Winners
2026
First Place
- Tiffany Chan, Integrating Structural, Energetic, and Computational Views of Voltage-Controlled Catalysis in VSP
- Renuka Kumar, Investigating the Role of Sphingosine-1-Phosphate Receptor 3 (S1PR3) in Hippocampal Activation and Behavior
Second Place
- Emma Bogdan, Prenatal Acetaminophen Usage Combined With Vitamin D-3 Supplementation can Mitigate Autism Risk in Cases of Maternal Immune Activation: A Dual Approach
- Thaha Alam, A National Study of Social Support and Depression Among Immigrant Mothers in the United States
New Researcher
- Niayla Silvera, How Social Studies Teachers in New Jersey Incorporate Current Events: Attitudes, Practices, and Constraints
2025
First Place
Second Place
- Cindy Do, “Chronic Stress Elevates the Risk of Parkinson’s Disease”
- Jordyn Smith, “The Natural Antimicrobial Effects of Honey, Yogurt, and Pickle Juice on Escherichia coli B, Escherichia coli K-12, Staphylococcus epidermidis, and Pseudomonas fluorescens”
New Researcher
- Kruthy Takkala, “Islamophobia and Why it is Harmful”
2024
First Place
Second Place
- Matthew Brodsky, “Youth Civic and Political Participation: How Camden City Can Build a Culture of Civic Engagement”
- Allison Night, “Visual Taboo Distractors in a Modified Short-Term Memory Task”
2023
First Place
- Melanie Veliz, “Complexities of U.S. Occupations”
Second Place
- Aiman Nadeem, “Identifying and Validating Recurrent Structural Variants Affecting Tumor Genomes using GROM and VN”
- Jacquelyn Tran, “Pharmaceutical Violence Within the Juvenile Justice System and Its Long Lasting Effects”
New Researcher
- Gretchen Purvis, “The History of PATCO, As Viewed From the Train”
Honorable Mentions
- Dolly Marshall, “Black Representation and Equity at the American Negro Exposition of 1940: A Virtual Exhibit”
- Mody, Joseph Lescht, and Emma Bogdan, “Quality Improvement (QI) Study: Campus Conditions and Physical Health of Rutgers-Camden”
2022
First Place
- Adam Soliman, “What Drives Some American Muslims to Support Republicans?”
Second Place
- Sumana Gadiraju, “Redefining Microbial Forensics: A Broader Scope of Applications”
- Kinjal Mody, “Modifying the Rat Grimace Scale for the Sub-second Assessment of Acute Pain”
2021
First Place
- Sujay Ratna, “Ultrasensitive Molecular Profiling of EGFR Mutations in Glioblastoma Multiforme Using a Rapid & High-Resolution Digital PCR Approach.”
Second Place
- Omri Bar & Anthony Monte Carlo, “Effects of SARS-CoV-2 Proteins on Host Gene Expression and Fitness.”
- Julia DeFeo, “Evaluating the effects of wild and prescribed fire on the taxonomic and functional diversity of soil-dwelling arthropods in the New Jersey Pinelands, a high-disturbance system.”
Honorable Mentions
- Annika Liu, “Blue Wall of Silence: Degradation of Accountability.”
- Benjamin Nixon, “Blood and Soil: Right-Wing Terrorism Poses an Existential Threat to the United States.”