other leading institutions in the fields of science and technology. This was with the support of all secondary schools in Chennai from where the students were selected. After a pilot program in 2009, it was expanded the following year with Ms. Joann P. DiGennaro presiding over the valediction. A similar program, Summer Research School in mathematics and informatics, has been running in Bulgaria since 2001. It is intended for high school students with profound interests in mathematics, informatics (computer science) and IT. At first, the program was attended each year by 40 Bulgarian students but now in accepts international students. In 2016 the Summer Research School was attended by 50 students, of whom 9 were international. The program is organized by the High School Student Institute of Mathematics and Informatics. The Science Research Programme in Singapore was modeled after RSI. Alumni Fields Medalist Terence Tao attended RSI in 1989. ActBlue was founded by two 1994 RSI participants, Benjamin Rahn and Matt DeBergalis. Pinterest co-founder Ben Silbermann and American physicist Jeremy England attended RSI in 1998. Broad Institute and MIT neurobiologist, optogenetics pioneer, developer of the CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing method, and "35 Innovators Under 35" laureate Feng Zhang attended RSI in 1999. Two of the four members of musical quartet The Gregory Brothers, Andrew Gregory and Michael Gregory, were 2008 RSI participants. A full list of Rickoid of the Year winners is published on the Center for Excellence in Education's website, which includes Mayor of Evanston Daniel Biss, physicist Jeremy England, UMass Med School professor Oliver Rando, American biophysicist Jed Macosko, and Genius Junior participant Apoorva Panidapu. As of 2022, 191 finalists, 697 semifinalists, and 12 1st-place winners in the Regeneron Science Talent Search have been RSI alumni. In the Siemens Competition, 243 finalists and semifinalists, and three 1st-place winners have been RSI alumni. As of 2022, 13 Rhodes Scholars and 15 Marshall Scholars have been RSI alumni. References External links Research Science Institute High School Student Institute of Mathematics and Informatics Summer Research School High school research programs