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 · 2026
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Dilution refrigerators are used in advanced physics systems such as quantum computing because they can cool materials to temperatures near absolute zero. A key component of these systems is…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness Gold Medal
Antibiotic resistance is one of the most urgent crises in global health, and the first step in fighting it is correctly identifying whether a bacterium is Gram-positive or Gram-negative — a…
CYSF · 2026
The project will use a Computer to monitor Heart Rate and Respiration Rate.
CYSF · 2026
This project explores how digital media affects youth brain development, learning, behavior, and social skills across generations.
CYSF · 2026
A project made to investigate how levels of self-esteem and peer influence affect students’ attitudes toward breaking school rules, using an anonymous survey to collect data from a sample of…
ISEF · 2026
Embedded Systems
Adequate access to tactile resources such as braille and tactile images is one of the largest challenges towards improving the blind or visually impaired (BVI) education level and socially c…
ISEF · 2026
Physics and Astronomy
Cosmic acceleration is usually described by the transition redshift, which marks when the universe changed from slowing down to speeding up. This study examined whether the transition could…
ISEF · 2026
Chemistry
Controlled drug delivery systems can improve chemotherapy effectiveness while reducing side effects. This study investigated how pH and polymer coatings affect the release of doxorubicin fro…
ISEF · 2026
Software Design
Data centers experience increasing heat generation and energy consumption as artificial intelligence (AI) workloads expand. Traditional cooling systems operate reactively, activating only af…
ISEF · 2026
Earth and Environmental Sciences
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 · 2026
Plant Sciences
In 2024, corn losses due to weather and fire events exceeded $3.85 billion in the U.S. alone. Corn is critical for livestock feed, fuel, and trade, but yield variability causes supply instab…
ISEF · 2026
Translational Medical Science
Dry eye disease (DED) is increasingly understood as a disorder involving both ocular surface inflammation and corneal nerve damage. Although platelet-rich plasma (PRP) and cenegermin (Oxerva…
ISEF · 2026
Materials Science
The pulp and paper industry drives massive deforestation and CO2 emissions, while 1.3 billion tonnes of biopolymer-rich food waste are discarded annually, representing a vast, untapped resou…
ISEF · 2026
Biomedical Engineering
Inaccurate malaria diagnosis in remote areas drives drug resistance and fatal treatments. Rapid tests miss the critical P. knowlesi, while standard Whole Slide Imaging (WSI) microscopes are…
ISEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering
Traditional water pumps rely on expensive infrastructure and maintenance, substantial electrical power, specialized lifting equipment, with costs prohibitive for rural/remote communities. Th…
ISEF · 2026
Animal Sciences
The rice field crab, Sayamia bangkokensis , is a freshwater semi-terrestrial crab with growing commercial significance, especially in soft-shell crab production. These crabs must be harveste…
ISEF · 2026
Plant Sciences
Greenhouse gas emissions continue to accelerate global warming, contributing to plastic pollution, microplastics contamination, and food insecurity. This research investigates integrated car…
CYSF · 2026
Wildfires are difficult to detect before they get out of control, so this project examines the effectiveness of a temperature and humidity sensor in detecting changes in the environment that…
CYSF · 2026
Plants grown in biodegradable planters will show equal or better growth (height, leaf growth, root development) than plants in plastic pots, because biodegradable pots allow better root pene…
ISEF · 2026
Animal Sciences
Climate change threatens oyster populations around the world. Rising ocean temperatures lead to severe challenges. As such, there is a clear need for research into ways to protect endogenous…
CYSF · 2026
Our project talks about luminol which is a forensic tool used to detect trace bloodstains, even after cleaning, by producing a blue glow (chemiluminescence). This project's aim is to highlig…
CYSF · 2026
This project is about CRISPR. In CRISPR scientists use technology to cut and edit genes , to cut out harmful mutations and could even add new genes.
CYSF · 2026
This project investigates how CRISPR gene-editing accuracy is affected by mismatch tolerance between guide RNA and target DNA. Using a paper-based simulation, it models how different matchin…
ISEF · 2026
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Hypoxia is common in solid tumors, and Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1 Alpha (HIF-1a) plays a key role in adaptation to low-oxygen environments. This year’s research focused primarily on the intr…
CYSF · 2026
In this project, I attempt to predict future crop yields by creating models that analyze past historical data, helping farmers make smarter and more efficient decisions to benefit everyone.
ISEF · 2026
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Autonomous drone fleets have immense potential in medical supply delivery during disaster incident response. However, coordinating multiple drones in such settings introduces compounding cha…
CWSF · 2026
Curiosity & Ingenuity
Hydraulics! How are they so powerful? I set out to find the answer by building a model hydraulic system that could crush an aluminum can. A simple hydraulic system consists of a reservoir, p…
ISEF · 2026
Biochemistry
Cancer remains a leading cause of death worldwide, accounting for approximately 10 million deaths annually, and is strongly associated with genome instability and replication stress. Aphidic…
ISEF · 2026
Embedded Systems
Cryogenic Electron Microscopy (Cryo-EM) is the cornerstone technique for determining atomic-resolution structures of proteins implicated in neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s. Howev…
CWSF · 2026
Energy Bronze Medal
Cold environments present a major challenge for electrochemical systems, where freezing disrupts ionic pathways and leads to rapid loss of functionality. This project investigates whether th…