14-year-old combines origami and physics to engineer foldable structures for disaster relief shelters; Wins $25,000 top award at Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge

Young innovators recognized with $100K for STEM research advancing science and tackling global challenges Thermo Fisher Scientific and Society for…
The winners of the 2025 Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge
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Thirty Exceptional Young Scientists Named Finalists in Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge - September 2023

Thirty exceptional young scientists named Finalists in Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge

Fun facts: Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge Top 300

Thermo Fisher Junior Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge Congratulations 2023 Top 300 banner

Society for Science announces Top 300 middle school innovators in Nation’s premier STEM competition

2023-24 Advocates photo grid

Society for Science celebrates 100 educators chosen for the Advocate Program, inspiring future STEM leaders

Frank Wilczek, theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate

Conversations with Maya: Frank Wilczek

Middle schooler devises tool to measure non-ionizing radiation from household appliances

Society for Science is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2023 STEM Action Grants Program. A total of $245,000 will be given to 53 dynamic community-centric STEM organizations spanning 24 states and Washington, D.C.

Advancing diversity in STEM: Society for Science gives 53 organizations $245,000 in STEM Action Grants

Society for Science has named Yolanda Payne, a career educator, as its first Invention Education Fellow, a position created in partnership with The Lemelson Foundation to increase access and awareness of Invention Education and research resources for K-12 audiences.

Society for Science names first Invention Education Fellow

A person on the street carries a heart-shaped balloon with a rainbow pattern.

Pride Month perspectives from two inspiring STEM leaders

Illustrated portraits of some of the STS finalists

These Regeneron STS 2023 finalists are dedicated to social justice

2022 Broadcom MASTERS Finalist Ankit Biswas

Five Questions with Ankit Biswas, winner of the 2022 $5,000 Broadcom Coding with Commitment Award

Five Questions with Elizabeth Shen, winner of the $10,000 Marconi/Samueli Award for Innovation

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