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Baltimore Student in Running for $100K Scholarship Prize
Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology announced 2016 semi-finalists this week. They're advancing to regionals next month.

BALTIMORE, MD — A Baltimore high school student is a semi-finalist in the 2016 Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology. Winners in the national contest will get a piece of $500,000 in scholarship money, including the two top prizes, each worth $100,000.
The local student in the competition is Kang Wook Chung of the Gilman School.
More than 1,600 projects were submitted for the math and science contest, with 498 selected as semi-finalists. That group will be narrowed further during regional competitions in November, before the national finals in Washington, D.C. in December.
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Created in 1999 by the Siemens Foundation, the competition was established to provide more opportunities for talented students, while encouraging innovation and research, according to the organization's website.
"This competition seeks to recognize and build a strong pipeline for the nation’s most promising scientists, engineers and mathematicians," according to the site.
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