Application

Online Registration is now open for the 2010 NYCSEF.

Students are required to register their project information through the NYCSEF online registration system as well as submitting signed paper copies of their application material.  The deadline for submitting all paperwork and the research paper is 5PM on Friday, December 18, 2009.

Final confirmation and application status will be sent to all students by email and ’snail’ mail after the NYCSEF Scientific Review Committee review process in mid-January.  Students interested in participating in the 2010 NYCSEF are encouraged to review the rules, guidelines, and eligibility information posted below.

REQUIRED PAPERWORK FOR A COMPLETE NYCSEF APPLICATION

• Adult Sponsor Form (1)
• Student Checklist (1A)
• Approval Form (1B)
• Project Information Form
• Student Information Form
• Research Plan
• Abstract
• Research Paper (2 copies)

You will need a PDF viewer like Adobe Reader to read the application.

Application Forms

SUPPLEMENTAL FORMS

The forms differ depending on the specifics of your project, for example:

• Are you a team project?
• Are you working at home, in school or in a research institution?
• Is your project a continuation?
• Are you are working with:
  • Vertebrates
  • Human subjects
  • Chemicals
  • Microbes
  • Tissue
  • Blood
  • rDNA
  • Dangerous equipment/activities

Please use our Quick Guide which will recommend forms based on the nature of your experimentation:

NYCSEF Quick Guide

TEAM PROJECTS (pg. 8 of the Rules and Guidelines)

• Teams can be up to 3 students.
• Students of teams can attend different high schools; however, everyone MUST be enrolled in a NYC high school.
• Team Leader is responsible for registering and submitting the entire application on behalf of the team. Also, they are responsible for ALL communication to and from NYCSEF.
• Team Members are ONLY REQUIRED to submit Approval Form 1B.

SPONSORING SCIENCE/RESEARCH TEACHER (pg. 11 of the Rules and Guidelines)

• Must be an adult or instructor from the applicant’s school. For Team’s, it is the teacher from the Team Leader’s school.
• Responsible for overseeing the student(s) participation in all aspects of the research project.

ADULT SPONSOR (pg. 11 of the Rules and Guidelines)

• May be:
  • Teacher
  • Parent
  • University professor
  • Scientist in whose lab the student is working
• Must have close contact with student through the course of the project
• Responsible for ensuring the student’s research is eligible for entry and evaluate any possible risks involved in order to ensure the health and safety of the students and the humans or animals involved in the study.

Application for the 2010 NYCSEF Competition are due by 5 PM on December 18th in the NYCSEF office:

New York City Science and Engineering Fair
c/o CUNY College Now, Office of Academic Affairs
101 W. 31st Street, 14th Floor
New York, NY 10001
212.652.2015

Applications may be mailed or hand-delivered. Faxes will not be accepted.