Annual DNA Day Essay Contest

Published on April 17, 2025

Annual DNA Day Essay Contest

American Socienty of Human Genetics (ASHG) is proud to support National DNA Day through the Annual DNA Day Essay Contest. DNA Day commemorates the completion of the Human Genome Project in April 2003 and the discovery of the double helix of DNA in 1953.
 
The contest is open to students in grades 9-12 worldwide and asks students to examine, question, and reflect on important concepts in genetics. Essays are expected to be well-reasoned arguments that indicate a deep understanding of scientific concepts related to the essay question. They are evaluated by ASHG members through three rounds of scoring.
 
Contest runs January - April each year. 
 
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