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.
CSEF · 2026
Behavioral & Social Sciences (Senior Division)
High school students face high academic stress that can negatively affect mental health. This study compared stress, mental health awareness, and coping strategies between AVID and non-AVID…
CSEF · 2026
Behavioral & Social Sciences (Senior Division)
This study investigated the effects of indoor CO2 concentration on cognitive performance across four domains —attention and inhibitory control (stroop test), spatial working memory (corsi ta…
CSEF · 2026
Cognitive Science (Junior Division)
To evaluate advertising effectiveness, companies often rely on 3M’s Visual Attention Software (VAS). 3M VAS is a gaze prediction tool intended to provide advertisers with vital information,…
CSEF · 2026
Cognitive Science (Junior Division)
The purpose of my project was to better understand how context can shape people’s perceptions of other people, and to see if the role of context is different for different groups of people.…
CSEF · 2026
Behavioral & Social Sciences (Junior Division)
The McGurk effect demonstrates audiovisual integration in speech perception: when auditory and visual syllables conflict (e.g., auditory /ba/ paired with visual /ga/), listeners often report…
CSEF · 2026
Behavioral & Social Sciences (Junior Division)
This project investigates how social media use affects teen sleep, focus, mood, and academic performance. The question researched in this project is "How does using social media affect kids…
CSEF · 2026
Behavioral & Social Sciences (Junior Division)
Working memory is what allows us to manipulate the information stored in our short-term memory. In this project, we wanted to learn more about how working memory ability changes over differe…
CSEF · 2026
Behavioral & Social Sciences (Senior Division)
As people age, their sleep quantity and quality decline, and insomnia becomes more prevalent, particularly in individuals aged 60 and older. The mechanisms underlying age-related insomnia ar…
CSEF · 2026
Behavioral & Social Sciences (Senior Division)
This study investigates musical emotion identification using non-auditory senses alone. Guided by the valence-arousal model of emotion and multimodal integration theory, we designed a system…
CSEF · 2026
Cognitive Science (Junior Division)
The purpose of this project is to find out if music is the best way for anyone trying to get into cycling, or in any kind of athletic activity, to improve their performance. My scientific qu…
CSEF · 2026
Behavioral & Social Sciences (Senior Division)
Stroke is a critical global health issue, and many cases are preventable if risk factors are identified early. Current risk assessment approaches often separate behavioral and neurophysiolog…
CSEF · 2026
Behavioral & Social Sciences (Senior Division)
Current diagnostic methods can only detect neurodegenerative conditions after symptoms emerge, when significant neurological damage has already occurred. This project investigates early sign…
CSEF · 2026
Behavioral & Social Sciences (Junior Division)
The purpose of this experiment was to determine whether stretching before running affects a person’s speed. The scientific question asked was: Does stretching before running affect someone’s…
CSEF · 2026
Behavioral & Social Sciences (Senior Division)
This project developed an on-device application for Speech Emotion Recognition (SER) using self-supervised transformer models. The hypothesis stated that audEERING’s wav2vec2-based, dimensio…
CSEF · 2026
Behavioral & Social Sciences (Senior Division)
Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is a chronic neurodegenerative disorder affecting nearly 12 million people worldwide, causing >329,000 deaths annually, with up to 80% of cases strongly influenced b…
CSEF · 2026
Behavioral & Social Sciences (Junior Division)
The purpose of this experiment was to determine if the amount of screen time affects your mood and self-reported stress level. 15 subjects were tested, six male and nine female, all within t…
CSEF · 2026
Behavioral & Social Sciences (Junior Division)
Purpose/Hypothesis Excessive social media usage is linked to anxiety/depression, sleep problems, and academic difficulties. Teen screen time has doubled over the past decade, and few studies…
CSEF · 2026
Behavioral & Social Sciences (Junior Division)
This project looks at how social media might affect body image in teen girls. Social media is a huge part of daily life, and seeing all the posts, videos, and trends can make people compare…
CSEF · 2026
Behavioral & Social Sciences (Senior Division)
Forward collision warnings are designed to prevent collisions by alerting the driver. Car manufacturers use various alerts with different combinations of auditory and visual stimuli; however…
CSEF · 2026
Behavioral & Social Sciences (Junior Division)
For our project, we found out if using stress-relieving items can help students perform better on tests. To explore this, we gathered 30 7th and 8th graders and split them into two groups. T…
CSEF · 2026
Cognitive Science (Junior Division)
Objectives Stress has been shown to impact memory. This research will confirm the impacts of stress on memory using a Drosophila model, while also determining if Phosphocholine can improve m…
CSEF · 2026
Behavioral & Social Sciences (Junior Division)
Alarm fatigue is recognized as a significant risk to both patient safety and the well-being of healthcare professionals. This is a huge safety concern in hospitals. Frequent exposure to non-…
CSEF · 2026
Behavioral & Social Sciences (Senior Division)
Hypothesis The objective of this project is to determine the effectiveness of a web-based gamified cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) intervention in reducing test anxiety among high school…
CSEF · 2026
Behavioral & Social Sciences (Junior Division)
The confidence crisis is all about how the amount of social media teens between the ages of 11-15 spend on social media affects their self confidence. What inspired this project was we wante…
CSEF · 2026
Behavioral & Social Sciences (Junior Division)
After performing well for a couple of years, NFL (National Football League) players typically receive a richer, longer contract that often includes significant guaranteed money upfront. Do g…
CSEF · 2026
Behavioral & Social Sciences (Senior Division)
In my experiment, I investigated the effects of music tuned to 432 Hz versus 440 Hz on short-term memory, emotional state, and relaxation markers in students. Middle school and high school p…
CSEF · 2026
Behavioral & Social Sciences (Senior Division)
Multitasking is often assumed to enhance productivity, especially among students who divide their attention between academic work and digital media. This study examined how different forms o…
CSEF · 2026
Behavioral & Social Sciences (Junior Division)
This experiment studied how listening to different genres of music affects heart rate. Because music can affect mood, energy level, and nervous system activity, it was predicted that faster,…
CSEF · 2026
Behavioral & Social Sciences (Junior Division)
The way information is expressed plays a role in the feelings it elicits. Because general language represents broad concepts and specific language narrows claims, I hypothesized that, in pol…
CSEF · 2026
Cognitive Science (Junior Division)
Objective: This project investigated whether humans find answers to science questions more trustworthy when provided by an artificial intelligence system or a human. As AI becomes a tool for…