ScienceSaves

A baby born in 1899 was put in a shoebox because survival seemed unlikely. A century later, blue light therapy saved another baby in the same family. Scientific progress can be as simple as getting to grow up. Vote for the People’s Choice finalist: ScienceSaves.org/Vote

One of our People’s Choice finalists shares how modern depression treatment helped change the course of their life. Science doesn’t always save lives dramatically. Sometimes it helps someone stay long enough to imagine a future. Vote: ScienceSaves.org/Vote

This finalist shares how treatments for GAD helped both of her parents and may one day help her too. Science doesn’t always saves lives loudly. Sometimes it's quiet, helping people feel okay enough to live them. Vote for the People’s Choice winner: ScienceSaves.org/Vote

A burst appendix once meant you probably weren’t coming home. 2026’s ScienceSaves People’s Choice finalist shares how modern surgery + antibiotics changed that outcome and saved his life. Watch the video + vote for the winner: ScienceSaves.org/Vote Voting closes Thursday.

Hundreds of student submissions, only one People’s Choice winner. These videos tell real stories about how science changes lives, from cancer treatment to mental health care to emergency medicine. Watch the finalists + vote: ScienceSaves.org/Vote Voting closes May 21.

Hundreds of students submitted videos about how science changed their lives or someone they love. Thank you to everyone who trusted us with their story this year. Some of these are going to stay with us for a long time. People’s Choice finalists announced soon.

This is your “screw it, I’m submitting” sign. A few hours left: ScienceSaves.org/Scholarship

Clock’s ticking. ScienceSaves Video Scholarship deadline ends tonight: ScienceSaves.org/Scholarship

Still one of our favorite ScienceSaves submissions. A few family videos, some text, and a whole life shaped by science. 3 days left to enter the ScienceSaves Video Scholarship Contest: ScienceSaves.org/Scholarship $10,000. 20–30 second video.

That’s the thing about scientific progress. A treatment exists long enough and it starts feeling normal instead of miraculous. 3 days left to enter the ScienceSaves Video Scholarship Contest: ScienceSaves.org/Scholarship 20–30 seconds. $10,000 top prize. Deadline: May 11.

2023's ScienceSaves scholarship winner shared how his research led to a low-cost prosthetic arm now being piloted in Ukraine. This contest is for real stories about science changing lives: ScienceSaves.org/Scholarship 4 days left. 20–30 seconds. $10K scholarship.

“Science saved my gay friends.” Antiviral HIV treatments changed millions of lives. PrEP helped prevent countless infections before they could happen. One of the clearest examples of what scientific progress actually means is people getting to keep living their lives.

You do NOT need a perfect video to enter the ScienceSaves scholarship contest. You need: • a real story • a phone camera • like 30 seconds That’s genuinely it. 6 days left: ScienceSaves.org/Scholarship

7 days left. 30 seconds. If you're a high school senior, don't overthink this. Just a real story about how science changed something: ScienceSaves.org/Scholarship #VideoContest #Scholarship

30 seconds → $10K no essay no GPA just a real story about how science helped you apply: ScienceSaves.org/Scholarship

Diagnosed with leukemia at 4. Today, she gets to see this: after 25 years, scientists just created human blood stem cells in the lab. It's not ready yet. But it's real: theaustralian.com.au/health/medical…

Perfection is the fastest way to never start. 20–30 seconds. One real story. If you’ve been thinking about entering the Video Scholarship, this is your sign: ScienceSaves.org/Scholarship

3 shots. What happened. What science did. Why it mattered. That’s your entry: ScienceSaves.org/Scholarship

He looked into the science behind a medicine he’s depended on his whole life. Ended up with something simpler: appreciation. That’s where a lot of these stories start: ScienceSaves.org/Scholarship #ClassOf2026

It’s May. If you’re a senior, you know the feeling. This one’s different: No essay or long app. Just a 20–30 second story. One moment where science made a difference: ScienceSaves.org/Scholarship Deadline: May 11.