Checklist and Forms

Scientific
Review
Committee
 International Rules
and Guidelines 2017
• Available at
student.societyforscience.org/intel-
isef
 Purpose of these
rules:
• Protect the rights and welfare of the student
researcher
• Protect the rights and welfare of human
participants
• Protect the health and welfare of vertebrate
animal subjects
• Ensure adherence to federal regulations
• Ensure use of safe laboratory practices
• Protect the environment
• Determine eligibility for competition in the Intel
ISEF
 Categories
• Animal Sciences (AS)
• Behavioral and Social Sciences (BE)
• Biochemistry (BI)
• Cellular and Molecular Biology (CB)
• Chemistry (CH)
• Computer Science (CS)
• Earth and Planetary Science (EA)
• Engineering: Electrical and Mechanical (EE)
• Engineering: Materials and Bioengineering (EN)
• Energy and Transportation (ET)
• Environmental Management (EM)
• Environmental Sciences (EV)
• Mathematical Sciences (MA)
• Medicine and Health Sciences (ME)
• Microbiology (MI)
• Physics and Astronomy (PH)
• Plant Sciences (PS)
 Requirements General
1. Adhere to all of the rules; to Ethics
Statement
2. Adhere to all requirements of the
affiliated fair(s)
3. Adhere to local, state and U.S.
Federal laws, regulations
4. The use of non-animal research
methods and the use of
alternatives to animal research are
strongly encouraged and must be
explored before conducting a
vertebrate animal project.
 Requirements General
5. Introduction or disposal of non-
native and/or invasive species,
pathogens, toxic chemicals or
foreign substances into the
environment is prohibited.
6. Exhibits must adhere to Intel
ISEF display and safety
requirements
7. Check with affiliated fair for any
additional restrictions or
requirements.
 Adult Roles

• Adult Sponsor
• Qualified Scientist
• Designated Supervisor
• Institutional Review Board
(IRB)
• Scientific Review Committee
(SRC)
 Form 1
Form 1
Form 1
 Form 2
Form 1
Form 1
Form 1
Form 1
 Scientific Review
Committee (SRC)
• must review and approve BEFORE
experimentation
• proposed research projects involving vertebrate
animals and/or potentially hazardous biological
agents .
• review and approve ALL projects before
competition in an Affiliated Fair, including
those
• previously reviewed and approved by an IRB,
• which were conducted at a Regulated
Research Institution (not home, high school
or field)
 Scientific Review
Committee (SRC)
• examines projects for the following:
• evidence of literature search and appropriate attribution
• evidence of proper supervision
• use of accepted and appropriate research techniques
• completed forms, signatures and dates showing maximum of
one year duration of research and appropriate preapproval
dates (where required)
• evidence of search for alternatives to animal use
• humane treatment of animals
• compliance with rules and laws governing human and/or animal
research and research involving potentially hazardous biological
agents and hazardous chemicals, activities or devices
• documentation of substantial expansion for continuation
projects
• compliance with the Intel ISEF ethics statement
 Forms and manuscripts
to be submitted in all
levels of the competition:
1. RESEARCH PLAN
2. FORMS for all the projects
A. Checklist for Adult Sponsor (1)
B. Student Checklist (1A)
C. Research Plan
D. Approval Form (1B)
E. Regulated Research
Institutional/ Industrial Setting
Form (1C)
 Forms and manuscripts
to be submitted in all
levels of the
3.
competition:
FORMS depending on the type of research
(e.g. involving humans, vertebrate animals, hazardous chemicals, etc.)

A. Qualified Scientist Form (2)

B. Risk Assessment Form (3)
C. Human Participants Form (4)
D. Human Informed Consent Form
E. Vertebrate Animal Form (5A)
F. Vertebrate Animal Form (5B)
G. Potentially Hazardous Biological Agents
Risk Assessment Form (6A)
H. Human and Vertebrate Animal Tissue Form (6B)
I. Continuation Project Form (7)
 Forms and manuscripts
to be submitted in all
levels of the
competition:
4. Abstract (Maximum of 250 words)
The abstract should include the following:
A. Purpose of the experiment
B. Procedure
C. Data conclusion
The abstract may NOT include the following:
A. Acknowledgement
B. Work of procedures done by the
mentor
 Forms and manuscripts
to be submitted in all
levels of the
competition:
5. Research Paper
(Include the Title Page, Abstract,
Main Body, and References)
6. Project Evaluation Form
7. Scanned copy of the log book
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 Forms and manuscripts
to be submitted in all
levels of the competition:
1. RESEARCH PLAN
2. FORMS for all the projects
A. Checklist for Adult Sponsor (1)
B. Student Checklist (1A)
C. Research Plan
D. Approval Form (1B)
E. Regulated Research
Institutional/ Industrial Setting
Form (1C)
 Forms and manuscripts
to be submitted in all
levels of the
3.
competition:
FORMS depending on the type of research
(e.g. involving humans, vertebrate animals, hazardous chemicals, etc.)

A. Qualified Scientist Form (2)

B. Risk Assessment Form (3)
C. Human Participants Form (4)
D. Human Informed Consent Form
E. Vertebrate Animal Form (5A)
F. Vertebrate Animal Form (5B)
G. Potentially Hazardous Biological Agents
Risk Assessment Form (6A)
H. Human and Vertebrate Animal Tissue Form (6B)
I. Continuation Project Form (7)
 Forms and manuscripts
to be submitted in all
levels of the
competition:
4. Abstract (Maximum of 250 words)
5. Research Paper
(Include the Title Page, Abstract,
Main Body, and References)
6. Project Evaluation Form
7. Scanned copy of the log book