2025: Society for Science today announced the winners of the Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge (Thermo Fisher JIC), the nation’s premier middle school science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) competition.

October 2025 2024: The Society is seeking a STEM Outreach Associate Specialist who will assist the day-to-day operations and continued growth of the STEM Outreach Programs as a supporting member of the Science Education Programs department of the Society for Science.

Learn more about each of the 2025 top 30 JIC finalists, who represent 10 states and territories across the country. Scroll through the finalists to learn more about them and their projects. Each profile includes their research poster, a video and other interesting information about the finalist and their project.

2025 Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge Finalist – Lucas Shengwen Yen