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
Biochemistry Fourth Award
Around the world, 15% of adolescents struggle with mental illnesses affecting mood and behavior. Depression, one of the most common conditions, is diagnosed primarily through clinical evalua…
CSEF · 2026
Medicine & Physiology (Track 2) (Senior Division) Fourth Award
Retinal detachment is a severe ocular condition in which the retina separates from its underlying tissue, potentially causing progressive and irreversible vision loss if left undetected. Tra…
ISEF · 2026
Chemistry Fourth Award
In recent years, functional nanostructured materials with high catalytic stability, low cost, and tunable catalytic properties have become excellent alternatives to natural enzymes used as b…
ISEF · 2026
Chemistry Fourth Award
Spent coffee ground (SCG) is a globally available powder form waste derived from coffee extraction with a production of 42,000 tons daily. 700,000 tons of synthetic dyes are produced annuall…
ISEF · 2026
Physics and Astronomy Fourth Award
Gate-all-around (GAA) transistors are central to the development of next-generation 2 nm-node semiconductor technologies, but their operation is strongly governed by quantum confinement, req…
CSEF · 2026
Mathematical Sciences (Senior Division) Fourth Award
The research goal is to develop an original method to fill some long-term existing gaps in statistical inferences on the self-similar stochastic processes. Self-similar processes are stochas…
ISEF · 2026
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
Rainfall-generated soil erosion at highway construction sites is a significant source of contaminants in stormwater discharges, which has serious implications for water quality and regulator…
ISEF · 2026
Cellular and Molecular Biology Fourth Award
Ovarian cancer is the deadliest gynecological cancer, with a five year survival rate that still barely exceeds 50%. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are a stromal cell population in the tumor m…
ISEF · 2026
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
Decellularization is essential for producing extracellular matrix (ECM) scaffolds used in regenerative medicine. Conventional detergent-based methods can achieve effective cell removal but o…
ISEF · 2026
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
Currently, plastic pollution is one of the major environmental challenges faced due to the mass presence of synthetic polymers and their degradation into microplastics and nanoplastics, whic…
ISEF · 2026
Materials Science Fourth Award
Negative environmental and health-related impacts of real and synthetic leather production have prompted interest in biobased alternatives that maintain functional performance while reducing…
ISEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
Brazil accounts for 70% of global passion fruit production (736,000 tons per year). However, 75% of this production becomes waste. Due to inadequate management, this waste can generate signi…
ISEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
Airborne microplastics are an emerging environmental and public health concern, with recent studies suggesting that humans may inhale up to 70,000 particles daily. These polymer particulates…
ISEF · 2026
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design Fourth Award
The rising cost and scarcity of conventional battery materials have accelerated the search for sustainable energy storage systems capable of operating in extreme environments. Seawater-activ…
ISEF · 2026
Translational Medical Science Fourth Award
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disorder characterized by progressive motor neuron loss and limited therapeutic options due to its complex, multifactorial pa…
ISEF · 2026
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design Fourth Award
Globally, centralized grids leave 940 million people in low - income communities without reliable electricity access, while simultaneously contributing to climate change through carbon emiss…
ISEF · 2026
Behavioral and Social Sciences Fourth Award
Digital interfaces capture attention through combinations of persuasive elements, yet no framework explains why those combinations produce supra-additive cognitive load or characterizes the…
CSEF · 2026
Physics & Astronomy (Junior Division) Fourth Award
The main emphasis of my project is to investigate how acoustic frequency affects pattern formation in vibrated granular materials. I pursued the phenomenon of particle dynamics. My hypothesi…
ISEF · 2026
Behavioral and Social Sciences Fourth Award
The occurrence of extreme hot and cold events is expected to rise with climate change. While the existing literature has demonstrated that extreme temperatures can adversely affect health ou…
ISEF · 2026
Animal Sciences Fourth Award
This study investigated how different types of dietary fiber affect gut microbial fermentation and energy utilization in Rattus norvegicus, testing the hypothesis that soluble fiber would in…
ISEF · 2026
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Fourth Award
Turbofan engines suffer efficiency losses from an optimal speed disparity between fan and core components; geared turbofans (GTFs) address this via mechanical gearboxes but introduce frictio…
ISEF · 2026
Materials Science Fourth Award
The main goal of my project is to 3D print flexible objects with designed magnetisation. Such structures are capable of shifting geometry when the external magnetic field is applied and retu…
ISEF · 2026
Behavioral and Social Sciences Fourth Award
Over 47 million non-native English speakers navigate American institutions, facing an invisible barrier beyond legislation: unconscious, neurologically-driven accent bias. Listener judgments…
ISEF · 2026
Biomedical and Health Sciences Fourth Award
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by motor dysfunction and neuron loss, with limited current treatments, revealing a critical gap. Heat shock…
ISEF · 2026
Mathematics Fourth Award
This paper investigates invariants for distinguishing virtual knots. The existing H_MJ polynomial suffers from a structural weakness: when its base polynomial evaluates to zero, essential cr…
ISEF · 2026
Software Design Fourth Award
Severe motor disabilities create a critical interaction gap, yet existing Human-Machine Interfaces (HMIs) suffer from signal instability, environmental sensitivity, and reliance on invasive…
ISEF · 2026
Behavioral and Social Sciences Fourth Award
Feminicide remains one of the most severe expressions of gender-based violence worldwide, reflecting structural inequalities of race, territory, age, and social context. In Brazil, underrepo…
ISEF · 2026
Cellular and Molecular Biology Fourth Award
Cardiovascular disease remains the leading global cause of mortality, with myocardial infarction resulting in permanent myocardial loss due to the limited regenerative capacity of adult card…
ISEF · 2026
Physics and Astronomy Fourth Award
Rare flavour-changing neutral current decays such as a B->Kmu+mu- are a sensitive probe of beyond Standard Model (SM) Physics. The angular observable P5' has exhibited a persistent deviation…
ISEF · 2026
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
Central vision loss affects over 200 million worldwide, arising from macular diseases that result in central scotomas while peripheral vision remains largely intact. Current compensatory app…