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
Microbiology
The bacterium Vibrio cholerae has evolved unipolar sheathed flagellum as the main organelle to drive motility and facilitate biofilm formation and colonization in host cells although the und…
CWSF · 2026
Environment & Climate Change Silver Medal
The prevalence of microplastic pollution in aquatic environments is a significant global concern. However, quantifying microplastics using conventional laboratory-based methods is costly and…
ISEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering
Marine ecosystems are paramount to the planet's health, but they are threatened by human-introduced pollutants. In particular, microplastics have proven to be detrimental to aquatic wildlife…
CYSF · 2026
In this project, I created a Deep Q Network which takes three inputs, angle of attack, Reynolds number and a target lift coefficient, and creates a 4 digit NACA airfoil that minimizes drag w…
ISEF · 2026
Biomedical and Health Sciences
In trauma and mass casualty events, hemorrhage remains a leading cause of preventable death as definitive car is often delayed by limited access to safe, compatible donor blood. Deployment o…
ISEF · 2026
Animal Sciences
Drosophila melanogaster in quail farms poses a serious pest problem, where they disturb the birds, degrade hygiene, and reduce egg production, an important source of nutritious food globally…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness
Approximately 5-10% of students experience dyslexia[1], a neurodevelopmental reading disorder often identified after prolonged difficulties in reading development[2]. Standard screening appr…
ISEF · 2026
Animal Sciences
Apis mellifera are essential pollinators, contributing to 80% of global food crop pollination and $183 billion annually to the global economy. However, around 40–50% of hives collapse annual…
ISEF · 2026
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is the most common aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Standard R-CHOP chemotherapy leaves many patients with relapsed or refractory disease, and salvage p…
ISEF · 2026
Embedded Systems
Coastal erosion presents a critical environmental challenge for the world, where shifting weather phenomena driven by climate change threatening vital ecosystems and infrastructure. The stud…
ISEF · 2026
Software Design
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by heterogeneous cognitive decline, including episodic memory loss, semantic impairment, and visuospatial d…
ISEF · 2026
Mathematics
Arithmetic performance depends on the neural processing across distinct brain regions. This study investigates whether clustering coefficients (CCs), a graph theory metric for centrality, re…
ISEF · 2026
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a highly lethal cancer with a 90% mortality rate. Standard treatments such as surgery and chemotherapy show high recurrence rates of ~85% due to PD…
ISEF · 2026
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Sickle cell disease (SCD) remains a major global health challenge, with no widely accessible targeted cure and most existing therapies focused on symptom management or partial disease modifi…
ISEF · 2026
Software Design
Misdiagnosis remains a critical challenge in dental radiography. In a study where 151 Egyptian dental professionals were surveyed, 94.7% identified it as urgent issue, with over 90% reportin…
ISEF · 2026
Embedded Systems
Paralysis afflicts 15.4 million people globally, growing by 0.5 million annually, with an additional 2.5 million Americans experiencing severe arm mobility impairment, with prosthetics costi…
ISEF · 2026
Biomedical Engineering
Purpose: Millions of deaths are preventable annually, with timely emergency care (WHO). Yet in real life emergencies; lives are lost since help doesn't arrive within critical “golden time”.…
CWSF · 2026
Digital Technology
We designed and built a Smart Pill Container that helps seniors take their medications on time and reduce related health risks. We were inspired to create this project by a lovely neighbor o…
ISEF · 2026
Earth and Environmental Sciences
My project is a Chesapeake Bay case study simulation built using an existing Lagrangian tracking model, driven by real National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) current and wind da…
ISEF · 2026
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Oil spills are among the most serious environmental threats. They remain difficult to control, and current remediation methods either disperse oil into water or use chemically aggressive tre…
ISEF · 2026
Software Design
Passwords are failing. Stolen credentials are now responsible for over 88% of online attacks, and systems are unable to detect when an attacker bypasses a login screen or accesses an unatten…
ISEF · 2026
Biomedical Engineering
Currently 250,000 to 390,000 Americans are estimated to live with a spinal cord injury. United Spinal Association (2025) states that the number grows by 18,000 approximately every year. That…
ISEF · 2026
Mathematics
Two - qubit gates drive the power of quantum circuits, but finding new universal gates remains challenging. In this study, we developed an evolutionary computational framework to systematica…
ISEF · 2026
Translational Medical Science
Oral cancer therapeutics often fail due to drug degradation within the gastrointestinal tract before systemic absorption. This study evaluated the gastrointestinal stability of a carbon nano…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness
My project is investigating the anti-microbial properties of sage. In this investigation I decided to test sages ability to fight bacteria. Sage is traditionally a medicinal plant that is co…
ISEF · 2026
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Growing up in Iraq, infrastructure gaps and an unstable grid cause persistent power outages that directly impact quality of life. To meet demands, these regions tend to rely on environmental…
ISEF · 2026
Cellular and Molecular Biology
The mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 2 (mTORC2) regulates cell motility and is commonly assessed by AKT phosphorylation at S473. It remains unclear whether distinct chemoattractants p…
ISEF · 2026
Microbiology
Filamentous fungi offer promising solutions for upcycling industrial food byproducts. Neurospora intermedia, used for centuries in Western Java to ferment red oncom from a byproduct of soy m…
ISEF · 2026
Physics and Astronomy
This project aimed to produce a Type II superconductor through substitution doping of Zirconium (Zr) into the crystalline structure of Tantalum Chromium Phosphorus (TaCrP), which has never b…
CYSF · 2026
A research project investigating the root sources for female aggression toward other women. This project will explore various influences including social, evolutionary, and biological factor…