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.
CWSF · 2026
Aerospace
We are all familiar with the conventional parachute. However in recent years, a new variety of parachute — which draws elements from the Japanese art of kirigami, has been in development by…
ISEF · 2026
Biomedical Engineering
Assistive grasping of slippery, delicate, or thin objects remains challenging for hand-impaired individuals. Current prosthetic hands and soft grippers often rely on rigid linkages or bulky…
ISEF · 2026
Physics and Astronomy
Binary neutron star (BNS) mergers emit gravitational waves and eject neutron-rich matter, powering a short-lived infrared transient known as a kilonova. Immediately after the merger, the hyp…
CWSF · 2026
Energy
Kivalliq Hydro-Fiber Link The Kivalliq Hydro-Fiber Link is a project run by the Inuit owned company Nukik Corporation. This project is striving to connect Nunavut’s region of Kivalliq to the…
ISEF · 2026
Software Design
Culinary recipes are complex, semi-structured objects that combine a mix of language, nutrients, steps, and much more to define how a food item should be prepared. Since this can be difficul…
CWSF · 2026
Environment & Climate Change
Did you know that every year, about 300 million cattle are killed, and out of those 300 million cows, 99% are turned into leather, creating more greenhouse gases and deforestation? Now you m…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness Gold Medal
Labrador tea is a common northern herbal medicine used Indigenous communities to maintain overall health. This study aimed at investigating whether polyphenolic compounds found in Labrador t…
ISEF · 2026
Microbiology
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is prevalent in hospital-acquired pneumonia, with mortality reaching 70%, and chronic cystic fibrosis infections. The reason the anitbiotics don't work is the LasR quo…
ISEF · 2026
Plant Sciences
Pollution and dust accumulation are a growing global concern. Researchers are using several engineering and biological methods to mitigate and combat dust pollution. However, the methods nee…
ISEF · 2026
Plant Sciences
Whether plants—which lack a nervous system—can exhibit "intelligent" behaviors such as learning and stimulus discrimination remains a fundamental question in biology. I addressed this questi…
CYSF · 2026
Ever wondered what a solar storm sounds like? In my research, I use an “auditory lens” to turn Nov 2025 solar data into music. I want to show how sonification makes astrophysics inclusive, p…
ISEF · 2026
Translational Medical Science
Translational research on neurodegenerative diseases is constrained by the cost, long timelines, and variability of generating mature neuronal assay substrates, which also limits scalable pr…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness
J’ai fait une recherche sur la technologie diabétique pour voir s’il y a plus de choix pour les personnes comme moi. Ma recherche donne plus d'informations sur ce qui est offert et ce qui se…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness Bronze Medal
Les colorants artificiels sont utilisés dans l'alimentation car ils produisent des couleurs vives. Cependant, ils peuvent avoir des effets potentiellement préoccupants sur la santé. L'un des…
CWSF · 2026
Natural Resources
Le moniteur de ressources à domicile s'agit d'un système de trois moniteurs de ressources différentes qui assurent le monitorage d'une ressource spécifique et qui sont tous reliés à un site…
CWSF · 2026
Curiosity & Ingenuity Bronze Medal
Ce projet traitera du noir absolu et vous permettra de découvrir s'il est possible de l'obtenir. Vous apprendrez pourquoi les chercheurs s'y intéressent, ainsi que les expériences qui ont ét…
CWSF · 2026
Digital Technology
The LEO Medusa is a customizable printed circuit board designed to make electronics and programming more accessible for students of all experience levels. It is part of LEO (Light Embodied O…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness
Ce projet est au sujet de la thérapie qui inclut les chevaux. L'équithérapie est bénéfique pour des personnes de tous les âges et de toutes les Raconte l'histoire J’ai commencé l'équitation…
CWSF · 2026
Digital Technology Bronze Medal
Les gants à percussion offrent une alternative novatrice à la batterie traditionnelle, en permettant de jouer de la musique du bout des doigts. Grâce au phénomène peu connu qu’est la piézoél…
CYSF · 2026
Notre recherche portera sur le lien entre l'utilisation de la technologie et le fait de développer une dépendance aux appareils technologiques. La recherche nous amènera aussi à découvrir le…
CWSF · 2026
Energy Bronze Medal
Operating conditions inside nuclear reactors promote material degradation, inhibiting the maturity of nuclear capabilities. In pressurized water reactors (PWRs), heat exchanger materials are…
CYSF · 2026
This study will focus on determining the viability of Glenn-Research Copper (GRCop) 84 and GRCop 42 alloys in heat exchanging tubing for pressurized water reactors for increased thermal cond…
ISEF · 2026
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Psychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia (SCZ) and bipolar disorder (BD), are leading causes of global disability. The development of effective therapeutics is challenged by the comple…
ISEF · 2026
Translational Medical Science
In rural areas of the world, such as villages in India & Africa, inhabitants lack access to medical infrastructure. Due to this, early disease diagnosis is not possible, as early symptoms fo…
ISEF · 2026
Physics and Astronomy
Vertical vibration can levitate a liquid layer above an air cushion. As the driving acceleration increases, the system transitions through three regimes: Rayleigh-Taylor instability at the l…
CYSF · 2026
This project investigates the immune mechanisms involved in lichen planus, an autoimmune disease. It analyzes how inflammatory proteins activate the JAK-STAT pathway, to make a targeted appr…
ISEF · 2026
Chemistry
This project investigates Liesegang-type self-organization phenomena for the development of functional biomaterials for bone regeneration and controlled drug delivery. The experimental proce…
CYSF · 2026
An Arduino-based wearable which was developed, tested, and validated based on the problem "How can a cost-effective and accessible device be created to effectively detect and provide alerts…
CYSF · 2026
we will make an aeroplane that will lift of and glide to demonstrate the science of lift and aerodynamics
CYSF · 2026
How can we convert kinetic energy from activities like hiking and running into a clean renewable source of energy to power LED lights and/or flashlights to help people who are hiking or runn…