Our Prestigious Science Competitions

快播视频 is a champion for science, dedicated to promoting the understanding and appreciation of science and the vital role it plays in human advancement. Established in 1921, 快播视频 is best known for its award-winning journalism through鈥疭cience News鈥痑nd鈥疭cience News Explores, its world-class science research competitions for students, including the Regeneron Science Talent Search, the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair and the Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge, and its outreach programming that seeks to ensure that all students have an opportunity to pursue a career in 快播视频.

Regeneron Science Talent Search

The Science Talent Search (STS), the nation鈥檚 oldest and most prestigious science and math competition for high school seniors, was launched by the 快播视频 and Westinghouse in 1942.

Then and today, the competition seeks to identify the nation鈥檚 next generation of scientific leaders. The 40 STS finalists receive scholarships and a trip to Washington D.C. where they have an opportunity to interact with one another in addition to meeting prominent scientists and politicians.

Westinghouse sponsored the competition for the first 55 years, followed by Intel from 1998-2016. STS is currently sponsored by Regeneron as part of a 10-year, $100 million commitment to the 快播视频. Today, nearly 2,000 high school seniors apply to Regeneron STS annually, competing for more than $3 million in awards.

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Regeneron STS 2025 finalists at the awards ceremonyg in Washington, DC 快播视频

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Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair

For more than 70 years, thousands of students from our affiliated science fair network have explored their passion for scientific inquiry at the world鈥檚 largest global science competition for high schoolers, the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF). Each year, students from more than 75 countries, regions and territories compete in ISEF across 22 different 快播视频 disciplines.

Currently sponsored by Regeneron, ISEF awards nearly $7 million in prizes and scholarships to high school scientists each year, with a top prize of $100,000. Two films released in 2018, Inventing Tomorrow and Science Fair, documented several students鈥� pathways to ISEF and their experiences during the weeklong competition. Filmed at Regeneron ISEF 2022, National Geographic鈥檚 Science Fair: The Series follows several U.S. and international students as they navigate their way to ISEF. The docuseries premiered in 2023 and is available on streaming.

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The Top 3 Grand Award Winners ISEF 2026, Phoenix: (L-R) Lakshmi Agrawal, 18, of Bellevue, Washington, Hikaru Kuribayashi, 17, of Sapporo, Japan, and Nikola Veselinov, 17, of Sofia, Bulgaria Christ Ayers Photography/快播视频

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Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge

Our premier middle school 快播视频 competition for U.S. students in grades sixth through eighth, first launched in 1999 thanks to a partnership with Discovery Communications, Inc. as the Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), which ran through 2007. In 2008, the 快播视频 continued the program as the 快播视频 Middle School Program, until Broadcom Foundation was named the title sponsor in 2010. The Broadcom MASTERS (Math, Applied Sciences, Technology and Engineering for Rising Stars) continued through 2022, awarding more than $100,000 in scholarships and prizes each year. In 2022, Thermo Fisher Scientific was named the new title sponsor of our middle school competition and the first Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge took place in 2023.

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Finalists from the 2025 Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge 快播视频

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Find an ISEF or Junior Innovators Challenge Affiliated Science Fair

Science competitions in nearly every state in the U.S., as well as in more than 80 countries, regions and territories, are affiliated with the 快播视频.