Intel Kicks Off 58th Science Talent Search

 

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Applications for the 1999 Intel Science Talent Search (STS) are now available for U.S. high school seniors interested in participating in this prestigious science competition. This is the first year Intel will be sponsoring the STS, America's oldest and most highly regarded pre-college science competition. Science Service, the nonprofit organization that has administered STS since its inception, selected Intel from a group of over 76 qualified companies to move this national treasure into the 21st century. The STS was previously sponsored by Westinghouse.

 

 

1999 Scholarships

 

Three hundred applicants are selected as semifinalists. Judges then select 40 finalists to participate in the Science Talent Institute, to be held from March 3-8, 1999, where they compete for college scholarships totaling $330,000 from the Intel Foundation, an increase of $125,000 from 1998. The top prize is a $50,000 college scholarship; second-prize winner receives a $40,000 scholarship and the third-prize winner receives a $30,000 scholarship. Fourth- through sixth-prize winners receive $20,000 scholarship each; seventh- through tenth-prize winners each receive $15,000 scholarships. The other 30 finalists each receive a $3,000 college scholarship.

 

 

Application Process

 

To participate, students must submit a written report on an independent research project in the physical science, behavioral science and social

sciences, engineering, mathematics, or biological sciences. In addition,

each student must submit an official entry form, teacher recommendation,

transcript and standardized test scores. Entries are available on the Web at

www.sciserv.org <http://www.sciserv.org/stsform.htm> or by contacting

Science Service at (202) 785-2255. Entries for the Intel Science Talent

Search (1998 - 1999 school year) must be received by 11:59 p.m. on

Wednesday, Dec. 2, 1998, at:

Science Service
1719 N Street, NW
Washington, D.C., 20036

 

 

 

1998 Applicant Information Entry forms were received from

1,581 applicants from high schools in 44 states in the U.S., the District of

Columbia and Puerto Rico. Females submitted more than half of the entries

(794). Four states had one applicant each and six states had no students

apply, with New York state sending 55 percent of the entries (868). Florida was second with 119 entries and California was third with 62 entries. Since the competition's inception in 1942, New York has sent 33 percent of the 2,282 finalists.

 

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