Well folks, the theme for Discovery's Young Scientist Challenge this year was a green one; and what an incredible opportunity it was for 40 of
the top young scientists in the nation who made their way to the finals in Washington D.C. last week.
The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation has granted prestigious, four - year fellowship awards to 18
top young scientists, including Evan J. Worden, Ph.D., a post-doctoral fellow in the Biophysics & Biochemistry Program.
Leading it are two of
the top young scientists in their respective disciplines.
Universities today compete to attract and train the nation's
top young scientists.
To avoid settling, some of these companies have set up programs to locate and train
top young scientists and engineers while they're still in school.
Schäfer is also vice-chair of the Young Academy of Europe (a pan-European, grassroots association of
top young scientists) and chair of Sci - GENERATION (another pan-European, bottom - up platform for young scientists supported by the intergovernmental framework for European Cooperation in Science and Technology).
The winner will receive $ 25,000 and the title of «America's
Top Young Scientist.»
One favorite success story is Erich Jarvis, a neuroscientist at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, who, as an African - American student from Harlem, was supported by some of those programs and who in 2002 was named the nation's
top young scientist.
Contest Looks for
Top Young Scientist America's best and brightest young scientific minds are being sought through the annual Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge.
14 - year - old New York student Deepika Kurup was named «America's
Top Young Scientist» for inventing a solar - powered water purification system that changes dirty water into safe drinking water.
Learn more at:: Discovery Young Scientist Challenge More Young Scientist coverage from last year's competition CO2 Challenge Requires Creativity, Teamwork at Young Scientist Challenge The TH Interview: Erik Gustafson, America's
Top Young Scientist of the Year!
There they competed for a share of the $ 100K in scholarships and prizes along with the title of America's
Top Young Scientist of the Year.
He took home the title of America's
Top Young Scientist last week, along with a $ 20K scholarship and the opportunity to make a special appearance on an upcoming episode of Mythbusters as well!
At the end of the competition, American's
Top Young Scientist will be awarded a $ 50,000 savings bond.
Not exact matches
Hey everybody, the scientific survey says that the
younger top scientists are more likely to attend religious services than the older ones and the researcher thinks it could be a trend ind icating a future increase in religious
top scientists!
As IRRI has partnerships with
top institutions from around the world, the Lee Foundation Rice Scholarship Program — with
young rice
scientists from South Asia and Southeast Asian countries as its beneficiaries — will enhance linkages between rice research in Asia and international development.
Jiachen Lee, Arooba Ahmed and Jillian Parker, a trio of
young scientists from the Half Hollow Hills school district won the $ 100,000
top team award in the prestigious Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology for their research into cell division that could help find treatments to cancers, viruses and other diseases.
«We [at NSERC] are offering
young scientists the opportunity to work with
top government institutions and the best research leaders around,» says Robinson.
Read about the
young scientists whose innovations
topped the judges ballots.
The conference series was launched in 1988 to expose students and
young scientists in developing countries to
top - level chemistry researchers.
Photo (
top): Michael Crickmore and Dragana Rogulja traveled to Stockholm in December where Crickmore received the 2009 GE & Science Prize for
Young Life
Scientists.
Applications were reviewed by CRI's Postdoctoral Fellowship Review Committee, which twice annually vets highly competitive applications from
young scientists working in
top immunology and tumor immunology laboratories around the world.
He published over 200 papers in
top journals, over 40 review articles and book chapters and was presented with numerous awards, including National Institutes of Health graduate and postdoctoral fellowships, the
Young Investigator Award from the Society for Leukocyte Biology, the Established Investigator Award from the American Heart Association, and a Visiting
Scientist Fellowship from the Swedish National Research Council.
«The caliber of this
young and innovative doctoral program for students with exceptional ability demands extraordinary leadership qualities that we found right here in one of CSHL's
top scientists, Leemor Joshua - Tor,» said CSHL President Bruce Stillman, Ph.D..
TEHRAN, Dec. 24 (MNA)-- Iranian deputy minister of health stressed the necessity of supporting
young scientists and researchers and underlined that Iran has been able to rank
top in producing science articles through investment on
young researchers.
At the Gladstone Institutes, inspiring and educating the next generation of
scientists is a
top priority, for when researchers share their knowledge with
young minds, they contribute to a legacy that will help shape the future of scientific innovation.
Dr. Eric Morrow, a Brown University faculty member specializing in neurodevelopmental biology and autism treatment, won the nation's
top honor for a
young scientist.
Jesse Eisenberg, Diane Kruger and Emile Hirsch are set to star in the drama about a pair of
young post-graduates living in New York in 1943 who must leave their lives behind to join a community of
scientists in New Mexico to work on a
top - secret US Government project.
Whether it's the Bunsen burner or the microscope,
scientists young and old are being asked to post their nominations along with a photo or picture if available, online www.scientificlaboratoryshow.com The
top ten nominated objects will go into the Show's «Hall of Fame» on 25th May, and delegates will be asked to vote for their Number One object during the Show and conference.
In 2006, he was awarded both the Australian Academy of Science Fenner Medal for distinguished research in biology and the Edgeworth David Medal by the Royal Society of New South Wales, and in 2007, the H.G. Andrewartha Medal by the Royal Society of South Australia and was listed by Cosmos as one of Australia's
top 10
young scientists.