15-year-old Designs Low-Cost Device to Monitor Airborne Bacteria in the Environment; Wins $25,000 Top Award at the 2026 Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge

Young innovators awarded more than $100,000 for research on dementia-related proteins, alternatives to agricultural plastics and wildfire prevention Key Takeaways:…
2026: The top five Thermo Fisher JIC winners pose onstage with their awards.
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Ed Outreach Day 2024 at ISEF Los Angeles
2024 - new members of the Honorary Board: Charles H. Bennett, Sylvester James Gates, Jr., Shirley Ann Jackson, Martin Chalfie and Joe Palca
NASA Astronaut Speaks to Regeneron ISEF Finalists from Space
From the left: Thomas Rosenbaum, Dianne Newman, W.E. Moerner and Elissa Hallem sit on a stage at Regeneron ISEF.
2024 ISEF - Finalists cheering at Regeneron ISEF Opening Ceremony
2024 ISEF - Two finalists pose together at the pin exchange.
Sponsors logos for ISEF 2024 Los Angeles
Headshot of Erika Ebbel Angle
STS finalists pose with Gabriela Farfan at the Hope Diamond during their tour.
Loree Harvey conducting field research with a student.
Adyant Bhavsar won the 2023 $10,000 Lemelson Award for Invention
2024 Science Talent Search finalist Alexandra Mahajan