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Regeneron STS 2025 Top 300 Scholars Announced!

Congratulations to the top 300 Regeneron Science Talent Search Scholars. Meet the extraordinary young scientists poised to shape the future!

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Check out the List of Scholars.

The Top 5 Winners of the 2024 Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge, Washington DC

Congratulations to the Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge Winners!

Society for Science is thrilled to introduce the inspiring top winners of the premier middle school STEM research competition, the Thermo Fisher JIC.

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Watch the Awards Ceremony

Meet the winners: Project Showcase

STEM Action Grants 2024 - Photo courtesy of Trubel & Co., a tech-justice nonprofit empowering underserved youth to address societal challenges through equitable data analytics, responsible technology, and inclusive design, featuring students interacting at a STEM event.

Congratulations to the 2024 STEM Action Grant Recipients!

A total of $320,500 will be awarded to 66 impactful groups across 22 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico. These grants will expand opportunities for historically underrepresented groups in STEM, including those who identify as a race or ethnicity underrepresented in STEM, women, people with diverse gender identities, individuals with disabilities, and students who are economically disadvantaged.

Since its launch in 2016, the STEM Action Grants program has awarded a total of $1.15 million to 144 impactful organizations.

A Decade of Dedication: Congratulations to the 2024-2025 Advocates!

Society for Science has announced the selection of 100 extraordinary educators for the Advocate Program for the 2024-2025 school year. Now in its 10th year, the Society is awarding a total of $326,000 in funding, with the aim of expanding access and opportunity across science and technology for students, acknowledging the critical role educators and mentors play in developing research skills necessary for future scientists, engineers and science-minded citizens.

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Remembering President Jimmy Carter

In 1978, President Jimmy Carter took time to meet with the Science Talent Search finalists during their finals week in Washington, DC. According to this article from Science News, Carter told the winners he was honored to meet them.

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Science News article from March, 1978 when President Jimmy Carter met with the STS Finalists

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Photos of finalists dating back to 1942!

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STS finalists meet with First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt

First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt speaks with STS finalists at the White House in 1944. This meeting marked the first time finalists visited the White House as part of their weeklong trip to Washington, D.C., starting a tradition that continues today.

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STS finalists meet with First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt

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President Kennedy and Vice President Johnson address STS finalists in the Rose Garden

President John F. Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson address the 1961 STS finalists in the White House Rose Garden. Finalist Mary Sue Coleman (front row, left) went on to become president of the University of Michigan and chairwoman of the Society’s Board of Trustees.

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President Kennedy and Vice President Johnson address STS finalists in the Rose Garden

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President Obama poses with Broadcom MASTERS finalists

President Barack Obama welcomes finalists of the 2013 Broadcom MASTERS competition to the White House. Eitan Acks (back row, second from right) was the recipient of the Marconi/Samueli Award for Innovation for his project to improve speech therapy devices.

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President Obama poses with Broadcom MASTERS finalists

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Regeneron
Science Talent Search

The nation’s oldest and most prestigious science research competition for the country’s best and brightest high school seniors.

ISEF 2023 Grand Award Winners: Teepakorn Keawumdee, 17; Pannathorn Siri, 15; and, Poon Trakultangmun, 18, of Bangkok, Thailand

Regeneron ISEF

Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) is the world’s largest international pre-college science competition awarding approximately $9 million in prizes each year.

Nathan and the purple team discovered background radiation in a "Stranger Things" themed challenge.

Thermo Fisher Scientific
Junior Innovators Challenge

Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge is the premier science and engineering competition for middle school students.

Find an ISEF or Junior Innovators Challenge Affiliated Science Fair

Science competitions in nearly every state in the U.S., as well as in more than 80 countries, regions and territories, are affiliated with the Society.

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Creating Access and Opportunities
for Students and Teachers

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Advocate Program

Discover how we build STEM access by helping mentors of underrepresented and low-income students entering research projects in scientific or engineering competitions.

Educators attend a session at the 2018 Research Teachers Conference.

Research Teachers Conferences

Learn how the High School Research Teachers Conference and our new Middle School Research Teachers Conference bring educators together for what one participant called “the best professional development experience of my career.”

Science News Learning

Find out how your classroom can get the latest in-depth reporting on science topics from Science News — transforming how your students respond to and interact with science.

Electric Girls teaches girls leadership, electronics, and computer programming skills.

STEM Action Grants

Get information about our grants to innovative organizations and non-profits that promote STEM education.

Mary Fish (right) received the Society's STEM Research Grant in fall 2017.

STEM Research Grants

Learn how you might qualify for grants that help teachers across the nation to purchase equipment to assist their students in completing science research.