derived Flavonoid Synthesis

• Hiren Parekh, Saxony Lutheran High School, Perryville, MO, United States of America

MCRO009 — Potential Probiotic Therapy of Inhibitory Commensal S. epidermidis on Decolonization/Treatment of MRSA and C. acnes and Their Infections

• Vincent Zhong Xin, Shanghai American School – Puxi Campus, Shanghai, Shanghai, China

MCRO046 — FD028: A Bifunctional HIV-1 Inactivator Acts Before Host Cell Entry

• Giselle Rasquinha, Syosset High School, Syosset, NY, United States of America

Edison International

STEM education inspires students to dream, innovate and create solutions to our toughest challenges, like reducing greenhouse gases and developing clean energy technologies. The Edison Award will recognize projects that look at these challenges and address them in innovative ways. Edison International, through its subsidiaries, is a distributor and generator of electric power, as well as a provider of energy services and technologies, including renewable energy.

EGSD016T — Photochemical Hydrogen Production Using Tea Leaf Residue and Iron Ions

• Hibiki Tanaka, Shizuoka Kita High School, Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan
• Rio Tanimoto, Shizuoka Kita High School, Oshikiri, Shimizu, Shizuoka, Japan
• Ryo Mochizuki, Shizuoka Kita High School, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture , Japan

Second Award of $1,250

EGSD043T — Solar Park with Photovoltaic 3D-printed Trees: Technology Allies with Nature

• Charikleia Moraitaki, Athens College, Athens, Greece
• Maria-Eleni Batatoudi, Athens College, Athens, Greece

Third Award of $1,000

EGSD039 — Generating an Electrical Power System from a Static Bicycle

• Sebastian Negron-Collazo, Centro Residencial de Oportunidades Educativas de Villalba, Coamo, Los Llanos, Puerto Rico

Fourth Award of $750

EGSD051 — Harnessing Household Water Potential

• Wyatt Manthey, North Toole County High School, Kevin, MT, United States of America

Fifth Award of $500

EGSD030 — Portable Self Powered Generator that Uses Magnetic Induction to Generate Electricity

• Adrian Friend Machingura, Mother Touch High School, Harare, Harare Province, Zimbabwe

Embark China

Embark is an educational institution based in Shanghai, China. We have been devoted in promoting STEM education. The core value and culture of our organization is to play the role of “dream maker” in students’ journey of growth. And we are delighted to be in support of future scientists who shed light on the nature of our world and showcase their innovation and creativity on the stage of ISEF.

First Award

Second Award

PHYS036 — The Effect of a Paper Airplane’s Wing Shape on the Distance the Paper Airplane Can Fly

• Makaylee Haynes , Hedgesville High School, Hedgesville, WV, United States of America

Third Award

BCHM007 — Molecular Dynamics Investigation of Poly [ADP-Ribose] Polymerase 1 Inhibitors as Treatment for V762A Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism Correlated with Ovarian Cancer, Lung Cancer, and Follicular Lymphoma

• Neel Shanmugam, Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, Richardson, TX, United States of America

TMED050 — Identification of Fluoxetine as a Direct NLRP3 Inhibitor to Treat Atrophic Macular Degeneration: Molecular Modeling, Mechanism, Morphometry, and Meta-analysis (Year 2)

• Meenakshi Ambati, Albemarle High School, Charlottesville, VA, 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 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 fulltime enrollment at the university. Awardees must complete the FAFSA to be Eligible

Full Tuition Presidential Scholarship

ENBM011 — Biomaterial Fabrication Technique: Using Decellularized Plants as Perfusable Engineering Scaffolds

• Kaitlyn R. Dunn, Tavares High School, Leesburg, FL, United States of America

ENEV015 — Development and Implementation of a Bio-based Filter to Mitigate the Effusion of Harmful Pollutants from Internal Combustion Engines and Combustion Processes

• Jonathan Clayton Walker, Rutherford High School, Lynn Haven, FL, United States of America

ROBO031 — NextCare: An Intelligent System for the Early Diagnosis and Remote Monitoring of Parkinson’s Disease Using Machine Learning, Signal Processing and a 3D Printed Wearable Device

• Shreyas Kar, duPont Manual High School, Louisville, KY, United States of America

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.

IEEE Foundation

IEEE is the world’s largest professional association dedicated to advancing technological innovation and excellence for the benefit of humanity. The IEEE Foundation is a leader in transforming lives through the power of technology and education. IEEE awards the $10,000 Presidents’ Scholarship to recognize a deserving student for an outstanding project demonstrating an understanding of electrical engineering, 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.

The IEEE Foundation Presidents’ Scholarship Award of $10,000

ENMC004 — Proposal of an Electro-Mechanical System to Reduce the Fatality of Car Underride Crashes

• Kerem Bayhan, İzmit Bilim ve Sanat Merkezi, Serdivan, Sakarya, Turkey

Second Place Award of $600

ENMC045 — A Self-Replicating 3D Printer

• Brian Minnick, Academies of Loudoun, Purcellville, VA, United States of America

Third Place Award of $400

SOFT025 — Rip Current Detection: An Orientation-aware Machine Learning Approach

• Boglarka Ecsedi, Istvan Bocskai Secondary Grammar School in Hajduboszormeny, Hajduboszormeny, Hungary

Innopolis University

Innopolis University is the youngest University in Russia with focus on IT and Robotics. We want to create a friendly environment where students from many countries will learn programming, robotics and mathematics. We help them to see their future in IT. Innopolis University offers full scholarships for Intel ISEF participants as they are our future leaders.

Full tuition scholarships for the Bachelor program in Computer Science

MATH004 — An innovative Conversion from Decimal to Gray Code: Inspired by Chinese Rings

• Tsz Tung Tsei, Maryknoll Fathers’ School, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

MATH036 — Proposal for an Algorithm for Finding the Crossing Number of a Graph

• Olcay Oransoy, Izmir Bahcesehir College 50. Year Science and Technology High School, Izmir, Izmir, Turkey

MATH038 — Braid Theory and Classification of Periodic Orbits of the Three-Body Problem

• Adelina Kildeeva, School #17, Shchyolkovo, Moscow Oblast, Russian Federation

ROBO081 — Machine Perception: How Robots Navigate and Map the World

• Patrick Turricelli, Liceo Rinaldo Corso, Carpi, Modena, Italy

SOFT001 — Breaking the Substitution Cipher: Coding an Automatic Cipher Solver

• Jasa Knap, Gimnazija Bezigrad, Ljubljana, Slovenia

In addition to the scholarship students will receive a monthly allowance up to $300.

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, second, and third place award.

INCOSE Best Use of Systems Engineering Award* of $1,500

ROBO079 — FS HIVE MRK 12: An Autonomous Swarm Robotics Fire Suppression System

• Joseph Carmelo Saturnino, Bishop Ryan Catholic Secondary School, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Second Award of $500

ROBO006 — Magnetically-Powered Multi-Segment Degradable Microswimmer

• Michael Ho-Cheung Sun, King George V School, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

Third Award of $200

ENBM005 — Application of 3D-Bioprinting and Electromagnetic Field for the Development of Bioartificial Bone from Stem Cell-Laden Bioink Incorporating Sepiolite and Eggshell

• Tan Elcin, Ted Ankara College Foundation Private High School, Ankara, Ankara, Turkey

ENBM009 — Muscle Controlled Exoskeleton

• Sebastian David Kouchakjy, Orange Park High School, Orange Park, FL, United States of America

ENBM013 — Max Health: A Smart Textile Biosensor System for Remote Health Monitoring and Anomaly Detection

• Ibrahim Samhar Al-Akash, Veterans Memorial High School, Corpus Christi, TX, United States of America

ENBM014 — The Giraffe Walker

• Rebecca Paratz, LabRats Science Club, Kew, VIC, Australia

ENBM044 — An Ultra-Low Cost, Brain-Controlled Transhumeral Prosthesis Operated via a Novel EEG/Gesture-Based Approach

• Benjamin Choi, The Potomac School, McLean, VA, United States of America

ENBM061 — Personalized Implantable Scaffolds for Wound Treatment and Management

• Ashwin Prabhakar, Bob Jones High School, Madison, AL, United States of America

ENBM084 — A Low-Cost Approach to EEG based Mind-Controlled Prosthetic Arm Using Brain-Computer Interface

• Madhushalini Balaji, James Clemens High School, Madison, AL, United States of America

ENBM085 — Engineering a Clinical Force Measuring Walker for Patients with Restricted Upper Extremity Weight Bearing

• Ansel Kinney LaPier, Central Valley High School , Liberty Lake, WA, United States of America

ROBO039 — Engineering a Robot Arm with Computer Vision and Simulated Grabbing for Manipulation of Objects

• George Daniel Delong, Episcopal School of Jacksonville, Jacksonville , FL, United States of America

SOFT033 — Development of Immersive Technologies Applied to Astrobiology Teaching

• Henrique Rodrigues Hissa Amorim, Colegio Dante Alighieri, São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

In addition, the First Place INCOSE Best Use of Systems Engineering Award includes free registration and Exhibitor Booth at a future INCOSE Symposium.

K. Soumyanath Memorial Award

This award is presented by the family of Krishnamurthy Soumyanath (1957 – 2010), for the best project in Computer Engineering. Dr K. 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

$1,000 will be awarded to the winner’s school.

The research category of Embedded Systems/Networking and Data Communications is the focus for this award. A $1000.00 Grant will go to the winner’s school.

King Abdul-Aziz & his Companions Foundation for Giftedness and Creativity

King Abdul-Aziz & His Companions Foundation for Giftedness and Creativity, “Mawhiba”, is a national educational foundation in Saudi Arabia established to help cultivate a comprehensive environment of creativity. The organization seeks to build a sustainable future by encouraging youth around the world to search for innovative means toward developing concepts in relevant fields of study. To support this goal, Mawhiba began participating at ISEF in 2007 in order to promote acoustics and recognize the accomplishments of pre-collage students.

On-line Mawhiba Universal Enrichment Program

EGSD026T — Osiris: The Study and Evaluation of Piezoelectric Effect as a Renewable, Clean Electric Energy Source Through an Energy Harvesting Footsteps-Powered Platform

• Franklin Omar Lopez, Academia Interamericana de Panama sede Cerro Viento, Panama City, Panama, Panama
• Isabella Marie Rodriguez, Academia Interamericana de Panama sede Cerro Viento, Panama, Panama, Panama

EGSD040 — Advanced Synthesis of Potent Photocapacitor Based on Novel 3D-Hierirachical BiVO4 and Self-Synthesized Carbon

• Mansour Al Marzooqi, Riyadh School for Boys and Girls, Riyadh , Saudi Arabia

ENBM036 — XRCT-Net: Development of a Novel Sparse View Deep Learning Framework for Safer, Cheaper, and More Accessible CT Imaging

• Siddharth Bharthulwar, Fairview High School, Superior, CO, United States of America

ENBM098 — A Novel 3D Printed Ventilator for COVID-19

• Harjaisal Singh Brar, Stockdale High School, Bakersfield, CA, United States of America

MATS022 — Anisotropy and Angles: A Novel Approach to Thermoelectric Energy

• Charlotte Bree MacAvoy, San Mateo High School, Hillsborough, CA, United States of America

MCRO055 — Anti-VOCs and Antimicrobial Activity of Natural Palm Waste Cellulose Fibers/ZnO Nanoparticles Biocomposite for Use in Face Masks: The GBV99

• Lama Abdulrahman AlQahtani, AlBassam Schools, Dammam, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia

SOFT038T — Towards Malware Classifiers Robust to Adversarial Malware

• Andy Phung, Independence High School, San Jose, CA, United States of America
• Mihir Baviskar, Independence High School, San Jose, CA, United States of America
• Suryabhan Mohapatra, Independence High School, San Jose, CA, United States of America

Award of $500

On-line Mawhiba Universal Enrichment Program: It is a three-week program where students will have the opportunity to engage in challenging college-level STEM courses alongside other gifted peers who share their scientific interest Start date : 1st of August 2021 End date : 19th of August 2021

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.

First Award of $ 1,500

MATH023 — Modeling COVID-19: Simulating the Effects of Waning Immunity Using a New Multi-Compartment Epidemiological Model

• Shoshana Sarah Elgart, Blacksburg High School, Blacksburg, VA, United States of America

MATH009 — Ranking of the Vertices in a Weighted Graph

• Anna Rosenova Mihalkova, Sofia High School of Mathematics, Sofia, Bulgaria

MATH010 — Cracking the Infinite Shuffle: Solving the Kimberling Sequence Problem

• Niranjan Baskaran, Gateway International School, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

MATH013 — Generalized Solution of the Fibonacci Problem

• Nikita Poplevin, Municipal School #1, Severomorsk, Murmansk Region, Russian Federation

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.

First Award of $10,000

BMED012 — Cure of Breast Cancer, Year 4: First Discovery of Target Therapy for Aggressive Hormonal Breast Cancer using Clinical Database and 3D Model

• Christine Song, Mayo High School, Rochester, MN, United States of America

Second Award of $5,000

ENBM105 — Using Fluorescence Imaging to Investigate the Organisation of Human Brain Organoids

• Nathalie Weibel, University of Zurich, Oberbuchsiten, Switzerland

Third Award of $2,500

CBIO007 — A Novel Computational Approach to Drug Discovery Through Drug Repositioning

• Krithik Seela, Lake Highland Preparatory School, Orlando, FL, United States of America

TMED009 — Human iPSC-Derived Cardiomyocyte Model Reveals the Transcriptomic Bases of SARS-CoV-2 Infection Induced Myocardial Injury

• Kashish Kumar, Science Academy of South Texas, Edinburg, TX, United States of America

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – NOAA

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is the United States government agency with a mission of science, service, and stewardship. Its mission touches the lives of every American, protecting life and property and conserving and protecting natural resources. NOAA’s “Taking the Pulse of the Planet” awards recognize outstanding projects in ocean, coastal, Great Lakes, weather, and climate sciences with cash awards and a first prize summer internship.

EAEV034 — Analysis of Plastic Pellet Distribution in the Environment Using Citizen Science Nurdle Patrol Data and Batch Identification to Differentiate Spills

• Melanie Elise Quan, Las Lomas High School, Alamo, CA, United States of America

EAEV057 — Path Dependence of Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Weakening: A Geostrophic Shear Approach

• Yuchen Li, Nikola Tesla STEM High School, Sammamish, WA, United States of America

EAEV008 — Developing a User-Friendly System for Predicting Harmful Levels of Marine Biotoxins

• Lila Schweinfurth, Oregon Episcopal School, Portland, OR, United States of America

EAEV064 — Assessing and Predicting Wildfire Severity in California Based on Relationships Between Wildfires and Drought Using Machine Learning

• Angela Chen, William G. Enloe High School, Cary, NC, United States of America

EAEV102 — Harnessing Deep Learning to Assess Coral Reef Health Through Crowd-sourced Efforts

• Rithika Narayan, Elwood John Glenn High School, East Northport, NY, United States of America

National Taiwan Science Education Center

Established in 1956, the National Taiwan Science Education Center (NTSEC) is the only national center for science education in the country. The Taiwan International Science Fair Special Award recognizes projects with the best creativity and scientific applications.

Taiwan International Science Fair Special Award is a trip to participate in the Taiwan International Science Fair

CHEM051 — Silica-Supported Perovskite Oxides for Low Temperature Carbon Dioxide Conversion

• Anya Kirit Patidar, C. Leon King High School, Tampa, FL, United States of America

Winning students will have a chance to participate in Taiwan International Science Fair (TISF) in February. The local expenses are also covered by our organization.

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 pre-selected summer camp, completing hands-on engineering challenges, exploring solutions, and sharing achievements along with other aspiring engineers.

Award to attend NC State Engineering Summer Camp

EGSD015 — Engineering Multi-Enzyme Whole-Cell Biocatalysts for Biofuel Production

• Margaret Yang, Cranbrook Kingswood School, Bloomfield Hills, MI, United States of America

EGSD033 — Pathway to a Sustainable Future: Economic and Technical Feasibility of a Hydrothermal Carbonization (HTC) Processing Plant

• Kyla Hoyan Fung, Minnetonka High School, Eden Prairie, MN, United States of America

ENEV004 — Substituting Plastic

• Michael Vick, Wildwood High School, Wildwood, FL, United States of America

ENEV008 — The Application of Mycoremediation Upon Cigarette Filter Waste

• Nylah Lillian Ductan, Rockdale Magnet School for Science and Technology, Conyers, GA, United States of America

ENEV017 — Rewriting the Industry: A Novel Approach to 100% Biodegradable Ink Production and Recyclability

• Kiera Fehr, Henry Clay High School, Lexington, KY, United States of America

ENEV027 — Degradation of Bioplastics from Biomass Sources Used as an Alternative for Plastic Products

• Anna Jean Armstrong, Joel E. Ferris High School, Spokane, WA, United States of America

MATS004 — Scalable and Sustainable Synthesis of a Novel, Bio-Based Polyurethane Foam System Incorporating Industrial Byproducts and Waste

• Sohi Sanjay Patel, College Park High School, The Woodlands, TX, United States of America

SOFT019 — An Intelligent Assistive Human Emotion Recognition and Adjustment System

• Yixiu Li, Shanghai SMIC Private School, Shanghai, Shanghai, China

SOFT024 — DORC: Dynamic Operating Room Companion for Gallbladder Removal Surgery Workflow Verification

• Pravalika Gayatri Putalapattu, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, VA, United States of America

SOFT026 — Coding for Music Education

• Marlea Martens, Elko High School, Elko, NV, United States of America

SOFT046 — Using Artificial Intelligence and Algorithms for Natural Language Processing to Analyze the Emotions of Gender in Literature and Songs

• Alice Louise Heiman, Viktor Rydbergs Gymnasium Odenplan, Stockholm, Sweden

CHEM001 — Biodegradable Plastics Made from Waste Biomethane

• Kevin Sun, Jasper High School, Plano, TX, United States of America

CHEM007 — Thrown, but Will It Break Down? – A Study of the Correlation of the pH of Soil and Its Effect on the Rate at which Biodegradable Materials Decompose and the Application of the Findings of this Experiment in Landfills

• Hadia Bizhan , Lyneham High School, Watson , ACT, Australia

CHEM017 — Synthesis & Characterization of Phosphorus/Nitrogen Co-Doped Carbonized Waste Cigarette Filters: Application as Textile Dye Adsorbents & Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysts

• Zane Abdeen Alsebai, Little Rock Central High School, Little Rock, AR, United States of America

ENEV001 — Separating Microplastics from Beach Sand Using a Fluidized Air Bed

• Sean Brooks, Pine Creek High School, Colorado Springs, CO, United States of America

ENEV005 — Using a Positive Charged Media to Remove Different Heavy Metal Ions from Contaminated Water Samples

• Claire Jinbei Han, Pensacola High School, Pensacola, FL, United States of America

ENEV029 — A Comparison of Domestic Dryer Contributions to Previous Domestic Washer Data of Microplastic Fiber Emissions in Waste Water Generated from Synthetic Textiles

• Heidi Kinsey, Fort Myers High School, Fort Myers, FL, United States of America

ENMC005 — Recycling Plastic for 3d Printing

• Cayden N. Shaffer, Whitewater High School, Brooks, GA, United States of America

ENMC016 — The Effect of Wrapping Space on Pressure Required for Bending in Fiber Reinforced Soft Actuators

• Natalie Justine Janzaruk, Notre Dame Academy, Villa Hills, KY, United States of America

MATS010 — Nanotechnology Biobased on the Petiole of (Mauritia flexuosa) for Application in Sustainable Design

• Ana Beatriz Castro Silva, Centro Educacional ArteCeb , Imperatriz, Maranhao, Brazil

MATS011 — The Analysis of Chitosan in Reducing the Initial Burst Effect in Electrospun Nanofiber-Based Drug Delivery Systems (DDS)

• Sunehra Rahman Chowdhury, Colleyville Heritage High School, Euless, TX, United States of America

MATS025 — Cyclo.Plas 2: A Dual Focus Development as Alternative Materials to Plastic by Upcycling Fish Scale Waste Components

• Jacqueline Prawira, Mountain House High School, Mountain House, CA, United States of America

SOFT015 — Designing a Flex Sensor-Based Posture Trainer and Determining Its Effect on Sedentary Posture

• Grace Anne Crifasi, Saint Joseph’s Academy, Baton Rouge, LA, United States of America

SOFT018 — A Two-Step Approach to Effectively Find Analogies in Knowledge Graphs

• Xuerui He, No. 2 High School of East China Normal University, Shanghai, Shanghai, China

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

EBED001 — VR But Better: Using Geomagnetic Fields, Bodily Electric Fields, and Pressure Distributions in VR

• Yashua Evans, The Academy For Advanced Studies, McDonough, GA, United States of America

EGSD027 — The Computational and Experimental Study of Cellulose in Ionic Liquids and Water for Finding an Optimal Solvent for Biofuel Production

• Nicholas Boyer, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, Horse Shoe, NC, United States of America

PHYS050 — The Fast and Inconspicuous: New Near Earth Asteroids Discovered Using Deep Learning and Synthetic Data Are Fainter and Move Faster than Those Previously Discovered

• Franklin Wang, Palo Alto Senior High School, Palo Alto, CA, United States of America

SOFT044 — Attributing State-backed Information Operations on Twitter through Machine Learning

• James Connor, Northport High School, Northport, NY, 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 diversity in technology fields. Oracle Academy understands and values educators as partners who are empowered to facilitate innovative student learning in and outside the classroom. We engage with thousands of educational institutions and educators in more than 120 countries, helping millions of students become college and career ready.

Award of $5,000 for outstanding project in the systems software category.

CBIO039 — Novel Evolutionary Artificial Intelligence Methods for De Novo Drug Design

• Anish Goswami, West Linn High School, Willsonville, OR, United States of America

ENBM023T — Stroke Rehabilitation Using Artificial Intelligence K.A.K.I (Kinesthetic Augmented Kinematic Inference)

• Saan Cern Yong, Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Katholik, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
• Sheng Ze Yeoh, Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Katholik, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia

ROBO003 — DocAide: A Collaborative AI Medical Assistant Using Novel Autonomous Learning

• Harshal V. Bharatia, Plano Senior High School, Plano, TX, United States of America

ROBO021 — Submergible Robotic System Used to Clean Calm Bodies of Water

• Benjamin Ian Gracia, James Pace High School, Brownsville, TX, United States of America

ROBO024 — The Keeper

• Blessings Lethubuhle Mary Ncube, Plumtree High School, Plumtree, Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe

ROBO059 — Detecting Microbial Contaminants in Water Using Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning Algorithms in order to Prevent the Spread of Waterborne Illnesses

• Anshul Verma, Hamilton High School, Chandler, AZ, United States of America

SOFT003T — MRyze: A Web Application that Analyzes MR Images to Detect and Segmentate Brain Tumor For Both Doctors and Patients

• Eren Ekrem Kallikci, Antalya Bilim ve Sanat Merkezi , Antalya, Antalya, Turkey
• Huseyin Kaan Kucukturan, Antalya Bilim ve Sanat Merkezi , Bahceyaka Mahallesi Dosemealti/Antalya, Antalya , Turkey

SOFT034T — Augmenting Under-Researched Medical Domains with an Intuitive Querying System on Resourceful Crowd-Collected Data

• Ana Vizitiv, Da Vinci School, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
• Madalina Griza, Theoretical High School ” Orizont, Durlesti “, Chisinau, Stauceni, Republic of Moldova

SOFT039 — Safe Woman: Creation and Development of an Innovative Mobile Application for the Safety of Women

• Alejandra Kristina Garcia – Baez, The San Juan Math, Science and Technology Center, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico

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.

Top Award of $1,000, and an American flag and a framed copy of the first patent granted in the USA

PHYS017 — Dynamic Contact Angle Measurements of Superhydrophobicity in Dip-Coated Face Masks to Minimize Exposure to COVID-19 Sized Nanoparticles

• Annika Maria Larsson Vaidyanathan, Winter Springs High School, Oviedo, FL, United States of America

CBIO004 — Tackling Tau: Identifying a Novel Inhibitor for the MSUT-2 Protein based on Quantum Machine Learning for the Identification of Treatments of Neurodegenerative Diseases

• Rithvik Ganesh, Plano West Senior High School, Plano, TX, United States of America

CBIO057 — Type 2 Diabetes and Ulcerative Colitis: Shared Gut Microbiome Dysbiosis, a Biomarker for Colorectal Cancer

• Sara Kapasi, The Westminster Schools, Atlanta, GA, United States of America

CHEM061 — Fabrication of Napthalimide Point-of-Care (POC) Chemosensor Using InkJet Printing on Cellulose Paper for Determination of Uric Acid (UA) in Synthetic Urine and Aqueous Solution of Grain Samples, and Chromium Metal (Cr) in Drinking Water

• Vedant Nilesh Karalkar, Eastside High School, Gainesville, FL, United States of America

MCRO043 — Distinguishing Bacterial Motion Quantitatively: A Diagnostic Method for Intestinal Disease

• Neha Mani, Hunter College High School, Bronx, NY, United States of America

ROBO002 — SUMRO (Symmetric Upper-limb Mapping Robotic Prosthesis)

• Dilay Dal, Ozel Enka Mesleki ve Teknik Anadolu Lisesi, Kocaeli, Kocaeli, Turkey

ROBO034 — Use of Collaborative Robotics in Mass Production of Freehand Components

• Nathaniel Loveless, West High School, West Valley City, UT, United States of America

Raytheon Technologies Corporation

Raytheon Technologies Corporation is an aerospace and defense company that provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide. With four industry-leading businesses ― Collins Aerospace Systems, Pratt & Whitney, Raytheon Intelligence & Space and Raytheon Missiles & Defense ― the company delivers solutions that push the boundaries in avionics, cybersecurity, directed energy, electric propulsion, hypersonics, and quantum physics.

Each winning project will receive $1,000.

EAEV125 — Using Machine Learning to Combat Air Pollution by Forecasting Tropospheric Ozone Levels

• Eliana Kai Juarez, V. Sue Cleveland High School, Rio Rancho, NM, United States of America

EGSD037 — Future Generation Batteries: Solid State Batteries

• Ariel Gat, Tamar Ariel (Shapira) School, Netanya, Israel

ENMC036 — Supporting a Wing with Hexagons to Make It Lighter

• Alexander Michael Kmetko, University School, Sagamore Hills, OH, United States of America

ENMC055 — Improving the Aerodynamic Efficiency and Decreasing the Drag Coefficient of an F1 in Schools Race Car Based on Further Evaluation of Aerodynamic Principles and Designs

• Ao Gai, Deerfield Academy, Deerfield, MA, United States of America

In addition to $1000 in cash, winning students will receive a certificate.

Ricoh USA, Inc

Ricoh is empowering digital workplaces using innovative technologies and services enabling individuals to work smarter. For more than 80 years, Ricoh has been driving innovation and is a leading provider of document management solutions, IT services, commercial and industrial printing, digital cameras, and industrial systems. 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

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.

First Award of $1000

CHEM054 — Simulation of Solar-Powered Capacitive Deionization (CDI) for the Removal of Bacteria, Viruses, and Heavy Metals from Water

• Sanjna Kedia , Manhasset High School, Manhasset, NY, United States of America

ANIM022 — How Do Butterfly Wings Repel Water? The Relationship between Super-Hydrophobicity and the Fine Structure Common to Butterflies

• Wakana Nakayama, Kobe University Secondary School, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan

ANIM026 — What’s All the Buzz? Drosophila melanogaster as a Unique Model for Addiction Disorders and Physiology After Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

• Shan Lateef, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Manassas, VA, United States of America

BCHM023 — A Highly Selective and Sensitive Novel Biosensor Capable of Quantifying and Monitoring a Clotting Factor Elevated in Severe COVID-19 Cases

• Jaden Yun, Phillips Exeter Academy, Leesburg, VA, United States of America

BMED033 — Elucidating Mechanisms & Impacts of Age-related Alterations in Blood-CNS Barriers: A Transcriptome Study of the Aging Blood-brain Barrier & the Dry Age-related Macular Degeneration Retina

• Luke Briody, Byram Hills High School, Bedford, NY, United States of America

CELL037 — The Neuro-Protective Role of Select Transcription Factors in a PINK1 Loss-of-Function Based Model of Neurodegeneration in Drosophila melanogaster

• Parisa Aryana Vaziri, Plano East Senior High School, Richardson, TX, United States of America

PLNT037 — A Novel Assay to Quantitatively Detect Bacterial Endotoxin by Harnessing PAMP-Triggered Immunity of FRK1-LUC Arabidopsis thaliana

• Aravind Murali Krishnan, Hillsborough High School, Hillsborough, NJ, United States of America

Shanghai Youth Science Education Society

Shanghai Youth Science Education Society (SYSES) is committed to popularizing and disseminating science and technology to young people and the general public. As a leading STEM education organization which has a long history, SYSES works with hundreds of researchers and domain experts in STEM field, providing high-quality online and offline STEM education resources and training programs. “Science Seed” awards are given to recognize outstanding projects in all disciplines.

Science Seed Award

ENBM021 — JTremor3D: A Wearable Tremor Profiling Device for Patients with Parkinson’s Disease

• Jui Abhijit Keskar, The Orchid School, Pune, Maharashtra, India

ROBO055 — HemaVision: A Deep Learning and Computer Vision-Based Mobile Screening System for Rapid, Inexpensive, and Automated Diagnosis of Hematological Diseases

• Ella Yue Wang, BASIS Chandler, Chandler, AZ, United States of America

SOFT052 — Intra-procedural Prostate MRI Registration: A Data-efficient Siamese Neural Network (SNN) Design

• Alexander Lyons, Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School, New York, NY, United States of America

TMED007 — The cGAS-STING Pathway in Rhabdomyosarcoma and Osteosarcoma

• Anjali Dhanekula, Hathaway Brown School, Twinsburg, OH, United States of America

Winners will receive certificates (electronic).

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.

First Life Science Award of $2,000

BMED072T — Rapid Osteoporosis Risk Assessment: Non-invasive Detection Kit of Calcium, Phosphate and pH in Human Sweat

• Korrawee Leelaadisorn, Mahidol Wittayanusorn School, Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand
• Krit Kasikpan, Mahidol Wittayanusorn School, Mueng, Prachinburi, Thailand
• Patt Phurtivilai , Mahidol Wittayanusorn School, Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand

Second Life Science Award of $1,000

ANIM021T — Where Are They from? The Origin of Alien Cicada (Graptopsaltria bimaculata) in Izumi, Kagoshima, Japan

• Ann Itakura, Kagoshima Prefectural Kokubu High School, Kirishima, Kagoshima, Japan
• Nanami Arimura, Kagoshima Prefectural Kokubu High School, Kirishima City , Kagoshima, Japan
• Riko Nakajima, Kagoshima Prefectural Kokubu High School, Aira, Kagoshima, Japan

First Physical Science Award of $2,000

Second Physical Science Award of $1,000

ENBM001T — ARTHETA-0: An Innovative, Affordable Approach to the Onsite, Rapid 3D Printing of Artery Stents, Parameterized to Fit Individual Patients’ Needs

• Connor Brannon Mitchell, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, Raleigh, NC, United States of America
• Prabuddha Ghosh Dastidar, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, Waxhaw, NC, United States of America

Honorable Mention Life Science Award

CELL002T — Extrathymic T-Cell Development in the Mesenteric Lymph Nodes of Mice

• Sandhya Kumar, Lawton Chiles High School, Tallahassee, FL, United States of America
• Surabhi Kumar, Lawton Chiles High School, Tallahassee, FL, United States of America

Honorable Mention Physical Science Award

CHEM021T — CASH-LOCK: A Way to Find Out What You Are Wearing

• Alberto Racerro, Istituto Superiore Ascanio Sobrero, Conzano, Alessandria, Italy
• Bibiana Dellavalle, Istituto Superiore Ascanio Sobrero, Casale Monferrato, Alessandria, Italy
• Elisa Destro, Istituto Superiore Ascanio Sobrero, Pontestura, AL, Italy

SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics

SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics is an education, not-for-profit organization, founded to advance light-based technologies. The Society contributes a significant percentage of revenue every year to community support activities including, educational resources, outreach and advocacy programs, career development, and an annual scholarship program which recognizes students from all over the world studying optics, photonics, or related fields. Learn more about SPIE and its commitment to the next generation of scientists and engineers.

First Award of $2,500

EGSD003 — Investigation of Spectral Response and Efficiency of Boron and Nitrogen-doped Diamond-like Carbon as the Top Junction in Multijunction Silicon Solar Cells

• Feridun Balaban, Malatya Bilim ve Sanat Merkezi, Malatya, Turkey

Second Award of $1,500

PHYS060 — EXoplanet ConfIrmaTIoN throuGh transits (EXCITING): Determining False Positives for Exoplanet Candidates

• Haedam Im, University High School, Irvine, CA, United States of America

ENBM100 — An Innovative Microcontroller-Driven Illumination System to Correct Moderate to Severe Color Vision Deficiency

• Vladimir Mamchik, Jesuit High School, Hillsboro, OR, United States of America

Susie and Gideon Yu Awards for Innovation in Sustainability

The Susie and Gideon Yu Awards for Innovation in Sustainability recognizes students whose innovative project focuses on conservation of natural resources and sustainability. It is supported by the Susie and Gideon Yu Foundation. Mr. Gideon Yu of Hillsborough, CA, a 1989 ISEF Grand Award winner in Environmental Sciences. Mr. Yu is a co-owner and former President of the San Francisco 49ers. Mr. Yu is a Trustee of the Monterey Bay Aquarium, and he and his wife Susie are generous donors to anti-poverty programs and scholarship programs.

First Award of $25,000

PLNT036 — Tropicalization of Temperate Ecosystems: How Climate Change Can Influence

• Regan Williams , John T Hoggard High School, Wilmington, NC, United States of America

Eligible students will not only have completed a well-developed project that is unique and clearly charts new territory, but will also be exceptional at communicating the research and its future implications to judges and to the public.

The Potamkin Prize

The Potamkin Prize recognizes achievements of scientific researchers who do innovative and groundbreaking work to push forward the study in brain degenerative diseases. Since establishing the award in 1988, The Potamkin Prize has bestowed more than $3 million to over 70 researchers, paving the way toward a series of revolutionary advances in the field of brain science. The Potamkin Prize for Students aims to support the education of young researchers with curious minds and a desire to make important discoveries that will benefit humanity for years to come.

CELL011 — Characterization of Insulin-degrading Enzyme: Using Molecular Visualization Systems to Understand Substrate Recognition in Type 2 Diabetes and Alzheimer’s

• Aditi Kona, North Oldham High School, Prospect, KY, United States of America

U.S. Agency for International Development

USAID is the world’s premier international development agency and a catalytic actor driving development results. USAID’s work advances U.S. national security and economic prosperity, demonstrates American generosity, and promotes a path to recipient self-reliance and resilience.

USAID Science for Development First Award – Global Health ($5,000)

Second Award Global Health ($3,000)

EAEV039 — Larvicidal “Trojan-horse”: Experimentally Developing a Novel Low-Cost and Eco-Friendly Mosquito Vector Control Treatment

• Aseel Rawashdeh, L C Anderson High School, Austin, TX, United States of America

Third Award Global Health ($2,000)

ENBM016 — StethoDoc: Screening for Lung Disorders with an Augmented Reality Guided Smart Stethoscope

• Aria Narayan Vikram, National Public School, Indiranagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

USAID Science for Development First Award – Agriculture and Food Security ($5,000)

EGSD038 — Use of Anaerobic Biodigestion to Produce Energy, Reduce the Amount of Waste Generated, and Eliminate the Emission of Greenhouse Gases in Agricultural Projects

• Mirelys Dailene Santana-Rivera, Centro Residencial de Oportunidades Educativas de Ceiba, Canovanas , Puerto Rico

Second Award Agriculture and Food Security ($3,000)

ENMC072 — Implementation of Novel Semi-Supervised Machine Learning Model into Autonomous Irrigation Network Optimized for Power Self-Sufficiency

• Arya Tschand, High Technology High School, Marlboro, NJ, United States of America

Third Award Agriculture and Food Security ($2,000)

EAEV121T — A Third Year Study on the Bioremediation of Tetracycline Polluted Soils: How Antibiotic Resistance Can Reduce Antibiotic Pollution in the Environment and a Solution to Antibiotic Pollution-Related Crop Failure

• Sanjana Hiremath, Plano East Senior High School, Richardson , TX, United States of America
• Sriya Teerdhala, Plano East Senior High School, Richardson, TX, United States of America

USAID Science for Development First Award – Climate and Environmental Protection ($5,000)

EAEV087 — Removing Chromium (VI) from Contaminated Water Using a Low-Cost Chitosan Coated Diatomaceous Earth

• Johan DeMessie, William Mason High School, Mason, OH, United States of America

Second Award Climate and Environmental Protection ($3,000)

ENEV071 — Coffee Pulp Ecoboards in the High Yurinaki Annex – 2020

• Alexandra Nancy Lima Quispe, Jorge Basadre, Alto Yurinaki, Junin, Peru

Third Award Climate and Environmental Protection ($2,000)

ENEV066T — EcoAir: Biochar Low-cost Portable Purifier for Indoor Pollution

• Chloe Laplanche, Union School Haiti, Petionville, Haiti
• Nathalia Michelle Succar, Union School Haiti, Laboule , West , Haiti
• Noah Araya Bigio, Union School Haiti, Port-au-Prince , Petion-ville, Haiti

USAID Science for Development First Award – Working in Crisis and Conflict ($5,000)

EAEV106T — GLAS: A Global Landslide Analytics System

• Ishaan Javali, Plano East Senior High School, Murphy, TX, United States of America
• Shrey Joshi, Plano East Senior High School, Plano, TX, United States of America

Second Award Working in Crisis and Conflict ($3,000)

Third Award Working in Crisis and Conflict ($2,000)

EAEV097 — Minimum Slope Required for Liquefaction Induced Lateral Ground Displacement to Occur in a Confined Soil Mass Subject to a Simulated Seismic Shock

• Rosemary A. Yahne, Northern Utah Acadamy for Math, Engineering and Science, Layton, UT, United States of America

USAID will present First, Second and Third place awards in four categories, recognizing projects with relevance to international development.

United States Environmental Protection Agency

From nanomaterials a billionth of a meter in size to global climate dynamics, EPA scientists and engineers are investigating every scale of our environment and the links between environment and human health. EPA conducts research that addresses the highest priority science needs of the nation. The work performed by EPA scientists, engineers and their research partners improves the quality of the air we breathe, the water that sustains us, and the land upon which we live.

The Patrick Hurd Sustainability Award winner will travel to EPA’s National Sustainable Design Expo

Alternate trip winner

ENEV054 — Innovative Climate Change Emissions Reduction: The Cargo Ship Flettner Rotor Centrifugal Vortex Exhaust Scrubber

• Charlotte Lenore Michaluk, Hopewell Valley Central High School, Titusville, NJ, United States of America

Science at EPA provides the foundation for credible decision-making to safeguard human health and the environment. The Office of Research and Development (ORD) is EPA’s scientific research arm, and whose research helps provide the solid underpinning of science and technology for the Agency. Please note for our award winner if the students are under 18 EPA will pay for one chaperone.

University of Arizona

Established in 1885, the University of Arizona is the state’s land-grant university. Recognized as a global leader, Arizona is also a leader in research, bringing more than $622 million in research investment each year, and ranking 21st among all public universities. Arizona offers over 300 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in 16 academic colleges. Arizona will award scholarships to outstanding awardees who have demonstrated robust research for the greater good of society.

Renewal Tuition Scholarship

ANIM006 — The Survival of the Fairy : An In-Depth Survey into the Behavior and Life Cycle of the Sand Fairy Cicada, Year 3

• Antonio Shane Rajaratnam, Redeemer Baptist School, Greystanes, New South Wales, Australia

ANIM011 — Year 4: Developing a Multiple Linear Regression Model to Predict the Specific Effects of Various Lactic Acid Bacteria Dosages on the Overall Honey Bee Gut Microbiota and Nosema ceranae Reduction

• Varun Raj Madan, Lake Highland Preparatory School, Orlando, FL, United States of America

ANIM014 — Tough Turkeys: What Effect Does Climate Change Have on the Home Range of Wild Turkeys in Northeast Minnesota?

• Harmony Grace Tracy, Cloquet Senior High School, Cloquet, MN, United States of America

ANIM035 — Jumping Spiders Perform Head Saccades During Prey Tracking

• Nathalie Schelin, Mountain Vista Governors School, Linden, VA, United States of America

ANIM040 — Comparison of Same-Hen Yolk and Serum Antibody Levels Using the Elisa Test Following Vaccination with Typical Vaccines Used in Commercial Laying Hens

• Jesse Shepherd, Spanish Fork High School, Spanish Fork, UT, United States of America

BCHM014 — Investigating Absorption of iron(II) by Apo Lactoferrin Using pH

• Daniel Alejandro Musquiz, John B. Alexander High School, Laredo, TX, United States of America

BEHA026 — Grasping Gestures: An Analysis of the Aesthetics of Dance Through the Lens of Physics and Computer Science

• Malavika Singh, West High School, Salt Lake City, UT, United States of America

BMED006 — Breakdown of Gluten Proteins Using a Newly Identified Combination of Fruit Derived Enzymes to Alleviate Symptoms of Gluten Intolerance

• Aditi Avinash , Rock Canyon High School, Castle Pines , CO, United States of America

BMED020 — Effects of Prosopis glandulosa Leave Extract on Lowering the Antibiotic Resistance of Escherichia coli, Sarcina lutea, and Staphylococcus epidermidis

• Andrea Romero, Harvest Preparatory Academy, San Luis , AZ, United States of America

BMED042 — Interleukin-33 Promotes Th17 Cell Clonal Expansion in the B16 Tumor Microenvironment

• Andrew Warren Ni, Pine-Richland High School, Gibsonia, PA, United States of America

CBIO025 — mRNA Sequence Analysis to Determine Genes Causing Unilateral Incompatibility in S. lycopersicum and S. pennellii

• Alexander Clinton Nelson, Nelson Home School, Tucson, AZ, United States of America

CBIO086 — De Novo Design of Ubiquitin Substrate for Neuritic Plaque-Busting

• Khushi Parikh, Gilbert Classical Academy, Mesa, AZ, United States of America

CBIO094 — Using Machine Learning to Repurpose FDA-Approved Drugs to Treat Cancers and Inflammatory Diseases

• Aakarsh Vermani, Westview High School, San Diego, CA, United States of America

EAEV028 — Green Infrastructure Impacts on Carbon Cycling: Evaluating Changes in Soil Microbial Composition and Function

• Isabel Kay Ross, Cienega High School, Tucson, AZ, United States of America

ENMC058 — A Robotics Assistive Device Application in Minimizing Manibus Tremors in Persons Afflicted with Bradykinesia: Phase V

• Shaylee Stanger, Clearfield High School, Clinton, UT, United States of America

MCRO017 — Viral Abundance in Terrestrial Cyanobacteria Differs as a Function of Host Ecology

• Esha Mathur, University High School, Tucson, AZ, United States of America

SOFT049 — qGenerator: A Novel Way to Create Qudit Quantum Error Correction Codes

• Arun J. Moorthy, BASIS Scottsdale, Scottsdale, AZ, United States of America

This award ($10,000 a year) is renewable for four years for a total of $40,000. This tuition scholarship award can be combined with merit tuition scholarships offered by Arizona to cover the total cost of 100% base tuition. Units must be completed at the University of Arizona.

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.

CHEM011 — Keep Our Water Away from FOG

• Zhi-Wei Steven Zeng, Zeng Homeschool, Katy, TX, United States of America

Second Award of $1000

Third Award of $500.00

CHEM025 — New Methods for Computing the Configurational Entropy of Deeply Supercooled Liquids with the Potential Energy Landscape

• Kaien Yang, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Annandale, VA, United States of America

CHEM043T — Development of a Novel Machine Learning Algorithm in Biomolecules and Drugs for Measuring Molecular Surface Area: Applications in Long QT Syndrome and Neurodegenerative Diseases

• Nouraldeen Ibrahim, Staten Island Technical High School, Brooklyn, NY, United States of America
• Shawn B Lokshin, Staten Island Technical High School, Staten Island, NY, United States of America

Winner will also receive a certificate

As a leading manufacturer of microscopes ZEISS offers inspiring solutions and services for your life sciences and materials research, teaching and clinical routine. Reliable ZEISS systems are used for manufacturing and assembly in high tech industries as well as exploration and processing of raw materials worldwide. ZEISS Microscopy is happy to offer the winners Primostar 3 light microscopes. Primostar 3 is the easy-to-use, compact and long-lasting instrument that is the right choice for a ready-to-go experience. A true plug & play instrument, making it your reliable partner.

Zeiss First Award in Applied Microbiology – ZEISS Primostar Microscope

ZEISS First Award in Disease Detection and Diagnosis – ZEISS Primostar Microscope

TMED022 — PANDwriting: An Accessible Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s Novel Diagnostic Framework Using Vision-Based Handwriting Kinematic Analysis and Machine Learning

• Ron Nachum, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Vienna, VA, United States of America

Tim Walz's military record: What to know about potential VP's National Guard service

Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris selected Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate on Tuesday, choosing a progressive yet plain-spoken VP candidate from America’s heartland to help her win over rural, white voters.

“I’m pleased to share that I’ve made my decision: Minnesota Governor Tim Walz will join our campaign as my running mate,” Harris said via text to supporters. “Tim is a battle-tested leader who has an incredible track record of getting things done for Minnesota families. I know that he will bring that same principled leadership to our campaign, and to the office of the vice president.”

We look at Walz, a 60-year-old U.S. Army National Guard veteran, and his military career over the years.

More: Tim Walz is Kamala Harris' VP pick: Minnesota governor named running mate: Live updates

How long was Walz in the military?

Walz served in the military for 24 years, enlisting in the Nebraska National Guard at 17 in 1981 and then transferring to the Minnesota National Guard in 1996. He retired in 2005 to begin his successful run for the U.S. House, representing Minnesota as command sergeant major, among the highest ranks for enlisted soldiers. His battalion went on to deploy to Iraq shortly after Walz's retirement.

Walz specialized in heavy artillery and had proficiency ribbons in sharpshooting and hand grenades.

But during the 21 years that Walz spent working with large artillery pieces, he suffered hearing loss and tinnitus in both ears, Minnesota Public Radio reported. He was allowed to continue his service after undergoing surgery, which partially resolved his hearing loss.

Where did Walz serve, and what did he do in the National Guard?

During his service, Walz responded to natural disasters, including floods and tornadoes in Minnesota and Nebraska, and was deployed overseas for months at a time, according to MPR.

In 2003, he was sent to Italy, where he served with the European Security Force to support the war in Afghanistan. He was also stationed in Norway for joint training with other NATO militaries.

Walz told MPR that he reenlisted in the National Guard after the September 11 attacks but never saw active combat in his years in the military.

Stars and Stripes reported in 2020 that Walz credited his Army experience with helping him steer Minnesota through the COVID-19 pandemic as governor.

As governor of Minnesota, Walz is commander in chief of the 13,000-soldier Minnesota National Guard. “I’m certainly proud of my military service, but it’s one piece of me,” he told Minnesota Public Radio in 2018. “It doesn’t define me.”

Reuters and USA TODAY reporter Tom Vanden Brook contributed to this story.

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Harvey Mudd College computer science and mathematics major Mithra Karamchedu ’26 was recognized by the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) for his essay on the renowned mathematician and engineer Claude Shannon.

“A Mind, a Machine, and a Game in Between Claude Shannon and the Origin of the Information Age” delves into Shannon’s unique approach to research and his profound contributions to information theory. The essay was awarded first prize in the MAA’s history of math student essay contest and has been published in the MAA online journal, Convergence .

Karamchedu’s essay was born out of a project for the class Biography in Mathematics, taught by Jemma Lorenat, associate professor of mathematics at Pitzer College. The assignment required students to write a biography or metabiography of a mathematician, and Karamchedu chose Claude Shannon due to his dual identity as both an engineer and a mathematician.

“I had become very interested in information theory,” Karamchedu says. “One book that provided an initial spark for me to write about Shannon was James Gleick’s The Information . I thought that Shannon’s approach to research seemed so unique and exciting.”

Claude Shannon, often referred to as the “father of information theory,” was known for his ability to merge theoretical abstractions with practical applications. This duality is what captivated Karamchedu, who highlighted Shannon’s whimsical and playful approach to research in his essay.

“Shannon was fascinated by theoretical abstractions and was also drawn to the practicality of building things he found fun and interesting,” Karamchedu says. “What really stood out to me was how much he allowed his whimsy and sense of fun to drive his research, finding deep abstractions in places we don’t normally look, especially games and toys.”

Karamchedu’s essay focuses on the relationship between games and toys and Shannon’s two most famous papers: “A Symbolic Analysis of Relay and Switching Circuits” and “A Mathematical Theory of Communication.” He also touches upon Shannon’s lesser-known passions, such as juggling and chess. Shannon wrote an unpublished paper on the mathematics of juggling and built one of the world’s first chess-playing machines.

Through his exploration of Shannon’s work and philosophy, Karamchedu has gained valuable insights into his own research approach. Looking to the 2024 fall semester, Karamchedu is eager to bring Shannon’s playful spirit and innovative mindset to the HMC makerspace, a student-run facility with access to tools, resources, space and storage for personal and academic projects.

“Learning about Shannon has taught me the importance of looking for ideas in all things,” he says. “Shannon’s skill was being able to take complex ideas that we see in games, toys, puzzles and the world around us and distill them into elegant formulations. While many deep and beautiful ideas are motivated by pure theory, the cool things that we see in the world or that we build can have ideas that are just as powerful. This philosophy is incredibly inspiring to me, and I hope to implement it as much as I can.”

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Study Puts a $43 Billion Yearly Price Tag on Cancer Screening

The estimate focused on five cancers for which there is medically recommended screening — breast, cervical, colorectal, lung and prostate — and found that colonoscopies accounted for most of the costs.

By Gina Kolata

The United States spent $43 billion annually on screening to prevent five cancers, according to one of the most comprehensive estimates of medically recommended cancer testing ever produced.

The analysis, published on Monday in The Annals of Internal Medicine and based on data for the year 2021, shows that cancer screening makes up a substantial proportion of what is spent every year on cancer in the United States, which most likely exceeds $250 billion. The researchers focused their estimate on breast, cervical, colorectal, lung and prostate cancers, and found that more than 88 percent of screening was paid for by private insurance and the rest mostly by government programs.

Dr. Michael Halpern, the lead author of the estimate and a medical officer in the federally funded National Cancer Institute’s health care delivery research program, said his team was surprised by the high cost, and noted that it was likely to be an underestimate because of the limits of the analysis.

For Karen E. Knudsen, the chief executive of the American Cancer Society, the value of screening for the cancers is clear. “We are talking about people’s lives,” she said. “Early detection allows a better chance of survival. Full stop. It’s the right thing to do for individuals.”

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Other researchers say the finding supports their contentions that screening is overused, adding that there is a weak link between early detection and cancer survival and that the money invested in cancer testing is not being well spent.

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