The Intel^®   International Science and Engineering Fair^® (Intel ISEF), the world's largest international pre-college science competition, provides an annual forum for more than 1,500 high school students from 65 countries, regions, and territories to showcase their independent research as they compete for over $4 million annually. The Intel ISEF is the premier global science competition for students in grades 9–12.

 

Intel ISEF 2012 Set for Pittsburgh

Intel ISEF 2012 will be held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania May 13-18.

Intel ISEF 2011 Winners Announced!

SSP and Intel hosted the Intel ISEF 2011 in Los Angeles on May 8-13. More than 1,500 Finalists from affiliated fairs in 65 countries, regions, and territories competed for over $4 million in awards. Matthew Feddersen and Blake Marggraff from Lafayette, Calif. were awarded the top prize, the Gordon E. Moore Award, and $75,000, for developing a potentially more effective and less expensive cancer treatment that places tin metal near a tumor before radiation therapy.

Taylor Wilson from Reno, Nevada won a Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award and received $50,000 for developing one of the lowest dose and highest sensitivity interrogation systems for countering nuclear terrorism. The team of Pornwasu Pongtheerawan, Arada Sungkanit and Tanpitcha Phongchaipaiboon from Thailand also won an Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award for determining that a gelatin found in fish scales could be successfully used in modern day fish packaging – an invention that could have positive, long-term effects for the environment.

For more information, see the press release and complete listing of both Special and Grand Awards:

• Intel and SSP announce top winners of the Intel ISEF 2011 (press release)

• Intel ISEF 2011 Grand Award winners announced (full listing)

• Intel ISEF 2011 Special Award winners announced  (full listing)

Contact us for more information about the Intel ISEF.