Intel Science Talent Search
The Intel Science Talent Search, or simply the STS, is the USA's oldest science competition, begun in 1942, with a top prize of a $100,000 scholarship.
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Process
Approximately 1700 American high school seniors enter Intel STS annually with self-created projects on various sciences. 300 semifinalists are selected, and then 40 finalists.
Prizes
The prizes for the finalists are:
- A chance to interact with famous modern scientists.
- A trip to Washington, D.C.
- A new laptop computer with an Intel card.
- $5,000 from the Intel Foundation.
- A chance to display research at the National Academy of Sciences.
- An opportunity to meet with government officials.
The first place winner of STS is awarded a$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)100,000 four-year scholarship. The second place winner receives 
50,000. The fourth through sixth place winners each receive 
20,000.
Winners
In 2006 Mary Masterman won with her physics project on her inexpensive home construction of spectrographs.
