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: 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.

2026 Science Talent Search Project Showcase: Iris Shen, 17, of The Woodlands, studied whether a marine clam with a naturally occurring blood cancer can be used to study human leukemia drugs for her Regeneron Science Talent Search animal sciences project.

2026 Science Talent Search Project Showcase: Frank Lucci, 18, of San Antonio, developed SubArc, a low-cost sensor that helps robots move accurately and precisely, for his Regeneron Science Talent Search engineering project.

2026 Science Talent Search Project Showcase: Kevin Lu, 17, of Santa Clara, developed a system to help programmers defend their large language models (LLMs) for his Regeneron Science Talent Search computer science project.

2026 Science Talent Search Project Showcase: Sophia Liang, 17, of Ellicott City, studied a potential new treatment for “wet” age-related macular degeneration (AMD) for her Regeneron Science Talent Search medicine and health project.

2026 Science Talent Search Project Showcase: Frances Liang, 17, of Los Altos Hills, developed a tool called PLI-Analyzer to test if AI-predicted protein complexes are actually biologically plausible for her Regeneron Science Talent Search computational biology and bioinformatics project.