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Selection of Students
Four outstanding high school exhibit students will be selected to
attend the International Science and Engineering Fair, held May 9-15,
2010 in San Jose, California, in addition to representing the
Chicago Public Schools at the Illinois Junior Academy of Science State
Exposition. All expenses for the State and International competitions
are funded by the Chicago Public Schools Student Science Fair, Inc.,
and its corporate sponsors.
Required Approvals
and Forms
At the same time that students in grades 9-12 apply for state
endorsements and approvals, they should complete the required
International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) forms. If the project
involves human subjects, an Institutional Review Board will need to be
established at the local school. All students must meet with the
project sponsor, obtain approval from the Scientific Review Committee,
and complete the Checklist for the Adult Sponsor/Safety Assessment Form
before beginning experimentation.
Obtain International
Science and Engineering Fair forms by contacting: Nancy Toomey,
Chairperson, Scientific Review Committee, Kellogg School, Mail Run #49.
The International Rules and accompanying forms are available
electronically for student use at Science Service’s website: http://www.sciserv.org
Patent and Copyright
Information
You may want to consider applying for a patent or copyright if you want
to protect your work. You can contact the Office of Public Affairs,
U.S. Patent Office, at 1 (800) 786-9199 for patent information or the
Library of Congress at (202) 707-3000 for copyright information.
Additional information can be obtained from the following two libraries
that serve as patent depositories in Illinois: The Illinois State
Library in Springfield; and the Harold Washington Library of the
Chicago Public Library System (Science and Technology, 4th Floor). For
other general facts about patents, you can visit the U.S. Patent
and Trademark Office site.
Excerpts from Basic
Facts About Patents: (Note:
An examination copy of this booklet is available at the Harold
Washington Library.)
What is a patent?
A patent is granted by the Government to an inventor “to exclude others
from making, using, offering for sale, or selling the invention
throughout the United States or importing the invention into the United
States.” There are three types of patents:
- Utility patents may be granted to anyone who invents or
discovers any new and useful process, machine, article of manufacture,
or compositions of matter, or any new useful improvement thereof.
- Design patents may be granted to anyone who invents a new,
original, and ornamental design for an article of manufacture.
- Plant patents may be granted to anyone who invents or
discovers and asexually reproduces any distinct and new variety of
plant.
Answers to the
following questions can be answered from reading Basic Facts About
Patents.
- How long does patent
protection last?
- Who owns the patent
rights?
- How do I get a
Patent?
- Do I need to hire a
lawyer?
- What about patent
promotion organizations?
- How do I get help
marketing my invention?
- Is my patent good in
foreign countries?
- Do I need to do a
patent search before I apply?
ISEF sources of
information for guidelines and regulations that may apply to research
and laboratory safety:
CFR Title 45 (Public
Welfare), Part 46 - Protection of Human Subjects
(45CFR46)
Office for Protection from Research Risks (OPRR)
National Institutes of Health, Building 31, Room 5B63
6100 Executive Blvd., Suite 3B01
MSC7507
Rockville, MD 20892-7507
(301) 496-7005, Fax: (301) 402-2071
e-mail: oprr@od.nih.gov
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/oprr/library_human.htm
Federal Animal Welfare
Act (AWA)
Subchapter A - Animal Welfare (Parts I, II, III)
Regulatory Enforcement & Animal Care
U.S. Department of Agriculture
12th & Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20250
http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/legislat/awa.htm
Guide for the Care and
Use of Agricultural Animals in Agricultural
Research and Teaching (Agri-Guide)
American Dairy Science Association
1111 N. Dunlap Avenue
Savoy, IL 61874
(217) 356-3182
http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/legislat/ars.htm
Carcinogens, Chemicals
and rDNA
National Institutes of Health
Occupational Safety and Health Branch (OSHB)
Building 31, Room 1C02
Bethesda, MD 20892
(310) 496-2960
http://ors.uchc.edu/bio/resources/resources.html
Infectious Agents
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Office of Health and Safety
1600 Clifton Road, NE Mailstop FO5
Atlanta, GA 30333
(404) 639-3235
http://www.cdc.gov
CDC-NIH Biosafety in
Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Office of Health and Safety
1600 Clifton Road, NE Mailstop F05
Atlanta, GA 30333
http://www.cdc.gov/od/ohs/biosfty/biosfty.htm
NIH Guidelines for
Research Involving Recombinant DNA Molecules
Office of BioTechnology Activities
National Institutes of Health, MSC7010
6000 Executive Boulevard, Suite 302
Bethesda, MD 20892-7010
(301) 496-9838
http://oba.od.nih.gov/oba/index.html
Working with DNA &
Bacteria in Pre-College Science Classrooms
National Association of Biology Teachers
12030 Sunrise Valley Drive, Suite 110
Reston, Virginia 20191-3409
1-800-406-0775; Fax: (703) 264-7778
Prescription Drugs
Superintendent of Documents
U.S. Government Printing Office
Washington, DC 20402
(202) 512-1800
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs
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