2025 Gorgas Scholarship Competition for Alabama High School Seniors (public, private or homeschool). 

Information on the annual competition and awards may be found on the website at https://alabamajunioracademyofscience.org/home/gorgas-scholarship-competition. For further information, contact Ellen Buckner, PhD, RN, CNE, AE-C, FNAP, Chair, Gorgas Scholarship Competition, ebbuckner@gmail.com , (205) 910-9877.

Applications for the 2025 competition may be submitted directly to the Chair, Dr. Ellen Buckner. Deadline for receipt of electronic scientific paper is December 31st, 2024.  Send to ebbuckner@gmail.com and gorgasscholarshipcompetition@gmail.com and include Gorgas in Subject line.  Receipt will be acknowledged. Finalists will present their scientific research at Troy University, Montgomery Campus on February 28th, 2025.

AJAS Winners Announced!

From Mark Jones, Ph.D. Director, Alabama Junior Academy of Science

Finalists by ranking

  • 1  Ashu Anand (life)
  • 2 Yiwen Wang (Phys Sci)
  • 3 Aanchal Behara (Med)
  • 4 Bellamy Williams (Env)
  • 5 Edwin Wu (Eng)

Stem mentor (StemM) officers (see attached photo): Abby Gobbels, Lilly Vilardi, John Belew, Will Bao and Ashu Anand

  • Science alternates per category: 
  • Lilly Vilardi (Env)
  • Noah Lowry (Eng)
  • Annie Bao (Life)
  • Rishi Yellamraju (Med)
  • Varsha Vinoy (Phys Sci)