Regeneron Science Talent Search
Country	United States
Website	http://www.societyforscience.org/sts

The Regeneron Science Talent Search, known for its first 57 years^[1] as the Westinghouse Science Talent Search, and then as the Intel Science Talent Search (Intel STS) from 1998 through 2016,^[2] is a research-based science competition in the United States for high school seniors. It has been referred to as "the nation's oldest and most prestigious" ^[3] science competition. In his speech at the dinner honoring the 1991 Winners, President George H. W. Bush called the competition the "Super Bowl of science."^[4]

History

The Society for Science began the competition in 1942 with Westinghouse Electric Corporation; for many years, the competition was known as the Westinghouse Science Talent Search. In 1998, Intel became the sponsor after it outbid several other companies.^[5] In May 2016, it was announced that Regeneron Pharmaceuticals would be the new title sponsor.^[6] Over the years, some 147,000 students have entered the competition. Over 22,000 have been named semifinalists and 2,920 have traveled to Washington, D.C., as contest finalists. Collectively, they have received millions of dollars in scholarships and gone on, in later years, to capture Nobel Prizes, Fields Medals, MacArthur Fellowships and numerous other accolades.^[7]

Thirteen alumni of the Science Talent Search went on to receive Nobel Prizes, two earned the Fields Medal, eleven have been awarded the National Medal of Science, twenty received MacArthur Fellowships; three have won the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research; seven have won a Breakthrough Prize; and many have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering.^[7]

Competition

Entrants to the competition conduct original research—sometimes at home and sometimes by working with leading research teams at universities, hospitals and private laboratories.^[8] The selection process is highly competitive, and besides the research paper, letters of recommendation, essays, test scores, extracurricular activities, and high school transcripts may be factored in the selection of finalists and winners.

Awards (as of 2023^[9])

Award	Prize
First place	$250,000
Second place	$175,000
Third place	$150,000
Fourth place	$100,000
Fifth place	$90,000
Sixth place	$80,000
Seventh place	$70,000
Eighth place	$60,000
Ninth place	$50,000
Tenth place	$40,000
30 finalists	$25,000
300 semifinalists	$2,000

Each year, approximately 2,000 projects are submitted. The top 300 STS Scholars are announced in mid-January and each receive $2,000. In addition to the scholar award money, each scholar’s school receives an award of $2,000 from the title sponsor for each scholar named.^[10] In late January, the Top 40 Finalists (the award winners) are announced. In March, the Finalists are flown to Washington, D.C. for a week where they are interviewed by a judging panel about their projects, and to assess the breadth and depth of STEM knowledge, creativity and problem solving abilities. The judges have included Glenn T. Seaborg (Nobel Laureate with Edwin M. McMillan in Chemistry, 1951) and Joseph Hooton Taylor, Jr. (Nobel Laureate in Physics, 1993). The Top 40 Finalists receive awards of at least $25,000 and the winners are announced at an awards ceremony in Washington, D.C.^[11]

Demography

The Science Talent Search is open to high school seniors living in the United States.^[12] Since the beginning of the competition, a large number of winners have come from New York, representing nearly one-third of the finalists in the years that Westinghouse sponsored the competition.^[13] New York has continued to lead the states in finalists in more recent years, more closely followed by California, and with significant numbers of finalists from Maryland, Texas, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Florida, Virginia, and Illinois. ^{[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]}

Top states for finalists
State	Total finalists	Westinghouse (1942-1998)	Intel (1999–2016)	Regeneron (2017–2024)
New York	1030	752	215	63
California	323	163	103	57
Illinois	174	149	24	1
Pennsylvania	130	101	18	11
Maryland	125	65	45	15
New Jersey	124	87	24	13
Florida	122	84	24	14
Virginia	117	82	16	19
Massachusetts	106	68	24	14
Texas	103	54	32	17
Ohio	91	78	10	3
Wisconsin	60	48	9	3
Michigan	59	37	15	7
Oregon	59	30	20	9
Indiana	56	43	9	4
Connecticut	56	30	18	8

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Finalists by state (1942–2024)
State	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Alabama	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Alaska	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Arizona	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	2	1	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2
Arkansas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
California	3	2	1	1	5	3	3	3	2	4	3	3	2	3	4	1	4	3	2	0	5	5	3	3	1	3	5	4	2	2	3	4	2	5	3	1	3	3	5	4	4	0	1	3	3	1	3	1	4	3	4	2	1	3	6	2	4	5	4	4	1	2	3	4	3	3	0	5	8	11	10	7	12	11	10	6	7	8	2	9	7	9	8
Colorado	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1