Science Fair

Registration for Competition and Submission of Application Documents

• All eligible participants must register for the competition online. Once registration is completed and successful, an Email confirmation will be sent to the participant.
• After registration, participants can download required forms and need to fill them out carefully.
• Before emailing the documents, please be sure that all forms must bear required signature and be dated.
• Required forms and documents include:
  • Student’s CV
  • Student Information containing student, School and Research Project information.
  • Abstract submission form.
  • Mentor’s information and Approval form.
• All completed forms and documents with signature should be emailed to admin@acaponline.org before the deadline. Mailed copy or hand-delivery is not acceptable.

Prizes

• Gold prize (ACAP Presidential Award): One recipient, $2,000 scholarship (50% of scholarship, or $1000, goes to the High School where student is enrolled).
• Silver prize (the Second Prize): Two recipients, $1000 scholarship (50% of scholarship, or $500, goes to the High School where student is enrolled).
• Bronze Prize (the Third Prize): Three recipients, $500 scholarship (50% of scholarship, or $250, goes to the High School where student is enrolled).
• Honorable Mention: Five recipients, $100 scholarship each (half of scholarship, or $50, goes to the High School where student is enrolled).
• Junior Prize for Middle School Participants: One recipient, $1,000 scholarship (50% of scholarship, or $500, goes to the Middle School where student is enrolled).
• Participation Certification: Each non-awardee participant will be granted with a Participation Certificate.

2023 Sciences Fair Semi-Final List

2023 ACAP Science Fair Final Award List

Year	Prize	Name	School	Topic
2023	Presidential Award	Sophia Shi	Eleanor Roosevelt High School	Through MEG3/NEDD9 signaling Isorhapontigenin inhibits proliferation, migration, and invasion of malignantly transformed cells induced by chromium (VI) exposure
2023	Outstanding Research Award	Sophia Zhu	Jercho Senior High School	Exploring the Neuroprotective Potential of Farnesol and Solanesol Against Alzheimer’s Disease Pathology
2023	Outstanding Research Award	Samantha Stoneking & Kristina Theodosopoulas	Manhasset High School	The Effect of Willow extract on Azolla growth for improving the Phytoremediation of Zinc
2023	Excellent Research Award	Edward Huang	Manhasset High School	Aloin Generates Cell Death in U937 Lymphoma Cells through CXCL 10 Upregulation and NEFH Downregulation
2023	Excellent Research Award	Shayna Kar	John Jay High School	The Use of Natural Language Processing in the Detection of Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer’s Disease
2023	Excellent Research Award	Alexander Xu	Great Neck South High School	Patients with prediabetes are at greater risk of developing diabetes 5 months postacute SARS-CoV-2 infection: a retrospective cohort study
2023	Excellent Research Award	Calvin Zhang	Stuyvesant high school	Glucose Variation after COVID-19 Vaccination in Type 1 Diabetes
2023	Honorable Research Award	Alena Tsai	Nanhasset Secondary School	Methylene Blue and Ginkgolide A: Influencing Critial Signaling Pathways and Proteins to Mitigate Pathological Development of Alzheimer’s Disease
2023	Honorable Research Award	Jingxian Yuan	The Taft School	Exploring the Impact of Diisononyl Phthalate (DINP) on Cellular Apoptosis and Caner Cell Proliferation
2023	Honorable Research Award	Grace Punzalan & Christian Kim	Manhasset High School	Oil Wastewater Remediation and Bioelectricity Production by a Multi-Anode Up-Flow Constructed Wetland-Microbial Fuel Cell
2023	Honorable Research Award	Judy Zhao	Ward Melville High School	Naringenin’s Mitigation of Rotenone-Induced Cytotoxcity, Implication of New Candidate for Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease
2023	Junior Outstanding Research Award	Edward Pan	Waterford School	Investigating the Impact of Bifenthrin on Human Cells: Implications for Cancer Development and Public Health