Ingenuity supports students interested in cutting-edge research and development in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) with two different off-campus programs: the Research Practicum and the Innovation Practicum. These research programs allow students to engage with university faculty and researchers throughout the area’s most prestigious universities, research institutions, and businesses. They enable students to be creative, independent thinkers, refine their communication skills, produce high-quality written work, and achieve admission to top collegiate programs; in general, they prepare them for their future careers.
As seniors, they are expected to submit the results of their work to competitions, including the Siemens Competition and the Intel Science Talent Search, two of the nation’s most prestigious and financially rewarding pre-college contests. Recognition from the Intel Science Talent Search is based on “evidence of research ability, scientific originality and creative thinking.”
Here is Ingenuity’s student history of student awards and scholarships
| Year | Student | Award | Research Title |
| 2023 | Holland Low | Regeneron STS Semifinalist | The Impacts of Modulating Reaction Time on Active Sensing in Weakly Electric Fish |
| 2023 | Kaif Rehman | Regeneron STS Semifinalist | Analysis of Carbon Isotopic Values and Small Shelly Fossils of the Poleta Formation in the Lower Cambrian |
| 2019 | Michelle Mokaya | Regeneron STS Semifinalist | Detection of Schistosoma Mansoni DNA from Filtered Urine Samples Using a Multiplex PCR |
| 2018 | Rebecca Brody | Regeneron STS Semifinalist | The Effect of Low Oxygen on Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-derived Endothelial Cells |
| 2018 | Clair Wayner | Regeneron STS Semifinalist | Impact of Inhibitory Biofilms on E. coli Filtration in Engineering Infiltration Systems |
| 2017 | Amy Zhang | Regeneron STS Semifinalist | Self-Folding Motile Encapsulating Microdevices For Use in Single-Cell Analysis |
| 2016 | Kathy Le | Intel STS Semifinalist | Activating mutations in FGFR leads to a competitive advantage in Drosophila germline stem cells |
| 2014 | Kelly Khare | 2014 Intel STS Semifinalists | The Effect of Drainage Channels on the Peeling of a Surface Submerged in Fluid |
| 2014 | Lucas Winch | 2014 Intel STS Semifinalists | Origins of Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) |
| 2013 | Nathan Greene | ISEF Finalists; 3rd Place award | A Study of Zero-Crossing in Fractal-Generated Turbulence |
| 2013 | Evan Smith | ISEF Finalists | PLGA Nanoparticles Encapsulating Anti-Vascular Small Molecules for the Treatment of Breast Cancer |
| 2012 | Michael Tontchev | ISEF Finalists | Non-Semantic Context-Free Grammars for Subject Recognition |
| 2012 | Elias Weston Farber | ISEF Finalists | Effect of Codon Optimization on Yeast TY1 Transposition |
| 2011 | Dan Borgnia | Intel STS Semifinalists | Orientation-Dependent Elastic Energy of Diskoidal Colloids in Nematic Fluids |
| 2011 | Ilenna Jones | Intel STS Semifinalists | Expression and DNA Methylation of KCNQ2 and KCNQ3 in Bipolar Disorder |
| 2011 | Anna Manalad | Finalist, National Junior Science & Humanities Symposium | The Potential for Allogenic Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells to Enhance Blood Vessel Growth in a Rabbit Model of Peripheral Arterial Disease |
| 2010 | Wuqiong Fan | Intel STS Semifinalist | Gene Expression Signature-based Chemical Genomics Identifies Drug Candidates in a Mouse Rheumatoid Arthritis Cell Model |
| 2010 | Kayleigh Horst | National Junior Science & Humanities Symposium Finalist | A Stable Cell Model of Huntingon’s Disease-Like 2 |
| 2009 | Wuqiong Fan | Siemens Semifinalist | Gene Expression Signature-based Chemical Genomics Identifies Drug Candidates in a Mouse Rheumatoid Arthritis Cell Model |
| 2009 | Hannah Bands | Young Epidemiology Scholars Competition National Finalist ($15,000 award) | Immigrant Asian Mothers’ Depressive Symptoms and Their Children’s Social Difficulties |
| 2009 | Miera Armstead | Intel International Science and Engineering Fair Finalist | Culturing Actinobacteria from Marine Sponges |
| 2009 | Jasmen Rice | Young Epidemiology Scholars Competition Semifinalist | Correlating the Behaviors of HIV-Positive and Negative African-American Females in the Baltimore-Towson Metropolitan Area |
| 2008 | Ariel Bowers | The Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology Semifinalist | Data Processing of Hubble Space Telescope Images of the Carina Nebula (NGC 3372) & Cataloging Dark Globules within NGC 3372 |
| 2008 | Shauna Linn | Intel International Science and Engineering Fair; 2nd Place Award | Correlating Anatomical and Behavioral Asymmetry |
| 2007 | David Lai | The Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology Semifinalist | Characterization of Genomic Instability in sgsl Mutants |
| 2007 | Emma Call | Intel STS 10th place National Winner ($20,000 award) | Self-Assembling Three Dimensional Microcontainers for Cell Encapsulation |
| 2006 | Emma Call | The Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology Semifinalist | Self-Assembling Three Dimensional Microcontainers for Cell Encapsulation |
| 2006 | Emma Call | Intel ISEF Finalist, 4th Place award | Self-Assembling Three Dimensional Microcontainers for Cell Encapsulation |
| 2006 | Meyers (Abe) Davis | Intel STS Finalist, 7th Place National Winner ($20,000 award) | Bounding Sphere Images: A Parametric Boundary Volume Hierarchy for Collision Detection on the GPU |
| 2006 | Owen Hill | Intel STS Semifinalist | Determining the Best Live Show: A Sociological Study of Rock Concerts |
| 2006 | Molly Broach | Young Epidemiology Scholars Competition Finalist | Comparing the Frequency of Fruit and Vegetable Purchase with Fast Food Consumption (Pre and Post Intervention): A Study Using Data from the Apache Healthy Stores Program |
| 2006 | Nahathai Srivali | Intel International Science and Engineering Fair Finalist | Using Drosophila Gene Traps to Explore the Genome |
| 2006 | Tiffany Steele | Intel International Science and Engineering Fair Finalist | Studies on the Cellular Localization of ht eHI-1 Nef and Vpu Proteins |
| 2005 | Meyers (Abe) Davis | The Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology Semifinalist | Bounding Sphere Images: A Parametric Boundary Volume Hierarchy for Collision Detection on the GPU |
| 2005 | Ryan Harrison | Intel STS Finalist, 5th Place National Winner ($25,000 award) | A Novel Approach to Modeling pH-Sensitive Regions within Protein |
| 2005 | Elizabeth Banks | Intel ISEF Finalists | The Effects of a 5HT1 antagonist on Resting Neurogenesis in Ts65Dn |
| 2005 | Wayland Chen | Intel ISEF Finalists | The Effects of Free Volume Due to Relazation on the Strength of the Amorphous Metal Pd40Ni40P20 |
| 2005 | Tam Nguyen | The Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology Westinghouse Competition Semifinalist | Inhibition of FASN Causes Cell Cycle Disruption in c-Myc Dependent B-cells |
| 2004 | Anna Kalmykov | Intel International Science and Engineering Fair; 4th Place | Rapid Proteomic Indentification of Sphingomonas wittichii Strai RW1 |
| 2004 | Eric Rosenberg | Intel International Science and Engineering Fair Finalist | Improved Surgical Techniques through the Measurement and Display of Cutting Forces in Visceral Tissue |
| 2004 | Rachel Pierson | Intel International Science and Engineering Fair Finalist | Neurological Mechanisms of Figure-Ground Perception |
| 2003 | Anthony Agyapong | Intel International Science and Engineering Fair Finalist | NovelBacteria from Key Largo Sponges: Source of New Drugs? |
| 2003 | Lani Martinez | Intel International Science and Engineering Fair Finalist | Nogo Receptor Signaling in Zebrafish Nervous System Development |
| 2003 | Dung Tran | Intel International Science and Engineering Fair Finalist | The Effect of Follistatin in Myostatin Activity and Muscle Growth |
| 2002 | Chelsey Hash | Intel International Science and Engineering Fair Finalist | Isolation and Characterization of CD3 from Rainbow Trout |
| 2002 | April Ruffin | Intel International Science and Engineering Fair Dupont Excellence in Engineering Award, Finalist | Bacalovirus Vectors for Expression of HIV-2 Nef Protein in Spodoptera Frugiperda Cells |
| 2001 | Craig Turner | Intel International Science and Engineering Fair Finalist | Porous, Biodegradable Microparticles for Pulmonary Drug Delivery |
