Regeneron ISEF 2022 - Future Forward
The Regeneron International Science & Engineering Fair (ISEF) was conducted between May 7-13, 2022, in Atlanta, Georgia. Regeneron ISEF is the world’s largest pre-college science competition. This year, over 1700 young entrepreneurs, innovators and scientists were selected from 49 states and 64 countries and competed across 21 STEM categories. About 800 judges from academia and industry made the award selections.
Twenty three high school scientists from various school districts in Washington state were selected from four regional and one state level science fair to form the Washington International Science and Engineering Team (WISE Team). The WISE team represented Washington state at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF).
CSRSEF (USWA03) Performance at ISEF 2022 in Numbers
ISEF student scientists: 1748
Total finalist projects: 1409
Total fairs: 367
Total awards: 826
WA is #1 of all 50 states and CSRSEF performance in 2022 was the highest of all fairs in the world in terms of awards won per finalist. Last year we were down in the middle of this list, so it's a spectacular change in one year. This shows the growing exposure of STEM in Washington state high schools.Â
Much of this performance at the state level is driven by CSRSEF students. The CSRSEF total award/student ratio is 2.33, highest of all 367 fairs worldwide.