The Society for Science & the Public today announced that the National Science Board (NSB), the governing body of the National Science Foundation, has awarded Maya Ajmera with the 2020 Public Service Award. Ajmera is President and CEO of the Society for Science & the Public and Publisher of Science News.

Society for Science and Broadcom Foundation are proud to announce the 30 finalists in the 2020 Broadcom MASTERS® — the nation’s premier STEM competition for middle school students. The finalists competed in the first ever Virtual Broadcom MASTERS from October 16-21, participated in team challenges in addition to being judged on their science research projects.

Each year, students from around the world compete in the Society for Science & the Public’s more than 420 affiliated high school science fairs. Top winners earn the right to compete at Regeneron ISEF where nearly 2,000 finalists are judged in 21 different categories. During the week of August 24, the Society hosted a series of conference calls with directors for those affiliated fairs to answer questions about the impact of COVID-19 on Regeneron ISEF 2021.