BRIEF RESEARCH FIT REVIEW

Start with Three Essentials

Share the student's grade, contact email, and primary interest. No proposal or polished research plan is required at this stage.

3 required fields · Grade, email, and primary interest. Everything else is optional.

Professional mentorship noticeThis is a selective, fee-based remote research mentorship program—not a free mentor-matching or laboratory-placement service. Any experimental work must be completed locally with appropriate supervision and safety provisions.

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ISEF RESEARCH

What an ISEF Research Mentor Should Examine

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A strong science-fair project aligns the question, method, evidence, ethics, and student understanding.

BRIEF RESEARCH FIT REVIEW

Start with Three Essentials

Share the student's grade, contact email, and primary interest. No proposal or polished research plan is required at this stage.

3 required fields · Grade, email, and primary interest. Everything else is optional.

Professional mentorship noticeThis is a selective, fee-based remote research mentorship program—not a free mentor-matching or laboratory-placement service. Any experimental work must be completed locally with appropriate supervision and safety provisions.

Add optional context

Dr. Li reviews each inquiry personally. Information is used only for assessment and contact.

A VERIFIABLE RESEARCH PATH

From question to evidence.

Valuable high school research is not built from complicated language. It is built when the student can use original evidence to explain every judgment.

01

Write a testable question, not only an ambitious narrative

Each step should be documented, reviewed, revisable, and understood by the student.

02

Design variables, controls, replication, and statistics before experimentation

Each step should be documented, reviewed, revisable, and understood by the student.

03

Keep a traceable research log and original files

Each step should be documented, reviewed, revisable, and understood by the student.

04

Train the student to explain limitations, error, and next steps

Each step should be documented, reviewed, revisable, and understood by the student.

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BEGIN WITH JUDGMENT

Assess fit before committing to a project.

BRIEF RESEARCH FIT REVIEW

Start with Three Essentials

Share the student's grade, contact email, and primary interest. No proposal or polished research plan is required at this stage.

3 required fields · Grade, email, and primary interest. Everything else is optional.

Professional mentorship noticeThis is a selective, fee-based remote research mentorship program—not a free mentor-matching or laboratory-placement service. Any experimental work must be completed locally with appropriate supervision and safety provisions.

Add optional context

Dr. Li reviews each inquiry personally. Information is used only for assessment and contact.