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.
AJAS · 2026
Physics and Astronomy (inferred)
The first gravitational wave signal detected and interpreted by humans was observed by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) on September 14, 2015 (NASA, 2015). Sinc…
ISEF · 2026
Physics and Astronomy
Dormant black holes (BHs) are believed to be among the most common types of BHs in the Milky Way; despite this, dormant BHs remain largely unstudied due to limitations of current methods of…
AJAS · 2026
Cyanobacteria are nitrogen-fixing photosynthetic microorganisms responsible for essential biochemical processes. With global warming, positive feedback mechanisms develop between cyanobacter…
ISEF · 2026
Biochemistry
The main feature of cancer is that the cell's normal metabolic process has changed to allow for uncontrolled growth. Monocarboxylate transporter 2 (MCT2, encoded by SLC16A7) is responsible f…
ISEF · 2026
Materials Science
Antimicrobial resistance is expanding at an alarming rate, becoming the greatest global challenge of the 21st century with bacteria developing resistance to some of the best antibiotics and…
ISEF · 2026
Microbiology
Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients primarily receive the drug L-Dopa to replenish the natural stores of dopamine in the body to reduce PD symptoms (Nagatsu 2009). L-Dopa is structurally simil…
AJAS · 2026
Language data is often difficult to analyze because of its high-dimensional nature, which causes an exponential growth of the size of the space in which the data lives as the dimension incre…
ISEF · 2026
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Flavonoids, a subclass of polyphenols, are known for their antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, potentially reducing the risk of cancer. This experiment tested the ability of five s…
CYSF · 2026
Gold Medal
A Coronal Mass Ejection is a release of plasma from the Sun, due to magnetic fields. This causes disruption to satellites, hindering communication. This project aims to study CME data from s…
ISEF · 2026
Biomedical Engineering
Expansion Microscopy (ExM) enhances spatial resolution by physically enlarging tissues, enabling detailed visualization without requiring advanced microscopy systems. ExM has proven effectiv…
CSEF · 2026
Cognitive Science (Junior Division) Third Award
This project explores how different types of AI assistance influence human learning and knowledge acquisition. Through a randomized controlled experiment, participants learn about the histor…
CYSF · 2026
Gold Medal
we will research what effect does calcium and collagen have on bone structure we will do three tests co-mpression,tension and bending
CYSF · 2026
Silver Medal
This project studies how catalase, an enzyme which catalyzes the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide, responds to pH, different temperatures, and natural inhibitors. Potato extract is used as…
CSEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering (Senior Division)
For 50 years, Great Hammerhead populations have been declining. These are vital keystone species in our oceans; They help control sick fish populations and maintain ecosystem balance. As the…
ISEF · 2026
Physics and Astronomy
3D printing has the ability to control the internal structure of a product. Published research has not determined the strength-to-weight ratio of infill patterns. The isotropy of infill patt…
ISEF · 2026
Plant Sciences
Approximately 90% of plants have a mutualistic symbiosis with soil fungi, known as a mycorrhizal relationship. The plants and fungi exchange nutrients through the plant's roots. Mycorrhizae…
ISEF · 2026
Animal Sciences
Changes in temperature are known to have molecular effects on biological mechanisms. It has been found that when exposed to heat stress, Caenorhabditis elegans lose fertility and a general d…
ISEF · 2026
Plant Sciences
Before plants can be used as a food source for interplanetary missions, research must be conducted to determine the effects of microgravity on the growth of plants. This experiment was condu…
ISEF · 2026
Microbiology Second Award
Restoring severely eutrophic waters, especially in hardened urban river channels, is challenging and costly due to algal blooms, turbidity, microbial overgrowth, oxygen depletion, and nutrie…
AJAS · 2026
Earth and Environmental Sciences (inferred)
Eelgrass, or Zostera marina, is a species of submerged aquatic vegetation that grows in shallow bays and estuaries. Ocean acidification is the gradual increase in the acidity of seawater cau…
CWSF · 2026
Environment & Climate Change
An Attractive Solution: An innovative way to clean up oil spills How can we clean up oil spills with nano technology? Using small scale experiments with ferro fluid, testing was done to see…
CWSF · 2026
Natural Resources Bronze Medal
With the advance of climate change comes added stresses to forests such as increased risk of forest fires due to heat and drought, as well as stresses like increased salt and oxidative stres…
ISEF · 2026
Animal Sciences
Global warming has become a major problem for organic agriculture, as changes in environmental conditions reduce the parasitization rate of Trichogramma, limiting the use and mass rearing of…
ISEF · 2026
Embedded Systems
Every year, on average, 37 children die from being left in vehicles out in the heat. This is a fatal mistake that can be avoided with a simple temperature detection and cooling system. The r…
CSEF · 2026
Applied Mechanics (Senior Division) Honorable_mention Award
Over eleven million people worldwide live with Parkinson's disease or similar motor impairments, which can limit independent eating, yet commercial feeding devices cost over $5,000 and lack…
CWSF · 2026
Natural Resources Gold Medal
Much of the ocean remains unmonitored, allowing harmful human activities such as illegal fishing to drive marine ecosystem collapse. To address this, an autonomous, sail-powered trimaran was…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness Bronze Medal
Pediatric Pneumonia is the leading infectious cause of death for children worldwide [1], largely due to slow or incorrect diagnosis [2]. Even with advancements in machine learning, modern AI…
ISEF · 2026
Plant Sciences
Leafy vegetables like Malabar spinach require optimal soil moisture (SM) to ensure steady physiological activity, improved nutrient uptake, and higher leaf yield. Excessive water application…
CSEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering (Track 2) (Senior Division) Honorable_mention Award
Leafy vegetables like Malabar spinach require optimal soil moisture (SM) to ensure steady physiological activity, improved nutrient uptake, and higher leaf yield. Too much or too little wate…
ISEF · 2026
Robotics and Intelligent Machines First Award
Wetland ecosystems play critical roles in maintaining biodiversity, regulating hydrological processes, and supporting carbon sequestration—functions that align closely with United Nations Su…