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 Los Angeles.  Nathan Han of Boston received the Gordon E. Moore Award, a US$75,000 prize named in honor of the Intel co-founder and fellow scientist.  Two Intel Foundation Young Scientist Awards winners – Lennart Kleinwort of Germany and Shannon Lee of Singapore – each received prizes of US$50,000 from the Intel Foundation.

The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and Society for
Science & the Public (SSP) today announced winners of the Science, Play and Research Kit
(SPARK) Competition, a challenge to reimagine the chemistry set for the 21st century. Winners
were selected in two categories: prototypes – projects that are operational and demonstrable –
and ideations – fleshed out project ideas that have not yet been developed into prototypes, but
have a strong potential for development.

Eric S. Chen, whose research could lead to a new class of drugs to control influenza outbreaks during a pandemic, received the top award of $100,000 at the Intel Science Talent Search 2014, a program of Society for Science & the Public.  Eric and other finalists from across the United States took home awards totaling $630,000.  The Intel Science Talent Search, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious high school science and math competition, recognizes 40 high school seniors who are poised to create new technologies and solutions that will positively impact people’s lives.