All exhibitors must be interviewed at their projects by at least one
judge. The purpose of all interviews is to determine the exhibitors’
familiarity with the project, the science involved, and to give the
student an opportunity to meet the judges, react to questions and to
discuss their work with a recognized leader. Care must be taken to allow
a reasonable interview time within the time limits allotted for judging.
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Not more than two students, male or female, may be certified as
finalists to the ISF from an affiliated science fair. They must be
students in 10th, 11th or 12th year classes in a public, private or
parochial school.
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A student who will have reached age 21 on or before May 1, preceding the
ISF is not eligible to participate as a finalist in the ISF.
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A student may enter only one project and it must be his own work. Group
projects involving two or more students give experience to beginners and
are acceptable in S or R fairs but may not be entered in the ISF.
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The identical repetition of previous year’s project is not permitted.
However, a student may again exhibit work on a continuing problem
provided the work demonstrates considerable progress when compared with
the previous year.
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Finalists must be accompanied to the ISF by an official adult escort
designated and/or sponsored by the regional fair. Responsibility and
liability for entry in the ISF rests with the affiliated fair
organization which finances the entry, provides transportation for the
finalists and their projects, and living expenses during ISF.
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Students planning to enter exhibits in the ISF which contain materials
that may be regulated by a quarantine should first consult with a
Federal or State plant pest control or animal health inspector, a county
agricultural agent, or write to the Director, Plant Pest Control
Division, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Federal Center Building,
Hyattsville, Maryland 20782.