Siam Commercial Bank PCL (SCB) congratulates Thai students on winning 13 awards in the recent Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) 2024 in Los Angeles, California, USA. The event, the world's largest pre-college STEM competition, was joined by some 1,700 young people from 75 countries worldwide. The team of Thai students met Ms. Supamas Isarabhakdi, the Minister of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation at the Santi Maitri Building, the Government House. On this occasion, Ms. Araya Phuphanich, First Executive Vice President of the CSR Function at SCB and executives from the Science Association of Thailand under Royal Patronage, the National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), the National Science Museum Thailand (NSM), and the National Research Council of Thailand joined in congratulating the students.

The students representing Thailand were composed of 15 winning teams, namely six teams from the Young Scientist Competition (YSC) 2024, organized by the NSTDA and sponsored by SCB, and nine teams from the Thai Young Scientist Festival (TYSF) sponsored by the NSM and the Science Association of Thailand under Royal Patronage.

In the Regeneron ISEF 2024 Fair, eight projects from the TYSF supported by the NSM and the Science Association of Thailand under Royal Patronage won ten awards. Three projects from the YSC 2024 supported by SCB won three awards as follows: 

• Grand Awards – The fourth runner-up in environmental engineering for a micro enzyme project for the degradation of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic presented by the team from Kamnoetvidya Science Academy (KVIS), Rayong.

• Special Awards – The second runner-up for a project to develop organic sanitary pads from plant fibers coated with Indian gooseberry extract presented by the team from Montfort College Secondary Section, Chiang Mai.

• Special Awards – Honorable Mention a AI-based platform development project to detect early Alzheimer's disease by eye presented by the team from The Prince Royal's College, Chiang Mai.