INTEL SCIENCE

PROGRAMME
The Intel Science Talent Search (Intel STS), known for its first 57 years
as the Westinghouse Science Talent Search, is a researchbased science competition in the United States for high school seniors.
It has been referred to as "the nation's oldest and most
prestigious" science competition. In his speech at the dinner honoring
the 1991 Winners, President George H. W. Bush called the competition
the "Super Bowl of science .

History
The Society for Science & the Public began the competition in 1942
with Westinghouse Electric Corporation; for many years, the
competition was known as the Westinghouse Science Talent Search. In
1998, Intel became the sponsor after it outbid several other
companies.[4] Over the years, some 147,000 students have entered the
competition. Over 22,000 have been named semifinalists and 2,920
have traveled to Washington, D.C., as contest finalists. Collectively,
they have received millions of dollars in scholarships and gone on, in
later years, to capture Nobel Prizes, Fields Medals, MacArthur
Fellowships and numerous other accolades.[5]
Eight went on to receive Nobel Prizes, two earned the Fields Medal, five
have been awarded the National Medal of Science, twelve
received MacArthur Fellowships; 56 have been named Sloan Research
Fellows; 30 have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences;
and five have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering.