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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Amy Chyao, the first winner of the Gordon E. Moore Award in 2010
The auditorium at the Opening Ceremony of ISEF 2022. "Regeneron ISEF" is displayed on the massive screens onstage.
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Rebecca Cho, 17, of Jericho, New York, received the H. Robert Horvitz Prize for Fundamental Research of $10,000
From left to right: Varun Madan, Saan Cern Yong, Sheng Ze Yeoh and Sharon Snyder in Leiden, Netherlands for the 2022 EUCYS
Regeneron STS 2023 Finalists Ishika Nag (left) and Vivian Wu (right) share a love of animals.
Anika Puri, 17, of Chappaqua, New York, received the Peggy Scripps Award for Science Communication of $10,000 - ISEF 2022
Regeneron STS finalists with Alumni Dinner keynote speaker, Ron Vale.
Photo from a 2023 NY Times STEM Writing Contest winner