Regeneron Science Talent Search

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]

The 2002 Intel Science Talent Search finalist banquet, held at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, DC, where the ten winners were announced and all 40 finalists were acknowledged.

History

The Society for Science & the Public 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 went on to receive Nobel Prizes, two earned the Fields Medal, eleven have been awarded the National Medal of Science, eighteen received MacArthur Fellowships; three have won the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research; five have won a Breakthrough Prize; 43 have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences; and eleven have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering.[7]

In 2020, due to the seriousness of the coronavirus pandemic, Society for Science & The Public and Regeneron have decided to hold the finalist week as a virtual competition in lieu of traveling to Washington D.C.[8]

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."[1] 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 2017[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
40 Finalists	$25,000
300 Semifinalists	$2,000

Each year, approximately 1,800 papers are submitted. The top 300 applicants are announced in mid-January and since 2017 each semifinalist and their school receives $2,000 from the title sponsor.[10] In late January, the 40 Finalists (the award winners) are informed. In March, the Finalists are flown to Washington, D.C. where they are interviewed for the top ten spots, which have awards up to $250,000 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). All Finalists receive awards of at least $25,000.[9]

Demography

Since the beginning of the competition, students from New York have done very well in the Science Talent Search, although there have been finalists from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and Guam. Certain high schools have been particularly successful at placing semifinalists and finalists in the Science Talent Search.

Top states

New York has had by far the most finalists in the competition, followed by California, Illinois, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Florida, Virginia, Massachusetts, Texas, and Ohio. [11][12][13][14][15]

Top states for finalists (1942–2020)
State	Finalists
New York	997
California	289
Illinois	173
Pennsylvania	125
Maryland	122
New Jersey	120
Florida	114
Virginia	108
Massachusetts	101
Texas	93
Ohio	90

Finalists by state (1942–2020)
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
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
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
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	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
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
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
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	1
Connecticut	0	1	0	0	2	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	2	1	0	2	1	0	1	1	2	1	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	1
Delaware	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	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	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
District of Columbia	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	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	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Florida	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	5	2	2	1	1	2	2	3	1	3	4	2	1	3	1	4	0	2	2	3	0	4	1	3	4	2	3	1	0	1	1	1	1	3	3	2	3	1	2	2	0	5	0	4	1	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	1	2	3	2	0	1
Georgia	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Hawaii	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	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Idaho	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Illinois	3	3	2	6	4	4	3	2	0	1	4	2	3	5	3	5	3	4	4	4	2	1	1	4	2	4	3	4	7	6	2	2	1	3	3	0	3	2	2	2	5	1	2	3	0	5	2	3	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	5	0	0	4	3	1	0	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Indiana	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	3	3	1	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	2
Iowa	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kansas	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	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	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	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	0
Kentucky	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Louisiana	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Maine	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	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	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Maryland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	2	0	1	4	1	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	2	3	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	2	0	2	4	1	5	5	0	1	2	0	4	6	3	2	4	1	4	4	4	3	2	0	1	0	1	1	4	2	3	3	5	3	1
Massachusetts	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	0	1	1	1	3	2	3	2	2	4	2	1	3	2	3	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	1	2	1	1	0	1	0	4	0	2	0	0	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	1	2	1	4	1	3
Michigan	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	0	1	2	1	2	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	3	1	0	1	1	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	1
Minnesota	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mississippi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Missouri	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Montana	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nebraska	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	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
Nevada	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	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	1
New Hampshire	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0
New Jersey	2	2	4	1	3	3	3	2	1	3	3	2	2	3	2	1	2	1	3	0	0	2	3	2	1	0	2	1	0	1	1	1	2	1	3	0	2	1	0	2	2	0	3	2	0	0	1	1	2	3	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	2	3	1	2	2	4	0	3	0	2	4
New Mexico	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
New York	17	9	14	15	11	14	14	13	23	14	18	15	13	10	8	11	9	9	8	11	14	10	12	10	9	7	6	9	14	11	11	12	9	10	13	14	14	15	14	17	15	19	17	12	15	15	16	19	19	14	20	7	14	15	15	18	15	12	17	13	15	20	18	13	13	12	15	9	11	7	10	7	7	8	8	8	5	9	8
North Carolina	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	0
North Dakota	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	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	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ohio	0	4	3	1	0	3	4	3	2	3	0	1	0	2	0	3	1	3	0	3	3	1	0	2	3	4	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1
Oklahoma	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1
Oregon	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	0	1	2	0	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	2	1	1	2	1	2	0	3	0	2	1	1	2	0	2
Pennsylvania	2	6	3	2	4	2	1	3	1	3	0	2	2	1	1	1	2	3	1	0	3	1	2	1	2	3	5	3	4	4	1	1	4	2	1	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	2	1	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	2	1	3	0	1	2	2	2	2	0
Rhode Island	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
South Carolina	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	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
South Dakota	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	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	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tennessee	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	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	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	0
Texas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	0	3	1	4	2	1	3	1	3	0	0	1	1	2	1	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	1	2	2	1	1	0	2	2	2	1	1	2	0	2	3	2	3	3	3	1	3	1	1	3	2	1	1
Utah	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	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Vermont	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	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Virginia	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	4	1	2	3	2	3	0	3	0	1	2	1	2	3	1	2	2	2	0	1	0	4	2	1	3	1	2	4	2	4	2	1	4	3	3	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	4	3	2
Washington	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
West Virginia	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wisconsin	3	2	4	5	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2
Wyoming	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Puerto Rico	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	1	0	1	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	0	0	0
Guam	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	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

Leading high schools in recent era

Reliable online records of the high schools attended by semifinalists and finalists are only available since 1999, when Intel took over sponsorship of the Science Talent Search, although there are newspaper articles naming the finalists from earlier years.[16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27] A small group of schools have produced a large number of the recent semifinalists and finalists.[28]

Four specialized STEM schools top the list, averaging more than 8 semifinalists per year: Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, MD, Stuyvesant High School in New York, NY, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, VA, and Bronx High School of Science in Bronx, NY. Many winners also come from the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science in Denton, TX, the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics in Durham, NC, the Bergen County Academies in Hackensack, NJ, and the Illinois Math and Science Academy in Aurora, IL. Among high schools without selective admissions, New York public schools top the list, with Ward Melville High School in East Sautuket, Byram Hills High School in Armonk, Paul D. Schreiber High School in Port Washington, and Jericho High School in Jericho among the top ten. Only one private school, The Harker School in San Jose, CA, is among the top schools.[11][29][30][31][12][32][13][33][14][34][15]

Schools with the most semifinalists and finalists (1999–2020)
School	City	State	Semi-finalists	Finalists
Montgomery Blair High School	Silver Spring	MD	225	43
Stuyvesant High School	New York	NY	192	22
Bronx High School of Science	New York	NY	185	11
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology	Alexandria	VA	177	18
Ward Melville High School	East Setauket	NY	143	12
Byram Hills High School	Armonk	NY	104	17
Jericho High School	Jericho	NY	101	12
Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science	Denton	TX	97	11
Paul D. Schreiber High School	Port Washington	NY	96	6
The Harker School	San Jose	CA	94	19
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics	Durham	NC	94	4
Bergen County Academies	Hackensack	NJ	89	10
Ossining High School	Ossining	NY	76	5
Roslyn High School	Roslyn	NY	72	8
Great Neck North High School	Great Neck	NY	72	7
Great Neck South High School	Great Neck	NY	53	5
John F. Kennedy High School	Bellmore	NY	51	6
Midwood High School	Brooklyn	NY	50	5
Lawrence High School	Cedarhurst	NY	49	3
Illinois Math and Science Academy	Aurora	IL	48	9
Lynbrook High School	San Jose	CA	43	8
Hunter College High School	New York	NY	41	5
Greenwich High School	Greenwich	CT	38	6

Semifinalists by school each year (1999–2020)
School	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Monta Vista	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	4	1	0	4	2	5	3	0	1	3
Gunn	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	2	3	3	1	2	1	2	0	0
Lynbrook	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	4	2	4	2	4	2	4	6	4	2
Harker	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	6	4	7	11	6	10	15	4	9	6	7	2
Greenwich	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	2	4	7	1	6	4	1	4
IMSA	1	1	1	3	0	2	6	5	5	4	2	4	5	3	1	0	0	0	3	1	1	0
Montgomery Blair	11	13	10	17	12	13	13	12	12	5	12	12	7	8	5	9	12	9	9	11	8	5
Bergen County Academies	0	1	1	1	1	0	2	0	2	2	2	7	6	2	7	7	8	4	8	11	6	11
Byram Hills	2	5	7	8	4	6	6	6	4	3	5	4	1	3	5	8	1	5	3	5	7	6
John F. Kennedy	1	0	0	1	0	4	5	4	6	2	1	3	1	3	1	3	3	2	3	2	3	3
Bronx Science	9	8	17	6	10	6	6	6	6	5	9	5	8	8	6	7	8	7	7	17	13	11
Midwood	8	13	5	6	4	6	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ward Melville	2	8	12	8	8	11	12	12	4	13	11	7	6	5	3	2	2	5	4	2	4	2
Great Neck North	3	3	10	6	3	6	4	3	4	2	1	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	3	4	0
Great Neck South	4	1	3	4	4	1	3	4	3	1	1	1	2	3	2	2	2	1	6	4	1	0
Jericho	1	2	2	4	3	3	3	2	4	4	3	5	5	7	5	8	3	6	9	11	8	3
Lawrence	7	5	6	7	3	1	2	6	6	0	0	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hunter CHS	3	3	2	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	4	4	5	5	0	7
Stuyvesant	10	10	16	15	19	19	5	8	7	11	10	9	5	13	10	11	2	3	2	4	3	0
Ossining	0	0	1	3	2	2	2	3	3	6	3	4	8	4	4	3	5	8	3	4	3	5
Paul D. Schreiber	8	9	3	2	8	8	5	8	6	6	3	4	3	3	2	3	1	2	6	1	3	2
Roslyn	4	3	5	3	4	4	4	4	1	4	4	4	3	4	4	1	4	1	1	2	5	3
NCSSM	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	4	3	4	7	6	7	7	9	8	7	6	7	6	7
TAMS	0	2	5	2	5	3	3	2	5	7	8	8	7	9	3	1	6	8	2	5	3	3
Thomas Jefferson	15	12	11	4	5	2	5	7	14	10	15	13	7	11	6	5	6	8	2	7	6	6

Finalists by school each year (1989–2020)
School	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
Monta Vista	0			0				0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
Gunn	0			0				1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lynbrook	0			0				0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	0
Harker	0			0				0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	3	1	3	2	3	1
Greenwich	0		1	0				0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1
IMSA	1			0				0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Montgomery Blair	0	2		2	3	0	1	1	0	1	6	2	2	3	1	2	4	2	2	1	0	1	0	1	1	3	1	2	2	4	3	0
Bergen County Academies	0			0				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	1	0	2	0	1	1
Byram Hills	0		1	0				0	1	0	0	2	3	1	2	2	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
John F. Kennedy	0			0			2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2
Bronx Science	6	5	1	0	1	3	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Hunter CHS	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
Midwood	3	1		1		1		1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ward Melville	0		1	0		2	2	1	3	4	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	2	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Great Neck North	0			0				0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Great Neck South	0			0				0	0	1	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jericho	0			0				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	2	1	2	2	1	0
Lawrence	0			0				1	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stuyvesant	2	5	6	4	2	1	2	4	1	1	1	1	3	2	3	1	0	0	0	4	2	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ossining	0			0				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	0
Roslyn	0		0	0		0		0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Paul D. Schreiber	0			2			2	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
NCSSM	1			0				0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
TAMS	0			0				1		1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Thomas Jefferson	1			0				1	2	3	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	2

List of prominent individuals who were past winners

Finalist[7]	Year	Placed[11]	High School	Notability
Robert Kraichnan	1944	2nd boy		National Academy of Sciences
Ben Mottelson	1944	Finalist	Lyons Township High School	1975 Nobel Prize in Physics
Andrew Sessler	1945	Finalist	Forest Hills High School	National Academy of Sciences
Gerald Edelman	1946	Semifinalist	John Adams High School	1972 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Leon Cooper	1947	Finalist	Bronx High School of Science	1972 Nobel Prize in Physics
Martin Karplus	1947	Top Boy	Newton High School	2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Ronald Breslow	1948	Finalist		1991 National Medal of Science
R. Stephen Berry	1948	Finalist	East High School	1983 MacArthur Fellowship, National Academy of Sciences
Walter Gilbert	1949	Finalist	Sidwell Friends School	1980 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Sheldon Glashow	1950	Finalist	Bronx High School of Science	1979 Nobel Prize in Physics
Paul Cohen	1950	Finalist	Stuyvesant High School	1966 Fields Medal
John L. Hall	1952	Semifinalist	South High School	2005 Nobel Prize in Physics
David Mumford	1953	Finalist	Phillips Exeter Academy	1974 Fields Medal
Joanna Russ	1953	Top Ten	William Howard Taft High School	Hugo and Nebula Awards, author of The Female Man
Marcian Hoff	1954	Top Ten	Churchville-Chili Senior High School	2009 National Medal of Technology and Innovation
Roald Hoffmann	1955	Finalist	Stuyvesant High School	1981 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Leroy Hood	1956	Finalist	Shelby High School	2011 National Medal of Science
Kip Thorne	1958	Semifinalist	Logan High School	2017 Nobel Prize in Physics
Robert Axelrod	1961	Finalist	Evanston Township High School	2012 National Medal of Science
Gary A. Wegner	1963	Finalist	Bothell High School	Humboldt Prize
Paul L. Modrich	1964	Semifinalist	Raton High School	2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Ray Kurzweil	1965	Finalist	Martin Van Buren High School	1999 National Medal of Technology and Innovation
Frank Wilczek	1967	Finalist	Martin Van Buren High School	2004 Nobel Prize in Physics
Alvin Roth	1968	Semifinalist	Martin Van Buren High School	2012 Nobel Prize in Economics
Roger Y. Tsien	1968	1st Place	Livingston High School	2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Thomas Felix Rosenbaum	1973	Finalist	Forest Hills High School	President, California Institute of Technology
Eric Lander	1974	1st Place	Stuyvesant High School	2014 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences
F. Thomson Leighton	1974	2nd Place	Stuyvesant High School	National Academy of Sciences, Akamai Technologies co-founder and CEO
Paul Zeitz	1975	1st Place	Stuyvesant High School	1974 USAMO Winner
George Yancopoulos	1976	Top Ten	Bronx High School of Science	National Academy of Sciences, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals co-founder and CSO
Richard H. Ebright	1977	Finalist	Muhlenberg High School	American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Ron Unz	1979	1st Place	North Hollywood High School	Wall Street Analytics founder; political activist
Lisa Randall	1980	1st Place	Stuyvesant High School	National Academy of Sciences
Brian Greene	1980	Finalist	Stuyvesant High School	The Elegant Universe author
Noam Elkies	1982	Finalist	Stuyvesant High School	2004 Levi L. Conant Prize
Wendy Chung	1986	1st Place	Miami Killian High School	American Academy of Pediatrics Young Investigator Award
Jordan Ellenberg	1989	2nd Place	Winston Churchill High School	American Mathematical Society Fellow
Matthew Headrick	1990	1st Place	University of Chicago Laboratory Schools	High h-index/highly cited physicist
Maneesh Agrawala	1990	Finalist	Montgomery Blair High School	2009 MacArthur Fellowship
Christopher Bouton	1992	Finalist	Saint Ann's School (Brooklyn)	Entagen founder and CEO
Wei-Hwa Huang	1993	6th Place	Montgomery Blair High School	World Puzzle Champion 1995, 1997-1999
Robert Sarvis	1994	4th Place	Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology	Libertarian politician
Daniel Biss	1995	Finalist	Bloomington North High School	Illinois state senator
Jacob Lurie	1996	1st Place	Montgomery Blair High School	2014 Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics
Keith Winstein	1999	4th Place	Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy	2014 SIGCOMM Doctoral Dissertation Award
Feng Zhang	2000	3rd Place	Theodore Roosevelt High School	2014 NSF Alan T. Waterman Award
Mariangela Lisanti	2001	1st Place	Staples High School	2013 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists
Tianhui Michael Li	2003	2nd Place	Oregon Episcopal School	Marshall Scholar, Hertz Foundation Fellow, data scientist, founder and CEO of The Data Incubator[35]

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[pressrel98-1] "Finalists Named in 57th Annual Westinghouse Science Talent Search" (Press release). PR Newswire. January 26, 1998. Archived from the original on May 28, 2011. Retrieved 2010-04-22.

[Intel_Ending-2] Hardy, Quentin (Sep 9, 2015). "Intel to End Sponsorship of Science Talent Search". The New York Times.

[3] Ramírez, Eddy (February 1, 2008). "Stuyvesant High School Students Ace the Intel Competition". U.S.News & World Report. Retrieved 2008-03-15.

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