Eligibility

Any student in 6^th-12^th grade with an interest in science and enrolled in a public, private, parochial, or home school in the state of Iowa or an ISEF designated area is eligible to enter the SSTFI. Students may enter as an individual or a team (2 or 3 students).
All 6^th-12^th grade students in Iowa or ISEF designated areas are eligible to participate. A student does not have to win at a local, conference or regional science fair to be eligible to exhibit at SSTFI.
Students may compete in only ONE ISEF affiliated fair, except when proceeding to a state/national fair affiliated with the ISEF from an affiliated regional fair.
Each student may enter only one project which covers research done over a maximum of 12 continuous months between January 2007 and March 2008.
All students must adhere to all of the rules of the SSTFI and the Intel ISEF as set forth in this document, on the SSTFI website: www.sciencefairofiowa.org and as listed on the Intel ISEF website: www.societyforscience.org/isef/