Virginia Piedmont Regional Science Fair
       Encouraging and Inspiring the Students of Piedmont Virginia
                              in Science and Engineering

May 15 News Flash: Our Tara Adiseshan Wins Grand Award at the International Science And Engineering Fair!

Tara's (center above) project, Identifying and Classifying Evolutionary Interactions between Sweat Bees and Nematodes, was awarded one of the three Grand Awards from 1563 projects from 56 countries at ISEF and winner of a $50,000 Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award. Tara, 14, is a student at the Ramana Academy in Charlottesville.

Arun Dutta, a student at Western Albemarle High School in Charlottesville, was awarded a Fourth Place in his category at ISEF.

More details to follow.

Congratulations to VPRSF Students Who Competed At The Virginia State Science And Engineering Fair

Two students from our region were category award winners: First Place in BioChemistry went to Alison Yu of Albemarle High School for her project - Discovery of Synergy Effect Between Growth Factor and Shear Flow on Nitric Oxide Production by Endothelial Cells and Second Place in Cellular and Molecular Biology went to Arun Dutta of Western Albemarle High School for his project - Acetyl Transferase Inhibitors: A New Treatment for Colon and Cervical Cancer?

Congratulations to All Students and Thank You to the Sponsors, Teachers and over 130 Volunteers

Award results are now on line at 2009 Awards. See this link for State and International Fair information.

We wish our two Grand Award winners all the best as they prepare to compete at the International Science and Engineering Fair in Reno, Nevada.

Our Mission

Much more than a competition, the Virginia Piedmont Regional Science Fair is an educational and motivating experience for the students. Your involvement as a sponsor or volunteer is an opportunity to encourage young people who have already begun to show serious interest in science and engineering. China and India graduate 14 engineers for every one graduated in the USA. With your support the Fair can help inspire many of these students to pursue careers in science or engineering and keep our region and the USA competitive internationally.

Organization Profile

The Virginia Piedmont Regional Science Fair is a 501(c)3 non-profit volunteer organization. The Fair is affiliated with the International Science and Engineering Fair. The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF) is the world's largest pre-college celebration of science. Established in 1950 by the Society for Science & The Public and held annually in May, the Intel ISEF brings together over 1,400 students from more than 40 nations to compete for scholarships, tuition grants, internships, scientific field trips and the grand prize: a $50,000 college scholarship.

The Fair organization is governed by a Board of Directors who plan and prepare for the Fair in the year prior to fair day.

Battelle returns as our 2009 Gold Sponsor

Battelle Charlottesville Operations generously signed on as our Gold Sponsor again this year. Battelle is a global science and technology enterprise that develops and commercializes technology and manages laboratories for customers. Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, it has a vast science and technology reach. With the national labs it manages or co-manages, it oversees 20,000 staff members and conducts $3.7 billion in annual research and development.

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