Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge nominees represent the top 10 percent of 6th, 7th and 8th grade projects entered in affiliated fairs around the United States. For 2026, SCVSEFA nominated 6th, 7th, and 8th grade Category Prize 1st Place winners. The Society for Science has managed this competition (formerly Broadcom MASTERS®) since 2010.
The official nominees from the Synopsys Championship to the Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge (JIC) are:
| Talah Abushama | Granada Islamic School |
| Elijah Alcheck | Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School |
| Shreyan Biswas | Challenger Middlefield - Palo Alto |
| Ankith Burki | BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School |
| Caden Eaton | Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School |
| Anaka Ganesh | Stratford Preparatory Milpitas |
| Matthias Garzon | Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School |
| Vibha Giri | Kennedy (John F.) Middle School-Cupertino |
| Aashraya Gudihal | Challenger Middlefield - Palo Alto |
| Imani Islam | Granada Islamic School |
| Tasneem Ismaili | Granada Islamic School |
| Shrinika Kalbhavi | Miller Middle School |
| Manvi Karadigudda | Challenger - Strawberry Park - SJ |
| Pranav Krishnapuram | Tessellations School |
| Wanqi (Cynthia) Li | BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School |
| Joseph Long | Harker School-Middle Campus |
| Zizhan Lu | Challenger Middlefield - Palo Alto |
| Aanya Mittal | Cabrillo Middle School |
| Anirudh Nandikonda | Rolling Hills Middle School |
| Vivann Partani | Stratford Preparatory Milpitas |
| Ariv Pasad | Hyde Middle School |
| Keshav Ramakrishnan | Challenger - Shawnee - SJ |
| Aditya Rao | Challenger - Strawberry Park - SJ |
| Isaac Romanoff | Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School |
| Praneetha Santhana Krishnan | Stratford Preparatory Milpitas |
| Myra Saxena | Fletcher (Ellen) Middle School |
| Karina Schwartz | Cabrillo Middle School |
| Rayansh Sekhri | Stratford Middle School - Palo Alto |
| Ella Sheets | Cabrillo Middle School |
| Alexis Sheng | Stratford Middle School - Palo Alto |
| Ari Siamwalla | Harker School-Middle Campus |
| Everett Song | Stratford Preparatory Blackford |
| Shaan Sridhara | Harte (Bret) Middle School |
| Vihaan Sundar | Challenger - Berryessa - SJ |
| Shrinidhi Venkatakrishnan | Challenger - Strawberry Park - SJ |
| Alexandra Veremey | Laurel Springs School (online) |
| Raewen Yan | Challenger Middlefield - Palo Alto |
| Fiona Yan | Harker School-Middle Campus |
| Tien Yen | Harker School-Middle Campus |
