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
Systems Software Third Award
Gray Leaf Spot (GLS), caused by the fungal pathogens Cercospora zeae-maydis and Cercospora zeina, represents a significant challenge in corn production, resulting in annual economic losses a…
ISEF · 2025
Translational Medical Science Third Award
Brain tumors affect thousands annually, with approximately 95,000 primary brain tumor cases diagnosed each year in the U.S. Diagnostic imaging errors affect an estimated 40 million patients…
ISEF · 2025
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
Indicator species are a significant part of environmental science, as they are used to predict environmental metrics that may otherwise be unattainable. The growth of the field is unpreceden…
ISEF · 2025
Biomedical and Health Sciences Third Award
Posterior capsule opacification (PCO) is a major complication of cataract surgery, driven by the epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT). In this study, I investigated the mechanistic eff…
ISEF · 2025
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Small bowel dysmotility poses a significant clinical challenge, leading to digestive complications that impair quality of life. Existing diagnostics and treatments are often limited by side…
ISEF · 2025
Animal Sciences Third Award
A population decline of Giant water bug (Lethocerus indicus), an edible insect, due to environmental changes, pesticide usage, and habitat destruction, was observed. This study aims to deter…
ISEF · 2025
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Exoskeleton robots have proven effective in rehabilitating patients with upper limb neuromuscular impairments. However, existing designs often lack essential components such as brain-driven…
ISEF · 2025
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Since the invention of modern plastics during the 20th century, microplastics (MPs) have become one of the most pervasive anthropogenic pollutants on Earth—being found everywhere from the Ma…
ISEF · 2025
Systems Software Third Award
PDF-based stegomalware is a growing cybersecurity threat that disguises malicious payloads within the tree structure of PDF documents, exploiting features like embedded JavaScript, metadata,…
ISEF · 2025
Mathematics Third Award
In this study, I present a novel approach for model compression to reduce the size of neural network models. In recent years, with the rise of LLMs such as ChatGPT, deep learning models have…
ISEF · 2025
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Third Award
Across the world, hundreds of millions of people are affected by a global inability to meet construction demands. In particular, widespread infrastructure inadequacy that will reach $100 tri…
ISEF · 2025
Animal Sciences Third Award
The Varroa mite is the most dangerous honey bee parasite and imperils global beekeeping, causing yield reductions over 40% and estimated annual economic losses of billions of dollars. Curren…
ISEF · 2025
Environmental Engineering Third Award
The overuse of fossil fuels and nitrogen fertilizers presents a significant environmental burden, necessitating sustainable alternatives. While mainstream algal biomass fuels derived from mi…
ISEF · 2025
Embedded Systems Third Award
Braille literacy is essential for educational and professional success among visually impaired individuals. Traditional refreshable braille displays (RBDs), which dynamically raise and lower…
ISEF · 2025
Technology Enhances the Arts Third Award
Tens of millions of individuals worldwide, including those with locked-in syndrome, advanced ALS, and coma, are unable to communicate due to motor paralysis. BrainSync introduces a novel mul…
ISEF · 2025
Systems Software Third Award
Due to the inherently noisy and error-prone nature of modern quantum hardware, optimizing quantum circuit (QC) layouts is a fundamental challenge in quantum computing. Modern industrial opti…
ISEF · 2025
Translational Medical Science Third Award
As seen in recent trends, lung diseases affect over 500 million people worldwide, killing over 10 million people a year. As a method for early detection, this project aimed to design and tes…
ISEF · 2025
Behavioral and Social Sciences Third Award
Despite millions of teenagers feeling overwhelmingly stressed, mental health resources are often inaccessible, expensive, and/or under-promoted. Using 235 responses from opt-in anonymous que…
ISEF · 2025
Microbiology Third Award
Francisella tularensis, a gram-negative bacterium, is the causative agent of tularemia, a severe zoonotic disease. The CDC classifies F. tularensis as a tier one biothreat agent, as it is hi…
ISEF · 2025
Biomedical and Health Sciences Third Award
Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T Cells and Bispecific T Cell Engagers (BiTEs) have revolutionized the treatment of relapsed/refractory hematologic cancers. However, there are no head-to-hea…
ISEF · 2025
Systems Software Third Award
Sabre fencing is a sport of split-second decisions, where in 60% of points, both fencers land touches within milliseconds of each other. In such cases, determining who earns the point is ent…
ISEF · 2025
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
Coral reefs are the world's most vital marine ecosystems, producing 50% of the world's oxygen and sustaining the livelihoods of 1 billion people globally. However, coral bleaching, a phenome…
ISEF · 2025
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Third Award
This study explores the effectiveness of Convolutional Bidirectional Long Short-Term Memory (Conv-Bi-LSTM) in detecting neonatal seizure activity using Electroencephalogram (EEG) data, based…
ISEF · 2025
Cellular and Molecular Biology Third Award
Neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) affect over 300 million people globally. In previous research, we identified ASXL3 as a biomarker for NDDs, but our understanding of how the clinical seve…
ISEF · 2025
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Purpose: This project aims to develop CaMAS, an AI-based biomedical imaging solution for at-home screening of male reproductive health. The goal is to create an accessible, low-cost, and acc…
ISEF · 2025
Biomedical and Health Sciences Third Award
Liver cancer is the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide, with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) as the most common type. HCC shows disparities across race, gender, and ethnic…
ISEF · 2025
Biochemistry Third Award
About 1 in 7 individuals experience a mental disorder during their adolescence. Currently, the primary method for the diagnosis of these conditions is through clinical tools (online assessme…
ISEF · 2025
Materials Science Third Award
Magnetorheological fluids (MRFs) are smart materials capable of rapid, controllable viscosity shifts when subject to magnetic fields. MRFs transition from a liquid to a semi-solid phase as f…
ISEF · 2025
Physics and Astronomy Third Award
Cosmic ray muons, produced by interactions between high-energy cosmic rays and the Earth's atmosphere, are widely used in muon tomography, an emerging technique for imaging dense structures…
ISEF · 2025
Embedded Systems Third Award
According to the World Health Organization, about 43 million people are blind worldwide, emphasizing the importance of assistive technologies to combat their everyday challenges. Our project…