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 and Health Sciences Second Award
Evolution has shaped primates to develop two key advanced traits in comparison with lower mammalian species: first higher intelligence with increased brain size and cortical complexity and s…
CYSF · 2026
Gold Medal
In our project we will use oyster mushrooms and milkweed fibers to create an eco friendly device that can absorb and decompose oil in the ocean. We will create a miniature model and compare…
CWSF · 2026
Agriculture, Fisheries & Food Bronze Medal
After moving to Nova Scotia, I noticed a lot of seaweed along the beaches. It would wash up in large piles, start to decay, and attract flies. At first, it seemed like waste, and I wondered…
CWSF · 2026
Agriculture, Fisheries & Food
This project explores how different levels of UV (ultraviolet) light affect a mushroom's ability to produce Vitamin D. To test this, identical groups of mushrooms were grown in the exact sam…
CWSF · 2026
Energy Bronze Medal
Canada’s multi-billion dollar canola industry had a bumper crop in 2025 but faced unprecedented challenges due to tariffs and international trade uncertainty. We made biofuel from five seed…
ISEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
Purpose: The world loses billions of trees each year, and current reforestation efforts cannot keep pace. Drone-based seed planting has emerged as a promising solution, with current systems…
CSEF · 2026
Plant Biology (Junior Division)
One of the greatest challenges of human space exploration — whether to the Moon, Mars, or beyond — will be learning how to grow food far from Earth. This project investigated how different g…
CSEF · 2026
Computational Science (Senior Division)
A critical challenge in Artificial Intelligence is “shortcut learning,” where models rely on superficial shortcuts rather than true causal understanding. A prominent manifestation of this is…
CWSF · 2026
Curiosity & Ingenuity Bronze Medal
Cargo screening is important for checking shipping containers for illegal or dangerous materials. X-rays are often used, but they are harmful and expensive. A newer method, called Muon Tomog…
CWSF · 2026
Environment & Climate Change
Mon projet examine les effets du sel de voirie sur les lacs de la Nouvelle-Écosse. J'ai été inspirée par les effets visibles du sel sur ma pelouse, ce qui m'a amenée à m'interroger sur son i…
ISEF · 2026
Chemistry
Humic acid supplements are marketed as natural detoxifiers that claim to bind harmful metals while leaving essential metals unaffected. This study evaluated the selective binding of copper a…
ISEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
Global lithium demand is projected to increase by nearly 4000% by 2040 due to expansion of electric vehicles and energy storage systems; however, current extraction methods are water-intensi…
CYSF · 2026
I built a self-feeding escalator that lifts marbles upward using a motor. The escalator is powered by two sources battery, and it can also run using a DC converter.
CWSF · 2026
Natural Resources
Trying to help the planets ongoing battle with plastic pollution, my project is about biodegradable plastics and if they can heal themselves meaning repair themselves after being damaged. I…
ISEF · 2026
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
Diaphragm dysfunction is a major cause of respiratory failure, affecting millions of patients worldwide. Current assistive solutions rely on invasive approaches with high complication rates,…
ISEF · 2026
Biochemistry First Award
Obesity has increased to 1 in 8 people globally, causing dangerous comorbidities, including type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer. Many obese adults, particularly in low socio-…
ISEF · 2026
Materials Science
Flexible electronics are an increasingly important field due to the growing demand for lightweight, bendable, and low-cost devices that can conform to nontraditional surfaces. Applications s…
CWSF · 2026
Digital Technology Bronze Medal
Many people with Level I and II Cerebral Palsy lack the awareness to how much grip force they use in daily life. SENSE stands for Sensory Enhanced Neuro Support Electronic. SENSE utilizes Fo…
ISEF · 2026
Embedded Systems Fourth Award
Individuals who are deaf or deafblind face serious safety risks because they cannot perceive critical environmental sounds. Existing assistive technologies are often expensive, stationary, o…
CSEF · 2026
Earth & Environmental Sciences(Senior Division)
Urban microclimates, which are small variations in temperature, humidity, air quality, and carbon dioxide, have a profound effect on human health, energy consumption, and environmental susta…
ISEF · 2026
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Fourth Award
Accurate and timely detection of emerging infectious outbreaks is critical for an effective public health response. While current systems like the National Syndromic Surveillance Program hav…
ISEF · 2026
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Sepsis is a life-threatening condition caused by an uncontrolled immune response to infection and remains a leading cause of death worldwide, affecting nearly 49 million people annually, whe…
ISEF · 2026
Translational Medical Science
Sepsis, responsible for 11,000,000+ deaths globally and 270,000+ annually in the U.S., is very time-sensitive. Mortality increases by 7.6% per hour of delayed antibiotic treatment. Bedside t…
ISEF · 2026
Physics and Astronomy
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are targeted by 30-40% of FDA-approved drugs, yet structure determination remains hindered by cryogenic conditions of conventional methods such as macromo…
ISEF · 2026
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Pebrine disease, which is caused by Nosema mylitta, is one of the most harmful threats to the sericulture sector. Traditional diagnosis involves manual microscopic analysis of moth body flui…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness
On entend parler de cette fameuse pilule bleue, ce remède magique pour les hommes souffrant de dysfonction érectile, mais qu’en est-il des traitements pour les femmes souffrant de dysfonctio…
ISEF · 2026
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Automated analysis of medical images offers transformative potential for clinical diagnostics, yet two persistent obstacles limit practical adoption: the high cost of expert annotation and t…
ISEF · 2026
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Fourth Award
With the rise of Artificial Intelligence tools, society has seen a significant increase in their applications in high-stakes, sensitive industries. However, these tools often operate with op…
CSEF · 2026
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology (Senior Division)
Drug resistance remains a critical challenge in oncology, necessitating the identification of quantitative biomarkers for therapeutic evasion. This study investigated the extent to which Sha…
ISEF · 2026
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Breast cancer (BC) is the most expensive cancer to treat in the United States and a leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide. Nuclear enlargement is a well-established histopathol…