1. Living organisms, including plants

2. Taxidermy specimens or parts

3. Preserved vertebrate or invertebrate animals

4. Human or animal food

5. Human/animal parts or body fluids (for example,

blood, urine)

6. Plant materials (living, dead, or preserved) that are in

their raw, unprocessed, or non-manufactured state

(Exception: manufactured construction materials used

in building the project or display)

7. All chemicals including water (Exceptions: water

integral to an enclosed apparatus or water supplied by

the Display and Safety Committee)

8. All hazardous substances or devices [for example,

poisons, drugs, firearms, weapons, ammunition,

reloading devices, and lasers (as indicated in item 5 in

the section of these rules entitled “Allowed at Project

or in Booth BUT with the Restrictions Indicated”)]

9. Dry ice or other sublimating solids

10. Sharp items (for example, syringes, needles, pipettes,

knives)

11. Flames or highly flammable materials

12. Batteries with open-top cells

or written) unless the item(s) are an integral part of

the project (Exception: Intel ISEF medal(s) may be

worn at all times.)

14. Photographs or other visual presentations depicting

vertebrate animals in surgical techniques, dissections,

necropsies, or other lab procedures

15. Active Internet or e-mail connections as part of

displaying or operating the project at the Intel ISEF

16. Prior years’ written material or visual depictions on

the vertical display board. [Exception: the project title

displayed in the Finalist’s booth may mention years or

which year the project is (for example, “Year Two of

an Ongoing Study”)]. Continuation projects must have

the Continuation Project Form (7) vertically displayed.

17. Glass or glass objects unless deemed by the Display

and Safety Committee to be an integral and necessary

part of the project (Exception: glass that is an integral

part of a commercial product such as a computer

screen)

18. Any apparatus deemed unsafe by the Scientific

Review Committee, the Display and Safety Committee,

or Society for Science & the Public (for example, large

vacuum tubes or dangerous ray-generating devices,

empty tanks that previously contained combustible

liquids or gases, pressurized tanks, etc.)

2. Postal addresses, World Wide Web and e-mail

addresses, telephone and fax numbers of Finalist only

3. Photographs and/or visual depictions if:

a. They are not deemed offensive or inappropriate by the

Scientific Review Committee, the Display and Safety

Committee, or Society for Science & the Public. This

includes, but is not limited to, visually offensive

photographs or visual depictions of invertebrate or

vertebrate animals, including humans. The decision by

any one of the groups mentioned above is final.

b. They have credit lines of origin (“Photograph taken by...”

or “Image taken from...”). (If all photographs being

displayed were taken by the Finalist or are from the same

source, one credit line prominently and vertically

displayed is sufficient.)

c. They are from the Internet, magazines, newspapers,

journals, etc., and credit lines are attached. (If all

photographs/images are from the same source, one credit

prominently and vertically displayed is sufficient.)

d. They are photographs or visual depictions of the Finalist.

e. They are photographs of human subjects for which

signed consent forms are at the project or in the booth.

(Human Subjects Form 4 or equivalent photograph release

signed by the human subject must be included in the

paperwork and must be properly checked on the Intel

ISEF Official Abstract and Certification.)

4. Any apparatus with unshielded belts, pulleys, chains, or

moving parts with tension or pinch points if for display

5. Class II lasers if:

a. The output energy is <1 mW and is operated only by

the Finalist

b. Operated only during the Display and Safety inspection

and during judging

d. Enclosed in protective housing that prevents physical

and visual access to beam

e. Disconnected when not operating