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On the evening of April 10, an audience of more than 300 "honored the area's most promising young scientists, engineers and inventors with monetary awards [and] other prizes" during the 25th annual Regional Science, Engineering and Technology Fair Awards presentations, the Education Foundation of Sarasota County has announced. Superintendent Lori White, school board members, district leaders and fair sponsors congratulated the 56 students from grades 3 through 12 whose projects scored highest in 21 research categories this year, a news release explains. Susan Scott, executive director of the Education Foundation of Sarasota County, presented first-place awards in each category to elementary (grades 3 to 5), middle (grades 6 to 8) and high school (grades 9 to 12) stu- dents. The recipients took home more than $12,500 in cash gifts and additional prizes for exceptional achievement, the release says. The two overall winners, Cardinal Mooney's Courtney Astore and Sarasota High's Rebecca Elsishans, will represent Sarasota County next month at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, with all expenses paid by the Education Foundation, the release says. The Dart Foundation Award for Medicine & Health and a check for $1,000 went to Natalie Olson. The Sarasota High student took first place in the category of Medicine and Health Sciences for her project, The Effect of Aromatase Inhibitor Aminoglutethimide REGIONAL SCIENCE FAIR AWARD WINNERS NAMED Mote Marine's Dr. Carl Luer, Rebecca Elsishans, Courtney Astore and Science Fair Director Brad Porinchak at the closing of the 2014 Science Fair Awards on April 10. Contributed photo Sarasota News Leader April 18, 2014 Page 89