Terra North Jersey STEM Fair
Awards List 2024

Overall Fair Awards

ISEF Grand Prize
This is the top award in the TNJSF, giving the students an all-expense-paid trip to participate in the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF). ISEF is the world’s largest pre-college STEM competition, hosting well over 1000 high school science projects from all over the world. This year's ISEF will take place from May 11-17 in Los Angeles, California, at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
ISEF Grand Prize
All expense paid trip to the Regeneron ISEF
BF.07Elliott Junhan Yoon Tenafly High School
GenLSDD: A Deep Generative Approach to Ligand and Structure-based Drug Design
CH.01Gracelynne Hao Bridgewater-Raritan Regional High School
Green Synthesis of black TiO2 particles: A promising candidate for solar-driven photocatalytic water decontamination
EN.03Michael Xu Delbarton School
SkyLinker: UAV Perpetual Solar Flight to Cheaply Position Radio Antennas
EV.03Neel Ahuja Millburn High School
Reducing Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Water Contamination With Mycorrhizal Hydroponics Plants
PH.01Allison Lee East Brunswick High School
Identification of Galaxy Mergers Using Deep Learning
PH.12Jason Mao Acad. for Math, Science Engineering
Factorization Properties of Puiseux Monoids
ISEF Grand Prize, 1st Alternate
Alternate for the Regeneron ISEF trip award
CS.05Pranav Sitaraman Edison Academy Magnet School
Enhancing DoS Attack Recovery in MQTT Brokers for IoT Systems through Efficient Scheduling Algorithms
ISEF Trip Award Finalists
Presented to twelve projects that advanced to the final round of judging for the ISEF Grand Prize. We ask these students to remain on the stage after presentation of this award.
ISEF Trip Award Finalist, Jr. Div.
Participation in the final round of judging for the ISEF Trip Awards
BS.05Ahisha Sai Ravi Millburn High School
Confidence Against Stress Contagion
BT.02Paridhi Tyagi Millburn High School
A Quantitative Assessment of the Ratio of CD8+ and Different CD4+ T cell Subsets (including Tregs and TH1, TH2) in Triple Negative Breast Cancer
EN.03Michael Xu Delbarton School
SkyLinker: UAV Perpetual Solar Flight to Cheaply Position Radio Antennas
EN.17Rhea Rawat John P. Stevens High School
Decentralized Autonomous Reliable Forest Fire Detection, Alerting and Mitigation for Communities
ISEF Trip Award Finalist
Participation in the final round of judging for the ISEF Trip Awards
BF.03Zain Jaffar Millburn High School
medic: Multimodal Electronic Medical Records and Diagnostic Imaging-based Classifier for Detecting Pulmonary Embolisms
BF.07Elliott Junhan Yoon Tenafly High School
GenLSDD: A Deep Generative Approach to Ligand and Structure-based Drug Design
CH.01Gracelynne Hao Bridgewater-Raritan Regional High School
Green Synthesis of black TiO2 particles: A promising candidate for solar-driven photocatalytic water decontamination
CN.04Soham Bafana Dwight-Englewood
Applying Dimensionality Reduction as Precursor to LSTM-CNN Models for Classifying Imagery and Motor Signals in ECoG Based BCIs
CS.05Pranav Sitaraman Edison Academy Magnet School
Enhancing DoS Attack Recovery in MQTT Brokers for IoT Systems through Efficient Scheduling Algorithms
EV.03Neel Ahuja Millburn High School
Reducing Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Water Contamination With Mycorrhizal Hydroponics Plants
PH.01Allison Lee East Brunswick High School
Identification of Galaxy Mergers Using Deep Learning
PH.12Jason Mao Acad. for Math, Science Engineering
Factorization Properties of Puiseux Monoids
Nokia Teacher Trip Award
The selected teacher is awarded an all-expense-paid trip to attend the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) as part of the TNJSF Official Party. The award is sponsored by a grant from Nokia Bell Labs.
Nokia Teacher Trip Award
a trip to ISEF as part of the TNJSF Official Party
Chris Matulewicz Colonia High School
Partners in Science Teacher Award
The teacher selected for this award will be able to choose one student from their school to participate in the Partners in Science Program run by Liberty Science Center. The program pairs students with mentors in science, health, and technical fields, and challenges them to participate in ongoing research and independent projects.
Partners in Science Teacher Award
Participation in the Partners in Science Program
Brian Theroux Delbarton School
Partners in Science First Alternate
Alternate for Partners in Science Program
Yelena Naumova Chatham H.S.
Partners in Science Second Alternate
Alternate for Partners in Science Program
Karen Kranz Memorial Award
This award of $250 honors students who work independently, in school or at home, without substantive or formal technical assistance from professional scientists or scientific organizations. Funded by the Karen Kranz Memorial Fund.
Karen Kranz Memorial Award
$250 cash award
CN.03Benjamin Li Millburn High School
FS-MSA: Few-Shot, Self-Prompting, Parameter-Efficient Medical "Segment Anything" for Aiding 3D Brain Tumor Diagnosis
EN.18Ashley Noelle Diaz Pascack Valley High School
Designing a Catcher's Mitt to Eliminate Injuries
Kean University STEM Research Scholar Award
The School of Integrative Science and Technology at Kean University awards one student who demonstrates a commitment to excellence in any category of science, technology, engineering or mathematics research. The awardee will receive a full scholarship for the Group Summer Scholars Research Program, a 4-week hands-on research experience. Valued at $1950.
Kean University STEM Scholar Award
Full scholarship to the Summer Scholars Research Program
EV.07Gargi Gade Colonia High School
Testing for PFAS on Daphnia
Kean University STEM Scholar Award First Alternate
Alternate for scholarship to the Summer Scholars Research Program
EV.04David Wu Avenues New York
Thermal Imaging to Detect Stress in Living Plant Leaves
Kean University STEM Scholar Award Second Alternate
Alternate for scholarship to the Summer Scholars Research Program
BE.05Aleeza Raza Woodbridge High School
Examining Smartwatch Health Monitoring: The Effect of Diverse Skin Tones on Measurement Accuracy
Regeneron Biomedical Science Award
Regeneron offers an award of $375 to an exceptional student scientist who not only demonstrates an impressive command of biomedical science and research but also embodies Regeneron's core values and behaviors, known as The Regeneron Way.
Regeneron Biomedical Science Award
Award certificate and $375 cash award upon submission of award voucher.
BC.07Melinda Deng Millburn High School
Maximizing Cellulose Content in Novel Silk-Cellulose Composites via Feeding Silkworms Cellulose Acetate and Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose
NJIT Academic Fellowship
Two 11th grade students with outstanding projects in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Computer Science, or Engineering are awarded academic fellowships of $1000 per year for 4 years to attend the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), contingent on normal admission procedures.
NJIT Academic Fellowship
Fellowship of $1000 per year for 4 years
CN.03Benjamin Li Millburn High School
FS-MSA: Few-Shot, Self-Prompting, Parameter-Efficient Medical "Segment Anything" for Aiding 3D Brain Tumor Diagnosis
EN.12Samhita Pokkunuri Old Bridge High School
SNAKE - Smart Navigational Adaptive Kinematic Exploration : An effective locomotion of Multi-Terrain Pneumatic Muscle-Driven Modular Soft Robot
NJIT Academic Fellowship First Alternate
Alternate for fellowship at NJIT
BF.11Abigail Hsu Newark Academy
Quantifying Exam Stress Progressions Using Electrodermal Activity and Machine Learning
NJIT Academic Fellowship Second Alternate
Alternate fellowship at NJIT
CS.08Pranav Agarwal Acad. for Math, Science Engineering
Reconstructing Photo-Realistic 3D Models of Conflict Zones to Aid Humanitarian Relief
NJIT CPCP Academy College Courses Scholarship
The New Jersey Institute of Technology offers an outstanding 10th grade project a one-time summer, fall, or spring semester scholarship to enroll in one credit-bearing college course (up to 3 credits) through the Center for Pre-College Programs (CPCP) at NJIT. Valued at $1689.
NJIT CPCP Academy Scholarship
Scholarship to enroll in one credit-bearing college course at NJIT.
BT.02Paridhi Tyagi Millburn High School
A Quantitative Assessment of the Ratio of CD8+ and Different CD4+ T cell Subsets (including Tregs and TH1, TH2) in Triple Negative Breast Cancer
NJIT CPCP Academy Scholarship First Alternate
Alternate for scholarship to enroll in one credit-bearing college course at NJIT.
BF.01Reeti Rout John P. Stevens High School
Denoising Biomedical Images using Weakly-Supervised Deep Learning Methods
GENIUS Olympiad Award
Two projects that best address environmental issues are invited to present their research as a finalist in the GENIUS Olympiad, an international high school project competition about environmental issues. Organized by Terra Science and Education and hosted by the Rochester Institute of Technology.
GENIUS Olympiad Award
certificate and invitation to participate as a finalist in GENIUS Olympiad.
EN.17Rhea Rawat John P. Stevens High School
Decentralized Autonomous Reliable Forest Fire Detection, Alerting and Mitigation for Communities
EV.03Neel Ahuja Millburn High School
Reducing Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Water Contamination With Mycorrhizal Hydroponics Plants
PS.05Amanda Polyniak Pascack Valley High School
Efficacy of Mycorrhizal Fungi In Mitigating the Effects of Soil Contamination on the Function of Chloroplasts in Brassica rapa
New Jersey Water Environment Award
The New Jersey Water Environment Association, Central Section, offers an award of $500 plus automatic entry in the statewide NJWEA competition that leads to the Stockholm Junior Water Prize Competition. This award is given to the most outstanding project addressing water quality, pollution, or conservation.
New Jersey Water Environment Award
$500 cash award and a chance for further competition
CH.01Gracelynne Hao Bridgewater-Raritan Regional High School
Green Synthesis of black TiO2 particles: A promising candidate for solar-driven photocatalytic water decontamination
Hemphill Dedication Founders Award
Awarded to an outstanding teacher inspiring students to strive in precollegiate research and/or engineering design experiences, or an outstanding science fair director who has worked with such diligence that his/her fair has become a change agent in its service territory. Sponsored by Ying TRSEF.
Hemphill Dedication Founders Award
Pin and certificate of achievement
New Public School Grant
Public schools participating in the TNJSF for the first time are awarded a grant for their science department to encourage growth in opportunities for high school student research. Funded by a 2024 NJ STEM Month Mini-Grant from the New Jersey STEM Pathways Network and a matching grant from the Hancox Fund.
New Public School Grant
A $500 grant to the school's science department
Scott Neigel Bernards High School
Amro Mosaad Edison Academy Magnet School

Category Awards

Category Awards
The Category Awards are the result of personal interviews by a large panel of TNJSF judges, comprised of scientists and engineers from local industrial and academic organizations. The awards are sponsored by Nokia Bell Labs.
First Place
a $150 cash award and a certificate.
AN.02Zoe Green Pascack Hills High School
Modulation of One Carbon Metabolism Influence on Histone 3 Lysine 4 Trimethylation Expression
BF.03Zain Jaffar Millburn High School
medic: Multimodal Electronic Medical Records and Diagnostic Imaging-based Classifier for Detecting Pulmonary Embolisms
BF.07Elliott Junhan Yoon Tenafly High School
GenLSDD: A Deep Generative Approach to Ligand and Structure-based Drug Design
BS.05Ahisha Sai Ravi Millburn High School
Confidence Against Stress Contagion
BT.02Paridhi Tyagi Millburn High School
A Quantitative Assessment of the Ratio of CD8+ and Different CD4+ T cell Subsets (including Tregs and TH1, TH2) in Triple Negative Breast Cancer
CB.09Subin Pyo Tenafly High School
Metabolic Program of Intestinal Stem Cell in Pediatric Development and Inflammatory Bowel Disease
CH.01Gracelynne Hao Bridgewater-Raritan Regional High School
Green Synthesis of black TiO2 particles: A promising candidate for solar-driven photocatalytic water decontamination
CN.04Soham Bafana Dwight-Englewood
Applying Dimensionality Reduction as Precursor to LSTM-CNN Models for Classifying Imagery and Motor Signals in ECoG Based BCIs
CS.05Pranav Sitaraman Edison Academy Magnet School
Enhancing DoS Attack Recovery in MQTT Brokers for IoT Systems through Efficient Scheduling Algorithms
EN.03Michael Xu Delbarton School
SkyLinker: UAV Perpetual Solar Flight to Cheaply Position Radio Antennas
EN.17Rhea Rawat John P. Stevens High School
Decentralized Autonomous Reliable Forest Fire Detection, Alerting and Mitigation for Communities
EV.03Neel Ahuja Millburn High School
Reducing Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Water Contamination With Mycorrhizal Hydroponics Plants
PH.01Allison Lee East Brunswick High School
Identification of Galaxy Mergers Using Deep Learning
PH.12Jason Mao Acad. for Math, Science Engineering
Factorization Properties of Puiseux Monoids
PS.02Olivia Ge
Suhani Mahale		 Pascack Hills High School
Analysis of Plant Acoustic Sound Emissions Under Different Stresses
Second Place
a $75 cash award, and a certificate.
BC.02Michelle Minqi Tang Northern Valley Old Tappan
Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Novel Excipient to Replace Polysorbates
BC.07Melinda Deng Millburn High School
Maximizing Cellulose Content in Novel Silk-Cellulose Composites via Feeding Silkworms Cellulose Acetate and Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose
BF.16Qianheng Xu Millburn High School
XSpeech: A Novel Deep Learning Approach to Classifying Stutters
BS.01Maya Maria Jasiukiewicz Colonia High School
Human Perception of Artificially Generated Media
BS.07Jiho Shin Bergen County Technical High School - Teterboro
The Effects of Posture on Short-Term Memory
BT.05Jason Lu Montgomery High School
Impact of Social Determinants of Health on Acute Kidney Injury Recovery In An Underserved Inner-City Population
CB.02Kavya Chettur
Justin Byun		 Tenafly High School
In vivo and Ex vivo Modelling of Down Syndrome Intestinal Homeostasis
CB.04Kevin Jin Delbarton School
The Neuroprotective Effects of Chebulinic Acid and Gallic Acid on Novel Targets in Alzheimer's Disease
CB.16Nathan Ege Millburn High School
Investigating Phenotypic and Genomic Variations in Clinical E. coli Isolates Following Passage Through an in vivo Gut Colonization Model
CH.07Emily Hickey Summit High School
Sunscreen Effectiveness Measured In Various Solutions
CN.03Benjamin Li Millburn High School
FS-MSA: Few-Shot, Self-Prompting, Parameter-Efficient Medical "Segment Anything" for Aiding 3D Brain Tumor Diagnosis
CS.07Mingqi Geng
tony zhao		 Princeton International School of Mathematics and Science
IBCP: an easy-to-learn game for CS education on advanced programming topics
EN.12Samhita Pokkunuri Old Bridge High School
SNAKE - Smart Navigational Adaptive Kinematic Exploration : An effective locomotion of Multi-Terrain Pneumatic Muscle-Driven Modular Soft Robot
EN.13Kai Song Tenafly High School
Development of a Low-Cost Torus Omni-Directional Robot with Multi-Terrain Traversal and Ramp Climbing Capability
EV.04David Wu Avenues New York
Thermal Imaging to Detect Stress in Living Plant Leaves
PH.02Aaron Li Newark Academy
The Dynamics of a Neutrally Buoyant Particle in Poiseuille Flow
PS.03Prisha Mehta
Hyunjun Fred Lim		 Pascack Hills High School
Testing Anesthetic Effects of Clove, Lavender, and Menthol Vapor on Plant Responses
PS.05Amanda Polyniak Pascack Valley High School
Efficacy of Mycorrhizal Fungi In Mitigating the Effects of Soil Contamination on the Function of Chloroplasts in Brassica rapa
Third Place
a certificate.
AN.03Eugenie Kwon Blair Academy
Examining the Generational Impulsiveness from Zero Sugar Drinks and Exploring Preventive Strategies through Psychobiotics
BC.01Angie Liu Millburn High School
Screening and Analysis of Drug Compounds for the Treatment of Lymphatic Filariasis
BC.06Naina Grover Millburn High School
Examining resistance of the SARS-CoV-2 virus to antiviral therapy
BE.02Mayank Deoras
Karthik Thallam		 South Brunswick High School
Novel 3D Auxetic Geometry for Prosthetic Applications Designed Using Finite Element Analysis
BF.11Abigail Hsu Newark Academy
Quantifying Exam Stress Progressions Using Electrodermal Activity and Machine Learning
BS.08Shara Grande Woodbridge High School
Cross-Generational Investigation into Recognition and Awareness of Deep Fakes
BT.03Ananya Anchlia Tenafly High School
Impact of Intravenous Iron Repletion on Gut Microbiome in Iron-Deficient Blood Donors
BT.04Advaith Pillai Livingston High School
Determining the Correlation Between Age - Adjusted Lung Cancer Rate and Average Radiation Dosage in Northern New Jersey
CB.12Kailyn Eun Mi Cho Tenafly High School
The Dose Response of Etoposide on a Clinically Accurate Model of ETMR
CB.14Shiven Das Bridgewater-Raritan Regional High School
Evaluating the Effects of a Manganese-Based Compound on Cancer Cells
CH.02Aman Vardhan Pullatikurti
Aditya Prabhu		 South Brunswick High School
Dynamic Surface Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen Production over the Static Maximum Rate
CH.05Smruti Jadhav Union County Magnet High School
Synthetic Leaf: Testing Commercially available Semiconductors to generate hydrogen directly from solar energy in an artificial photosynthesis paradigm
CS.11Zayn Rekhi Millburn High School
Fluid Flow: Region of Interested based Neural Video Compression
EN.04Jonathan Hong Academies@Englewood
Building an Automatic Controlled Smart Feral Cat Shelter Using a Microcontroller Arduino Mega
EN.06Ethan Cho Millburn High School
A Novel Ultra Power Efficient IOT Multi-Door Access Control System
PH.11Aarav Sonthalia The Pingry School
Exploring Asteroid Orbits: Insights from Neural Network Modeling and Data-driven Analysis
Honorable Mention
a certificate
BC.04Diya Sudhini Middlesex County Academy for Allied Health and Biomedical Sciences
Deciphering the Binding Interactions Between Glioblastoma and RNA-Based Aptamers
BE.06Ben Liam Gulleyan Pascack Valley High School
Compressible Bandage
BF.05Kristen Ngai Livingston High School
CoVPredict: Developing a Novel Machine Learning Platform for COVID Spike Protein Prediction for Pandemic Prevention
BS.06Lily Hickok Woodbridge High School
A Modern Analysis of Gendered Influence and Propagation of Information Using AI Generated Voices
CB.01Adhithi Arun Livingston High School
Identification of GATA3 as a Potential Biomarker in Breast Cancer Using a Multi-Omics Approach
CB.05Binish Narang Ridge High School
MAP3K1 Identified as a Prognostic Biomarker in Breast Cancer After Multi-omics Bioinformatics Analysis
CH.03Jonathan Liang Summit High School
Investigating the feasibility of spent coffee ground based anodes
CN.01Ishir Rao Chatham H.S.
Predictive Spatiotemporal Single-Cell Transcriptomics Modeling for Pathological Markers and In-Silico Perturbations in Alzheimer's Disease
CN.06Sounak Bagchi Edison Academy Magnet School
A Novel Parallel Subgraph Isomorphism Algorithm to Detect Structural Patterns in the Human Cerebral Cortex
CS.12Atharva Tyagi Ridge High School
Novel 60-minute Nowcasts of Convection Onset using Deep Learning
EN.16Vinav Shah The Pingry School
Ultrasound Automation for High Volume, Long Term Measurements
EN.18Ashley Noelle Diaz Pascack Valley High School
Designing a Catcher's Mitt to Eliminate Injuries
PH.09Kaushik Kumar Mukkavilli Livingston High School
A Python-Based Automated Method For Stellar Rotation Period Using the Lomb-Scargle Periodogram

Special Awards

Air Force Awards
The Air Force Research Laboratory recognizes up to 4 projects in the areas of math, science and engineering that conduct research in areas of interest to the Air Force.
Air Force Award
Certificate of achievement and award package
BE.01Minseo Cho Eastern Christian High School
CS.08Pranav Agarwal Acad. for Math, Science Engineering
EN.12Samhita Pokkunuri Old Bridge High School
EN.14Wesley Feng Chen Ridge High School
Association for Computing Machinery
The Association for Computing Machinery sponsors 1-year student memberships to the Association for projects advancing the fields of computer science and computer engineering.
Association for Computing Machinary
One-year student membership to Association for Computing Machinery
BF.03Zain Jaffar Millburn High School
BF.05Kristen Ngai Livingston High School
BF.07Elliott Junhan Yoon Tenafly High School
BF.11Abigail Hsu Newark Academy
BF.16Qianheng Xu Millburn High School
CS.05Pranav Sitaraman Edison Academy Magnet School
CS.07Mingqi Geng
tony zhao		 Princeton International School of Mathematics and Science
CS.11Zayn Rekhi Millburn High School
CS.12Atharva Tyagi Ridge High School
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology award
The FDU student chapter of the American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology sponsors a cash award of $50 to an individual project that has done a remarkable job in the field of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
FDU Student Chapter of ASBMB
$50.00 to an individual project
BC.07Melinda Deng Millburn High School
Bobbi Alcock Founders Award in Chemistry
Presented to the top-scoring project in the Chemistry Category. Sponsored by Bobbi Alcock, a chemist and co-founder of Ying TRSEF.
Bobbi Alcock Founders Award in Chemistry
pin and certificate of achievement
CH.01Gracelynne Hao Bridgewater-Raritan Regional High School
Ernstsons Make a Difference Award
Awarded to two projects that show a sincere desire to change the world for the better and have considered the impact their work will have on the world and its inhabitants. Sponsored by Fricis and Emma Ernstsons.
Ernstsons Make a Difference Award
pin and certificate of achievement
CS.10Abhay Bhaskar Edison Academy Magnet School
EN.07Seunghyun Park Northern Valley Demarest
Field Research Awards
A $50 cash award that recognizes 2 projects in biology, ecology, or environmental science utilizing data collected in the field rather than in a laboratory. Sponsored by James Danch.
Field Research Award
$50 cash award
EN.17Rhea Rawat John P. Stevens High School
EV.08Ajay Grewal Livingston High School
Geoscience Awards
The Association for Women Geoscientists recognizes 2 female students whose projects exemplify high standards of innovation and scientific excellence in the geosciences.
Geoscience Award
Certificate of achievement
EV.06Maya Ilena Newell
Joely Blake Ross		 Pascack Valley High School
Helmer Volunteer Award for True Potential
Awarded to a student or team whose determination or passion deserves an acknowledgement. Sponsored in honor of Barbary and Jane Helmer, founding volunteers of Ying TRSEF.
Helmer Volunteer Award for True Potential
pin and a certificate of achievement
BE.03Alyssa Vivadelli Woodbridge High School
CN.07Subhiksha Stephan Millburn High School
EN.05Phillip Hwang Dwight-Englewood
Human Genetics Awards
The Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers University sponsors cash awards of $200 and $100 for outstanding projects with relevance and insight to the study of genetics.
Human Genetics Award, First Place
$200 cash and a certificate
AN.02Zoe Green Pascack Hills High School
Human Genetics Award, Second Place
$100 cash and a certificate
CN.01Ishir Rao Chatham H.S.
IEEE NJ Young Engineer Award
The IEEE North Jersey section sponsors cash awards for projects in Biomedical Engineering, Engineering, and Computer Science that demonstrate the use of sound engineering principles.
IEEE NJ Section Young Engineer Award
Cash award and Certificate of achievement. An award check will be sent by IEEE at a later date.
BE.02Mayank Deoras
Karthik Thallam		 South Brunswick High School
CS.02Divya Krishna Edison High School
CS.06Twisha Patel
Gauri Kshettry		 Edison High School
EN.03Michael Xu Delbarton School
EN.12Samhita Pokkunuri Old Bridge High School
In Vitro Biology Awards
The Society for In Vitro Biology presents certificates to 2 outstanding 11th grade projects in the areas of plant or animal in vitro biology or tissue culture.
In Vitro Biology Award
Certificate of achievement
CB.01Adhithi Arun Livingston High School
CB.16Nathan Ege Millburn High School
Innovation Awards
A $50 cash award recognizing 2 outstanding projects that demonstrate innovative use of affordable and readily available materials to achieve an experimental goal normally fulfilled by specialized or expensive equipment. Sponsored by James Danch.
Innovation Award
$50 cash award
BS.05Ahisha Sai Ravi Millburn High School
CS.11Zayn Rekhi Millburn High School
JEI, Featured Young Scientist Award
The students awarded will receive mentorship to help them communicate their work effectively and prepare manuscripts for publication in the Journal of Emerging Investigators.
JEI Finalist Award
Students will be featured on the JEI website and encouraged to publish their work in the JEI.
BF.03Zain Jaffar Millburn High School
BF.07Elliott Junhan Yoon Tenafly High School
BS.05Ahisha Sai Ravi Millburn High School
BT.02Paridhi Tyagi Millburn High School
CH.01Gracelynne Hao Bridgewater-Raritan Regional High School
CN.04Soham Bafana Dwight-Englewood
CS.05Pranav Sitaraman Edison Academy Magnet School
EN.03Michael Xu Delbarton School
EN.17Rhea Rawat John P. Stevens High School
EV.03Neel Ahuja Millburn High School
PH.01Allison Lee East Brunswick High School
PH.12Jason Mao Acad. for Math, Science Engineering
Kean University IST Biotechnology Student Club Award
Awarded to projects that have been overlooked in the other award considerations and particularly to reward students from underrepresented backgrounds. Sponsored and judged by Kean University IST Biotechnology Club.
Kean University IST Biotech Club Award, 1st Place
Certificate of achievement, $25 gift card, and a goody bag of Kean Merchandise
CB.03Pranav Suresh Tenafly High School
Kean University IST Biotech Club Award, 2nd Place
certificate of achievement and a goody bag of Kean Merchandise
CB.10Renee Ngai Livingston High School
M. E. Wood & Associates Mathematics Award
Recognizes 2 projects that demonstrate excellent use and understanding of mathematics. Sponsored by Mary E. Wood.
M. E. Wood & Associates Mathematics Award
certificate of achievement
PH.02Aaron Li Newark Academy
PH.12Jason Mao Acad. for Math, Science Engineering
Metric Awards
The US Metric Association recognizes 2 projects which make the most extensive and correct use of the Standard International System of Units.
Metric Award
Certificate of achievement
BT.01Tessa Lee Fort Lee High School
BT.04Advaith Pillai Livingston High School
NASA Earth System Science Awards
Awarded to two projects that incorporate studies including different spheres of the Earth system, their interactions, and change over time. Sponsored by NASA.
NASA Earth System Science Award
Certificate of achievement
CS.04Prisha Malik Acad. for Math, Science Engineering
PH.10Ethan H Liu The Pingry School
Naval Science Awards
The Office of Naval Research awards 4 individual projects in science and engineering that conduct research in areas of interest to the Navy.
Naval Science Award
Certificate of achievement and other gifts provided by the Navy
EN.03Michael Xu Delbarton School
EN.07Seunghyun Park Northern Valley Demarest
EN.12Samhita Pokkunuri Old Bridge High School
EN.16Vinav Shah The Pingry School
NOAA Pulse of the Planet Awards
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awards to 2 projects that emphasize NOAA's mission to understand and predict changes in climate, weather, oceans and coasts.
NOAA Pulse of the Planet Award
Award certificate and Letter
CS.10Abhay Bhaskar Edison Academy Magnet School
EV.01Aidan Jung
Brandon Sunghyuk Yun		 Bergen Catholic High School
Psychology Awards
The American Psychological Association recognizes two projects for outstanding psychology research.
American Psychological Association Award
Certificate of achievement and 1 year Complementary Student Membership
BS.01Maya Maria Jasiukiewicz Colonia High School
BS.05Ahisha Sai Ravi Millburn High School
Rhea Jezer Energy 21 Symposium
Awarded to an individual or group project that refer clearly to issues in energy, renewables, environmental science/management. Winner(s) will be a guest of Dr. Rhea Jezer at the Symposium on Energy in the 21st Century.
Rhea Jezer Energy 21 Symposium
Full registration costs for the selected student(s) as attendees. The winner will be Dr. Jezer's guest at Symposium.
EV.03Neel Ahuja Millburn High School
Ricoh Sustainable Development Awards
Ricoh Corporation recognizes two projects whose principles and technical innovations offer the greatest potential for increasing our ability to grow environmentally friendly and socially responsible businesses.
Ricoh Sustainable Development Award
Certificate of achievement
EN.07Seunghyun Park Northern Valley Demarest
EV.04David Wu Avenues New York
Statistics Awards
The NJ Chapter of the American Statistics Association sponsors cash awards of $150, $100, $75, and $50 for students who have made outstanding use of statistics and probability in the analysis of experimental data.
Statistics First Place Award
$150 cash award
BT.05Jason Lu Montgomery High School
Statistics Second Place Award
$100 cash award
BT.02Paridhi Tyagi Millburn High School
Statistics Third Place Award
$75 cash award
BF.03Zain Jaffar Millburn High School
EV.01Aidan Jung
Brandon Sunghyuk Yun		 Bergen Catholic High School
Statistics Honorable Mention Award
$50 cash award
BF.11Abigail Hsu Newark Academy
BS.08Shara Grande Woodbridge High School
USAID Science Champion Award
Awarded to two outstanding projects with relevance to solving an important global development challenge using science, technology and innovation.
USAID Science Champion Award
Certificate
CH.05Smruti Jadhav Union County Magnet High School
CS.16Vedant Badoni Edison Academy Magnet School
Wonder Women in Science
Award consists of the book, "Wonder Women in Science" autographed by the author and a certificate. Given to a female student with a passion for STEM.
Wonder Women in Science
a certificate and a signed copy of the book
AN.02Zoe Green Pascack Hills High School
Yale Science and Engineering Awards
Yale Science and Engineering Association recognizes two outstanding 11th grade projects exhibiting in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.
Yale Science and Engineering Award
Award certificate
PH.06Alexander Recce The Pingry School
PH.08Shreyas Nair
Shourya Chhabra		 Union County Magnet High School

Participation Awards

Four-Year NJRSF Participation Award
This award honors students who have submitted a project to the NJRSF all four years of their high school career.
Four-Year Participation Award
Award Plaque
Freshman Participation Award
This award honors Freshmen who successfully prepared and submitted a project to the NJRSF.
Freshman Participation Award
award certificate
BT.05Jason Lu Montgomery High School
CB.14Shiven Das Bridgewater-Raritan Regional High School
CS.12Atharva Tyagi Ridge High School
EN.17Rhea Rawat John P. Stevens High School
EV.04David Wu Avenues New York
PS.06Ami Rastogi Monroe Township High School