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.
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…
CSEF · 2026
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology (Senior Division)
This study examines the effect of Beta Vulgaris, or beetroot, a plant rich in antioxidants, on the stress resistance in mutations in the FOXO3 gene pathway. Using the model organism C. elega…
CYSF · 2026
Silver Medal
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…
CYSF · 2026
Bronze Medal
This project explores the comparison of different voltage inputs to determine which input helps to produce the most amount of hydrogen gas during the electrolysis of water solution.
CSEF · 2026
Zoology (Junior Division)
Introduction The challenge in hand in this experiment is to investigate and to understand how different amounts of sugar in food can affect the reproduction of Drosophila melanogaster. The m…
CSEF · 2026
Plant Biology (Senior Division)
Modern agriculture faces increasing environmental stress, including drought, pests, and soil degradation. Crops are often treated as independent organisms, yet recent research suggests under…
CSEF · 2026
Medicine & Physiology (Junior Division) Third Award
Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) is rapidly increasing among youth (2M), and projected to surge by 700% in 2060. Current medical strategies are reactive, focusing on post diagnosis treatment. Motivated…
CSEF · 2026
Zoology (Senior Division)
This study investigated how simulated light pollution affects the circadian rhythm of different species of spiders, which varies between animals from 23 to 25 hours, but has only been establ…
CYSF · 2026
Silver Medal
The lack of particular GAG denaturing enzymes due to genetic mutations causes lysosomes to clog and prolonged inflammation to degenerate neural health. This project will investigate MPSIII a…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness
Gestational diabetes is a metabolic disorder characterized by elevated blood sugar during pregnancy and is estimated to impact 1 in 7 pregnancies globally. This condition poses significant h…
ISEF · 2026
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Cancer genomic alterations often create unique vulnerabilities that can be exploited for precise treatment. Inhibitors exploiting synthetic lethal relationships have recently shown clinical…
ISEF · 2026
Animal Sciences
Genetic variation plays a key role in individual patient outcomes, particularly with age due to physical vulnerability. Rho1 is a gene in Drosophila melanogaster encoding proteins in the fam…
ISEF · 2026
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Reading immersion (flow) significantly enhances enjoyment and satisfaction during novel reading, yet its neural mechanisms and relationship to event segmentation remain poorly understood. Ev…
CSEF · 2026
Earth & Environmental Sciences (Track 2) (Junior Division) Honorable_mention Award
On June 13, 2025 a fire swept through an open space area near our homes. This caught our interest, and we decided to investigate. We hypothesized the plants which repopulated the burned regi…
ISEF · 2026
Translational Medical Science
Elevated atmospheric CO2 (atmCO2) is a persistent operational challenge in human spaceflight, where crew exhalation and limited ventilation lead to CO2 accumulation within the cabin. As a re…
ISEF · 2026
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) remains the most aggressive primary brain tumor, with a median survival of 12–15 months despite multimodal therapy. Identifying compounds that selectively induc…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness
Cartilage injuries, like those in the knee, are difficult to heal because they don't have a strong blood supply to deliver nutrients. To explore a possible solution, I created a model of thi…
CSEF · 2026
Plant Biology (Junior Division) Third Award
Aphids are small insects that negatively impact varieties of plants and cause complications to a plant’s health such as stunting plant growth and causing discoloration. Aphids carry and tran…
ISEF · 2026
Animal Sciences
Benzodiazepines and antidepressants are used primarily in the treatment of anxiety, yet often come with negative side effects. Selank is an anxiolytic peptide approved for usage in Russia an…
CSEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering (Track 2) (Junior Division) Honorable_mention Award
MOTIVATION / PROBLEM: Access to water is a global issue that affects over four billion people. A lack of water-related infrastructure further worsens this issue. However, AWGs (Atmospheric W…
CSEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering (Senior Division)
Many pharmaceutical pollutants, such as diphenhydramine (DPH), commercially sold as Benadryl, can pass through wastewater treatment plants and accumulate in water bodies, where aquatic life,…
CSEF · 2026
Earth & Environmental Sciences(Senior Division) Third Award
Ants, given their size, function as ecosystem engineers, which are critically essential to almost all terrestrial environments. However, whether intraspecific and interspecific conflict amon…
ISEF · 2026
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Magnetohydrodynamic thrusters produce silent, propellorless thrust, but they have significant drawbacks that restrict their commercial use. Conduction based MHD, which sends an electric curr…
ISEF · 2026
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Americans use an average of 1.6 straws per day, PFAS, are present in both plastic and paper straws, contributing to the increased health issues related to microplastics and PFAS. Several stu…