*Press release from Society for Science*
Society for Science proudly announces the top 300 scholars in the Regeneron Science Talent Search 2025, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious science and math competition for high school seniors. The Regeneron Science Talent Search provides students a national stage to present original research and celebrates the hard work and novel discoveries of young scientists who are bringing a fresh perspective to significant global challenges. The 300 scholars will be awarded $2,000 each.
Scholars were chosen based on their outstanding research, leadership skills, community involvement, commitment to academics, creativity in asking scientific questions and exceptional promise as STEM leaders demonstrated through the submission of their original, independent research projects, essays and recommendations. The 300 scholars hail from 200 American and international high schools and homeschools in 33 states, Washington D.C., Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Switzerland.
Emma Marie Colarte Delgado, Age: 17
American Heritage School, FL
Project Title: The Effect of Varying Time Periods of the Intermittent Metabolic Switching (IMS) Diet on the Cognitive and Behavioral Abilities of Mutant Drosophila melanogaster, Leading to Brief Synaptic Neuroplasticity
Anik Bora, Age: 18
American Heritage School, FL
Project Title: Creating a Novel Drought Prediction Model Using Convolutional Neural Networks
Calvin Thomas Mathew, Age: 18
American Heritage School, FL
Project Title: 3D Printing Personalized Knee Implants: Novel Computational Geometric Models for Stem Cell Regeneration in Meniscus Tears
After picking a year’s work of science research to submit, the nominees submitted essays regarding the applications of their given topic. The school will be awarded $6,000 for the win. (Photo/myCady)
