Announcing the 2025 Constellation Awards!
The results are in! Following a thorough review of 759 submissions from over 1,000 students, we're excited to announce the Genes in Space 2025 Constellation Award winners! These winning schools, representing the highest number of proposals from each US region in a highly competitive year, will each receive a DNA Discovery System from miniPCR bio. This year, Genes in Space reached a record 263 schools across 41 states.
Stay tuned! – on Wednesday, we will announce the Junior Scientist Awardees, our top proposals from middle school students. And on Friday, we will publicise our Semifinalists vying for Finalist and Honorable Mention titles!
Constellation Awards
Awarded to the schools responsible for the most submissions in their regions, the Constellation Awards honor a school's collective enthusiasm for space biology. Constellation Awardees receive a biotechnology prize package that includes some of the same tools used aboard the International Space Station to carry out Genes in Space experiments.
The 2025 Constellation Awardees are:
Northeast: Smithtown High School East in Saint James, NY
Southeast: Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology, in Lawrenceville, GA
Midwest: South Milwaukee High School in South Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Southwest: Campus Middle School in Greenwood Village, CO
West: Alliance Patti & Peter Neuwirth Leadership Academy in Los Angeles, CA
Map of the 2025 Constellation Award Winners
From the entire Genes in Space team: CONGRATULATIONS to all awardees! And thank you for doing your part to advance space exploration.
