RSS

Document Library

We update the posted material as soon as it becomes available for the current year. As such, materials from last year’s fair may be still posted.

2018 Fair ~ Fair Week Mailing – Mailed to Students and Teachers One Week Before Fair.

  • Fair Week Snow Schedule–
  • Fair Week Mailing Packet– (900 kB) Contains: Cover Letter; Mandatory Attendance Policy; Parent Letter; Display & Safety; Science Demonstrations; Schedule; Directions; Visit the Fair
  • Teacher Letter- (318 kB)
  • Urban School Challenge Student Information – (910 kB)
  • Display & Safety – (156 kB) Rules that your display must comply with
  • 2018FairWkSchMap – (337 kB) Schedule of Events and Directions to Quinnipiac University – Mount Carmel Campus
  • Mandatory Attendance – (389 kB) Events that competitors must attend to receive awards
  • DemosRUS (154 kB) Science demonstrations that take place during Monday’s project setup and for Thursday’s school visits

2018 Project Abstracts

2018 Fair ~ Fall Mailing ~ Documents mailed to schools in Early Fall (PDF format)

  • 2018FallGuideweb (2.2 MB) Student Guide Fall Edition
  • 2018FallMailingPacketWeb (2.7 MB) Entire contents of Fall school mailing (Letter to School, Registration Materials, and Fall Student Guide
  • 2018SchoolLtr (275 kB) School/Advisor Invitation Letter with Highlights and Changes for 2015
  • 2018RegDeadlines (321 kB) Registration eligibility and Deadlines for schools and students
  • 2018MandAttend (249 kB) Mandatory Attendance Requirements
  • 2018USCAnnoun (737 kB) Urban School Challenge School Announcement with Principals Letter
  • 2018FairWkSch_Map (704 kB) Schedule of Events and Directions to Quinnipiac University – Mount Carmel Campus
  • ezpath (329 kB) Chart showing what biological, chemical, and energy hazards to avoid to simplify paperwork.

2018 Fair ~ Intel International Science & Engineering Fair (ISEF) Documents

Links to the ISEF forms required by the CSEF Scientific Review Committee are given below and are also available on the student registration page. These forms are for “Any project involving research with: Human subjects, nonhuman vertebrate animals, pathogenic agents, controlled substances, recombinant DNA, or human or animal tissue; And potentially hazardous chemicals, activities and devices.”

ISEF Forms

Forms that you and your advisor believe are required for your project need to be filled out, printed and mailed to CSEF registration. Completed forms may be emailed to Registration. However, signed copies must be provided to CSEF Registration for your final project approval. These forms are also available through links within the online registration form.

Download the pdf first and fill out and save the completed copy on your computer.

ISEF Form 1Checklist Adult Sponsor– Not Required – CSEF only requires this form for the top winning high school projects that are selected to compete at the Intel ISEF.

ISEF Form 1AStudent Checklist– Not Required – CSEF only requires this form for the top winning high school projects that are selected to compete at the Intel ISEF.

ISEF Form 1BApproval Form– Not Required – CSEF only requires this form for the top winning high school projects that are selected to compete at the Intel ISEF.

ISEF Form 1CRegulated Research Institutional/Industrial Setting– This form must be completed after experimentation by the adult supervising the student research conducted in a regulated research institution, industrial setting or any work site other than home, school or field.

ISEF Form 2Qualified Scientist– May be required for research involving human subjects, vertebrate animals, potentially hazardous biological agents, and DEA-controlled substances. Must be completed and signed before the start of student experimentation.

ISEF Form 3 Risk Assessment Form– Required for projects using hazardous chemicals, activities or devices. Must be completed before experimentation.

ISEF Form 4Human Subjects and Informed Consent– Required for all research involving human subjects. (IRB approval required before experimentation.)

ISEF Form 4Human Informed Consent Sample– For completion by researcher and human subjects.

ISEF Form 5 (5A & 5B)Vertebrate Animal– Form 5A is required for all research involving vertebrate animals that is conducted in a Non-Regulated Research Site. (SRC approval required before experimentation.) Form 5B is is required for all research involving vertebrate animals that is conducted in a Regulated Research Site.

ISEF 6A Potential Hazardous Biological Agents– Required for research involving microorganisms, rDNA, fresh/frozen tissue, blood and body fluids. SRC/IACUC/IBC approval required before experimentation.

ISEF 6B Human and Vertebrate Animal Tissue– Required for projects using fresh/frozen tissue, primary cell cultures, blood, blood products and body fluids. If the research involves living organisms, please ensure that the proper human or animal forms are completed.

ISEF 7 Continuation Projects– Required for projects that are a continuation in the same field of study as a previous project. This form must be accompanied by the previous year’s abstract and Research Plan.