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.
AJAS · 2026
Embedded Systems (inferred)
Conventional embedded robotics microcontrollers lack the computational capacity for modern real-time perception and control, facing clock speed and memory bottlenecks when used for tasks lik…
ISEF · 2026
Physics and Astronomy
Black hole X-ray binaries contain a black hole that accretes gas from a companion star, producing bright X-rays. By fitting the X-ray spectra with astrophysical models, we can estimate key p…
CYSF · 2026
Bronze Medal
This project is about solar panels and the many questions it can hold. There will also be a display of a solar panel.
CYSF · 2026
Bronze Medal
Between the mineral-based and organic homemade hydroponic nutrient solution, which is the best option for the height and number of leaves on a spearmint plant?
ISEF · 2026
Animal Sciences
There have been calls for replacing synthetic food dyes, including Yellow 5 (tartrazine), with natural dyes, including beta-carotene extract from the microalgae Dunaliella salina. The projec…
ISEF · 2026
Mathematics
Classical graph coprime labelings given by Gallian (2009) are static and unchanging, thus inadaptable to real-world systems. We introduce dynamic coprime labeling (DCL), a novel extension of…
CSEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering (Track 2) (Senior Division)
The Salton Sea, once a popular destination for vacation and bird watching, is currently unsustainable, posing health hazards and ecological instability in the region. Despite growing tractio…
ISEF · 2026
Physics and Astronomy
Kerr black holes, or rotating black holes, are central to understanding spacetime curvature around massive rotating bodies; the Penrose process offers a theoretical framework for extracting…
CWSF · 2026
Curiosity & Ingenuity
In rowing, maximum efficiency is achieved through optimizing the rigging and oars and by perfecting the technique, in addition to strength training. Various approaches exist to the recovery…
ISEF · 2026
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
In all known life, proteins are synthesized on ribosomes. This delicate biochemical process is regulated by a multitude of factors, one of them being the Nascent-polypeptide Associated Compl…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness Bronze Medal
In this digital age, we give away our data everyday; by accepting website cookies or wearing smartwatches that track everything from heart rate to sleep cycles. The data we generate can be u…
CSEF · 2026
Medicine & Physiology (Senior Division)
Measles is a highly contagious respiratory infection that can spread before clinical diagnosis, because transmission often occurs during the prodromal phase when symptoms resemble common vir…
CSEF · 2026
Earth & Environmental Sciences(Senior Division) Fourth Award
Overwintering fires (OWFs), in which smoldering peat combustion persists underground through boreal winters and re-ignites the following spring, represent a growing but poorly monitored feed…
CSEF · 2026
Behavioral & Social Sciences (Senior Division) Honorable_mention Award
Postpartum depression (PPD) affects 10–20% of new mothers but remains largely undetected due to infrequent clinical visits and screening tools that miss maternal-specific behavioral patterns…
CSEF · 2026
Medicine & Physiology (Junior Division)
Superficial Spreading Melanoma (SSM) accounts for approximately 70% of melanoma cases and can be fatal if not detected early. This project aimed to develop a computer-based method to assist…
ISEF · 2026
Behavioral and Social Sciences Second Award
Schizophrenia affects 24 million people worldwide. A critical barrier to treatment is anosognosia, the lack of illness awareness that develops in later-stage SCZ and causes patients to refus…
CSEF · 2026
Electronics & Electromagnetics (Junior Division)
Wildfires are more likely under conditions of high temperature, low humidity, and dry soil. After a planter box at my home auto-combusted during extreme heat, I designed and built an early f…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness
Lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) are an important component of a leading drug delivery system. They protect the medicine they carry, increasing its bioavailability and stability and notably used i…
ISEF · 2026
Mathematics
Early-stage identification of Alzheimer's disease is regarded as a critical factor for effective disease and intervention management. Structural changes of the brain are difficult to quantif…
ISEF · 2026
Mathematics Third Award
Disease outbreaks are dynamical systems that can abruptly cross critical transitions and escalate into epidemics. While early warning of epidemics is essential for life-saving interventions,…
CWSF · 2026
Environment & Climate Change Bronze Medal
Problem: Traditional water testing is a long process. By the time the lab finds a contaminant, people may have already drunk the water, or it may have affected the environment. We need a way…
CYSF · 2026
Exploring how tidal interactions between the Earth and Moon contribute to the current rate of lunar recession, and what do these interactions reveal about the future stability of the Earth-M…
CYSF · 2026
Silver Medal
In this project I want to try to find the most ideal design and material to withstand earthquakes and mitigate their negative effects. To simulate an earthquake on a small scale I will use t…
CYSF · 2026
Silver Medal
My project will be testing the efficacy of North American and Asian sunscreens. Asian brands are able to access a range of ingredients that North American brands are not, due to the FDA's li…
ISEF · 2026
Technology Enhances the Arts Fourth Award
Communication barriers significantly affect those who are deaf, hard of hearing, speech impaired and/or mute. Limiting access to education, healthcare, employment, and everyday social intera…
CWSF · 2026
Digital Technology Bronze Medal
Every year, families accidentally throw away tons of good food just because they forget what’s hiding in the back of their cupboards. To solve this, we created Echo Pantry, a smart system th…
CYSF · 2026
Silver Medal
A robotic waste sorter which aims to help reduce the amount of biodegradable waste sent to landfills to help reduce the amount of methane produced into the atmosphere.
ISEF · 2026
Animal Sciences
This project proposes a three-compartment trash can designed to separate waste at the point of disposal. General waste, food waste, and processed animal feed are collected in separate sectio…
CWSF · 2026
Environment & Climate Change Bronze Medal
11 million tonnes of plastic enter our oceans every year. To recover these plastics, we employ problematic methods such as nets, traps, skimmers, and filters. Relying on manual labour, they…
ISEF · 2026
Materials Science Third Award
Over 2 billion people globally lack access to fresh water, and in recent years, fog harvesting has emerged as a promising solution in water-scarce regions. Yet, the only widely implemented s…