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
Chemistry Fourth Award
In recent years, functional nanostructured materials with high catalytic stability, low cost, and tunable catalytic properties have become excellent alternatives to natural enzymes used as b…
CYSF · 2026
Bronze Medal
This project is about the way light and colors of light can affect the brain and how it functions.
CYSF · 2026
Silver Medal
SpektraLens is a D.I.Y smart‑glasses system designed to reduce unnecessary smartphone pick‑ups by displaying essential information directly in the user’s field of view. This could drasticall…
ISEF · 2026
Chemistry Fourth Award
Spent coffee ground (SCG) is a globally available powder form waste derived from coffee extraction with a production of 42,000 tons daily. 700,000 tons of synthetic dyes are produced annuall…
CSEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering (Senior Division) Honorable_mention Award
The purpose of this project was to investigate whether optimizing spider silk–inspired geometrical structures could improve fog-harvesting efficiency. Spider silk naturally captures water du…
ISEF · 2026
Physics and Astronomy Fourth Award
Gate-all-around (GAA) transistors are central to the development of next-generation 2 nm-node semiconductor technologies, but their operation is strongly governed by quantum confinement, req…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness Bronze Medal
Spinocerebellar ataxia type 27B (SCA27B) is a rare neurogenetic condition that mainly affects balance. The condition was only discovered in 2023, but is already proving to be a common cause…
CSEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division) Honorable_mention Award
Wildfires have been an increasing problem in California due to climate change. The recent Palisades fire was one of the most expensive on record, costing an estimated $250 billion dollars. T…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness Bronze Medal
StabiliT is a wearable that is designed to help improve movement stability for individuals who develop tremors as a side effect of neurological illnesses like Essential tremor and Parkinson'…
ISEF · 2026
Materials Science
Foodborne illness affects approximately 10% of the global population each year, highlighting the need for accessible, real-time tools for monitoring food spoilage at the consumer level. Amon…
CYSF · 2026
Bronze Medal
An analysis of lateral displacement in structural models under simulated seismic conditions.
CSEF · 2026
Medicine & Physiology (Junior Division) Honorable_mention Award
The purpose of my experiment is to determine the cardiovascular effects of caffeine on a living organism, specifically on the heart. I think that if I increase the amount of caffeine then th…
CSEF · 2026
Mathematical Sciences (Senior Division) Fourth Award
The research goal is to develop an original method to fill some long-term existing gaps in statistical inferences on the self-similar stochastic processes. Self-similar processes are stochas…
ISEF · 2026
Biomedical Engineering
Background: Parkinson's Disease significantly impairs quality of life through motor deficits like tremors. Current pharmacological treatments often carry side effects, while physical therapy…
CWSF · 2026
Curiosity & Ingenuity
The effects of short message service (SMS) messaging on driving ability were investigated. In this project, a virtual driving simulator was built and participants were challenged to race whi…
CYSF · 2026
ISEF · 2026
Embedded Systems
Crosswalk systems use a button to alert cars that a person is waiting. However, this creates a problem for the physically disabled. My personal motivation for the project stems from my fathe…
CYSF · 2026
Gold Medal
Transit stations are among the frequently used public spaces in Calgary. During peak hours, these places experience high pedestrian usage and elevated stress levels. My project explores how…
CWSF · 2026
Curiosity & Ingenuity
My project "Stitching for Strength" was designed to determine which suturing technique could hold the most amount of weight without ripping. For this project, I learned and practiced how to…
CYSF · 2026
Bronze Medal
Testing how different foods affect gas production by yeast, measured using balloon inflation.
CYSF · 2026
Bronze Medal
to see what stain remover works best
CYSF · 2026
Silver Medal
If cancer is caused by defective genes in DNA, then altering the stem cells that produce cells may enable the extraction from the body.
CSEF · 2026
Behavioral & Social Sciences (Senior Division)
Forward collision warnings are designed to prevent collisions by alerting the driver. Car manufacturers use various alerts with different combinations of auditory and visual stimuli; however…
ISEF · 2026
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Extreme weather events including hail, intense precipitation, tornadoes, and hurricanes cost billions of dollars in annual damage and endanger general public safety, yet remain challenging t…
ISEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering
The City of Lake Charles is located about 20 miles north of the Gulf Coast and is named after the lake to its west. The city is the hub of a major petrochemical industry. The lake is connect…
ISEF · 2026
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
Rainfall-generated soil erosion at highway construction sites is a significant source of contaminants in stormwater discharges, which has serious implications for water quality and regulator…
ISEF · 2026
Chemistry First Award
6PPD is an antiozonant ubiquitously used in global tire manufacturing that reacts with ground-level ozone to form 6PPD-quinone (6PPDQ). 6PPDQ is a compound acutely lethal to coho salmon—a sp…
AJAS · 2026
The human hand has an incredible amount of mechanoreceptors that receive input and can deduce many qualities of a grasped object and adjust its grip accordingly to ensure a secure grasp. Thi…
CWSF · 2026
Environment & Climate Change
The construction of the Churchill River Diversion in 1976 and the last 50 years of its operation has decimated the Namao, which thrived in our river for centuries, almost to the point of ext…
CSEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering (Track 2) (Senior Division) Second Award
Wildfires have escalated into a global environmental catastrophe, and traditional suppression methods are increasingly insufficient. While prescribed burning is a critical mitigation tool, c…