2019 Annual Report

COMPETITIONS 2019: THE SOCIETY’S YEAR OF THE WOMAN

GIRLS LEAD THE WAY

TOTAL TOP AWARDS FOR ALL THREE PROGRAMS

$3,209,500

$1,592,666

awarded

won by girls

BROADCOM MASTERS TOP AWARDS

REGENERON STS TOP AWARDS

From our first-place winner in the Regeneron Science Talent Search to the top five Broadcom MASTERS winners to our top Intel ISEF winners, girls in STEM achieved great things in 2019. In March, Ana Humphrey became the first Latina top award winner in 20 years at the Regeneron Science Talent Search. At Intel ISEF in May, three of the four top awards went to girls. National Geographic also celebrated the young women competing in ISEF in its November 2019 issue, Women: A Century of Change . Further showing what nurtured young, female scientists and engi- neers can accomplish, girls swept all five of the top prizes at the Broadcom MASTERS in October. It doesn’t matter how old you are, or what your lab looks like. It doesn’t matter if you’re a girl or feel like an outsider. Anyone can make a difference.” RACHEL SEEVERS Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award winner; Regeneron STS 8th-place winner In total, 3,278 girls competed across all of the Society’s competitions.

$89,000

won by girls $79,000

$1,065,000

$540,000

awarded

awarded

won by girls

INTEL ISEF GRAND AWARDS

INTEL ISEF TOP AWARDS

$520,500

$255,666

$185,000

$110,000

awarded

won by girls

awarded

won by girls

STRONG FEMALE COMPETITION

53% 56% 49%

Regeneron STS 1,052 Female Entrants 1,964 Total Entrants

BroadcomMASTERS 1,315 Female Entrants 2,348 Total Entrants

Intel ISEF 911 Female Finalists 1,842 Total Finalists

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The belief that girls cannot do better in STEM subjects than boys was also a great inspiration. I needed to show the truth of the saying what boys can do, girls can do better.”

SALOME NJERI Intel ISEF 2019 finalist

CELEBRATION! Rachel Seevers and other award winners celebrate on the Intel ISEF stage.

GIRLS IN STEM Esther Amimo and Salome Njeri (left to right) represented Kenya at Intel ISEF.

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