California State Science Fair
Application Forms 2011

Application Packet

The Official Student Application Packet is available only in this online format. Affiliated county and multi-county regional fairs have not been supplied with printed Application Packets. Please download a copy of the complete Application Packet here:

Complete Application Packet: (2011)

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Here you will find the answers to most of your questions, if not all of them.

If you are only looking for one particular part of the Application, you may find it in our section on Information for Student Participants.

Certification Forms

If your project uses human subjects, vertebrate animals, or potentially hazardous biological agents, you will need to complete a certification form as determined here:

Junior Division Students

Complete the CSSF Safety/Certification form in the Application Packet above, or here.

Senior Division Students

To retain eligibility for ISEF consideration you must submit all relevant ISEF forms. However, if for any reason you cannot do so, you can still participate in CSSF using the CSSF Safety/Certification form in the Application Packet above, or here.

Application Process

Electronic Registration for the 2012 Fair is not yet available. If you have qualified to CSSF and wish to be notified when it becomes available, please send us this request.

Please note that you will still submit a signature card and payment through the US Mail, but all of your project information must be completed right here. By filing electronically, your information will be entered into the Fair's database exactly as you type it. Further, your Project Summary will later be published on this Web site so that your judges can read it here in advance of the judging. Not to mention your friends....

See also our Frequently Asked Questions on Electronic Application.