Thirty Inspiring Middle School Scientists and Engineers Named Finalists in the 2026 Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge

Representing 17 U.S. states and Puerto Rico, finalists will compete in Washington, D.C. for more than $100,000 in awards Key…
The thirty 2026 Thermo Fisher JIC finalists.
The thirty 2026 Thermo Fisher JIC finalists.

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The thirty 2026 Thermo Fisher JIC finalists.
David Holz, founder and CEO of Midjourney and a Society for Science Trustee, speaks at the 2026 Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair.
Scientists to Classrooms 2025-2026. Jason Simon with New Jersey classroom.
2026 Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Inovators Challenge - Congratulations to the Top 300 Junior Innovators!
Evan Budz poses with his invention.
Students of 2026–2027 Advocate Alyson Saunders, Dexter Regional High School (Dexter, Maine), receiving instruction on how to make observations using their senses to enrich Pasco sensor data collection in a glacially influenced coastal environment. Diamond Beach, Iceland.
Ronald Brillantes, 2025-2026 Advocate
From left: Aruna Balasubramanian, Sydney Barta, Vivian Chinoda, Julie Sieg and Sophia Wang are five Society for Science alumni named 2026 Rhodes Scholars
Regeneron STS 2026 finalist and alum holding a baby pashmina goat in Ladakh, India.
2026 STEM Action Grants - Magic of Science
2026 Intel® Education Outreach Day Feature Image