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If the experiments were performed outside of school, home, or the field, this form must be filled out.  This form must be filled out AFTER experimentation by the adult supervising mentor/teacher.

May be required for research involving human participants, vertebrate animals, potentially hazardous biological agents, and hazardous substances and devices. Must be completed and signed before the start of student experimentation.  

Must be completed before experimentation; recommended for all projects. May be required for projects involving Human Participants, Hazardous Chemicals, Materials or Devices or Potentially Hazardous Biological Agents. 

Required for all research involving human participants not at a Regulated Research Institution. Human participation includes surveys, assessment tests, blood & tissue samples, etc.  This form must be filled out before experimentation begins. If at a Regulated Research Institution, use institutional approval forms for documentation of prior review and approval. (IRB approval required before recruitment or data collection.) 

Should be developed in conjunction with the adult sponsor for projects involving human participation.

Required for all research involving vertebrate animals that is conducted in a school/home/field research site. (SRC approval required before experimentation.)  

Required for all research involving vertebrate animals that is conducted in at a Regulated Research Institution. (IACUC approval required before experimentation. Form must be completed and signed after experimentation.) 

Required for research involving microorganisms, rDNA, fresh/frozen tissue (including primary cell lines, human and other primate established cell lines and tissue cultures), blood, blood products and body fluids.  SRC/IACUC/IBC approval required before experimentation. 

Required for research involving fresh/frozen tissue (including primary cell lines, human and other primate established cell lines and tissue cultures), blood, blood products and body fluids. If the research involves living organisms please ensure that  the proper human or animal forms are completed. All projects using any tissue listed above must also complete Form 6A.  

The chart above lists project allocations for grades 5-8.  For example: 

• If your school's 5th & 6th grade population is 45, send 8 projects from your 5/6 grades.
• If your 7th & 8th grade population is 70, send an additional 10 projects from your 7/8 grades.  
• From this example, 18 students are sent to YES Fair IF those projects are individual projects.  
• However, if each of those projects is a team project (2 or 3 students), potentially up to 54 students could participate in YES Fair (18 projects x 3 team members = 54 students).  
• Team projects may have 2 or 3 team members only.  
• Monetary awards are split equally between team members, regardless of how the work load was distributed among the team members.  
• Teams with more than three members are not eligible to compete at YES Fair.

High School Project  Limits: There are no project limits for the High School Division, however, as with lower divisions, High School projects cannot have more than three team members.