Cascia Hall Senior a Finalist in National Competition

Braden Milford has been named a finalist in the Regeneron Science Talent Search, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious science and math competition for high school seniors.

Each of the 40 finalists will receive at least $25,000 in awards and were selected from a pool of highly-qualified entrants based on their projects’ scientific rigor and their potential to become world-changing scientific leaders.

The Regeneron Science Talent Search, created and produced by the Society for Science & the Public, is designed to engage and inspire the next generation of scientific leaders. Alumni have gone on to win the Nobel Prize, found successful companies, and invent groundbreaking medical treatments.

The Cascia Hall senior was selected from a pool of nearly 2,000 entrants, all of whom completed an original research project and extensive application process.

Earlier this month, the Society and Regeneron named the top 300 scholars; the 40 finalists were selected from that pool.

Milford will travel to Washington, D.C. from March 7-13, where he will undergo a scrupulous judging process and compete for more than $1.8 million in awards. He will also have the opportunity to interact with leading scientists, meet with members of Congress, and display his project to the public at the National Geographic Society on March 10.

The top 10 Regeneron Science Talent Search 2019 winners will be announced at a black-tie gala awards ceremony at the National Building Museum on March 12. In total, more than $3 million in awards will be distributed throughout the Regeneron Science Talent Search.

Previously, each of the top 300 scholars received $2,000 with an additional $2,000 going to their high school.  

Milford was selected for his project on “Designing a Novel Heavy Metal Bioremediation System Utilizing Immobilized Mixed Algae Partnered with Heavy Metal Resistant Microbial Isolates Collected from Contaminated Superfund Mine Sites and Identified with a 16S Ribosomal Subunit Analysis.”  Milford represented the United States at the 2018 Stockholm Junior Water Prize international competition where he presented his patent-pending system for cleaning contaminated water inexpensively.

Updated 02-15-2019