Two weeks ago, Intel hosted the annual International Science and Engineering Fair in California. Over 1,600 brilliant young minds from around the globe gathered to present their ground-breaking and innovative projects.

ISEF, as well as Intel’s US-based Science Talent Search, both generate a ton of media coverage, appearing in such reputable outlets as NBC Nightly News, FOX Business and the Wall Street Journal.

But that’s not all it inspired.

WHIZ KIDS is “a coming-of-age documentary that tells the story of three remarkably different yet equally passionate 17-year-old scientists who vie to compete in the nation’s oldest, most prestigious science competition.

RELEVANCE
Over the past eight years, countries like China and India vastly increased support for research and development, while U.S. funding remained largely stagnant. Not surprisingly, U.S. teens now rank 24th in the world in math and science.

As global economies become increasingly competitive, America’s future rests on the shoulders of our next generation. The main characters in WHIZ KIDS demonstrate that American students can meet that challenge.

The Science Talent Search began in 1942 and is the oldest, most prestigious science competition in America. Formerly sponsored by Westinghouse, it is now known as the Intel Science Talent Search. Each year over two thousand students compete for prizes totaling more than $1.5 million. In the end, forty finalists travel to Washington D.C. to present their research to top scientists and vie for a $100,000 grand prize.

Why Whizkids
Several traits were consistent among these ‘whiz kids’—an insatiable curiosity, a deeply felt determination to communicate their work to the public and a passion to make a difference in the world.””

WHIZ KIDS takes its first steps on the national stage when it opens theatrically in New York City at Cinema Village on Friday, June 4, and a week later in Los Angeles at the Music Hall 3.

Do you plan on going to go see (we do!)?

Tags: Intel CSR, Intel International Science & Engineering Fair, Intel Science Talent Search

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