In emerging markets, many health and economic problems are related to access to clean water and sanitation infrastructure. ISEF competitor Arya Tschand, 17, from Marlboro, New Jersey, has seen these problems first hand.
May 21, 2021
$75,000 Top Award Goes to 16-year-old
Michelle Hua for Novel Human Action Recognition Algorithm in Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair 2021
TARRYTOWN, N.Y. REGN) and Society for Science (the Society) announced that Michelle Hua, 16, of Troy, Michigan, won the
$75,000 top award in the 2021 Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (Regeneron ISEF), the world’s largest global high school competition. Historically held in person, 2021 marks the first time in its more than 70-year history that the competition took place virtually.
The top finalists were honored during two virtual award ceremonies, the first of which aired on the evening of May 20 and featured Special Award winners. The Grand Awards Ceremony was held on the morning of May 21 and featured the announcement of the top prize of $75,000. In total, more than U.S. $5 million was awarded to the finalists, who were evaluated based on their projects’ creativity, innovation and l
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals and Society for Science May 21 announced the winners of the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair, with several Indian American students among those honored.
The winners received a total of $5 million in what is considered the largest global high school STEM competition. Michelle Hua of Michigan was the grand winner, receiving the $75,000 top prize.
Catherine Kim of New York and Daniel Shen of North Carolina won $50,000 prizes, claiming the other two major awards.
Other winners from the competition included Arya Tschand, 17, of High Technology High School in Marlboro, New Jersey, who received the Craig R. Barrett Award for Innovation. His prize of $10,000 was for his development of an AI model that inter-communicates to collect and analyze environmental data to give each crop its unique ideal irrigation volume.
/PRNewswire/ Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Society for Science (the Society) announced that Michelle Hua, 16, of Troy, Michigan, won the $75,000 top.
Society for Science (the Society) announced that Michelle Hua, 16, of Troy, Michigan, won the
$75,000 top award in the 2021 Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (Regeneron ISEF), the world s largest global high school competition. Historically held in person, 2021 marks the first time in its more than 70-year history that the competition took place virtually.
The top finalists were honored during two virtual award ceremonies, the first of which aired on the evening of May 20 and featured Special Award winners. The Grand Awards Ceremony was held on the morning of May 21 and featured the announcement of the top prize of $75,000. In total, more than U.S. $5 million was awarded to the finalists, who were evaluated based on their projects creativity, innovation and level of scientific inquiry. The competition featured over 1,800 young scientists representing 49 states and 64 countries across the world.