12-Year-Old Uses Optical Illusions to Better Understand Cognitive Processing; Wins $25,000 Top Award at the Broadcom MASTERS

Broadcom Foundation and Society for Science & the Public today announced that Ishana Kumar, 12, from Chappaqua, New York, won the coveted $25,000 Samueli Foundation Prize, the top award in the Broadcom MASTERS®, the nation’s premier science and engineering competition for middle school students. Through her project, Ishana investigated whether retinal fatigue changes our perception of “imaginary colors,” […]
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Ella Holleran, Lemelson Early Inventor Prize winner, pictured with sister and project

Middle schooler invents therapy tool for sister

Maya Ajmera receives the 2020 National Science Board Public Service Award.

Society for Science & the Public President & CEO and Publisher, Science News, Receives 2020 National Science Board Public Service Award

Katherine St George, 6th place winner in the Regeneron STS 2020

Five questions with Katherine St George, 6th place winner of the 2020 Regeneron Science Talent Search

2020 BCM Finalist Grid

Meet the Broadcom MASTERS 30 Finalists – the Nation’s Top Middle School STEM Leaders & Innovators

Melba’s students entered the inaugural New Mexico Governor's STEM Challenge and won as state champions.

How one Society Advocate’s students won at the New Mexico Governor’s STEM Challenge

Organizations that will have booths at the STEM Experiential Hall.

STEM experiences and opportunities for Middle School Research Teachers Conference attendees

This year's top 300 Broadcom MASTERS have many interests, accomplishments and hobbies.

Broadcom MASTERS by the numbers: Get to know this year’s Top 300

Portrait of Anaiah Thomas, who is an EMT and has assisted with CPR and delivering a baby/ Illustrated by Amy Wike

Five questions with Anaiah Thomas, 5th place winner of the 2020 Regeneron Science Talent Search

2020 Broadcom MASTERS Top 300

Broadcom MASTERS Announces the Top 300 Middle School Innovators in National STEM Competition

Ray Kurzweil, Cofounder and Chancellor of Singularity University, Director of Engineering at Google

Conversations with Maya: Ray Kurzweil

Jagdeep Bhatia

Five questions with 2nd place winner of the 2020 Regeneron Science Talent Search, Jagdeep Bhatia

As a Society Advocate in 2019-2020, Raj Rajnarayanan created a paid summer internship program.

How one Society Advocate created a summer research program

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