20,037 real projects from ISEF, the Canada-Wide Science Fair, JSHS and the Calgary Youth Science Fair — searchable by meaning, and filterable by fair, year, category and award.
ISEF · 2025
Animal Sciences
Remarkable declines in migratory songbird populations necessitate the investigation of persistent gaps in the study of migration ecology. As songbirds in active migratory passage have proven…
CYSF · 2025
Over 2.2 billion people have visual impairments. This project develops a walking stick with a sensor that detects obstacles and beeps to warn users, promoting safety and independence.
ISEF · 2025
Translational Medical Science
Radiation therapy stands as a cornerstone in cancer treatment, serving over 10 million new patients annually and requiring precise dose delivery. Custom boluses, which are tissue-like materi…
ISEF · 2025
Biomedical and Health Sciences
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
Animal Sciences
PawPath is a non-invasive, risk-free gait monitoring device that assesses orthopedic and neurodegenerative diseases in canines. Gait abnormalities, which often signal conditions like arthrit…
ISEF · 2025
Microbiology
The Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus (PRRSV) is a highly infectious and contagious pathogen with a significant impact on the global swine industry, causing reproductive an…
CYSF · 2025
This project seeks to bridge the gap between digital convenience and the cognitive benefits of handwriting by developing a pen that digitizes writings without external components
ISEF · 2025
Microbiology
The dengue virus infects over 400 million people each year and can lead to organ failure and death. Until 2024, there was only one current vaccine option for dengue; however, studies have sh…
JSHS · 2025
The use of AI-powered applications to monitor online student activities has grown in K-12 schools across the U.S. Since November 2023, Lawrence Public Schools have adopted Gaggle, an AI - ba…
ISEF · 2025
Biochemistry
Biochemical signaling plays a key role in molecular pathways in various disease processes of women’s reproductive health. Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) affects 66 million reproductive-a…
ISEF · 2025
Biomedical Engineering
Usher Syndrome is a congenital condition that causes severe hearing and vision loss. Despite 140 million deafblind individuals worldwide, research and support remain insufficient. Existing a…
ISEF · 2025
Biomedical Engineering
Diabetic wounds pose a significant health challenge from the resilience of biofilms and the inflammation of the wound environment. Current antibiotics often lack targeted and adaptive respon…
ISEF · 2025
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Mental health disease is a global public-health epidemic affecting 1.88 billion people worldwide. Nature deprivation (ND) exacerbates this issue by increasing anxiety by 38%, depression by 3…
ISEF · 2025
Biochemistry
Cancer patients have access to advanced drugs like biosimilars of trastuzumab, pertuzumab, and trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1). However, continuous devleopment of new drugs is required to trea…
ISEF · 2025
Plant Sciences
Over the years, around 20% to 40% of global crop production has been lost because of pests and bioactivity. Equally important, Commercial weed barriers have caused soil to be unsuitable for…
ISEF · 2025
Microbiology
Biofilms are dangerously formed by bacteria in threatening environments and are challenging to treat when a person is infected. Biofilms form due to stressors on the bacteria, and on the Int…
ISEF · 2025
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Creation of a compact radar system enhanced with AI-assisted ESRGAN imaging is proposed for advanced target detection and high-resolution situational awareness. The system integrates a phase…
JSHS · 2025
Pennsylvania, Center of Excellence in Environmental Toxicology; Madeleine Sleeman, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Microbiology Background: Lead remains a persistent environmental…
ISEF · 2025
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
PhoenixH2 is dedicated to enhancing the feasibility of clean aviation by developing and flight-testing a small-scale aircraft powered by onboard hydrogen production. With aviation responsibl…
ISEF · 2025
Translational Medical Science
Due to the lack of minimally invasive and selective treatments for melanoma, the effectiveness of photodynamic therapy (PDT) based on boron nitride nanotubes (BNNT) loaded with Protoporphyri…
JSHS · 2025
Due to the lack of minimally invasive and selective treatments for melanoma, the effectiveness of photodynamic therapy (PDT) based on boron nitride nanotubes (BNNT) loaded with Protoporphyri…
ISEF · 2025
Plant Sciences
Due to the global demand for CO2 removal mechanisms, solutions such as direct air carbon capture are being used to filter atmospheric CO2. However, these methods often contribute to environm…
ISEF · 2025
Chemistry
Smart materials that adapt to external stimuli hold great potential for applications in biomedical coatings, responsive packaging, and optical sensors. This study presents a novel photo-resp…
JSHS · 2025
Many factors during pregnancy can potentially impact in utero brain development and have long- term consequences. To identify modifiable factors during pregnancy that can promote early brain…
ISEF · 2025
Microbiology
Cryptococcus neoformans—a pathogenic yeast—poses a severe risk to immunocompromised individuals. Its polysaccharide capsule, primarily glucuronoxylomannan, is its chief virulence factor. Cal…
JSHS · 2025
Generative design (GD) is a computational method for the exploration of optimized engineering structures based on machine learning. Although well suited for exploring designs with various ob…
ISEF · 2025
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander populations experience a high incidence of kidney disease, with 921 cases per million annually (Xiang et al., 2020). A key contributing factor is the hea…
JSHS · 2025
Chronic neuroinflammation and the migration of macrophages to the blood -brain barrier (BBB) are significant characteristics of various neurological diseases. In this context, the adhesion o…
ISEF · 2025
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Chronic neuroinflammation and macrophage migration to the blood-brain barrier BBB are key features of neurological diseases, with adhesion driving pro-inflammatory responses. However, prolon…
ISEF · 2025
Plant Sciences
Purpose: This study investigates the phytochemical composition, antioxidant potential, and antimicrobial activity of Chamaenerion latifolium, a medicinal plant known for its traditional appl…