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Information
How to Participate
Overview of GSDSEF Participation Steps
(and suggested timeline)
For details, log into your student account (step #3 below) and click on the appropriate pages in the left hand column.
You can also see this video on the GSDSEF Student Account and SRC Process
What | Where | Completion Date |
1. Read GSDSEF/ISEF Rules and Ethics Statements | September | |
2. Decide on a Project | September-October | |
3. Teacher makes an account. THEN, Student makes an account | September | |
4. Fill in SRC (Scientific Review Committee) information | Tab 1- Project Setup Tab 2- Project Details | September-October |
5. Determine whether your project needs additional safety (ISEF) Forms | Tab 3- Forms Helper | September-October |
6. Submit Scientific/Safety Review Committee (SRC) online form and any necessary ISEF forms/approvals | Tab 4- SRC Safety Form and ISEF Forms Upload (if necessary) | September-November |
7. Student, Parent, Teacher fill in and sign Information and Consent | Tab 5- Consent and Policies | September-November |
8. After SRC approval, start on your project. ALL projects must go through SRC Review AND BE APPROVED BEFORE STARTING. | You will receive an email indicating SRC Safety Approval. | September- December |
9. After completing your project -- Quality Screening with Digital Presentation. Download the Digital Presentation Template; complete and upload. | Tab 6- Digital Presentation Upload. You will receive an email indicating Quality Screening Approval. | January |
10. After Screening Approval- Copy paste information into the Abstract. | Tab 7- Abstract | January-February |
11. Payment - Review all previous information. Credit cards or school Purchase Orders only. | Tab 8- Payment | January- February |
12. zFairs account set up for you. Upload your Digital Presentation and Digital Notebook for Judge’s Preview | zFairs- | February |