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 · 2025
Translational Medical Science Fourth Award
Chronic wounds are a major health concern, especially among the elderly and people with conditions like diabetes. Without proper treatment, they can lead to infection, tissue loss, or even a…
ISEF · 2025
Behavioral and Social Sciences Fourth Award
As of 2022, 49% of U.S. adolescents and 25% of adults have psychological disorders, with 60% also experiencing gastrointestinal disorders. The aim of the current study is to determine whethe…
ISEF · 2025
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Fourth Award
Compared to common open-loop stepper motors, 3-Phase synchronous motors can deliver superior responsiveness, repeatability, and speed with minimal noise, wear, and heat. Brushless DC (BLDC)…
ISEF · 2025
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
Resulting from climate change and aggressive farming practices, desertification is a major threat to the environment and survival of millions, as according to the United Nations, desertifica…
ISEF · 2025
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Fourth Award
While pre-training with supervised or self-supervised learning has recently shown great promise in continual learning (CL) by learning generalizable features, it requires a large, external d…
ISEF · 2025
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design Fourth Award
The need for reliable renewable energies has grown, expanding research into biofuel opportunities. However current feedstocks use agricultural land, causing significant impacts. This researc…
ISEF · 2025
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Fourth Award
Pathogenic fungi of the Candida genus, including C. albicans, pose an increasing threat to global health. Almost all Candida species belong to the CTG clade, which deviates from the common g…
ISEF · 2025
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
Flooding is a significant issue in urban environments, causing widespread damage and disruption. Existing solutions lack integration, often addressing isolated aspects, such as detection or…
ISEF · 2025
Technology Enhances the Arts Fourth Award
The application of modern technologies is essential for preserving and revitalizing Don ca tai tu, a UNESCO-recognized Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, increasingly overshadowed by…
ISEF · 2025
Biomedical and Health Sciences Fourth Award
Intracranial aneurysms (IAs) are a vascular disorder characterized by the bulging of weakened cerebral blood vessel walls. Affecting 166 million people globally, IAs pose a serious risk due…
ISEF · 2025
Behavioral and Social Sciences Fourth Award
Intersubjective realities refer to the belief systems that when accepted by two or more people have real implications for objective reality. The Covid-19 Pandemic was dominated by the emerge…
ISEF · 2025
Microbiology Fourth Award
Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) is a gammaherpesvirus infecting 90% of adults, and is associated with various diseases, including infectious mononucleosis, Hodgkin lymphoma, Burkitt lymphoma, and N…
ISEF · 2025
Behavioral and Social Sciences Fourth Award
Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is the world’s leading cause of dementia in older populations, impacting more than 6 million individuals in the U.S. alone. Although FDA approved treatment has been…
ISEF · 2025
Plant Sciences Fourth Award
Coffee and tea are among the world's most popular drinks, containing large quantities of caffeine, a central nervous system stimulant. Many plants have been shown to produce caffeine by usin…
ISEF · 2025
Physics and Astronomy Fourth Award
This study’s goal was to determine which pump laser configuration would stimulate type-1 spontaneous parametric down-conversion (SPDC) in beta barium borate (BBO) crystals such that the numb…
ISEF · 2025
Cellular and Molecular Biology Fourth Award
Epidemiological studies performed in large cohorts among different populations indicate a negative correlation between developing melanoma skin cancer and drinking coffee. While coffee’s pop…
ISEF · 2025
Microbiology Fourth Award
Pancreatic cancer remains one of the most lethal diseases, primarily due to its asymptomatic progression and late-stage diagnosis, which severely limits treatment options and reduces surviva…
ISEF · 2025
Systems Software Fourth Award
Accurate indoor positioning remains a significant challenge due to poor permeability of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signals within buildings, rendering traditional GNSS-based m…
ISEF · 2025
Animal Sciences Fourth Award
An owl wing is a mechanical marvel built for silent flight. The posterior margin of each feather has trailing edge fringe which is key to reducing air vortexes resulting in dramatically quie…
ISEF · 2025
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
Schistocerca gregaria (desert locust) is the world's most destructive migratory pest and a serious threat to food security. Existing locust-control tools use real-time field data to monitor…
ISEF · 2025
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Fourth Award
Over the past 5 years, the United States recorded over 25,000 fatal work injuries (AFL-CIO, 2023). Industries like scientific laboratories, recycling and manufacturing facilities are especia…
ISEF · 2025
Materials Science Fourth Award
The increasing reliance on optoelectronic devices in communication, sensing, and display technologies has driven the search for alternative materials that are cost-effective, scalable, and h…
ISEF · 2025
Translational Medical Science Fourth Award
Purpose: Patients with breast cancer (BC) who undergo neoadjuvant therapy (NAT) before surgery and achieve a pathologic complete response (pCR) after NAT have a low rate of recurrence. Howev…
ISEF · 2025
Mathematics Fourth Award
Clinical trials often utilize composite endpoints to provide a comprehensive evaluation of a treatment’s effects by combining multiple related outcomes into a single measure. While tradition…
ISEF · 2025
Mathematics Fourth Award
For the last 20 years, many researchers have explored divisibility properties of integer sequences arising from combinatorial structures. In particular, binomial coefficients have been the s…
ISEF · 2025
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
Problem Most drug development costs go toward testing failed drug candidates, slowing innovation and ultimately costing lives. Even then, cardiotoxicity is a leading cause of drug recalls, s…
ISEF · 2025
Chemistry Fourth Award
Hydrogen is a promising clean energy carrier, yet current production methods remain either carbon-intensive or economically unsustainable. Recently, attention has shifted to serpentinization…
ISEF · 2025
Translational Medical Science Fourth Award
In 2024 the American Cancer Society (ACS) reported a 78% death rate for pancreatic cancer. The 5-year survival rate for pancreatic cancer is 13%. ACS states the only effective method known t…
ISEF · 2025
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Fourth Award
Over 300,000 cetaceans die every year due to human activity–primarily ship collisions and fishing entanglements–with roughly 67% of all whale deaths attributed to human interactions. Many wh…
ISEF · 2025
Mathematics Fourth Award
To improve artificial vision systems, human vision should be better understood. Many aspects of human vision are tuned to the characteristics of its natural inputs. These characteristics inc…