CWSF · 2026
Environment & Climate Change
Have you ever witnessed the transformation of a dry, desert-like farm into a flooded one within a short period of time? I was determined to find a method to save our food from such rapid cha…
Environmental Engineering (Senior Division)
Third Award
Widespread contamination of surface and groundwater systems from heavy metals, excess nutrients, and other hazardous pollutants has intensified the need for sustainable water remediation tec…
Translational Medical Science
Breast cancer, the most common cancer in women, is treated with chemotherapy drugs, a systemic treatment prone to multidrug and chemoresistance. An improved adjunctive treatment that increas…
Translational Medical Science
Second Award
The lack of rapid, accessible, and precise quantitative biomarkers for lesion grading remains the primary barrier to preventing cervical cancer—a leading cause of cancer death among women wo…
Zoology (Junior Division)
We chose this project because we were curious whether the color of nectar really matters to hummingbirds. We decided to run an experiment for a week with three feeders each a different color…
Translational Medical Science
It is estimated that approximately 9.8% of the world's population suffers from acne, a dermatological condition that can have significant clinical and psychosocial impacts, compromising the…
Biomedical Engineering
Fourth Award
Robotic-assisted minimally invasive surgery (RAMIS) was used in millions of procedures in 2025. Despite its widespread adoption, current systems largely lack force-sensing capabilities and r…
Computational Science (Senior Division)
In January 2025, severe drought conditions and strong Santa Ana winds powered a series of 14 wildfires that proved to be the most destructive in California history. These fires caused 16,000…
Zoology (Junior Division)
This experiment examined blue light damage to Drosophila melanogaster eyes and climbing ability. Fruit fly vials were exposed to three conditions for 5 days: 25-watt blue light, 60-watt blue…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Uncontrolled minor bleeding requires effective, safe, and accessible materials. However, most commercial hemostatic dressings rely on synthetic, non-renewable polymers and present high produ…
Chemistry (Junior Division)
The purpose of this experiment is to test how the temperature of the water mixed in the luminol compound affects the amount of light produced in the luminol reaction. This mixture is used ve…
CYSF · 2026
Blood pressure is the force of blood pushing against artery walls, showing how hard the heart is working to move blood through the body.
CYSF · 2026
Gold Medal
Our project intends to alleviate the effects of eutrophication by comparing phosphate-capturing beads to determine which best absorbs phosphorus in water.
CYSF · 2026
Gold Medal
I will create pyramid hip and gable roof shapes with cardboard. Both models will be tested under controlled wind conditions by using a hairdryer to determine which roof shape performs best.
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology (Junior Division)
Title: Blue in Orange Juice This project studied how quickly vitamin C degrades when oranges are stored in a freezer, refrigerator, or at room temperature. It was hypothesized that freezing…
Zoology (Junior Division)
Fourth Award
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the leading cause of disabilities and deaths worldwide, with Americans experiencing 2.5 million hospitalizations and fatalities annually and $19B in economic…
CYSF · 2026
In this project, I will be looking at the study of Kinesiology, Psychology and Criminology, seeing the probabilistic aspect of everything and relating it all to different cases of innocent a…
Zoology (Junior Division)
Have you ever wondered why some birds have weaker bones than others? In this experiment, I wanted to figure out if chickens that lay eggs would have lower bone density because they used calc…
CYSF · 2026
I wanted to see what used less water, by hand vs dishwasher when washing the dishes.
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Brain age gap estimation(BrainAGE) has emerged as a powerful biomarker in human neuroimaging, offering insight into deviations from normative aging trajectories and providing a sensitive ind…
CYSF · 2026
Bronze Medal
research project on brain cells
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Gliomas are the deadliest brain tumors with recurrence rates of up to 90%. Without an accurate map of the tumors’ heterogeneity, surgeons operate with limited knowledge of tumor margins, oft…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness
Bronze Medal
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common primary brain tumor (Mayo Clinic, 2025), presenting with a 5-year survival rate of 5-10%. Current treatments for GBM are impeded by the tumor's aggressi…
CWSF · 2026
Digital Technology
Many students feel mentally tired during school, which can affect their focus, memory, and coordination - this is called cognitive fatigue. To explore this, I first researched how the brain…
CYSF · 2026
Bronze Medal
The project explores how the brain cleans itself during sleep and mind concentration. It investigates the effects of sleep quality and brain wave activity on overall mental health.
CYSF · 2026
Gold Medal
I developed a machine learning pipeline to identify and structurally modify and validate novel MMP‑9 inhibitors for Parkinson’s disease using QSAR modeling, multi‑objective optimization, and…
Medicine & Physiology (Senior Division)
Honorable_mention Award
Cancer pain affects 66% of patients during treatment and up to 90% with advanced disease (van den Beuken-van Everdingen et al., 2016), making morphine essential in treatment. However, clinic…
Materials Science
DNA nanotechnology is a rapidly developing field with broad applications in medicine and engineering. The field concerns itself with understanding DNA's structural applications through build…
Biomedical Engineering
Second Award
Your mind works perfectly, but your body will not let you speak. Millions with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, stroke, or paralysis live trapped inside working minds. Today's brain-computer i…
CWSF · 2026
Environment & Climate Change
We studied how effective dry dams were at reducing water velocity in a watershed district that has elevated landforms with tributaries leading towards Manitoba's 10th largest lake (Dauphin L…