美国Intel Science Talent Search

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Each year, approximately 1,800 American high school seniors conduct original research projects and submit their work in the country’s oldest and most prestigious pre-college science competition: the Intel Science Talent Search, a program of Society of Science & the Public. Forty of these young innovators, representing la crème de la crème, are chosen as finalists and invited to participate in a nearly weeklong event in Washington, D.C., where they compete for over USD 1.25 million in awards and scholarships.

Inspiring innovation

To support its goals of driving innovation and improving science, technology, engineering, and math education, Intel Corporation assumed the title sponsorship of the Intel Science Talent Search in 1998. Intel is proud to be a part of the competition’s 70 year history of inspiring ingenuity and scientific advancement. To date, former Science Talent Search finalists have achieved some of the world’s most prestigious academic honors. Eleven have won MacArthur Foundation “Genius” Grants, six have won the National Medal of Science or the National Medal of Technology, and seven have won the Nobel Prize.

Rewarding excellence

Intel STS prizes include:

Grand prize: a USD 100,000 four-year scholarship

Second place: a USD 75,000 scholarship

Third place: a USD 50,000 scholarship

Fourth place: a USD 40,000 scholarship

Fifth place: a USD 30,000 scholarship

Sixth and seventh place: USD 25,000 scholarships

Eighth, ninth, and tenth place: USD 20,000 scholarships

The remaining 30 finalists: USD 7,500 scholarships

Additionally, each finalist receives:

An all-expenses-paid trip to Washington, D.C.

An opportunity to meet with government officials, including the President or Vice President of the United States

A chance to interact with distinguished scientists and display science project research at the National Geographic Society

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

1. a. Any student who is enrolled in and attending his or her last year of secondary school (public, private, parochial, or home school) in the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Wake and Midway Islands, or the Marianas; or

b. Any United States citizen enrolled in his or her senior or 12th grade year of secondary school attending:

i. a Department of Defense Dependents School or an accredited overseas American or International School; or

ii. a foreign school as an exchange student; or

iii. a foreign school because his/her parent(s) are temporarily working and living abroad.

Proof of citizenship is required for 1 b (above).

2. Entrants must be completing high school courses required for college applications and must not have entered any previous STS.

3. Sons and daughters of Society for Science & the Public employees, Trustees, Intel Science Talent Search evaluators or judges are not eligible to enter the Intel Science Talent Search.

4. Only one entry per student.