The Top 3 Grand Award Winners ISEF 2026, Phoenix: (L-R) Nikola Veselinov, 17, of Sofia, Bulgaria, Hikaru Kuribayashi, 17, of Sapporo, Japan, and Lakshmi Agrawal, 18, of Bellevue, Washington

Next generation of scientific leaders awarded more than $7 Million at the 2026 Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair

Hikaru Kuribayashi, 17, receives $100,000 Top Award for his creation of a simulation program to understand complex folding at the…
https://www.societyforscience.org/blog/regeneron-isef-2026-grand-awards/
ISEF 2025: Cory Seelenfreund, 17, of New Rochelle, New York, received the $10,000 Peggy Scripps Award for Science Communication for his study of the relevance of memory in the Prisoner’s Dilemma.

Five Questions with Cory Seelenfreund, winner of the 2025 Peggy Scripps Award for Science Communication

For Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair 2025 top winner, Cory Seelenfreund, understanding how people cooperate isn’t just an abstract…
https://www.societyforscience.org/blog/five-questions-with-cory-seelenfreund-winner-of-the-10000-peggy-scripps-award-for-science-communication/
Host Barb Baker on stage with ISEF finalists, Regeneron ISEF 2026 during the Opening Ceremony, Phoenix

Regeneron ISEF is heating up in Phoenix!

Phoenix temperatures may be soaring into the triple digits, but so is the excitement as more than 1,700 finalists from…
https://www.societyforscience.org/blog/regeneron-isef-is-heating-up-in-phoenix/
2026 Regeneron Pin Exchange in Phoenix, Arizona.

Let’s put a pin in this! Regeneron ISEF finalists at the annual Pin Exchange Ceremony

The 76th Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair kicked off this week with a wonderful tradition: the annual pin exchange…
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Meet the Regeneron ISEF 2026 sponsors

On May 9, Society for Science will welcome more than 1,700 finalists representing nearly 70 countries, regions and territories to…
https://www.societyforscience.org/blog/regeneron-isef-2026-sponsors/
ISEF 2025: Benjamin Davis, $75,000 Regeneron Young Scientist Award

Five Questions with Benjamin Davis, winner of the $75,000 Regeneron Young Scientist Award at Regeneron ISEF 2025

At just 16 years old, Benjamin Davis has already taken on one of the world’s growing environmental challenges: plastic waste.…
https://www.societyforscience.org/blog/five-questions-benjamin-davis-winner-of-the-75000-regeneron-young-scientist-award-isef-2025/
2026 Regeneron STS finalists at Janelia Research Campus during finals week.

Holding a piece of the moon: Regeneron STS finalists explore D.C.’s scientific institutions

While the top 40 finalists in the Regeneron Science Talent Search might have been out of the classrooms for Regeneron…
https://www.societyforscience.org/blog/2026-regeneron-sts-finalists-explore-scientific-institutions/
A group of Regeneron STS finalists sit side by side, singing karaoke

Finalists’ favorite moments from Regeneron STS 2026

Being a Regeneron Science Talent Search finalist is about more than being an accomplished researcher and exceptionally well-rounded high school…
https://www.societyforscience.org/blog/sts-favorite-moments/
ISEF 2025: Adam Kovalčík, first place $100,000 George D. Yancopoulos Innovator Award

Five Questions with Adam Kovalčík, the top winner of Regeneron ISEF 2025

At the 2025 Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair, Adam Kovalčík won the top $100,000 George D. Yancopoulos Innovator Award,…
https://www.societyforscience.org/blog/five-questions-with-adam-kovalcik-the-top-winner-of-regeneron-isef-2025/
2026 Earth Day Blog Post featuring our STEM Action Grantees. In the image, Friends of Ballona Wetlands with students using binoculars to look at landscape.

Protecting our planet: Organizations showing up for Earth Day, every day

Since 1970, Earth Day has been observed on April 22. While everyone can do their part in protecting our planet,…
https://www.societyforscience.org/blog/earth-day-2026/
The 2026 STEM Research Grants

Educators across the U.S. receive $110,000 in STEM Research Grants to bring DNA analysis, solar engineering and environmental research to classrooms

Society for Science is awarding more than $110,000 in STEM Research Grants to 41 educators across 16 states, expanding access…
https://www.societyforscience.org/blog/stem-research-grants-2026/
Top winner of the Thermo Fisher JIC 2025, Miles Wu

Five Questions with Miles Wu, the top winner of the 2025 Thermo Fisher JIC

From collaborating in team challenges in Washington, D.C., to imagining a future spent studying with leading origami engineers around the…
https://www.societyforscience.org/blog/five-questions-with-miles-wu-the-top-winner-of-the-2025-thermo-fisher-jic/