Luis Vidal Jr., a senior at the Arkansas School for Mathematics Sciences, and the Arts, has been named a 2026 Regeneron Science Talent Search Scholar.
The Regeneron Science Talent Search is the nation’s oldest and most prestigious science research competition for high school students. The competition sponsored by the Society for Science recognizes the nation’s most promising young scientists who are developing ideas that could solve society’s most urgent challenges, according to the organization’s website.
Vidal of Fort Smith was one of 300 Scholars chosen from a pool of 2,612 entrants from 826 American and international high schools. He is one of three scholars from Arkansas. Scholars were chosen based on their outstanding research, leadership skills, community involvement, commitment to academics, creativity in asking scientific questions and exceptional promise as STEM leaders demonstrated through the submission of their original, independent research projects, essays and recommendations.
