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Next Generation of Scientific Leaders Awarded More Than $7 Million at the 2026 Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair
Hikaru Kuribayashi, 17, receives $100,000 Top Award for his creation of a simulation program to understand complex folding at the world’s largest pre-college STEM competition. TARRYTOWN, N.Y. and WASHINGTON, May 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: REGN) and Society for Science (the Society) announced that Hikaru Kuribayashi, 17, of Sapporo, Japan won the $100,000 George D. Yancopoulos Innovator Award at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair 20
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