Students need to complete all the necessary forms under the guidance of their Adult Sponsor in order to compete in the Intel-affiliated Contra Costa Science & Engineering Fair.

PRE-APPROVAL : All students and Adult Sponsors should refer to the Scientific Review Committee checklist to determine whether your project needs pre-approval before beginning experimentation (checklist here). Projects requiring pre-approval will also need additional forms submitted. This should be apparent after completing Form 1.

Another approach would be to use the Intel ISEF Rules Wizard. This "wizard" asks a series of questions about your planned project and when you're done, it will provide a list of forms that you need to complete. If you want the official rules, the following index links to a full-text version of the 2008 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) Rules and Regulations.

The purpose of pre-approval is to simply make sure that the experiment is completely safe and in compliance with the ISEF Rules and Regulations so it will be important that students be descriptive in their Research Plans and all other necessary forms so the application doesn't get returned.

All projects that require pre-approval may be submitted at any time, but no later than Friday, February 1st. Remember that experimentation may not begin until the SRC has approved your project.

Forms below are in .pdf format. If you are unable to download and/or print the forms on this website, please let us know your form needs via e-mail or by phone at 925.682.7474 Ext. 3133. You can obtain a free download of Adobe Acrobat Reader to access the .pdf documents below.
You may also refer to this page which has a listing of all forms needed as well as links to a copy of each form you will need to compete in this year's Contra Costa Science & Engineering Fair.

Forms not requiring pre-approval may be submitted anytime between now and February 17, 2008 (deadline is February 17) and should be sent to the Contra Costa Science Fair offices at:

Ms. Karen Kelly c/o Joint Genome Institute 2800 Mitchell Drive Walnut Creek, CA 94598
You can obtain a free download of Adobe Acrobat Reader to access the .pdf documents here:
Applications that do not require pre-approval may be submitted anytime up until the February 15th deadline.
All individual forms available for download 2008:
REQUIRED FORMS FOR ALL PROJECTS:
Student Cover Application Form
Abstracts Form (Required for Contra Costa Science Fair)
Form 1: Checklist for Adult Sponsor / Safety Assessment Form
Form 1A: Student Checklist & Research Plan
Form 1B: Approval Form
Student Permission and Hold Harmless Agreement - This signed form is required for all participants.
OTHER FORMS - Required for Projects with Safety Issues (See Form 1) :
Form 1C: Registered Research Institutional/Industrial Setting Form Form 2: Qualified Scientist Form Form 3: Risk Assessment Form Form 4: Human Subjects and Informed Consent Form Form 5: Vertebrate Animal Form (Both 5A and 5B Site) Form 6A: Potentially Hazardous Biological Agents Form Form 6B: Human and Vertebrate Animal Tissue Form Form 7: Continuation Projects Form
TEAM PROJECTS
Team Projects - Each team member must individually submit a " Contra Costa Student Cover Application Form, " Approval Form(1B), " Hold Harmless. However, team members must jointly submit the " Checklist for Adult Sponsor (1), " one abstract, " one Student Checklist (1A), " one Research Plan and " other required forms.