Broadcom Foundation and Society for Science & the Public Announce Broadcom MASTERS 2013 National Science Fair WinnersFlorida Middle Schooler Wins Grand Prize for Study on Endangered Tortoises WASHINGTON, D.C. – October 1, 2013–NEWS HIGHLIGHTS· River Grace (age 14) of West Melbourne, Fla., wins $25,000 Samueli Foundation Prize in honor of overall STEM excellence for his study on endangered tortoises· Eitan Acks (age 14) of San Diego wins $10,000 Marconi/Samueli Award for Innovation in recogni

Broadcom Foundation and Society for Science & the Public Announce 30 Finalists in 2013 Broadcom MASTERS Science and Engineering CompetitionTop Middle School Innovators Travel to Washington, D.C., to Compete for Cash Awards and Showcase Projects Ranging from How to Digitally Recreate Smells, Design Better Rockets, and Develop New Cures for Rheumatoid ArthritisNEWS HIGHLIGHTS30 U.S. middle school students awarded all-expense paid trip to Washington, D.C., to compete for more than $60,000 in aw

Broadcom Foundation Announces Semifinalists in Third Annual Broadcom MASTERS Science and Engineering CompetitionBroadcom Foundation and Society for Science & the Public Applaud 300 U.S. Middle School Students Chosen to Compete for Trip to Washington, D.C., and $25,000 PrizeNEWS HIGHLIGHTS300 semifinalists selected to compete in third annual Broadcom MASTERS® – a prestigious science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) competition for middle schoolers56 of the semifinalists are from Calif

The world’s largest high school science research competition, the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, a program of Society for Science & the Public, announced its top winners in Phoenix.  Ionut Budisteanu of Romania received the Gordon E. Moore Award, a $75,000 prize named in honor of the Intel co-founder and fellow scientist.  Two Intel Foundation Young Scientist Awards winners – Eesha Khare of Saratoga, Calif. and Henry Lin of Shreveport, La. – each received prizes of $50,000 from the Intel Foundation.

Society for Science & the Public, in partnership with the Intel Foundation, announced the Special Award Organization winners at an award ceremony on May 16, 2013. Student winners are ninth through twelfth graders who earned the right to compete at the Intel ISEF 2013 by winning a top prize at a local, regional, state or national science fair.

Nine Society for Science & the Public Science Fair Alumni Participate in the Third White House Science FairPresident Obama Praises the Next Generation of Innovators WASHINGTON, D.C. – April 22, 2013Nine Society for Science & the Public (SSP) science fair alumni attended the third White House Science Fairtoday where President Obama honored winners of the nation’s top science competitions and viewed their award-winning projects. All nine students were participantsin at least one of SSP’s p