Enrichment · STEM Explorations

Good science,
entered on time.

Science competitions are won in the lab and lost in the paperwork: a missed deadline, an unsigned form, or a survey run before the review board approved it. Log each entry with its dates, fee and forms, mark what the research involves, and the organizer flags what must happen first.

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Included with the Caveat Academy pass and Whole-school licenses. Or get it in the STEM explorations set, $49 for 9 items.

Your entries

The worked example is made up: a regional fair project that surveys students, still waiting on IRB approval, and a Science Olympiad team with 17 names. Saved on this device only.

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What you get

Enrichment · STEM Explorations$5

What you finish with
A record per entry: competition and kind, student or team, size, category, deadline, event date, fee, what the research involves, each form with its status and eight steps. Counts forms signed and days to the deadline and event; flags close or passed deadlines, research needing IRB or SRC approval before it starts, consent for surveys, the Science Olympiad team limit, STS eligibility and fee waivers.
Who it is for
Middle and high school students, science teachers and fair coordinators.
Format
Browser organizer with a saved record per entry. Prints one entry, every entry in a table or a blank sheet; downloads a spreadsheet (.csv); exports and imports a file.
Access
$5 one-time, yours on every device you sign in on; the tool opens once you are signed in with it. Included with the Caveat Academy pass and Whole-school licenses. Also in the STEM explorations set ($49) and the Enrichment Suite pass ($119), and 1 more bundle. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The STEM Explorations space in Caveat Enrichment.
Support
Questions about access, an order or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.

How to use it

  1. Add the competition, its deadline and the event date.
  2. Mark what the research involves.
  3. List every form and who signs it.
  4. Get review board approval before experimenting, where required.
  5. Register and pay before the deadline.

Add an entry

Approval first

Which research needs approval firstReview board firstHuman participants,surveys includedVertebrate animalsMicroorganisms and otherbiological agentsHazardous chemicals anddevicesUsually no prior reviewPhysics and engineeringbuildsPlant studiesComputer models and dataanalysisUnless the rules sayotherwiseAlwaysA research plan beforeyou startAn adult sponsorThis year’s forms andrulesWhich research needs approval firstReview board firstHuman participants, surveys includedVertebrate animalsMicroorganisms and other biological agentsHazardous chemicals and devicesUsually no prior reviewPhysics and engineering buildsPlant studiesComputer models and data analysisUnless the rules say otherwiseAlwaysA research plan before you startAn adult sponsorThis year’s forms and rules
Under the ISEF rules most affiliated fairs follow, an IRB reviews human participants research and a Scientific Review Committee reviews the rest, before experimentation.

Form names change

The ISEF forms named in the example (1, 1A, 1B, 4) follow the International Rules; local fairs may add their own. Always use the current year’s forms from the fair’s site.

Team competitions

Science Olympiad tournaments run 23 events with teams of up to 15 students. Coaches assign students to events early so partners can practice together and build devices on time.

Sources

  1. Society for Science. International Rules: Guidelines for Science and Engineering Fairs and ISEF forms (societyforscience.org/isef).
  2. Society for Science. Regeneron Science Talent Search: eligibility (societyforscience.org).
  3. Science Olympiad. Rules manual and team composition (soinc.org).
  4. U.S. Army Educational Outreach Program. Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (jshs.org).

The worked examples are made up. Each competition’s current rules govern; this organizer summarizes common requirements. Nothing you type is sent to Caveat. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.