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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2023 Regeneron Science Talent Search finalists met with government officials at Capitol Hill.
Society for Science welcomes three new board members, (from left to right) Raj Chetty, Ph.D., Tom Leighton, Ph.D., Alan Leshner, Ph.D.
Thomas Aldous, the winner of the Society for Science Samueli Foundation Prize
Regeneron STS 2023 Finalists with Regeneron CEO George Yancopoulos
Regeneron ISEF 2023 Logo
Illustrations of 2023 STS finalists Kamisi Adetunji (left) and Ariella Blackman (right), created by artist Amy Wike.
Illustrations of finalists August Deer, Sophie Zhu and Ozioma Obi
The Top 3 Award Winners at the 2023 Regeneron Science Talent Search: Neel Moudgal (center)Emily Ocasio (left) and Ellen Xu (right)
Illustrated portraits of Regeneron STS finalists Cindy DeDianous, Siddhu Pachipala and Madeleine de Belloy
2023 Regeneron STS finalists together at the Public Exhibition of Projects.
2023 STS Finalists Ellen Xu and Angela Chen Illustration by Amy Wike
White House Photo Gallery - Presidents Bush, Kennedy, Obama, Truman, Clinton and Eisenhower pictured in collage format