Northeast Indiana Regional
Science and Engineering Fair

Official Abstract for POST-review

All grade 6-12 projects that advance to the regional fair must complete an online abstract for Post-Review by Friday, February 24, 2017. Abstracts are not required at the regional fair for 4th & 5th grade projects.

General instructions for the Abstract

After finishing research and experimentation, you are required to write a (maximum) 250 word, one-page abstract and should include the following:

a) purpose of the experiment
b) procedure
c) data
d) conclusions

It may also include any possible research applications. Only minimal reference to previous work may be included.

An abstract must NOT include the following:

a) acknowledgments (including naming the research institution and/
or mentor with which you were working), or self-promotions and external endorsements
b) work or procedures done by someone other than the student