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
Chemistry
My question for this project was if biodegradable hydrogels a viable option for water conservation and fertilization in agriculture? Which hydrogel formula is the most efficient tool for soi…
ISEF · 2026
Earth and Environmental Sciences
There remains to be a purely natural, comprehensive water purification method that can remove both pathogens and heavy metals and is capable of implementation in resource-limited settings. T…
ISEF · 2026
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Currently, plastic pollution is one of the major environmental challenges faced due to the mass presence of synthetic polymers and their degradation into microplastics and nanoplastics, whic…
CWSF · 2026
Environment & Climate Change Silver Medal
Lead pollution is a major environmental and health problem, and current industrial treatments are damaging to the environment in both production and end-of-life disposal. In this project, Ce…
ISEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering
This study developed a high-performance poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) piezoelectric membrane using the Non-solvent Induced Phase Separation (NIPS) method combined with graphene doping, wi…
CYSF · 2026
Petroleum-based foams are killing the planet, yet viable solutions remain understudied. This project focuses on the experimentation and creation of novel, scalable lignocellulose-derived alt…
CWSF · 2026
Curiosity & Ingenuity Silver Medal
Petroleum-based insulation foams make up a substantial portion of the global insulation market, yet they yield significant negative impacts on the environment. Current biobased alternatives…
ISEF · 2026
Materials Science
Negative environmental and health-related impacts of real and synthetic leather production have prompted interest in biobased alternatives that maintain functional performance while reducing…
ISEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering
This Project aimed to improve the efficiency and viability of fog nets using corona discharge. Corona discharge is created when an electric field ionizes the surrounding air. This process al…
ISEF · 2026
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
As global energy demand rises, ocean waves remain an underutilized renewable energy source that carries significantly more energy per unit area than wind or solar and provides a more consist…
ISEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering
Brazil accounts for 70% of global passion fruit production (736,000 tons per year). However, 75% of this production becomes waste. Due to inadequate management, this waste can generate signi…
CYSF · 2026
Research 4 sugar substitutes and granulated sugar, than bake cookies with substitutes than record results!
CYSF · 2026
Research about resonance in physics, and how the pendulums connect affect the response from the forcing pendulum.
ISEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering
Airborne microplastics are an emerging environmental and public health concern, with recent studies suggesting that humans may inhale up to 70,000 particles daily. These polymer particulates…
ISEF · 2026
Technology Enhances the Arts
While technology has revolutionised music education, visually impaired musicians remain marginalised due to the visual-centric design of existing practice platforms. To restore artistic inde…
ISEF · 2026
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The rising cost and scarcity of conventional battery materials have accelerated the search for sustainable energy storage systems capable of operating in extreme environments. Seawater-activ…
ISEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering
Dependence on fossil fuels is driving climate change and environmental damage, creating an urgent need for cleaner alternatives. Hydrogen, as a sustainable and carbon-free fuel, offers a pro…
ISEF · 2026
Materials Science
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) remains a leading cause of death and disability. Although the primary injury occurs at impact, long-term neurological damage results from secondary injury mechan…
CWSF · 2026
Environment & Climate Change
Polylactide (PLA) is a biodegradable plastic which can be used as an alternative to current plastics, for purposes such as food containers and disposable utensils. PLA is currently inefficie…
ISEF · 2026
Translational Medical Science
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide, necessitating targeted therapeutic strategies. Curcumin, a natural compound, demonstrates anti-cancer…
ISEF · 2026
Chemistry
L-citrulline is a nonessential a-amino acid involved in both the urea and nitric oxide cycles and is commonly used as a supplement to increase peripheral vasodilation. However, its high pola…
ISEF · 2026
Chemistry
Accurate and rapid analysis of amino acids is essential for metabolomics and disease related biomarker studies. 19F NMR spectroscopy offers high sensitivity and no biological background sign…
ISEF · 2026
Materials Science
Coal-fired power plants still emit large amounts of CO2 and ash annually. To utilize this ash waste, studying applications of cenospheres found in fly ash is necessary. However, there are fe…
ISEF · 2026
Chemistry
pH strips are widely employed for rapid and low-cost pH determination. However, their single-use design contributes significantly to global laboratory waste. Absorbent paper also results in…
ISEF · 2026
Chemistry
In this project, uniform Sized SPIONs of various sizes were synthesized in a reverse micelles system under aerial conditions. The variation in size was achieved by varying the loading of iro…
ISEF · 2026
Biomedical Engineering
Optogenetics leverages genetically encoded, light-sensitive proteins to achieve high spatiotemporal resolution in cellular regulation. However, current chimeric proteins suffer from slow swi…
CWSF · 2026
Environment & Climate Change Bronze Medal
Les arbres sont bien plus que du bois; ils constituent notre première ligne de défense contre le changement climatique en séquestrant activement le carbone atmosphérique. Pourtant, cette val…
ISEF · 2026
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Electrochemical seawater splitting is one of the most promising methods for sustainable hydrogen production. However, its major challenge is the simultaneous chlorine evolution reaction (CER…
CYSF · 2026
In my project I'm aiming to prove if powdered tamarind seeds can facilitate the removal of microplastics from the water through flocculation.
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness Gold Medal
1 out of 4 patients die within 3 months of a bloodstream infection from Staphylococcus aureus (S.aureus) [1]. Currently, both first-line and even last-resort antibiotics are mainly ineffecti…