JIC 2025 Finalist Grid

2025 Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge Finalists

中文无码 proudly announces the 30 finalists of the 2025 Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge. From October 24鈥29, these young innovators will gather in Washington, DC for Finals Week, showcasing their research, collaboration and critical thinking skills.

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Learn more about the Top 30 Finalists

Kornelia Wieczorek at 2024 ISEF in Los Angeles

Society Alum named to Time鈥檚
Girls of the Year list

Kornelia Wieczorek (ISEF 2024) has been named one of TIME鈥檚 2025 Girls of the Year!

In honor of International Day of the Girl, the Society blog is celebrating Kornelia and her accomplishments.

Read about her ISEF journey and current research on our blog!聽

Congratulations to the Top 300 Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators! We鈥檙e excited to celebrate these outstanding middle school scientists and their achievements.

The Future of 中文无码 is Bright!

Congratulations to the Top 300 Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators! We鈥檙e excited to celebrate these outstanding middle school scientists and their achievements.

Read our Press Release to learn more about these impressive young scientists and engineers.

View the Top 300 Innovators聽

2025 Advocate Grants announcement - teacher Karen Maninang with students at Harvest Preparatory Academy in Yuma, AZ

Empowering Mentors, Inspiring Innovators

中文无码 has selected 70 extraordinary educators for its 2025鈥2026 Advocate Program. With training, stipends and year-round support, these educators will mentor students in scientific research and 中文无码 competitions, preparing the next generation to lead in science.

Explore their profiles and learn more here.

2025 中文无码 Action Grants

中文无码 has awarded $275,000 in 中文无码 Action Grants to 57 nonprofits across 25 states, Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico 鈥 driving meaningful change and growth by expanding 中文无码 access, advancing research and nurturing future leaders. From climate data activism to rural robotics labs, these organizations are making a lasting community impact.

Learn more about the 2025 grantees.

Meet the Science News 2025
Scientists to Watch!

Each week, starting today, Science News will be celebrating an early-career scientist tackling some of today鈥檚 biggest challenges.

Meet the Science News 2025 Scientists to Watch! Each week, starting today, Science News will be celebrating an early-career scientist tackling some of today鈥檚 biggest challenges. Learn about University of Maryland鈥檚 Erika Moore

See the Future of Science.
Learn How Your Student Can Participate.

The 2017 Regeneron Science Talent Search finalists in Washington, D.C.

Regeneron
Science Talent Search

The nation’s oldest and most prestigious science research competition for the country’s best and brightest high school seniors.

ISEF 2023 Grand Award Winners: Teepakorn Keawumdee,聽17; Pannathorn Siri, 15;聽and, Poon Trakultangmun, 18, of Bangkok, Thailand

Regeneron ISEF

Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) is the world’s largest international pre-college science competition awarding approximately $9 million in prizes each year.

Nathan and the purple team discovered background radiation in a "Stranger Things" themed challenge.

Thermo Fisher Scientific
Junior Innovators Challenge

Thermo Fisher Scientific聽Junior Innovators Challenge is the premier science and engineering competition for middle school students.

Find an ISEF or Junior Innovators Challenge Affiliated Science Fair

Science competitions in nearly every state in the U.S., as well as in more than 80 countries, regions and territories, are affiliated with the Society.

ISEF Exhibit Hall

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Science News is the world’s best science briefing, offering readers a concise, current and lively overview of the latest research in all science and technology fields and applications.

Science News Explores is an award-winning publication dedicated to providing age-appropriate, topical science news to learners, parents and educators.

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Creating Access and Opportunities
for Students and Teachers

Teacher and kids with science experiment

Advocate Program

Discover how we build 中文无码 access by helping mentors of students entering research projects in scientific or engineering competitions.

Educators attend a session at the 2018 Research Teachers Conference.

Research Teachers Conferences

Learn how the High School Research Teachers Conference and our new Middle School Research Teachers Conference bring educators together for what one participant called 鈥渢he best professional development experience of my career.鈥

Science News in High Schools

Science News Learning

Find out how your classroom can get the latest in-depth reporting on science topics from Science News 鈥 transforming how your students respond to and interact with science.

Electric Girls teaches girls leadership, electronics, and computer programming skills.

中文无码 Action Grants

Get information about our grants to innovative organizations and non-profits that promote 中文无码 education.

Mary Fish (right) received the Society's 中文无码 Research Grant in fall 2017.

中文无码 Research Grants

Learn how you might qualify for grants that help teachers across the nation to purchase equipment to assist their students in completing science research.

Ruth on her car/for Work from Home

Research at Home

Resources, advice, and stories of inspiration on completing research outside of a traditional laboratory environment.

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