First Place第一名
$250K
top award最高奖金
Grand Prize · 2026头奖 · 2026
Class of 2026 · 85th Science Talent Search2026 届 · 第 85 届科学天才奖
2026
Top Ten前十名
The ten top awards十大奖项
As announced at the 2026 Finals Week awards ceremony. Source: official announcement.
依据 2026 年决赛周颁奖典礼的官方公告整理。来源：官方新闻稿。
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01 Connor Hill
$250,000 -
02 Edward Kang
$175,000 -
03 Iris Shen
$150,000 -
04 Rachel Chen
$100,000 -
05 Jerry Xu
$90,000 -
06 Leanne Fan
$80,000 -
07 Claire Jiang
$70,000 -
08 Leon Wang
$60,000 -
09 Jonathan Du
$50,000 -
10 Seth Nabat
$40,000
The Forty四十强
All 40 finalists全部 40 位决赛入围者
Every finalist received at least $25,000. Names, schools, hometowns and project titles as published on the official finalist list.
每位决赛入围者至少获得 25,000 美元。姓名、学校、家乡与课题名均照录官方入围名单。
Rohan ArniHigh Technology High School · Morganville, NJUsing Deep Learning for Robust Classification of Fast Radio Bursts
Rachel ChenMarlborough School · Los Angeles, CAThe Dual Canonical Basis in the Spin Representation via the Temperley-Lieb Algebra
Linus Chen-PlotkinGermantown Friends School · Philadelphia, PAPredictability and Statistical Memory in Classical Sonatas and Quartets
Ryka ChopraMission San Jose High School · Fremont, CADesigning Incentive-Compatible Cooperation for the Global Commons: A Reinforcement Learning-Integrated Mechanism Design Framework for Arctic Conservation
Colin Jie ChuThe Nueva School · Palo Alto, CAFrequency-Based Parameterization of Semi-Empirical Models for State-of-Health Estimation in Lithium-Ion Batteries in Electric Vehicles
Mason CoreyKingsway Regional High School · Swedesboro, NJAI-Powered Thermal Fingerprinting: Predicting PLA Tensile Strength Through Schlieren Imaging
Jashvi DesaiYorktown High School · Yorktown Heights, NYNeuroinflammatory Signatures and Compensatory Prefrontal Mechanisms in Long COVID-19: Insights From 7T MRI and Cognitive Modeling
Mythreya DharaniBergen County Academies · Paramus, NJI2-CISSP: An Interpretable Machine Learning Framework for Robust and Practical Prediction of Cisplatin Response in Human Tumors
Jonathan DuLos Altos High School · Mountain View, CAAn Unrestricted Notion of the Finite Factorization Property
Leanne FanWestview School · San Diego, CAPhotobiomodulation on In Vivo and In Vitro Wound Models Under Simulated Microgravity for Future Space Travel
Connor HillDelta High School · Port Matilda, PAThe Complete Set of Noble Polyhedra
Claire JiangBergen County Academies · Wyckoff, NJA Novel In Vitro Cell Culture Model for Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Edward KangBergen County Academies · Hackensack, NJRetinaMind: Convergent In Silico and In Vitro Evidence for the Retina as a Novel Biomarker in the Early Diagnosis of Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Khushi KarthikeyanArdsley High School · Ardsley, NYThe Supermassive Problem: Probing Potential Stellar Formation Pathways of Intermediate-Mass Black Holes
Jaeho LeeSpring Branch Academic Institute · Houston, TXAffine Group of Integers Modulo n, Conjugacy Classes and Representations
Frances LiangThe Nueva School · Los Altos Hills, CAPLI-Analyzer: A Novel Platform for Quantitative Assessment of Structural and Biological Accuracy in AI-Predicted Protein-Protein Complexes
Sophia LiangCentennial High School · Ellicott City, MDPharmacologic Soluble Guanylate Cyclase Activation for Suppression of Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition in Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells: Implications for Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Ella LuNorth Carolina School of Science and Mathematics · Chapel Hill, NCCompositional Analysis of Visual Art Structure
Kevin LuBellarmine College Preparatory School · Santa Clara, CAAEGIS: Security Sandboxing Meets Mechanistic Interpretability To Defend Against Prompt Injection Attacks
Frank LucciBASIS San Antonio Shavano Campus · San Antonio, TXSubArc: An Inexpensive, High Resolution, Open Source, Absolute Magnetic Rotary Encoder
Finnegan McGillTanque Verde High School · Tucson, AZA-BiRD: An Automated Bird Recognition Device for Acoustic Monitoring and Conservation
Natalie MuroWilliam J. Palmer High School · Colorado Springs, COA Novel Field-Based Approach to Reducing Harmful Algal Blooms in Freshwater Ecosystems
Seth Jacob NabatWilliam Howard Taft High School · Winnetka, CALearning Broken Symmetries With Approximate Invariance: A Novel Dual-Subnetwork Approach to Classifying Particle Collision Events
Ananya Gulur NagendraPlano East Senior High School · Plano, TXUtilizing Ants To Mitigate MSW Landfill-Generated Methane Production Through Novel Aerobic Digester System for Anthropogenic Food Waste Decomposition
Max Hung NguyenLeland High School · San Jose, CAStar2Planet: Decoding and Predicting the Stellar Signatures of Planet Formation
Rayhan PaparThe Woodlands College Park High School · Spring, TXSim-to-Real for Autonomous Tumor Resection via Minimally Invasive Robotics
Kaya ParikhHunter College High School · New York, NYOzempic® and Counterfeit Ozempic in Novel Triple-Readout Drosophila Model With Type-2 Diabetes and Obesity
Siddharth PasariHunter College High School · New York City, NYDevelopment of N-glycan Microarrays as Sensors for Glycan Binders
Aashritha PenumudiThomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology · Herndon, VAA Novel Approach to Understanding the Structural Basis of Ribosome Stalling by AMD1 and Cellular Arresting Peptides
Vallabh RameshduPont Manual Magnet High School · Louisville, KYNext-Gen Smart Materials: Thermo-Responsive and Conductive 3D Printable Polymer Gels for Diverse Applications
Ashka ShahJericho Senior High School · Jericho, NYSelective Dual Inhibition of β-Catenin in Wnt-Driven Cancers via Gid8-Assisted Translocation and a Precision Peptide-Based Gene Therapy
Iris ShenThe Woodlands College Park High School · The Woodlands, TXAssessing Marine Bivalves as Novel Invertebrate Models for Targeting Anti-Apoptotic BCL-2 Family Proteins in Blood Cancer: The In Vivo Effects of Ursolic Acid and Gossypol Acetic Acid on Tumor Cells in Mercenaria mercenaria
Uma Maya SthanuWestwood High School · Austin, TXGlia-Neuron GPCR Signaling as a Therapeutic Route to Axon Regeneration: cAMP-PKA Activation Elevates Excitability and Regrowth in Neurons
Leon WangKing School · Stamford, CTRepurposing Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Drugs To Treat Vascular Alzheimer's Dementia: A Safe, Effective and Accessible Approach to Alzheimer's Treatment
Henry XieWestview High School · Portland, ORDistilling Empathy From Large Language Models
Jerry XuLexington High School · Lexington, MAA Unified Protein Embedding Model With Local and Global Structural Sensitivity
Jonathan YanSage Hill School · Irvine, CABioinformatic Analysis of Metastasis-Associated Metabolic Landscape Reveals an Oncogenic Role for the Transsulfuration Pathway
Alyssa YuPoolesville High School · Clarksburg, MDWhen Epidemics Meet: Understanding Spatiotemporal Interactions of Two Pathogens on Metapopulation Networks via Reaction-Diffusion Dynamics
Celine ZhangPhillips Exeter Academy · Princeton, NJDesigning Zero-Knowledge Proofs for Agent Motion Planning
Audrey ZhengNorth Allegheny Senior High School · Wexford, PATargeted Isolation of Tumor-Derived Extracellular Vesicles Using a Cocktail of Magnetic Nanospheres for Minimally Invasive Pancreatic Cancer Diagnosis
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