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.
CYSF · 2026
Gold Medal
I developed an in-line pipe-inspection robot that uses embedded sensors and computer vision to detect structural damage and leak risks in water infrastructure before failures occur.
ISEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering
An estimated 2.1 billion people were not able to access safely managed drinking water services in 2024. This water treatment project aims at exploring the use of a portable water filtration…
ISEF · 2026
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
In modern society, the power field is dominated by non-renewable methods of energy generation that harm the environment. Because of this, finding sustainable methods of power production is c…
ISEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Purpose: In Zimbabwe 72% of schoolgirls can’t affordable sanitary products. Globally, 500 million women and girls have inadequate access to sanitary products contributing to period poverty.…
ISEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering
Plastic waste, especially polyethylene (PE), persists in the environment and is difficult to treat efficiently by existing biological methods. This study evaluated a two-stage biological app…
ISEF · 2026
Biochemistry
Cancer is a leading cause of death, posing a significant socioeconomic burden worldwide. Immune checkpoint inhibitors targeting PD-1/PD-L1 or CTLA-4 using monoclonal antibodies have brought…
ISEF · 2026
Biochemistry
Lateral flow immunoassays (LFIAs) are analytical tools used in many areas, especially in point-of-care diagnostics, and are best known as pregnancy tests and COVID-19 antigen tests. Conventi…
ISEF · 2026
Chemistry
Water pollution caused by organic dyes is one of the main environmental problems due to their toxic effects and persistence in aquatic environments. The purpose of this project was to develo…
ISEF · 2026
Chemistry
This study presents the development of multifunctional polyurethane (PU) composites combining flame retardancy, thermal insulation, and antimicrobial activity through the incorporation of ex…
ISEF · 2026
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Purpose: Breast cancer is a leading cause of cancer death in women, and while immunotherapies are effective, many patients do not benefit. Current methods to assess tumor immune activity rel…
ISEF · 2026
Biochemistry
Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency (EPI) is a disorder characterized by inadequate secretion of pancreatic enzymes, leading to malabsorption, nutrient deficiencies, and reduced quality of lif…
ISEF · 2026
Chemistry
Glioblastoma accounts for 50.1 percent of all primary malignant brain tumors. Tumor stem cells play a key role in treatment resistance and tumor recurrence, as they are capable of self-renew…
ISEF · 2026
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Particulate soiling reduces photovoltaic panel efficiency by 5-30% in arid environments. Current mitigation relies on water-intensive cleaning or chemical coatings containing per/polyfluoroa…
CYSF · 2026
Silver Medal
I will build a device that detects angles related to Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) and alerts users.
ISEF · 2026
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Forklifts are widely used in business logistics due to their ability to move loads vertically. Their capability to lift loads to significant heights combined with their compact dimensions ma…
AJAS · 2026
Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP) is a neurodegenerative disease where 40-60% of all PSP patients are initially misdiagnosed as having Parkinson's Disease due to identical physiological s…
CSEF · 2026
Zoology (Senior Division) Honorable_mention Award
Varroa destructor, coloquially known as varroa mites, are a species of parasitic mites that are native to Asia. In the California central valley, these mites are an invasive species that can…
CSEF · 2026
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology (Junior Division)
Oxidative stress is linked to many human diseases, including aging, cancer, heart disease, and neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease. It occurs when too many reactive oxyge…
ISEF · 2026
Behavioral and Social Sciences Third Award
OBJECTIVE: Cochlear implants (CIs) are the standard for treating profound sensorineural hearing loss, yet postoperative speech perception outcomes remain highly variable. This study hypothes…
CWSF · 2026
Agriculture, Fisheries & Food
Fertilizers are responsible for 2% of global CO₂ emissions. Fertilizers also fuel rapid algae growth that produce harmful blooms in the water. They can also negatively impact the moisture an…
ISEF · 2026
Plant Sciences
The ongoing outbreak of the Mountain Pine Beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) has caused the destruction of 125 million acres of pine forests across North America, increasing wildfire risk and…
ISEF · 2026
Behavioral and Social Sciences Third Award
Ever since the Covid-19 pandemic, unemployment rates have steadily risen from 3.4% in April 2023 to 4.4% most recently in 2026. Amidst escalating economic inequality and worker burnout, onli…
ISEF · 2026
Mathematics
The classical Josephus problem involves eliminating individuals in a circle based on a fixed skip number. This research uses a similar rule, allowing skip numbers to vary according to a perm…
CSEF · 2026
Electronics & Electromagnetics (Junior Division)
Purpose/Design Goal and Background: The purpose of this project was to design and build an Arduino based exploration rover to assist archaeologists in safely exploring hard to reach or hazar…
CYSF · 2026
Bronze Medal
How is the occurrence of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) directly related to the social determinants of health in early development?
CYSF · 2026
Our project is about dinosaur fossils, what they look like and what animal they come from.
CSEF · 2026
Microbiology (Junior Division) Fourth Award
Currently in the scientific world, there is growing awareness of the concept called One Health. One Health states that the environment, humans, and animals are all connected. Furthermore, th…
ISEF · 2026
Translational Medical Science Fourth Award
The prevalence of Alzheimer's disease (AD), a multifactorial, neurodegenerative disease characterized by a decline in cognitive functions, is projected to double by 2060, underscoring a grow…
CWSF · 2026
Aerospace Bronze Medal
When two galaxies collide, they should leave behind visible scars. But some collisions happen in massive, old galaxies where the evidence fades so fast that every detection tool declares the…
ISEF · 2026
Physics and Astronomy
Galaxy classification often relies on human-defined categories, which can introduce observer bias, miss non-linear relationships, and fail to scale to new billion-galaxy datasets. This proje…