The Pioneers in Science awards go to the top five senior high projects. These awards recognize outstanding examples of student research, innovation and design.

Winner: Tyler Howard
Title of Project: Hydrolize: Kinetics of the Hydrogen-Production of the Magnesium-Water Reaction in Aqueous Solution
Teacher: Matt Peterie
School: Olathe Northwest High School
District: Olathe

Winner: Jennifer Caseres
Title of Project: A comparison of optic and olfactory lobes in Deinonychosauria to modern birds, basal avians and other archosaurs
Teacher: Rhonda Reist
School: Olathe North High School
District: Olathe School District

Winner: Megan Smith
Title of Project: The effect of glucose and sucrose as dietary additives on the lifespan of wild-type and GAPDH mutant Caenorhabditis elegans
Teacher: Brenda Bott
School: Shawnee Mission West High School
District: Shawnee Mission School District

Winner: Prarthana Dalal
Title of Project: Modeling of human non-deletional hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin ((HPFH) conditions in B-globin locus transgenic mouse models: The -175 (T to C) and -195 (C to G) A-gamma gene point mutations
Teacher: Cole Ogdon
School: Shawnee Mission East High School
District: Shawnee Mission School District

Winner: Sarina Farb
Title of Project: The Effects of BPA-- an Endocrine Disrupter Extracted from Thermal Receipt Paper-- on the Proliferation of Cancer Cells
Teacher: JoAnn Farb
School: Ahimsa Home School