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Regeneron
International Science and Engineering Fair
The 2025 Regeneron International Science and
Engineering Fair will take place between May 10
and 16 in Columbus, Ohio.
Rules, Regulations, Forms and Judging
Criteria
The Rules and Regulations Handbook is available
here.
A
list of the required forms can be found here.
The Criteria for ISEF judging is available here.
Selection of
Students
Four outstanding high school exhibit students
will be selected to attend the International
Science and Engineering Fair. All expenses
for the International competition is funded by
the Chicago Public Schools Student Science
Fair, Inc., and its corporate sponsors.
Required
Approvals and Forms
At the same time that students in grades 9-12
apply for state endorsements and approvals,
they should complete the required
International Science and Engineering Fair
(ISEF) forms. If the project involves human
subjects, an Institutional Review Board will
need to be established at the local school.
All students must meet with the project
sponsor, obtain approval from the Scientific
Review Committee, and complete the Checklist
for the Adult Sponsor/Safety Assessment Form
before beginning experimentation.
Endorsement
requests MUST be made PRIOR to experimentation
in order to ensure the safety of the test
subject(s) and/or the scientist. The
project plans are reviewed by the Scientific
Review Committee and, if safe, the endorsement
is granted and the experiment may be carried
out. Permission to carry out an
experiment CANNOT be given to one that has
already been completed.
Endorsement
requests
are DUE NOVEMBER 11,
2024.
The
International Rules and accompanying forms are
available electronically for student use at
the IESF's website: Societyforscience.org
Patent and
Copyright Information
You may want to consider applying for a patent
or copyright if you want to protect your work.
You can contact the Office of Public Affairs,
U.S. Patent Office, at 1 (800) 786-9199 for
patent information or the Library of Congress
at (202) 707-3000 for copyright information.
Additional information can be obtained from
the following two libraries that serve as
patent depositories in Illinois: The Illinois
State Library in Springfield; and the Harold
Washington Library of the Chicago Public
Library System (Science and Technology, 4th
Floor). For other general facts about patents,
you can visit the U.S. Patent
and Trademark Office site.
Excerpts from
Basic Facts About Patents: (Note: An
examination copy of this booklet is available
at the Harold Washington Library.)
What is a
patent?
A patent is granted by the Government to an
inventor “to exclude others
from making, using, offering for sale, or
selling the invention throughout the United
States or importing the invention into the
United States.” There are three types of
patents:
- Utility
patents may be granted to anyone who
invents or discovers any new and useful
process, machine, article of manufacture, or
compositions of matter, or any new useful
improvement thereof.
- Design
patents may be granted to anyone who
invents a new, original, and ornamental
design for an article of manufacture.
- Plant
patents may be granted to anyone who
invents or discovers and asexually
reproduces any distinct and new variety of
plant.
Answers to the
following questions can be answered from
reading Basic Facts About Patents.
- How long does
patent protection last?
- Who owns the
patent rights?
- How do I get
a Patent?
- Do I need to
hire a lawyer?
- What about
patent promotion organizations?
- How do I get
help marketing my invention?
- Is my patent
good in foreign countries?
- Do I need to
do a patent search before I apply?
ISEF sources of
information for guidelines and regulations
that may apply to research and laboratory
safety:
CFR Title 45
(Public Welfare), Part 46 - Protection of
Human Subjects
(45CFR46)
Office for Protection from Research Risks
(OPRR)
National Institutes of Health, Building 31,
Room 5B63
6100 Executive Blvd., Suite 3B01
MSC7507
Rockville, MD 20892-7507
(301) 496-7005, Fax: (301) 402-2071
e-mail: oprr@od.nih.gov
http://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/sites/default/files/ohrp/policy/ohrpregulations.pdf
Federal Animal
Welfare Act (AWA)
Regulatory Enforcement & Animal Care
U.S. Department of Agriculture
12th & Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20250
https://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/animal-welfare-act-quick-reference-guides
Guide for the
Care and Use of Agricultural Animals in
Agricultural
Research and Teaching (Agri-Guide)
American Dairy Science Association
1111 N. Dunlap Avenue
Savoy, IL 61874
(217) 356-3182
https://www.asas.org/docs/default-source/default-document-library/agguide_4th.pdf?sfvrsn=56b44ed1_2
Carcinogens,
Chemicals and rDNA
National Institutes of Health
Occupational Safety and Health Branch (OSHB)
Building 31, Room 1C02
Bethesda, MD 20892
(310) 496-2960
Infectious
Agents
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Office of Health and Safety
1600 Clifton Road, NE Mailstop FO5
Atlanta, GA 30333
(404) 639-3235
http://www.cdc.gov
CDC-NIH
Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical
Laboratories
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Office of Health and Safety
1600 Clifton Road, NE Mailstop F05
Atlanta, GA 30333
https://www.cdc.gov/labs/pdf/CDC-BiosafetyMicrobiologicalBiomedicalLaboratories-2020-P.pdf
NIH Guidelines
for Research Involving Recombinant DNA
Molecules
Office of BioTechnology Activities
National Institutes of Health, MSC7010
6000 Executive Boulevard, Suite 302
Bethesda, MD 20892-7010
(301) 496-9838
https://osp.od.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/NIH_Guidelines.pdf
Working with DNA
& Bacteria in Pre-College Science
Classrooms
National Association of Biology Teachers
12030 Sunrise Valley Drive, Suite 110
Reston, Virginia 20191-3409
1-800-406-0775; Fax: (703) 264-7778
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