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 will test how long it takes for somebody to read a fictional story with no music, and classical music. They will then answer questions based on the story with no music and classical music.
CSEF · 2026
Behavioral & Social Sciences (Junior Division) Honorable_mention Award
This project studies how reward frequency affects performance, enjoyment, and engagement in a digital game. I created a web-based game called Catch the Coins, where players collect coins dur…
CYSF · 2026
Testing if people can guess what baby belongs to a mother and father based on appearance with accuracy.
CSEF · 2026
Product Science (Junior Division)
This study investigated the hypothesis that more expensive "natural" or "non-toxic" branded home fragrance products release fewer harmful air pollutants than inexpensive, “synthetic” alterna…
CSEF · 2026
Earth & Environmental Sciences (Junior Division)
The project analyzed the amount of microplastics in local bodies of water (Fresno and Madera counties). Microplastics can affect the environment and ecosystems in negative ways. There is a l…
ISEF · 2026
Physics and Astronomy Second Award
Electromagnetic forces inside matter are fundamental in condensed matter physics but there are multiple theories that describe them and it is yet to be determined which theory is correct. Th…
CSEF · 2026
Microbiology (Junior Division) First Award
As antibiotic resistance is increasing, scientists are studying natural compounds as possible alternatives for treating bacterial infections, especially in wound care. The purpose of this ex…
AJAS · 2026
Biomedical and Health Sciences (inferred)
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the accumulation of neuritic plaques and neurofibrillary tangles, leading to cognitive decline and neuro…
CSEF · 2026
Earth & Environmental Sciences (Track 2) (Junior Division)
Global warming and air pollution are major problems that have the ability to affect the environment. Black carbon is a common particle in air pollution that can absorb sunlight and reduce ic…
CYSF · 2026
Bronze Medal
We will test if music can make a plant grow faster or if it does not.
CWSF · 2026
Environment & Climate Change
My community of Leaf Rapids was severely impacted by wildfires last year. I see the effects of our burned forests every day. This project studied how ash from fires affects plant growth. I g…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness
Congenital heart defects (CHDs), which affect nearly 1% of live births worldwide, arise from disruptions in tightly regulated signaling pathways governing early cardiac morphogenesis. This p…
ISEF · 2026
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Autonomous robotic systems and the vision-language models powering them share a critical failure: both produce actions through opaque latent embeddings with no causal justification, thereby…
CYSF · 2026
Bronze Medal
do winter tiers actually make a difference and if so why don't more people use them
ISEF · 2026
Biochemistry
My project is DPPH: Antioxidant Properties of Tea, in which I tested to see if earl grey, jasmine, or chamomile tea had vastly different amounts of antioxidants, and if brewing time affects…
ISEF · 2026
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) aims to improve Quality of Life (QoL) for food-insecure Americans, but it faces challenges from legislation that seeks to cut SNAP benefi…
ISEF · 2026
Animal Sciences
In nature, microbial volatiles serve as behavioral cues for insects. Pesticides aim to replicate the behavior-triggering nature of these volatiles; however, with approximately 6 billion poun…
ISEF · 2026
Embedded Systems
My device "Dream Mornings" measures various biometrics to identify sleep stages to wake its user up at an ideal point in their sleep cycle. Traditional alarm clocks ring at a specified time…
CYSF · 2026
Silver Medal
In our project, we are exploring dreams and different theories about dreaming. In our experiment specifically, we are testing the dream theory: How do dreams help us process memories more ef…
ISEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are synthetic chemicals with strong carbon-fluorine bonds that resist breakdown in the environment and are associated with serious health effects,…
AJAS · 2026
Objective: Optimal athletic performance requires ample oxygen in muscle tissue for energy production, sustained activity and delaying fatigue. This study examines how different hydration typ…
CWSF · 2026
Digital Technology
Before any long journey, our ancestors prepared with prayer and ceremony. Smudging with sage cleanses the eyes, ears, and mouth. It clears the mind and offers protection. This was survival.…
ISEF · 2026
Earth and Environmental Sciences
In the past 20 years, flooding has been the most common natural disaster worldwide, accounting for 43% of all recorded events, and causing tremendous loss of life and property. The North Car…
ISEF · 2026
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Autonomous drone navigation in GNSS-denied environments is challenging because conventional systems rely on rigid spatial representations, require environment-specific training, or are too c…
CWSF · 2026
Agriculture, Fisheries & Food
The maintenance of regular physiological function in plants depends on this careful balance between carbon uptake and water retention, which is regulated through changes in stomatal aperture…
ISEF · 2026
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Alzheimer's disease (AD), a multifactorial neurodegenerative disorder, is associated with amyloid-beta aggregation, tau hyperphosphorylation, neuroinflammation, apoptosis, and endoplasmic re…
ISEF · 2026
Biochemistry Fourth Award
Drug repositioning—the repurposing of existing drugs for new applications—provides high safety but is still limited in gene therapy. As gene therapy research grows globally, safe genome engi…
CSEF · 2026
Materials Science (Junior Division) Third Award
In my project, I investigate the workability of soap. Workable soap is soft enough to easily slice, flexible enough to shape, and stretchy enough to bend without cracking. For three years, I…
ISEF · 2026
Chemistry
With the advancement of vaccine technology, the need for safe and effective adjuvants has become increasingly important. While QS-21 is a clinically established adjuvant, it alone cannot ful…
ISEF · 2026
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
Access to safe drinking water remains a pressing global challenge, with millions exposed to heavy-metal contamination each year. At the same time, fertilizer runoff degrades water quality th…