GOLD
Grade: 12
2026

Evaluating Gene Therapy as a Treatment for ABCA3-Related Congenital Surfactant Deficiency

Grace Dixon
Kayla Mueller

ABCA3-relation Congenital Surfactant Deficiency is a serious, fatal genetic disorder. My experiment uses a comprehensive literature review to determine gene therapy's eligibility as a treatment and to design a potenital gene therapy.

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SILVER
Grade: 11
2026

Evaluating PRPF4B Protein and mRNA Levels after CRISPR-Cas9 Mediated Heterozygous Knockout in Human iPSCs

Justin Nguyen
Webber Academy

This project looks at human stem cells (induced pluripotent stem cells) and how they respond when one of the PRPF4B alleles are made non-functional using CRISPR Cas-9. The goal is to see if removing one copy of the gene impacts PRPF4B protein levels.

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HONOURABLE
MENTION
Grade: 7
2026

Exothermic v.s Endothermic

Alexandra Forrester, Munroop Kaur Dhillon
Delta West Academy

We will be comparing exothermic and endothermic reactions, using an ice pack and a little hotties hand warmer. We will measure the temperature difference using a thermometer.

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HONOURABLE
MENTION
Grade: 6
2026

Explaining a method of Co2 to O2 transformation

Abdulhayi Mohamed
Calgary Islamic School, Akram Jomaa Campus

Using filters such as cotton and sand, I will filter polluted air.

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HONOURABLE
MENTION
Grade: 11
2026

Exploring The Potential Applications Of mRNA Technology In Other Medical Uses

Lucas Babuk
Joane Cardinal-Schubert High School

The purpose of this research is to determine other uses for mRNA technology, most notable for being the mechanism of most SARS-CoV-2 vaccines, which possess high efficacy while being easier and cheaper to design and produce than other vaccine types[1].

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SILVER
Grade: 8
2026

Face Pareidolia: Why Do We See Illusory Faces in Objects?

Isabella Paszcza, Suzannah Lee
Ascension of Our Lord

Our project is about the phenomenon known as face pareidolia and how others perceive objects around them.

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HONOURABLE
MENTION
Grade: 9
2026

Family Song Correlations in Dual-Dialect Population of White-Crowned Sparrow

Anders Lewis
Branton School

This project is a study conducted for the purpose of discovering if nestling songbirds take particular influence from their fathers when learning their calls. I tested this via comparing the songs of father-son pairs to that of a random male.

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GOLD
Grade: 10
2026

Feeding the Future

Aiza Khwaja, Chenwei Pan
Western Canada High School

Using Socioeconomic, Environmental, and Agricultural Indicators to Predict Child Stunting in Sub-Saharan Africa

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SILVER
Grade: 5
2026

Filter Fanatics

Eleanor Farrow
R. T. Alderman School

My experiment is what type of filter materials removes the most contaminants from water.

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Awards
City of Calgary, Water Services Award for Elementary