EU Contest for Young Scientists Award

EU Contest for Young Scientists logoAn all-expense-paid trip enables attendance at the located in a new city each year. The EU Contest for Young Scientists was developed to promote the ideals of co-operation and interchange between young scientists. The contest is the annual showcase of the best of European student scientific achievement.

Learn more about the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair and about the awards presented at ISEF.

Winners of the EU Contest for Young Scientists Award

ISEF 2025: Ethan Yan, 15, of Groton, Massachusetts received the EU Contest for Young Scientists Award. Their projectÌý will represent Regeneron ISEF at the EU Contest for Young Scientists to be held this September in Riga, Latvia.

2025

Ethan Yan, Groton School, Massachusetts, United States of America

ISEF 2025: Abigail Qi, 16, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, received the EU Contest for Young Scientists Award. Their project will represent Regeneron ISEF at the EU Contest for Young Scientists to be held this September in Riga, Latvia.

2025

Abigail Qi, Baton Rouge Magnet High School, Louisiana, United States of America

Backstage at the Grand Awards Ceremony - the 2024 Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair, Los Angeles, CA, May 17, 2024 Nikhil Vemuri, 17, of Cary, North Carolina, received the EU Contest for Young Scientists Award.

2024

Nikhil Vemuri, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, NC, United States of America

Backstage at the Grand Awards Ceremony - the 2024 Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair, Los Angeles, CA, May 17, 2024 First Award Winner - Environmental Engineering, sponsored by Jacobs Jack Shannon, Clane, Kildare, Ireland Jack Shannon, 18, of Clane, Kildare, Ireland, received the EU Contest for Young Scientists Award.

2024

Jack Shannon, Clongowes Wood College SJ, Kildare, Ireland

ISEF 2023 Award Ceremony, Dallas Texas - top award winner: EU Contest for Young Scientists Award - George Cheng

2023

George Cheng, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, NC, United States of America

 

ISEF 2023 Award Ceremony, Dallas Texas - top award winner of the EU Contest for Young Scientists Award: Yik Chun John Peng, Shanghai American School – Puxi Campus, Shanghai, China

2023

Yik Chun John Peng, Shanghai American School – Puxi Campus, Shanghai, China

 

ISEF Awards - 2022 - EU Contest for Young Scientists: Saan Cern Yong and Sheng Ze Yeoh of Malaysia with their project

2022

Saan Cern Yong, Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Katholik, Selangor, Malaysia
Sheng Ze Yeoh, Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Katholik, Selangor, Malaysia

 

ISEF Awards 2022: EU Contest for Young Scientists Varun Madan, Lake Highland Preparatory School, FL, United States of America

2022

Varun Madan, Lake Highland Preparatory School, FL, United States of America

 

 

2019 ISEF Awards - EU Contest for Young Scientists winner KaylieÌýHausknecht, Lynbrook Senior High School, NY, United States of America with her project

2019

KaylieÌýHausknecht, Lynbrook Senior High School, NY, United States of America

2019 ISEF Winners of the EU Contest for Young Scientists Award: Leo Takemaru and Poojan Pandya

2019

LeoÌýTakemaru, Ward Melville High School, NY, United States of America
PoojanÌýPandya, Half Hollow Hills High School West, NY, United States of America

2018 ISEF awards EU Contest for Young Scientists: Rhea Malhotra, Moravian Academy, PA, United States of America

2018

Rhea Malhotra, Moravian Academy, PA, United States of America

 

2018 ISEF awards EU Contest for Young Scientists: Daniel Kang, John F. Kennedy High School , NULL, Guam

2018

Daniel Kang, John F. Kennedy High School , NULL, Guam

2017 ISEF Awards EU Contest for Young Scientists: Kendra Zhang, Jericho High School, NY, United States of America

2017

Kendra Zhang, Jericho High School, NY, United States of America

2017 ISEF awards EU Contest for Young Scientists: Nicky Wojtania, Plano West Senior High School, TX, United States of America

2017

Nicky Wojtania, Plano West Senior High School, TX, United States of America

2016

River Grace, 16, West Shore Junior/Senior High School, Melbourne, Florida

 

 

2016

Rajeev Jha, 18, President Theodore Roosevelt High School, Honolulu, Hawaii

2016

Pei-Hsuan Chang, 17, Taipei Municipal LiShan High School, Taipei City, Chinese Taipei

2015

Thananon Hiranwanichchakorn, 16, Damrongratsongkroh, Muang, Thailand
Nattapong Chueasiritaworn, 15, Damrongratsongkroh, Muang, Thailand
Sutthiluk Rakdee, 15, Damrongratsongkroh, Muang, Thailand

 

 

2015

Sanath Kumar Devalapurkar, 15, West High School, Torrance, California

2014

Yue Yao, 16, High School Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University, JiaDing Campus, Shanghai, China

 

 

2014

Yu-Hsin Chen, 17, Taipei First Girls High School, Taipei, Chinese Taipei

2014

Faye Jong-Sow Fei, 15, Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Batu Lintang, Kuching, Malaysia

 

2013

Zeyu Liu, 17, Sir Winston Churchill High School, Calgary, Canada

EE064Ìý– A Novel Modular Repulsive Type Hybrid Magnetic Bearing for FES Systems

2013

Vinay Sridhar Iyengar, 17, Oregon Episcopal School, Portland, Oregon

MA011Ìý– Efficient Characteristic 3 Galois Field Operations for Elliptic Curve Cryptographic Applications

2012

Zeyu Liu, 17, Sir Winston Churchill High School, Calgary, Canada

EE064Ìý– A Novel Modular Repulsive Type Hybrid Magnetic Bearing for FES Systems

2012

Vinay Sridhar Iyengar, 17, Oregon Episcopal School, Portland, Oregon

MA011Ìý– Efficient Characteristic 3 Galois Field Operations for Elliptic Curve Cryptographic Applications

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2011

Lai Xue, 18, Chengdu International School, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

CS030Ìý– Efficient Implementation of Tilt Compensated Compass and Depth Camera in Interactive Augmented Reality

2011

Jane M. Cox, 16, Timpview High School, Provo, Utah

EA023Ìý– Using Amino Acid Analysis to Distinguish Chondritic Meteorites from Rocks Launched into Space from Earth

2011

Erica Brooke Portnoy, 17, Commack High School, Commack, New York

MI030Ìý– A Novel Approach to Mapping Protein Interactions during Pilus Biogenesis by Using in vivo Photocrosslinking