By Amy Bounds | abounds@prairiemountainmedia.com | Boulder Daily Camera
PUBLISHED: January 21, 2025 at 10:39 AM MST
Keahi Pelkum Donahue, a senior at Nederland Middle Senior High School, recently was named one of the top 300 scholars in the Regeneron Science Talent Search.
Donahue entered his project, “Forecasting Solar Flares with Transformer Networks,” in the science and math competition for high school seniors. The 300 scholars were selected from nearly 2,500 entrants. Each scholar will be awarded $2,000 each, as well as $2,000 for their schools.
On Thursday, 40 of the 300 scholars will be named finalists. The finalists compete for more than $1.8 million in awards during a week-long competition in March in Washington, D.C.