Thermo Fisher Scientific nominees represent the top 10 percent of 6th, 7th and 8th grade projects entered in Society-affiliated fairs around the United States. The Society for Science has managed this competition (formerly Broadcom MASTERS®) (Math, Applied Science, Technology, and Engineering for Rising Stars) since 2010.
The official nominees from the Synopsys Championship to the Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge (JIC) are:
| Inika Adapala | Stratford Middle School - San Jose |
| Ricky Rex Alexia | Cabrillo Middle School |
| Malek Alhussien | Granada Islamic School |
| Sneha Arun | Challenger - Shawnee - San Jose |
| Sharanya M Chudgar | Challenger - Shawnee - San Jose |
| Siddhartha P Daswani | Harker School - Middle Campus |
| Carina Gross | Fletcher Ellen Middle School |
| Sanjana Iyengar | Stratford Middle School - Milpitas |
| Samarth Iyer | Stratford Middle School - Milpitas |
| Sera John | Challenger - Shawnee - San Jose |
| Kashish Kapoor | BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School |
| Anish Kosaraju | Harker School - Middle Campus |
| Maya Mazin | Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School |
| Devshree Mistry | Challenger - Shawnee - San Jose |
| Saharsh Myneni | Cabrillo Middle School |
| Rohan Pal | Challenger - Berryessa - San Jose |
| Venice Parnell | Harker School - Middle Campus |
| Aman S Puri | Cabrillo Middle School |
| Mridula Rajagopalan | Challenger - Strawberry Park - San Jose |
| Kourosh Shahid | Cabrillo Middle School |
| Noah O Song | Cabrillo Middle School |
| Aadit Sood | Cabrillo Middle School |
| Danny Stein | Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School |
| Zana N Svendsen | Stratford Preparatory School |
| Claire Tian | Harker School - Middle Campus |
| Sophie Tong | Challenger - Middlefield - Palo Alto |
| Aarush Vashi | Challenger - Berryessa - San Jose |
| Claire F Xu | Harker School - Middle Campus |
| Elizabeth Zhang | Harker School - Middle Campus |
