Students

Hello CUSEF students! This area is just for you. We’ve collected links to a myriad of useful data below so go ahead and dive in. If you have questions or know of another good resource, let us know!

Project Registration Is Now Closed

Thanks to the students who registered your projects this year.

Student Project Abstracts

We post project abstracts each year so students, teachers and judges can get a sense of what projects are being done, and how good abstracts (and bad) are written.
Click the appropriate link below to read them:

A Google Science Fair

Our favorite search engine is sponsoring an online science fair! Google is looking for the brightest, best young scientists from around the world to submit interesting, creative projects that are relevant to the world today. All CUSEF participants are encouraged to enter. For more information, please visit their website: www.google.com/events/sciencefair

Project Help

Project Ideas, Answers & Tools for Serious Students at sciencebuddies.org
Project Recommender Wizard Don’t know what to do for your project? Start here.
Tips on designing experiments
Ask an expert
How to keep a notebook (PDF)
Prepare to be Judged A list of possible questions that you may be asked of a Judge.
Previous years’ abstracts To help write your own, take a peek at past abstracts.
Mastering the Abstract Writing Process (PowerPoint presentation)
How to write a great abstract for your project
Link to searchable ISEF abstracts
How to create a good science project display board

Rules

Science fair rules wizard
What can & can’t be displayed at CUSEF

Forms

Here are all the forms you need. These forms are all PDFs and as such require a PDF reader to print or display. If you don’t already have one, you can download a free version here.

CUSEF Registration Forms (English)

• Elementary Division Registration Form
• Junior Division Registration Form
• Senior Division Registration Form

CUSEF Registration Forms (Spanish)

• Formulario de Entrada Grados 5-6
• Formulario de Entrada Grados 7-8
• Formulario de Entrada Grados 9-12

Senior Division Project Forms

• Form 1: Checklist for Adult Sponsor/Safety Assessment Form
• Form 1 A: Student Checklist/Research Plan
• Form 1 B: Approval Form
• Form 1 C: Regulated Research Institutional/Industrial Setting Form
• Form 2: Qualified Scientist Form
• Form 3: Risk Assessment Form
• Form 4: Human Subjects and Informed Consent Form
• Sample Informed Consent Statement
• Form 5: Vertebrate Animal Form (5A and 5B)
• Form 6 A: Potentially Hazardous Biological Agents Form
• Form 6 B: Human and vertebrate Animal Tissue Form
• Form 7: Continuation Projects Form

CUSEF Competition Information

Project Categories and their Descriptions
How the Judging process works (PDF)
Awards
District Science Fair Info
The Schedule for CUSEF

Register Online

Click here to register online. You will need a passphrase to begin. If you don’t have a passphrase, please let us know.