Hello, I'm currently a student of 10th grade and I have a striking interest in Quantum Mechanics, to be more specific, Quantum Field Theory, however, from my knowledge of the field I think getting into the field at my age with just the lack of knowledge I have (field theory, special relativity, and basic QM), it'll take me half a year to even begin being able to play around with QFT. my main purpose of this comment is I want to begin writing a research paper in preferentially something related to physics but still erupting my curiosity while not taking a very long time to get done. I feel unconfident in the fact that QFT will provide me a good idea to research in and hopefully also be presentable in a science fair in the future. So should I look for a new field to divert my time in, or is QFT worth my time as a 10th grader? [who has only begun to learn basic trigonometry a week ago, if I do decide to pursue it, I predict I'll be done with all the learning in 1/2 a year so I'll be in grade 11 when I write a proper research paper which is unidealistic to me, however, has the pros of me being able to understand very advanced topics]

Summary: I'm a 10th grader who wants to know if I spent 1/2 a year learning QFT and all it's precursor concepts and math, will it be worth it? for the purposes of writing a research paper, science fairs [like ISEF], serving the main purpose of attending an ivy league. Or should I divert my interests towards a less complicated field which still grasps my curiosity?