Alumni Grant Recipients
Meet the Alumni Grant Recipients
Meet some incredible members of the 3M Young Scientist Challenge Alumni Network who have received Alumni Grant funding to continue their 3M Young Scientist Challenge innovations or begin a new journey to better the world with STEM!
The current Alumni Grant funding areas
awarded include the following:
Continuation of 3M Young Scientist Challenge Project
This grant supports Alumni who are interested in continuing to progress or evolve the project they originally developed during the 3M Young Scientist Challenge.
New Idea to Improve the World
This grant is available to Alumni who have developed projects that are different from their original 3M Young Scientist Challenge innovation.
Science in Your Community
This grant can be used to support Alumni initiatives such as community enrichment opportunities, school events, or community activation projects.
2025 Alumni Grant Recipient
Sean Jiang
Meet Sean. Sean was awarded the Continuation of 3M Young Scientist Challenge Project Grant for their work on their 3M Young Scientist Challenge project Infosound—A Novel Navigation Device Powered by AI and Depth-Sensing Technology for the Blind.
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2025 Alumni Grant Recipient
Aakash Manaswi
Meet Aakash. Aakash was the Continuation of 3M Young Scientist Challenge Project Grant for their work on their 3M Young Scientist Challenge project Evaluating the Efficacy of Novel Carbon Dioxide Spray and Pesticides Using a Convolutional Neural Network for Varroa Mite Treatment in Honeybee Colonies.
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2025 Alumni Grant Recipient
Moitri Santra
Meet Moitri. Moitri was awarded the New Idea to Improve the World Grant for their work on the Development of a Microneedle Patch Sensor for Detecting Oxytetracycline in Citrus Root Tissues.
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2025 Alumni Grant Recipient
Viraj Pandey
Meet Viraj. Viraj was awarded the New Idea to Improve the World Grant for their work on "A Novel Triad for Clean Energy: Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation Using Graphene Quantum Dots, Titanium Dioxide, and Sunlight.”
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2025 Alumni Grant Recipient
Harini Venkatesh
Meet Harini. Harini was awarded the Science in Your Community Grant for their work on STEMpower!—a nonprofit aiming to uplift and encourage students to engage with science in a deeper way.
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2025 Alumni Grant Recipient
Amritha Praveen
Meet Amritha. Amritha was awarded the Science in Your Community Grant for their work on Amethyst Changemakers- Bridging Abilities in STEM through an innovative nonprofit initiative that transforms traditional STEM education by creating fully accessible learning experiences for students with diverse learning abilities and backgrounds.
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2025 Alumni Grant Recipient
Veda Murthy
Meet Veda. Veda was awarded the Science in Your Community Grant for their work on the Vishnu Murthy Foundation – a non-profit organization focusing on struggling teens and young adults in socioeconomically disadvantaged communities and provide them mental health care packages, STEM tutoring services and project-based learning in honor of their late brother, Vishnu.
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2025 Alumni Grant Recipient
Anish Kosaraju
Meet Anish. Anish was awarded the Science in Your Community Grant for their work on VeriCare—AI-boosted solution to medical billing overcharges.
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2025 Alumni Grant Recipient
Daniel Thomas
Meet Daniel. Daniel was awarded the Science in Your Community Grant for their work on Mwalimu (Swahili for Teacher). Mwalimu is a low-cost Raspberry Pi device designed to bring offline educational access to remote and developing areas with little or no internet access.
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