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New Hyde Park Student Wins $25K In Prestigious Science Competition
Sandeep Sawhney, a senior at Herricks High School, won $25,000 from the Regeneron Science Talent Search.
NEW HYDE PARK, NY — A high school student from New Hyde Park is a top 40 finalist in the 2025 Regeneron Science Talent Search, the nation's oldest and most prestigious science and math competition.
As a finalist, Sandeep Sawhney, a senior at Herricks High School, won $25,000.
He is also a top 10 finalist in The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's (LSS) Long Island region Student Visionaries of the Year campaign.
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Sawhney's research involved using gallium ions to treat cancer. The 18-year-old developed a DNA container to deliver toxic cancer therapies for his Regeneron Science Talent Search bioengineering project.
Student Visionaries of the Year is a seven-week philanthropic leadership development program during which students foster professional skills such as entrepreneurship, marketing, and project management to raise funds for LLS.
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The Regeneron Science Talent Search provides a national platform for high school seniors to showcase original, innovative STEM research that proposes novel solutions to real-world issues.
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