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. For 2025, 8th grade Category 1st Place winners were chosen. 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:
| Ximena Blanco-Sarmiento | Cabrillo Middle School |
| Dylan Bondar | Cabrillo Middle School |
| Devansh Chakraborty | Cabrillo Middle School |
| Zoe Fan | Harker School-Middle Campus |
| Alexander Garcia | Cabrillo Middle School |
| Dhruva Gopal | Harker School-Middle Campus |
| Safiya Jawad | Cabrillo Middle School |
| Shuwen Jin | The King's Academy (TKA) |
| Rahini Kenkre | Cabrillo Middle School |
| Zooey Lan | Harker School-Middle Campus |
| Aaron Lau | Harker School-Middle Campus |
| Hanna Lee | Cabrillo Middle School |
| Anya Lee | Harker School-Middle Campus |
| Vihaan Narkhede | Cabrillo Middle School |
| Vihaan Punjabi | Cabrillo Middle School |
| Mia Scilingo | Cabrillo Middle School |
| Tvisha Singh | Harker School-Middle Campus |
| Samuel Spalek | Cabrillo Middle School |
| Saksham Srivastava | Challenger Middlefield-Palo Alto |
| Maggie Sun | Harker School-Middle Campus |
| Jiya Tejura | Cabrillo Middle School |
| Ethan Weyn | Harker School-Middle Campus |
| Braden Yang | Harker School-Middle Campus |
| Serena Yuan | Harker School-Middle Campus |
