Step 1: 

Every teacher that has students attending needs to be registered first

Step 2: 

Every participating project needs to create an account

Step 3: 

Get your project pre-approved before you begin your experimentation (Jr. & Sr. Divisions only, grades 6-12)

Step 4: 

Every project and all its students need to be registered in order to participate

Step 5: 

Jr. & Sr. Divisions projects and students (grades 6-12) are required to submit ISEF forms.
All students are required to submit a media release form.

Every teacher with participating student needs to be registered first. There is no penalty for submitting this registration and not having any participating students. Teachers are encouraged to register themselves as soon as possible, to expedite project registration process.

If your school/teacher is not participating in our program, you can still register as a home school project. You still need to register teacher for official participation. Use your last name as a school name and register student's parent or guardian as a teacher.

Each project that wants to participate at our fair will need to create an account. Via the use of the project account, you will be able to add students to your project, submit your pre-approval paperwork (step 3), project registration (step 4) and submit your final ISEF forms and media releases (step 5) for your project.

Elementary and Junior Division projects are each limited to 10 project accounts per school. There are no restrictions for Senior Division.

Senior and Junior Division Projects (grades 6-12)

Senior and Junior Division Projects planning to participate at our science fair need to complete the ISEF Rules Wizard by answering a few questions about your project. At the end of the questionnaire you will be presented with required ISEF forms, which you will need to fill out appropriately.

If ISEF Rules Wizard determined you need IRC and/or IRB approval (form 1C, 2, 3, 4, 5A, 5B, 6A, 6B and/or 7) your completed ISEF forms must be submitted for pre-approval, before any experimentation can begin; as construction, research, or testing is NOT permitted until your paperwork is approved. Doing otherwise or failing to submit pre-approval paperwork when required, will prevent your participation at our fair or limit the number of awards your project can receive.

Once your paperwork is submitted for pre-approval, our staff will review your project and inform you and your teacher of the outcome along with any additional steps that may be needed for pre-approval completion. Please note that you will need to upload all the required paperwork for your project at once, as determined by the ISEF Rules Wizard. You can only upload PDF, JPEG, DOC and DOCX file formats where total upload size does not exceed 8MB. If you don't have a scanner, you can use your cell phone to take a picture of filled out pre-approval paperwork and upload the picture instead.

Incomplete forms will be rejected, thus delaying your project. Projects that fail to submit their paperwork on time will not be eligible for special awards and 1st place in their category.

All Divisions (all grades)

All division projects will be required to submit a 250 word abstract about their projects. Without the abstract, your project will not be approved.

Abstract should list the purpose of the research hypothesis, the procedures used, the data, and the conclusions. In the case of engineering projects the abstract need only convey what the student is attempting to build, no hypothesis is needed. The only requirement for entry is that the engineering project work after its completion. The projects should be described in a lucidly written paragraph. It is recommended that students keep several copies of their abstract by the project for public/judge review.

There is maximum limit of (3) students per project and project id; and only one project per registration and project ID.

All participating students/projects are required to review all our participation, safety and display rules before attending our event.

Senior and Junior Division Projects (grades 6-12)

After you registered your project, you can upload a complete set of ISEF forms as determined by completing the ISEF Rules Wizard. All projects and students in Senior and Junior Division need to submit ISEF forms online regardless of the fact if they needed SRC or IRB approval. Please note that you will need to upload all the required ISEF forms for your project at once. You can only upload PDF, JPEG, DOC and DOCX file formats where total upload size does not exceed 8MB. If you don't have a scanner, you can use your cell phone to take a picture of filled out pre-approval paperwork and upload the picture instead.

Incomplete forms will be rejected, thus delaying your project. Projects that fail to submit their paperwork on time will not be eligible for special awards and 1st place in their category.

All Divisions (all grades)

Each participating student, or parent of a student if the student is under 18 years of age, will be required to fill out, sign and submit a media release form to us. This form must be submitted online via the project account.