Living organisms (i.e., plants, animals, microbes)
Taxidermy specimens or parts
Preserved vertebrate or invertebrate animals
Human or animal food
Human/animal parts or body fluids (for example, blood, urine) – Exceptions: teeth, hair, nails, dried animal bones, histological dry mount sections, and completely sealed wet mount tissue slides.
Plant materials (living, dead or preserved) which are in their raw, unprocessed or non-manufactured state – Exception: manufactured construction materials used in building the project or display.
All chemicals including water – Exceptions: water integral to an enclosed apparatus or water supplied by the Display and Safety Committee.
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 Booth BUT with the Restrictions Indicated:)]
Dry ice or other sublimating solids
Sharp items (for example, syringes, needles, pipettes, knives)
Flames or highly flammable materials
Batteries with open-top cells
Awards, medals, business cards, flags, endorsements and/or acknowledgements (graphic or written) unless the item(s) are an integral part of the project
Photographs or other visual presentations depicting vertebrate animals in surgical techniques, dissections, necropsies, or other lab procedures
Active Internet or e-mail connections as part of displaying or operating the project at the Intel ISEF
Prior years' written material or visual depictions on the vertical display board. [Exception: th 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 project must have the Coninuation Project Form (7) vertically displayed.
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)
Any apparatus deemed unsafe by the Scientific Review Committee, the Display and Safety Committee, or Science Service (for example, large vacuum tubes or dangerous ray-generating devices, empty tanks that previously contained combustible liquids or gases, pressurized tanks, etc.)
