Announcing the 2019 Pioneer Journal Nominees

Pioneer Academics is proud to announce that 109 scholars from the 2019 program have been nominated for the Pioneer Research Journal, an annual publication that showcases a collection of outstanding, undergraduate-level research written by high school students. These students come from five continents, 11 countries, and 81 high schools around the world, and their research papers present innovative analysis and new knowledge  in a wide range of academic fields across engineering, natural sciences, social sciences, and the humanities. 

Pioneer Academics’ research program is the world’s only online research system granting US college credits for high school students. These research papers nominated form the capstone of the Pioneer Research Program, an academic research program offered in two terms each year that gives motivated, gifted high school students from around the world the chance to generate undergraduate level academic research. As part of the Pioneer Research Program, students meet online with classmates from around the world in small, seminar-style courses with a university professor. They then work individually with their professor to generate their own research paper on a topic of their choice. 

In 2019, over the course of the research program all of the papers completed by the students from 28 countries underwent rigorous academic oversight.  Each paper represents a milestone in original exploration and discovery. Among those, 109 were chosen as exceptionally outstanding and nominated for potential publication in the 6th Annual Pioneer Research Journal. The nominated papers represent the top 16% of research papers submitted in the 2019 Pioneer Research Program. The process of selecting papers for publication from those nominated involves a comprehensive, double-blind review conducted by a reading committee of over 40 university faculty from over 30 academic fields. In 2018, only the top 4.6% of papers were selected as finalists. The Pioneer Research Journal is edited by the dean of the college of arts and sciences at Oberlin College & Conservatory.

Nominated students were understably very excited and honored to receive nomination. Sample student reactions include:

Victor Guely, Lycee Francais Charles de Gaulle London, United Kingdom:
“Thank you for your email.  I am very happy to hear that my paper has been nominated, that’s really exciting!”

Zitian Ye, Beijing National Day School, China:
“I’m honored to have my research paper nominated for publication in the 2019 Pioneer Research Journal, and I want to thank you for the recognition of my work.”

Saara Bhatia, Jayshree Periwal International School, India:
“I wanted to thank you again for this amazing opportunity! I had the best time with the Pioneer Program and writing my research paper was a blast!”

Ansh Nagwekar, Bellarmine College Preparatory, United States:
“Thank you for the nomination for publication in the Pioneer Journal. I truly appreciate this opportunity.”

For a comprehensive view of the students nominated for the 2019 Pioneer Research Journal, including their school, country, Pioneer course topic, and research paper title, please see the chart below.