Part II – Essay Questions 1-6

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1. Research Project "layperson's summary"
Summarize your project in layperson's terms, while maintaining scientific accuracy. Your explanation should provide easily understandable background, procedures, conclusions and relevance. The summary will aid readers, including evaluators, journalists and the public.

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2. What inspired you to conduct this research project?(What is the story behind your research topic?)*

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3. After completing your research, how has your interest in science, engineering, and/or math been clarified?*

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4. What benefits do you think your research will bring to the world? What additional steps, and by whom, might be needed for this benefit to be realized? *

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5.Your Potential as a Scientist, Mathematician or Engineer

Address through specific and concrete examples what characteristics you have that best demonstrate your affinity and aptitude for being a good scientist. What have you done that illustrates scientific attitude, curiosity, inventiveness, initiative? How does your experience suggest future success as a scientist, mathematician or engineer?*

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6.Major Scientific Question

What is a major scientific question in your field whose answer you believe will have a significant impact on the world in the next 20 years, and why? Using examples from your own experience or research, explain how you might envision addressing the question over the next 20 years. *

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