Society for Science & the Public Announces National Geographic Society as a Sponsor of the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair

National Geographic Society to sponsor Earth and Environmental Sciences Category, Washington, DC student delegation and popular welcome event

Society for Science & the Public (Society) today announced that National Geographic Society will be a sponsor of the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), the world’s largest pre-college science and engineering competition. 

Established in 1950, ISEF gives the world’s best and brightest
young scientists a global stage to share their outstanding STEM research, and
compete for nearly $5 million in awards, prizes and scholarships. Each year,
over 175,000 students compete in the Society’s more than 420 affiliated high
school science fairs in more than 80 countries, regions and territories. Top
winners earn the right to compete at Regeneron ISEF where nearly 2,000
finalists, half of which are young female scientists, are judged in 21
different categories including biochemistry, behavioral and social sciences,
environmental engineering, mathematics, robotics and intelligent machines,
systems software and translational medical science. 

National Geographic Society has made a two-year commitment to sponsor the earth and environmental sciences category in addition to a delegation of finalists from Washington, DC.  Additionally, National Geographic will be sponsoring the Pin Exchange, a signature event at Regeneron ISEF, featuring an ice breaker activity where students trade lapel pins representing their state or country with as many students as they can meet from other places in the United States and around the world.

The National Geographic sponsorship is part of the Society’s new multitiered
sponsorship model for Regeneron ISEF in which a variety of companies and
organizations can support different judging categories, events and delegations
of Regeneron ISEF finalists. The Society is continuing to seek additional
sponsors who are similarly committed to furthering the future of science and
engineering, and will be announcing other sponsors in the coming weeks and
months.

“I’m excited to welcome National
Geographic Society to the Regeneron ISEF community of sponsors,” said Maya
Ajmera, President and CEO of the Society for Science & the Public and
Publisher of Science News. “National
Geographic has long been a leader in environmental sustainability. This support
will inspire the next generation of innovators seeking to solve problems around
issues including climate change, pollution and resource depletion.”

“The National Geographic Society is
thrilled to support the Society for Science & the Public and the important
work they are doing through the Regeneron International Science and Engineering
Fair,” said Michael L. Ulica, President and Chief Operating Officer of the
National Geographic Society. “Science, exploration, education and storytelling
are core to the National Geographic Society’s mission. We are proud to be able
to celebrate and honor the next generation of planetary stewards as they
illuminate and protect the wonder of our world.”