The Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (Regeneron ISEF) is the world’s largest international pre-college science competition. Each year, ISEF brings over 1,800 high school students from 75 countries to exhibit and demonstrate ingenuity and innovation through science projects of their own design. For more information, visit https://www.societyforscience.org/isef/.

USAID presents the Science for Development Award to recognize innovative student projects in science and technology that could advance our ability to meet current and future development challenges. Student projects are recognized with first place ($5,000), second place ($3,000), and third place ($2,000) awards in four categories. Since 2014, USAID has provided over $300,000 in awards. Additionally, USAID presents the Science Champion Award to exceptional students or teams exhibiting at ISEF-Affiliated Fairs around the world whose projects have the potential to make an impact on addressing international development challenges.

USAID’s Involvement in ISEF Fact Sheet

At the 2022 Regeneron ISEF, USAID presented the Science for Development Award to the following projects:

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Global Health Category

1st Place: Michelle Zahra Sheikh; A Novel Approach to Treating Burn Wound Infections Using Flavonoids: Exploring the Interaction between Antibiotics and Flavonoids
2nd Place: Aseel Rawashdeh; Larvicidal “Trojan-horse”: Experimentally Developing a Novel Low-Cost and Eco-Friendly Mosquito Vector Control Treatment
3rd Place: Aria Narayan Vikram; StethoDoc: Screening for Lung Disorders with an Augmented Reality Guided Smart Stethoscope

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ISEF Agriculture

Agriculture and Food Security

1st Place: Mirelys Dailene Santana-Rivera; Use of Anaerobic Biodigestion to Produce Energy, Reduce the Amount of Waste Generated, and Eliminate the Emission of Greenhouse Gases in Agricultural Projects
2nd Place: Arya Tschand; Implementation of Novel Semi-Supervised Machine Learning Model into Autonomous Irrigation Network Optimized for Power Self-Sufficiency
3rd Place: Sanjana Hiremath and Sriya Teerdhala; A Third Year Study on the Bioremediation of Tetracycline Polluted Soils: How Antibiotic Resistance Can Reduce Antibiotic Pollution in the Environment and a Solution to Antibiotic Pollution-Related Crop Failure

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ISEF Climate

Climate and Environmental Protection

1st Place: Johan DeMessie; Removing Chromium (VI) from Contaminated Water Using a Low-Cost Chitosan Coated Diatomaceous Earth
2nd Place: Alexandra Nancy Lima Quispe; Coffee Pulp Ecoboards in the High Yurinaki Annex – 2020
3rd Place: Chloe Laplanche; Nathalia Michelle Succar, and Noah Araya; Bigio EcoAir: Biochar Low-cost Portable Purifier for Indoor Pollution

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ISEF Crisis

Working in Crisis and Conflict

1st Place: Ishaan Javali and Shrey Joshi; GLAS: A Global Landslide Analytics System
2nd Place: Vivien He; A Consumer Internet-of-Things Device for On-Site and Regional Earthquake Early Warning
3rd Place: Rosemary A. Yahne; Minimum Slope Required for Liquefaction Induced Lateral LPAGround Displacement to Occur in a Confined Soil Mass Subject to a Simulated Seismic Shock

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Ariana Ponce Bohorquez and Maria Jaico Roman from Peru won Second Place in USAID’s Science for Development Award in the category of Agriculture and Food Security. Photo Credit: Kelly Tucker, USAID (2018).
Ariana Ponce Bohorquez and Maria Jaico Roman from Peru won Second Place in USAID’s Science for Development Award in the category of Agriculture and Food Security.
Photo Credit: Kelly Tucker, USAID (2018).