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
Biomedical Engineering
Bleeding poses as the most serious cause of death in traumatic injury. Whenever someone is bleeding from one of their limbs, a tourniquet (TQ) is vital for stopping hemorrhage. TQs work by t…
CWSF · 2026
Environment & Climate Change Bronze Medal
Peatlands are the largest terrestrial store of carbon globally, and Canada’s peatlands hold 25% of this store. Climate change leads to increased wildfire intensity and frequency, which can d…
CSEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering (Track 2) (Senior Division)
Wildfires are becoming more severe, so detection systems need to be both fast and reliable. Although weather satellites can scan California every few minutes, public wildfire alerts are ofte…
CSEF · 2026
Earth & Environmental Sciences (Junior Division)
The purpose of this project was to determine which site along the Sacramento River had the highest water quality. Understanding water quality is important for farmers because water is essent…
ISEF · 2026
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Upper-limb prosthetic abandonment remains at 44%, a clinical failure rooted in the intractable complexity of human motor control: the approximately 20 degrees-of-freedom (DoF) of the hand cr…
CSEF · 2026
Earth & Environmental Sciences (Track 2) (Junior Division)
Amphibians need to have moist skin and be able to move between habitats to gather different resources such as food and shelter and to breed. For this project I did a survey of amphibians kil…
CYSF · 2026
Bronze Medal
RobilityX is the design of a new tendon-like continuum joint system that is being prototyped to handle human loads.
CYSF · 2026
In this project I am to find out how simple mechanisms can be applied at a larger scale, the viability of robots doing human tasks via code or AI, if its environmentally friendly and cost ef…
CWSF · 2026
Curiosity & Ingenuity Silver Medal
Many robotic hands are expensive and too complicated for most people to build or understand. For my project, I designed a simple solution called Robotic Grip that costs under $50 and uses 3D…
CSEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division) Third Award
ROCKET POWERED REFORESTATION: ENGINEERING A ROCKET-DEPLOYED AERIAL SEEDING DEVICE. Daniel Ahdoot and Ryan Pearlman. David Schmidt. Gaspar De Portola Highly Gifted Magnet, 18270 Linett Street…
CWSF · 2026
Agriculture, Fisheries & Food
Can sound waves affect how plants grow? I tested whether a high-pitched sound (8 kHz) at different loudness levels (0 (no sound), 55, 65, and 75 decibels) changes how radish plants grow. I g…
ISEF · 2026
Animal Sciences
Microplastic pollution is an emerging environmental health threat, with polystyrene microplastics detected in water, food, and even our blood. Their toxicity arises from leachable endocrine-…
CYSF · 2026
Gold Medal
In my science experiment, I’m going to test how far four different Titleist golf balls can travel on a green based on their different dimple count.
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness
Ultraviolet (UV) radiation can damage cells by harming DNA and reducing normal activity, especially in northern regions where sunlight reflects off snow and ice. This study explores birch ro…
CWSF · 2026
Natural Resources Silver Medal
Water pollution is poisoning aquatic ecosystems and threatening human health, with 73% of Indigenous water systems described as "medium or high risk" (The Council of Canadians), while curren…
CWSF · 2026
Environment & Climate Change
My community in Northern Manitoba has been threatened by close wildfires making me wonder how forest fires affect soil and plant growth. I collected soil samples from three fire areas north…
CSEF · 2026
Earth & Environmental Sciences (Track 2) (Junior Division)
Last year in Southern California, multiple fires damaged many cities. These cities are now experiencing mudslides and erosion whenever it rains. As a Southern California resident, I saw a ne…
CWSF · 2026
Agriculture, Fisheries & Food Bronze Medal
By 2050, the world needs to produce 70% more food to feed an estimated 9.1 billion people, yet climate change threatens every grain. Winter wheat offers a clever solution for colder climates…
CWSF · 2026
Agriculture, Fisheries & Food Bronze Medal
Post-harvest Agricultural Produce is frequently compromised on farms, during transportation from farms to warehouses and retail stores. Spoiled produce is subsequently thrown out from grocer…
CYSF · 2026
Silver Medal
reducing a mass of the corrupt greenhouse gas entitled methane ,by hosting an experiment where i test the rate of decomposition in landfills with both aerobic and anerobic conditions involve…
ISEF · 2026
Software Design
Random number generation underpins cryptography, simulation, distributed systems, and machine learning, yet the relative impact of generator architecture versus programming language implemen…
CYSF · 2026
CYSF · 2026
Silver Medal
This project is testing how music affects how one runs at different bpms. Specifically, a persons rate of perceived exertion, and distance.
ISEF · 2026
Biomedical Engineering
This is a new direction in the development of athlete health monitoring and the analysis of performance in relation to maximum capacity. A crucial and important aspect in both amateur and pr…
ISEF · 2026
Software Design
Robotic manipulation of hazardous or sensitive objects is essential in laboratory, industrial, and remote environments, but remains challenging due to object variability. While teleoperation…
ISEF · 2026
Embedded Systems Fourth Award
The release of unmanned hot-air balloons is a Brazilian cultural tradition that, despite being illegal, poses environmental and socioeconomic threats to the country. Balloons are a major cau…
CYSF · 2026
My project is to build a device that can help visually impaired people detect obstacles by alerting them with sound beeps before contact is made with the object using ultrasonic distance sen…
ISEF · 2026
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The increase in climate catastrophes in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, such as landslides, floods, and other disasters, represents a challenge for family farmers in the affected r…
CSEF · 2026
Medicine & Physiology (Senior Division) Second Award
Neuroblastoma is a pediatric cancer arising from mutated embryonic nerve cell precursors. It is the most common extracranial pediatric solid tumor, yet current therapies are associated with…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness
This project studied how different salivary acidity levels similar to that of males (neutral) and females (acidic) affect tooth enamel by quantifying structural damage and recovery over time…