The team will attend the International School of Physics at the University of Sydney, Australia. DOE encourages participation from women and minority populations historically under-represented in mathematics and science. Since its inception in 1991, participation by young women has increased by 60 percent. The competition consists of a round-robin format followed by a double elimination tournament. In 1997, more than 6,000 students from 1,600 high schools competed in the Regional Science Bowl competitions.
Volunteers make the program possible every year.
Each year, more than 4,500 Department of Energy employees, contractors and community members volunteer their personal time to make the program a success. Forty-five teams from 33 states earned this right in rigorous regional tournaments around the nation earlier this Spring. The annual event is the culmination of many months of preparation and regional recognition of these students' and schools' achievement in mathematics, technology and science education. Today's high school students are the generation of Americans that will define the next century. Studies and statistics relating to occupations and earning potential all make the same point that elevating U.S. achievement in mathematics, technology and science education to unqualified world leadership is the key to a brighter, more prosperous future.