ISEF App

Free digital workbooks for science fair and ISEF forms

Requesting Approval

Workbooks include milestones where someone must sign off. Sometimes that is you or a teammate. Other times it is a parent, teacher, mentor, qualified scientist, supervisor, school official, SRC, or IRB member.

ISEF App shows which approvals are needed and when, so you are not hunting through a stack of PDFs.

Request an approval

  1. Open your workbook and go to the milestone page
  2. Press Request Review
  3. Choose the option that matches the milestone (for example self-review or an external reviewer)
  4. Follow the prompts to start the review and complete any signature fields

Self review

If the milestone requires you (or a teammate) to sign, choose Self Review, press Start Review, then Start on the signing page. Review each page carefully before you sign.

Asking someone else to sign

Enter the reviewer’s information when prompted. They will need a free ISEF App account to complete the signature. Send them the request from the app, and ask them to check email/notifications.

SRC / IRB Easy Review

If your school or fair set up Easy Review, you may be able to request board approval with a single click. See Easy Review for SRC & IRB.

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