EU Contest for Young Scientists Award

An all-expense-paid trip enables attendance at the European Union Contest for Young Scientists located in a new city each year. The EU Contest for Young Scientists was developed to promote the ideals of co-operation and interchange between young scientists. The contest is the annual showcase of the best of European student scientific achievement.

Learn more about the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair and about the awards presented at ISEF.

Winners of the EU Contest for Young Scientists Award from 2011-2022

2022

ANIM007 — Year 5: Developing a Novel Multiple Linear Regression Model To Optimize Honey Bee Gut Immunity Using a Lactic Acid Bacteria Probiotic Mixture

  • Varun Madan, Lake Highland Preparatory School, FL, United States of America

ROBO002T — Soft Origami-Inspired 3D Print-In-Place Artificial Intelligence Robots

  • Saan Cern Yong, Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Katholik, Selangor, Malaysia
  • Sheng Ze Yeoh, Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Katholik, Selangor, Malaysia

2019

MCRO052T — Investigating the Role of the Novel ESCRT-III Recruiter CCDC11 in HIV Viral Budding: Identifying a Potential Target for Antiviral Therapy

  • Leo Takemaru, Ward Melville High School, NY, United States of America
  • Poojan Pandya, Half Hollow Hills High School West, NY, United States of America

PHYS038 — Disentangling Spatial Correlations from Inhomogeneous Materials with Shift-Invariant Artificial Neural Networks: A Novel Approach to Study Superconductivity

  • Kaylie Hausknecht, Lynbrook Senior High School, NY, United States of America

2018

BCHM038 — The Biochemical Interactions of Cardiac Ion-Blocking Agents and Optical Coherence Tomography in vivo for Cardiovascular Diseases

  • Rhea Malhotra, Moravian Academy, PA, United States of America

MATS052 — Novel Graphene Nanoplatelet Embedded Pigmentless Emulsions for Low Cost Paintable Capacitive Sensors and Supercapacitors

  • Daniel Kang, John F. Kennedy High School , NULL, Guam

2017

EGCH018 – A Paper-Based Microbial Fuel Cell for Glucose Monitoring in Saliva

  • Kendra Zhang, Jericho High School, NY, United States of America

MATS050 – Cellulose Nanocrystals for Security Applications: Embedding Non-Optical Signatures Provided by Nanoparticles into Cellulose Nanocrystal Chiral Nematic Films

  • Nicky Wojtania, Plano West Senior High School, TX, United States of America

2016

ANIM006 – Shining a Light on the Blind: Evolutionary Regression and Adaptive Progression in the Micro-vertebrate Ramphotyphlops braminus, a Model for Understanding Brain Organization and Complex Neurological Disorders

  • River Grace, 16, West Shore Junior/Senior High School, Melbourne, Florida

BEHA008 – Biochemical Characterization and Imaging of Arc: Insights into Neurodegeneration and Alzheimer’s Development

  • Rajeev Jha, 18, President Theodore Roosevelt High School, Honolulu, Hawaii

MATH010 – Nested Eggs: Where Brianchon, Pascal and Poncelet Meet

  • Pei-Hsuan Chang, 17, Taipei Municipal LiShan High School, Taipei City, Chinese Taipei

2015

ANIM062T – A New Method of Silk Sheath Production Developed from Observation of Spinning Behavior of Silkworms

  • Thananon Hiranwanichchakorn, 16, Damrongratsongkroh, Muang, Thailand
    Nattapong Chueasiritaworn, 15, Damrongratsongkroh, Muang, Thailand
    Sutthiluk Rakdee, 15, Damrongratsongkroh, Muang, Thailand

MATH039I – Preserving Algebraic Structures on Exact Infinity: Categories with the K-theory Functor

  • Sanath Kumar Devalapurkar, 15, West High School, Torrance, California

2014

CS016 – A New Optical Computing Method with Combination of Colored Lights Realizing Balanced Ternary Computation

  • Yue Yao, 16, High School Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University, JiaDing Campus, Shanghai, China

EA005 – Increase in Tropical Cyclone Intensity and Ocean Subsurface Warming in the Western North Pacific Ocean

  • Yu-Hsin Chen, 17, Taipei First Girls High School, Taipei, Chinese Taipei

EM006 – Bio-Waste Materials as Eco-Friendly Mordant in Fabric Dye Process

  • Faye Jong-Sow Fei, 15, Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Batu Lintang, Kuching, Malaysia

2013

EE064 – A Novel Modular Repulsive Type Hybrid Magnetic Bearing for FES Systems

  • Zeyu Liu, 17, Sir Winston Churchill High School, Calgary, Canada

MA011 – Efficient Characteristic 3 Galois Field Operations for Elliptic Curve Cryptographic Applications

  • Vinay Sridhar Iyengar, 17, Oregon Episcopal School, Portland, Oregon

2012

EE064 – A Novel Modular Repulsive Type Hybrid Magnetic Bearing for FES Systems

  • Zeyu Liu, 17, Sir Winston Churchill High School, Calgary, Canada

MA011 – Efficient Characteristic 3 Galois Field Operations for Elliptic Curve Cryptographic Applications

  • Vinay Sridhar Iyengar, 17, Oregon Episcopal School, Portland, Oregon

2011

CS030 – Efficient Implementation of Tilt Compensated Compass and Depth Camera in Interactive Augmented Reality

  • Lai Xue, 18, Chengdu International School, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

EA023 – Using Amino Acid Analysis to Distinguish Chondritic Meteorites from Rocks Launched into Space from Earth

  • Jane M. Cox, 16, Timpview High School, Provo, Utah

MI030 – A Novel Approach to Mapping Protein Interactions during Pilus Biogenesis by Using in vivo Photocrosslinking

  • Erica Brooke Portnoy, 17, Commack High School, Commack, New York