Intel Science Search Semi-Finalists—Role Models for Your Science Enthusiasts

It is a pre-college competition, and some of the previous winners have gone on to win the Nobel Prize and the National Medal of Science. You and your students can check out the forty 2013 Finalists and take a look at the topics that they investigated.  Approximately 2000 students took part in the competition. Three hundred semi-finalists were selected before the forty Finalists were announced. The Finalists were in Washington, D.C. this month (March 2013) meeting with notable scientists and competing for over $630,000 in awards, with the top winner receiving $100,000. Sara Volz (Colorado), who explored algae-powered biofuel was selected as the 2013 winner, with students investigating predictions of protein binding in drug therapy and pulsed plasma devices coming in second and third.