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.
CSEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division) Honorable_mention Award
The goal of this project is to create an eco-friendly and economical air purifier that effectively purifies air. It is vital to build an accessible air purifier as air pollution is one of th…
CWSF · 2026
Agriculture, Fisheries & Food Bronze Medal
White pollution—the buildup of plastic waste—poses increasing threats to our global ecosystems by damaging water sources and food supplies. Traditional agricultural plastics greatly contribu…
CSEF · 2026
Earth & Environmental Sciences (Junior Division) First Award
Eco-Friendly Microplastic Removal Microplastics are plastic particles smaller than five millimeters that have been detected in drinking water worldwide. Their persistence and small size rais…
CSEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering (Track 2) (Senior Division)
Eco-Friendly Mycelium-Based Insulation Tiles Inspired by Buffalo Skin Optimized for Semi-Temperate Climates Insulation is commonly manufactured using synthetic materials such as spun fibergl…
ISEF · 2026
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Waste affects nature because it often accumulates in inaccessible spots like lakes, crevasses and slopes. In the mountains tourists can bring in and wind scatter wastes like plastic, paper,…
ISEF · 2026
Embedded Systems Fourth Award
In this project, the researcher developed the engineering goal of creating a real-time drone system that would fly over an area, state the location of each invasive plant, create a risk asse…
ISEF · 2026
Embedded Systems
Worldwide, food waste is a major contributor to methane emissions, a potent greenhouse gas, creating an urgent need for sustainable, decentralized energy technologies. EcoSense-CH4 is a smal…
ISEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering
91% of waste plastic bottles are not recycled in Nigeria and many other developing countries, driving a global environmental crisis. This project focuses on transforming waste plastic bottle…
CSEF · 2026
Electronics & Electromagnetics (Senior Division)
Lack of early detection for plant diseases and abiotic stresses has led California to face $3 billion in yearly agricultural losses. Existing approaches rely on laborious manual scouting or…
ISEF · 2026
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Advances in artificial intelligence (AI), electroencephalography (EEG), and virtual reality (VR) have led to new approaches to cognitive enhancement and emotion prediction. This study invest…
ISEF · 2026
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Mishandling objects in medical and industrial fields is a leading cause of preventable errors. Current robotic grippers rely on static force control, failing to adapt to various distinct obj…
CSEF · 2026
Product Science (Junior Division) Second Award
Question/Hypothesis:This study investigated which commercially available cleaning method is most effective at removing peanut allergen from nonporous surfaces and whether cleaning duration a…
ISEF · 2026
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Asphalt properties change throughout its aging process through a physiochemical process. Asphalt needs to be well understood to better utilize its properties in order to extend its mechanica…
AJAS · 2026
The purpose of this study was to investigate how different concentrations of albumin supplementation affect planaria head regeneration. The research question this study answered was how expo…
ISEF · 2026
Materials Science
Successful biomedical implant surfaces must have antibacterial and cytocompatible properties to promote cell growth and osseointegration. Titanium, the most commonly used material in biomedi…
ISEF · 2026
Plant Sciences
All living organisms, including plants, have evolved under the influence of the naturally occurring geomagnetic field (GMF). Numerous studies have described the biological effects of magneti…
CSEF · 2026
Plant Biology (Senior Division) First Award
All living organisms, including plants, have evolved under the influence of the naturally occurring geomagnetic field (GMF). Numerous studies have described the biological effects of magneti…
AJAS · 2026
Collagen is a crucial structural protein that supports tissue repair, while red light has been shown to stimulate cellular regeneration and accelerate wound healing. This study aimed to inve…
CYSF · 2026
Silver Medal
Examining how the concentration of crude okra-derived mucilage will influence microplastic flocculation and sedimentation efficiency in a controlled freshwater system
CSEF · 2026
Medicine & Physiology (Senior Division) Fourth Award
Human midbrain organoids are 3-dimension neural tissues derived from iPSC-stem cells. As they self-assemble into layered neural networks, these models capture key aspects of developing human…
CSEF · 2026
Applied Mechanics (Senior Division)
This study investigated how material type and thickness affected peak acceleration during pendulum impacts. A 0.9 kg pendulum struck a block surrounded by different materials at varying thic…
AJAS · 2026
Animal Sciences (inferred)
This study was performed to increase awareness of potential risks of high levels of nitrates. My goal was to determine how sodium nitrate affects the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans (C…
AJAS · 2026
Plant Sciences (inferred)
Dicamba is a type of herbicidal auxin meant to mimic Indole-3-acetic-acid (IAA), a naturally occurring plant auxin hormone. Dicamba enters the cells of its target using the Polar Auxin Trans…
ISEF · 2026
Chemistry
The search for renewable energy sources is an important focus of modern research due to challenges such as climate change and the reduction of fossil fuels. Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are c…
CYSF · 2026
Bronze Medal
This project tested how different internal mechanisms affect the maximum load held by a cardboard parallel gripper, finding that the belt drive mechanism held the greatest weight compared to…
CYSF · 2026
Silver Medal
This project investigates how wing flexibility affect the performance. Using small-scale models, we can accurately test wing ratios, gliding, sink rate, and much more.
CYSF · 2026
Gold Medal
Testing if watching a YouTube short affects your ability to memorize a seven digit number.
CSEF · 2026
Behavioral & Social Sciences (Senior Division)
Dementia is a growing issue among the older population, though certain activities that engage cognitive interaction help slow its development; meanwhile, active recall practices, which serve…
CSEF · 2026
Plant Biology (Junior Division) Honorable_mention Award
Microplastic contamination in agricultural soils threatens crop productivity, reducing photosynthesis by 7-12% and potentially lowering yields by 4 -14% over the next 25 years. This study in…
ISEF · 2026
Earth and Environmental Sciences
This project aimed to investigate the impact of avian influenza (H5N1) on wild bird behavioral patterns in Iowa over the years 2022-2025. The hypothesis was “If wild birds are contaminated w…