{"id":1106,"date":"2026-09-21T11:10:59","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T15:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www-lms.stjohns.k12.fl.us\/sciencefair\/accessible-docs\/1-checklist-for-adult-sponsor-pdf-8\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T11:10:59","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T15:10:59","slug":"1-checklist-for-adult-sponsor-pdf-8","status":"publish","type":"savoy_document","link":"https:\/\/www-lms.stjohns.k12.fl.us\/sciencefair\/accessible-docs\/1-checklist-for-adult-sponsor-pdf-8\/","title":{"rendered":"1-Checklist-for-Adult-Sponsor.pdf"},"content":{"rendered":"

Checklist for Adult Sponsor for Science and Engineering Fairs 2026\u20132027<\/h1>\n

This form is required for ALL projects<\/strong>. This form must be completed by the adult sponsor BEFORE experimentation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Adult Sponsor Information<\/h2>\n

Adult Sponsor\u2019s Printed Name: ____________________<\/p>\n

Signature: ____________________<\/p>\n

Date of Review (mm\/dd\/yy): ____________________<\/p>\n

Phone: ____________________<\/p>\n

Email: ____________________<\/p>\n

To be completed by the Adult Sponsor in collaboration with the student researcher(s):<\/h2>\n

Student\u2019s Name(s): ____________________<\/p>\n

Project Title: ____________________<\/p>\n

Checklist<\/h2>\n
    \n
  1. I have reviewed the ISEF Rules and Guidelines, including the science fair ethics statement.<\/li>\n
  2. I have reviewed the student\u2019s completed Student Checklist (1A) and Research Plan\/Project Addendum.<\/li>\n
  3. I have worked with the student and we have discussed the possible risks involved in the project.<\/li>\n
  4. The project involves one or more of the following and requires prior approval by an SRC, IRB, IACUC or IBC:\n
      \n
    • Humans<\/li>\n
    • Potentially Hazardous Biological Agents<\/li>\n
    • Vertebrate Animals<\/li>\n
    • Microorganisms<\/li>\n
    • rDNA<\/li>\n
    • Tissues<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
    • Items to be completed for ALL PROJECTS<\/strong>:\n
        \n
      • Adult Sponsor Checklist (1)<\/li>\n
      • Research Plan\/Project Addendum<\/li>\n
      • Student Support Disclosure Form (2A)<\/li>\n
      • Student Checklist (1A)<\/li>\n
      • Approval Form (1B)<\/li>\n
      • Regulated Research Institutional\/Industrial Setting Form (2C) (when applicable; after completed experiment)<\/li>\n
      • Continuation\/Research Progression Form (7) (when applicable)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Additional Forms Required<\/h2>\n

        If the project includes the use of one or more of the following (check all that apply):<\/p>\n

          \n
        • Humans, including student designed inventions\/prototypes. (Requires prior approval by an Institutional Review Board (IRB); see full text of the rules.)\n
            \n
          • Human Participants Form (4) or appropriate Institutional IRB documentation<\/li>\n
          • Sample of Informed Consent Form (when applicable and\/or required by the IRB)<\/li>\n
          • Qualified Scientist Form (2B) (when applicable and\/or required by the IRB)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
          • Vertebrate Animals (Requires prior approval, see full text of the rules.)\n
              \n
            • Vertebrate Animal Form (5A) – for projects conducted in a school\/home\/field research site (SRC prior approval required)<\/li>\n
            • Vertebrate Animal Form (5B) – for projects conducted at a Regulated Research Institution. (Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) approval required prior experimentation.)<\/li>\n
            • Qualified Scientist Form (2B) (Required for all vertebrate animal projects at a regulated research site or when applicable)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
            • Potentially Hazardous Biological Agents (Requires prior approval by SRC, IACUC or IBC, see full text of the rules.)\n
                \n
              • Potentially Hazardous Biological Agents Risk Assessment Form (6A)<\/li>\n
              • Human and Vertebrate Animal Tissue Form (6B) – to be completed in addition to Form 6A when project involves the use of fresh or frozen tissue, primary cell cultures, blood, blood products and body fluids.<\/li>\n
              • Qualified Scientist Form (2B) (when applicable)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
              • The following are exempt from prior review but require a Risk Assessment Form 3: projects involving protists, archaea and similar microorganisms, for projects using manure for composting, fuel production or other non-culturing experiments, projects using color change coliform water test kits, microbial fuel cells, and projects involving decomposing vertebrate organisms.<\/li>\n
              • Hazardous Chemicals, Activities and Devices\n
                  \n
                • Risk Assessment Form (3)<\/li>\n
                • Qualified Scientist Form (2B) (as applicable, see full text of the rules)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
                • Other\n
                    \n
                  • Risk Assessment Form (3)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                    I attest to the information checked above and that I have read and agree to abide by the science fair ethics statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":429,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1106","savoy_document","type-savoy_document","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www-lms.stjohns.k12.fl.us\/sciencefair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/savoy_document\/1106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www-lms.stjohns.k12.fl.us\/sciencefair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/savoy_document"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www-lms.stjohns.k12.fl.us\/sciencefair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/savoy_document"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www-lms.stjohns.k12.fl.us\/sciencefair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www-lms.stjohns.k12.fl.us\/sciencefair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/savoy_document\/1106\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www-lms.stjohns.k12.fl.us\/sciencefair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}