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Human Participation - Low Risk Forms
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If a project is of very low risk, consent is implied by just agreeing to participate.
- Request for Information. If you have any questions about your project, and want to be sure it is eligible for presentation, you can request advice and a ruling from the ethics committee of your regional science fair:
- Download this Request for Advice or a Ruling.
- Fill it in.
- Follow the instructions at the end of the form.
- Informed Consent. Before humans participate in a project, they must give their informed consent.
- Informed Consent - Letter of Information – example
- Informed Consent - Letter of Information - blank Use it to explain your project. Give one to every participant to keep.
- Informed Consent – Permission Form Every participant must sign one. The Adult Supervisor must store them securely. These must be shredded after the science fair season is over.
- Implied Informed Consent for Several Projects. If a teacher is supervising many very low risk projects in a class, where every student is participating in several projects, it is best to have one form to give permission for each student to participate in all such projects.
- Implied Informed Consent - Letter of Information - blank. Use it to list the projects. Give one to every participant to keep.
- Implied Informed Consent - Permission Form. Every participant must sign one. The Adult Supervisor must store them securely. These must be shredded after the science fair season is over.
- Approval of Low Risk Projects. After you have finished your project, but before you arrive at the science fair:
- Download Form 4.1A Approval of Low Risk Projects.
- Fill it in and get it signed.
- Follow the instructions at the end of the form.