Tag: Research Planning
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Doing ISEF Twice: How Continuation Projects Work and When Year Two Beats Starting Over (2026-27)
If your new project touches last year’s research at all, ISEF treats it as a continuation and Form 7 is required. What counts as new and different, and what gets rejected.
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After the Ribbon: What to Do With Your ISEF Project When the Season Ends (2026)
Continue it, share it, or retire it. What ISEF continuation rules actually allow, how to publish responsibly, and the trap families fall into after the season.
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Picking the Right ISEF Category: How Where You Compete Shapes Whether You Win (2026)
ISEF has 22 categories, each judged by specialists. Choosing yours by what your project contributes — not its surface topic — is a strategy most students miss.
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The 12-Month ISEF Research Timeline: When to Start and What to Do Each Month (2026)
A month-by-month ISEF research timeline for international students: when to start, how to fit a real investigation inside the 12-month research cap, and how to back-plan from your affiliated fair.