Congratulations to Emily Chen of Baton Rouge Magnet High School for her remarkable achievement in being named one of the top 300 scholars in the 84th Regeneron Science Talent Search research competition.
Presented by the Society for Science, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious science research competition provides a stage for the country’s best and brightest young scientists to present original research to nationally recognized professional scientists. Chen’s project is titled “Studying the Effects of Distortion on the Hydrodynamics in the Lower Mississippi River Physical Model.”
Chen was one of 2,471 entrants, the largest entrant pool since 1967. Each scholar will receive $2,000, and their high schools will also receive $2,000 per scholar for STEM-related activities. The 40 finalists will be announced Jan. 23. Finalists will each receive $25,000 and participate in a weeklong competition in March. They will share their research with the public, participate in judging, meet top scientists and compete for more than $1.8 million, including the first-place prize of $250,000.
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 represent 200 American and international high schools and homeschools in 33 states, Washington, D.C., Hong Kong, Malaysia and Switzerland.
