The Society for Science & the Public has received a $250,000 grant from Alcoa Foundation to provide funding for the 2016-2017 Advocate Grant Program. The Advocate Grant Program is designed to provide support to underrepresented and socioeconomically challenged students across the U.S. who have conducted scientific or engineering research projects, and encourage them to take the next step by submitting their research to a scientific research competition.

Three hundred high school seniors will be named semifinalists in the Intel Science Talent Search 2016, a program of Society for Science & the Public. Visit http://student.societyforscience.org/intel-sts at 12:00 p.m. EST to see the list of semifinalists.

Science News, a publication of Society for Science & the Public, today announced the Top 25 most important science stories of the year. Stories were selected based on their potential to transform how people understand themselves and the world around them.