{"id":33086,"date":"2023-12-19T14:23:41","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T19:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/?p=33086"},"modified":"2023-12-19T20:29:05","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T01:29:05","slug":"thermo-fisher-challenge-winner-shanya-gill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/thermo-fisher-challenge-winner-shanya-gill\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Indian Kids Emerge as America\u2019s Brightest Students in Junior Innovators Challenge; 6th Grader Shanya Gill Wins Top Prize $25K"},"content":{"rendered":"
Today\u2019s Indian-origin kids of immigrants and non-immigrants are the future of America. Through every STEM competition, they testify to their collective talent for the future growth and prosperity of the United States where they are nurtured as innovators, researchers, and scientists. Be it Regeneron Science Talent Search or Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge, young Indian American minds continue to shine.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge (JIC), America\u2019s only middle school STEM competition affiliated to Society for Science, saw the best of 30 finalists<\/strong> who were selected out of the 10% of 65,000 middle-schoolers through several science and engineering fairs across the country. While 16 Indian American kids made it to the list of finalists at the Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge 2023, four of them including Shanya Gill made the cut as winners. The winners are counted among America\u2019s brightest middle schoolers.<\/strong><\/p>\n