OVER 80 STUDENTS COMPETE VIRTUALLY IN REGIONAL STEM RESEARCH PAPER COMPETITION

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

[St. Paul, MN, March 11, 2021] - More than 80 high school students will present their research virtually at the upcoming North Central Regional Junior Science & Humanities Symposium (JSHS). This annual research paper competition for high school students in Minnesota and the Dakotas is hosted by the Minnesota Academy of Science (MAS).

Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) professionals from across the state will begin judging the research papers online on March 23. JSHS winners will be announced at a virtual award ceremony on March 30 and results will subsequently be posted on mnmas.org.

“We are seeing both new student participants and projects that are in their second or third year of research,” says JSHS Program Director Sara Gomez. “We commend students for their impressive dedication to research during a challenging year. Their degree of focus is clearly reflected in the remarkable quality of their work.”

North Central JSHS is one of dozens of regional symposia annually serving more than 10,000 students in the United States. Students advanced to this regional-level competition after evaluation by research paper review teams across Minnesota and the Dakotas. They will compete for $4,500 in scholarships and the chance to participate in the National JSHS competition administered by the National Science Teachers Association.

The 2021 National JSHS will be held virtually April 14-17. At the national level, 245 students compete for significant scholarship awards. In 2020, two North Central JSHS students went on to win awards at the national competition - Mina Mandic won a first place award and a $12,000 scholarship and Benjamin Yan won a peer review award.

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North Central JSHS is a program of the Minnesota Academy of Science sponsored by the National Science Teachers Association; Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force; Minnesota Department of Education; and Seagate Technology.

Media contacts:

Sara Gomez, JSHS Program Director
Emily Shepard, MAS Communications Specialist