Junior Division 2025 | Mercer Science & Engineering Fair

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Project Information

Purpose or Hypothesis

Research plan

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Bibliography/Citations

Abstract

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Project presentation

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Research paper

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ISEF Forms

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Form 1c - Regulated Research Institution

Form 2 - Qualified Scientist

Form 3 - Risk Assessment

Form 4 - Human Subjects

If checked then a consent form is also required.

Form 5a - Vertebrate Animals

Form 5b - Form 5b - Vertebrate Animal research at Regulated Research Institution

This also requires Form 1c

Form 6a - Potentially hazardous biological agents

Form 6b - Human, vertebrate or animal tissue study

Form 7 - Project continuation

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Form 7 - prior abstracts

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Release Form

Please download the fair release form. Read carefully and sign. Minors need to have their parents or guardians sign as well. Photograph or scan the signed form and upload it here.

Release Form File

Required Questions

These are a standard set of questions that we would like you to answer. This helps the judges get a better understanding of the project.

Submission questions

1. What was the major objective of your project and what was your plan to
achieve it?

a. Was that goal the result of any specific situation, experience,
or problem you encountered?

b. Were you trying to solve a problem, answer a question, or test a
hypothesis?

2. What were the major tasks you had to perform in order to complete your
project?

a. For teams, describe what each member worked on.

3. What is new or novel about your project?

a. Is there some aspect of your project objective, or how you
achieved it that you have not done before?

b. Is your project&#039;s objective, or the way you implemented it,
different from anything you have seen?

c. If you believe your work to be unique in some way, what research
have you done to confirm that it is?

4. What was the most challenging part of completing your project?

a. What problems did you encounter, and how did you overcome them?

b. What did you learn from overcoming these problems?

5. If you were going to do this project again, are there any things you would
you do differently the next time?

6. Did working on this project give you any ideas for other projects?

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