38,465 real projects from ISEF, the Canada-Wide Science Fair, JSHS, AJAS, the Calgary Youth Science Fair and the California Science & Engineering Fair — searchable by meaning, and filterable by fair, year, category and award.
ISEF · 2026
Earth and Environmental Sciences First Award
There remains to be a purely natural, comprehensive water purification method that can remove both pathogens and heavy metals and is capable of implementation in resource-limited settings. T…
ISEF · 2026
Translational Medical Science First Award
Retinal degenerative diseases (RDDs) affect 300 million patients worldwide. Current imaging techniques detect RDDs in late stages after significant vision loss. Approximately 40% of Retinal…
ISEF · 2025
Environmental Engineering First Award
Recognizing formaldehyde’s significant health risks and prevalence in the environment, particularly the indoors, this study presents a cost-effective and size-flexible integrated system for…
ISEF · 2025
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design First Award
Photovoltaic (PV) solar energy is the fastest-growing energy source as its scalability and versatility are unmatched. However, PV panels exhibit low efficiency, which limits their capacity f…
ISEF · 2025
Microbiology First Award
Vibrio infections are an increasing global concern. These pathogenic bacteria not only affect humans but are also a leading cause of mortality in aquaculture, often linked to major oyster ha…
ISEF · 2025
Physics and Astronomy First Award
Turbulence is a natural phenomenon that serves as an underlying principle for many other fields, ranging from astrophysical studies of star formation to climate change modeling. Due to its c…
ISEF · 2025
Earth and Environmental Sciences First Award
Water treatment plants use disinfectants like chlorine to eliminate waterborne diseases such as cholera and typhoid. However, disinfection results in the formation of disinfection byproducts…
ISEF · 2025
Behavioral and Social Sciences First Award
The success of the author's 2023 accessible, nudge-based good driver app, with its novel speeding interventions, confirmed how to communicate risk effectively and modify behaviour. However,…
ISEF · 2025
Behavioral and Social Sciences First Award
The brain doesn’t always age at the same pace as the rest of the body. Some people's brains stay sharp well into old age, while others show signs of decline decades earlier. Detecting these…
ISEF · 2025
Robotics and Intelligent Machines First Award
Poor sleep is a major contributor to adolescent health issues, linked to poor mental health, risk-taking behaviour, and even physical health problems. Sleep issues can harm family and social…
ISEF · 2025
Translational Medical Science First Award
Pancreatic cancer is the “king of cancer” due to its aggressiveness and high lethality. Although it ranks 9th in incidence, it is the 4th leading cause of cancer-related death, and is projec…
ISEF · 2025
Materials Science First Award
Environmental exposure to airborne silica and uranium, pollutants from uranium mining, has disproportionately increased the prevalence of the autoimmune disease Sjögren’s Syndrome (SS) in Na…
ISEF · 2025
Embedded Systems First Award
Decubitus ulcers or pressure injuries affect more than 2.5 million individuals in the US alone, causing a greater mortality rate than any single cancer, except lung cancer. Ulcers increase h…
ISEF · 2025
Technology Enhances the Arts First Award
Braille illiteracy remains a critical barrier to equality for the visually impaired. Globally, over 70% face employment discrimination—not due to their disability, but due to systemic barrie…
ISEF · 2025
Biomedical Engineering First Award
Early diagnosis of retinoblastoma (RB) in the current clinical practice remains challenging due to the lack of access to timely and accurate eye examinations which is essential as late stage…
ISEF · 2025
Animal Sciences First Award
This research proposed methods to enhance targeted crop pollination by training honeybees using synthetic floral mimic scents. Honeybees were individually trained through the Proboscis Exten…
ISEF · 2025
Plant Sciences First Award
As humanity ventures into extraterrestrial agriculture and advances controlled-environment farming, understanding how plants integrate directional growth cues under altered abiotic condition…
ISEF · 2025
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics First Award
With the increased use of 3D printers, there exists a need to recycle filament purge and failed prints. Traditionally, filament is produced via shredded material fed through an extrusion mac…
ISEF · 2025
Systems Software First Award
Heart murmurs are abnormal sound signals generated by turbulent blood flow and are closely associated with specific structural heart disorders. Current murmur analysis methods only look towa…
ISEF · 2025
Environmental Engineering First Award
Global pest infestations cause over 220 billion in crop losses and approximately 700,000 human deaths each year. Traditional pesticides not only harm human health and the environment but als…
ISEF · 2025
Biomedical and Health Sciences First Award
Early diagnosis of neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) such as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) enables early intervention and is crucial fo…
ISEF · 2025
Biochemistry First Award
With rising mortality caused by breast cancer, it is necessary to develop early diagnostic techniques for rapid identification, prior to metastasis. Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) make…
ISEF · 2025
Robotics and Intelligent Machines First Award
Nearly 1 in 8 people in the U.S. suffer from movement disorders, significantly impacting their quality of life. Neuromuscular disabilities cost the healthcare system $420 billion annually. D…
ISEF · 2025
Biomedical Engineering First Award
Current lower limb prostheses rely on cumbersome procedures, need risky surgery, and are prohibitively expensive. As a result, many lower-limb amputees experience unnatural gait patterns and…
ISEF · 2025
Chemistry First Award
In our research we focused on antivirotics, broad-spectrum drugs against RNA viral diseases. Galidesivir, a molecule that today appears to be the most optimal inhibitor of viral RdRp, became…
ISEF · 2025
Translational Medical Science First Award
Cancer is the second leading cause of death worldwide, affecting 20 million people and being responsible for >9.7 million deaths annually. Early prediction of clinical outcomes is crucial fo…
ISEF · 2025
Earth and Environmental Sciences First Award
In 2024, over 10,000 tons of oil were spilled into the ocean, damaging the environment and costing billions of dollars in mitigation efforts. This project is a continuation of previous resea…
ISEF · 2025
Biomedical and Health Sciences First Award
Nerve degeneration, due to acute injury and chronic neurodegenerative disease, causes devastating symptoms for millions of patients worldwide. No therapeutics to regenerate neurons exist, me…
ISEF · 2025
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics First Award
Over 70 million in the world suffer from stuttering, a speech impairment characterized by involuntary disruptions during normal speech. This can create communication barriers and limiting ac…
ISEF · 2025
Cellular and Molecular Biology First Award
Chromosomal rearrangements caused by mobile transposons (TEs) are implicated in human cancers and neurological disorders. The Ac element of the Ac(Activator)/Ds(Dissociation) TE system, foun…