2026 Science Talent Search Project Showcase: Finnegan McGill, 18, of Tucson, spent more than four years developing his automated bird recognition device for acoustic monitoring and conservation (A-BiRD) for his Regeneron Science Talent Search animal sciences project.

2026 Science Talent Search Project Showcase: Audrey Zheng, 17, of Wexford, developed a way to detect pancreatic cancer for her Regeneron Science Talent Search bioengineering project.

2026 Science Talent Search Project Showcase: Ananya Gulur Nagendra, 18, of Plano, studied how ant scavenging could decompose human food waste for her Regeneron Science Talent Search animal sciences project.

2026 Science Talent Search Project Showcase: Celine Zhang, 18, of Princeton, New Jersey, developed a way to solve a mathematical problem related to digital and real-life puzzle games for her Regeneron Science Talent Search computer science project.

2026 Science Talent Search Project Showcase: Rayhan Papar, 18, of Spring, developed a framework to help surgical robots learn to remove tumors on their own for his Regeneron Science Talent Search computer science project.

2026 Science Talent Search Project Showcase: Siddharth Pasari, 17, of New York City, developed a surface that could be used to test for viruses for his Regeneron Science Talent Search biochemistry project.

2026 Science Talent Search Project Showcase: Vallabh Ramesh, 18, of Louisville, developed a smart gel that solidifies at body temperature for biomedical applications for his Regeneron Science Talent Search materials science project.

2026 Science Talent Search Project Showcase: Jerry Xu, 17, of Lexington, developed an AI model to rapidly compare the structures of proteins and amino acids for his Regeneron Science Talent Search computational biology and bioinformatics project.

2026 Science Talent Search Project Showcase: Leon Wang, 17, of Stamford, identified FDA-approved drugs that might be helpful against Alzheimer’s disease for his Regeneron Science Talent Search neuroscience project.

2026 Science Talent Search Project Showcase: Ashka Shah, 17, of Jericho, developed a targeted way to block Wnt-driven cancer cell growth for her Regeneron Science Talent Search cellular and molecular biology project.

2026 Science Talent Search Project Showcase: Kaya Parikh, 17, of New York, used a fruit fly model to study how semaglutide (sold as Ozempic and Wegovy) and a cheaper alternative affect weight and diabetes for her Regeneron Science Talent Search biochemistry project.

2026 Science Talent Search Project Showcase: Uma Maya Sthanu, 17, of Austin, studied a way to regrow damaged nerve cells for her Regeneron Science Talent Search cellular and molecular biology project.