Display Rules

EISEF Exceptions to the ISEF Display Rules

On the whole, your exhibit at EISEF must comply with the ISEF display rules. If your exhibit complies with ISEF’s rules, it will comply EISEF’s.

EISEF relaxes a few of ISEF’s rules. These exceptions are listed below and are the only exceptions to ISEF display rules allowed at EISEF.

If you’re an EISEF Senior Champion and win a trip to the ISEF in Columbus, Ohio, you’ll have to ensure that your exhibit fully complies with the ISEF display rules before you go.

In any case, anything that could hurt people is prohibited. We have these rules to protect the public and the other students, not to make it hard for you to present your project to the judges.

ISEF rules exceptions

EISEF Electical Rules

Acceptable for Display & Operations (with restrictions)

After you have assembled your exhibit, the Safety & Standards Committee will examine it for items from the list of exceptions above. The Committee will decide whether you can keep the items with the exhibit, at least during judging. You’re most likely to be allowed to keep those items that are necessary to explain your experiment to the judges when they interview you. The Committee may order you to remove the items after judging has finished.

At the end of judging, you will be responsible for removing all items that were to be displayed during judging only. Specifically, you must remove or secure anything that:

Remember that “the public” includes inquisitive and grabby small children.

Display Size

Maximum size of project display at the EISEF and at the Intel ISEF:

Notes: