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.
CWSF · 2026
Environment & Climate Change Silver Medal
Climate change is a pressing issue facing people around the globe. Its impacts are devastating: extreme weather events, droughts, water scarcity and wildfires like the one in Jasper two year…
CYSF · 2026
Gold Medal
Examining the potential of biochar as a soil amendment by testing water retention, nutrient retention and by growing oat seeds with and without biochar.
CSEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering (Track 2) (Junior Division) Honorable_mention Award
Abstract Objective Food waste decomposing in landfills is a major contributor to global warming because it releases harmful greenhouse gases, especially methane. Composting offers a sustaina…
CWSF · 2026
Agriculture, Fisheries & Food Bronze Medal
Have you ever wondered what’s in your soil? Farmers do all the time! However, costly and time consuming measurement techniques make understanding soil and the effect of agricultural manageme…
ISEF · 2026
Chemistry
Current organic photovoltaics (OPV) have narrow light absorbance, inefficient electron transport, and low energy output. This project aims to solve these efficiency issues by designing an or…
CSEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering (Track 2) (Senior Division) Honorable_mention Award
This project, SolarFlux AI, was developed to make solar energy adoption easier, providing accurate and simple predictions of daily solar energy output for any city that provides weather data…
CYSF · 2026
Bronze Medal
I noticed that some houses had solar panels and others didnt the simlare house were the oes with solar panels. Im conducting an experiment with solar power to fiqgure out witch roof is the b…
CSEF · 2026
Physics & Astronomy (Junior Division)
This project was done with the intention to see if arranging solar panels to resemble nature would be more efficient when it came to harnessing solar energy than just having a flat array. Th…
CYSF · 2026
We made a solar oven using materials like pizza box, tin foil, clear/plastic wrap, paper clip, black paper, and tape. We tested and compared the time taken by candy canes, chocolate, and lol…
ISEF · 2026
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
In arid climates, they face extreme temperatures, water scarcity, and high energy demands for irrigation. At the same time, the aluminum industry generates carbon-rich waste, creating enviro…
ISEF · 2026
Mathematics First Award
An equation f(x)=a, where f is a complex meromorphic function and a is a parameter, is solvable in elementary functions if the inverse map x=f^{-1}(a) can be expressed as a finite compositio…
CWSF · 2026
Curiosity & Ingenuity
Every year, millions of Canadian families bring a Christmas tree into their homes, set it up near the fireplace, decorate it with electric lights, and then...forget to water it. Last year, I…
CYSF · 2026
I will be researching what changes scientist can make in PETase, so that it can be used outside of the lab.
CSEF · 2026
Physics & Astronomy (Junior Division) Second Award
This project investigated whether electrical impedance could be used to detect contamination in water. The hypothesis was that increasing levels of contamination would increase the conductiv…
CSEF · 2026
Medicine & Physiology (Junior Division)
Throughout the past years, the number of people who suffer from sleep apnea has been increasing. One study estimates that by 2050 sleep apnea will affect nearly 77 million adults (Obstructiv…
ISEF · 2026
Biomedical Engineering
Ultrasound(US)-guided vascular access requires a high level of expertise as the clinician must understand the spatial relationship between US probe, imaging, and the patient’s anatomy. Furth…
CSEF · 2026
Physics & Astronomy (Junior Division) First Award
Purpose | Scientists have been working for centuries to find ways to make objects invisible. They have found that metamaterials can be used to direct waves in ways that natural materials can…
ISEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering
Every year, approximately 400 million tons of plastic are produced worldwide, yet only 9% is recycled. Meanwhile, heavy metal contamination of water poses significant risks to human health,…
ISEF · 2026
Animal Sciences
Numerous factors can affect avian biodiversity including air temperature, precipitation, wind, and air quality. This study aimed to determine how these meteorological and wildfire-related fa…
CSEF · 2026
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology (Senior Division)
Background: Sertoli cells (SCs) play an important role in the development and function of the testes and in the process of spermatogenesis (generation of sperm). They are nurse cells, which…
CSEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering (Track 2) (Senior Division)
In Southern California, millions of dollars of infrastructure are destroyed annually by uncontrollable wildfires. For instance, the L.A. fires caused upwards of $164 billion in damages. Curr…
ISEF · 2026
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a leading cause of cancer-related mortality in the United States, with metastasis responsible for the majority of CRC deaths. Emerging research suggests that micro…
CSEF · 2026
Medicine & Physiology (Track 2) (Senior Division) Fourth Award
Retinal detachment is a severe ocular condition in which the retina separates from its underlying tissue, potentially causing progressive and irreversible vision loss if left undetected. Tra…
ISEF · 2026
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related mortality, primarily due to its high metastatic potential and difficulty of early detection. Current clinical approaches rely on low-s…
CWSF · 2026
Agriculture, Fisheries & Food
Agricultural sustainability is threatened by soil salinization, a form of land degradation that reduces land use. Soil salinity disrupts water uptake and ion balance, which affects early pla…
ISEF · 2026
Translational Medical Science
Malaria is among the earliest documented infectious diseases in humans and remains a major global health challenge. In malaria-endemic regions, anemia substantially worsens outcomes, and sev…
ISEF · 2026
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Third Award
Whole-slide histopathology images(WSIs) form the backbone of AI development in cancer research. However, their high curation cost, gigapixel complexity, and limited availability across insti…
ISEF · 2026
Software Design
Instantly forecasting a table tennis ball’s trajectory—including spin and landing spot—before it crosses the net while matching elite athlete performance, is a key challenge in spatial intel…
ISEF · 2026
Software Design
Nonverbal autistic individuals depend on Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) systems, yet existing tools limit expressive flexibility and require time-consuming card navigation.…
ISEF · 2026
Physics and Astronomy
Determining stellar ages at the scale of modern spectroscopic surveys is hindered by the extreme computational cost of professional Bayesian isochrone-fitting pipelines, which limits large-s…