Fairs pay a fee to affiliate with the ISEF and Broadcom MASTERS. For Broadcom MASTERS, the fee is $75 if the fair is not ISEF affiliated. For ISEF, the base fee is $1250 for fairs that are allotted one to two projects. Fairs with more than two projects will pay an additional $250 per project. Fairs do not have to send their allotted number of projects to the ISEF and may instead commit to sending fewer. This helps save on the registration fee and travel costs for the finalists and may help reduce the affiliation fee as well.

A $50 discount is given to fairs that affiliate by the deadline in early October. Fairs are often dependent on universities or school systems to pay their affiliation fee, and those systems’ budget calendars vary widely, so fairs are given until mid-February to pay their affiliation fee. A $75 late charge will apply to fairs that submit their affiliation fee after the payment deadline date.

Affiliation fees cannot be refunded nor can the number of projects be increased after affiliating, as the projects not being used will be available for fairs requesting additional allocations through the formal appeals process.

Affiliation Fees
Base Fee (includes 1 or 2 projects)	$1250
Per Additional Project	$250
Discount, if affiliation complete by October Deadline	$50
Late Payment Fee, if payment not received by February deadline	$75

Official Party Fees must be paid for Official Party members, including Finalists, to attend ISEF. There is a tiered fee structure to charge Finalists and Student Observers less than adults. Observers must be students. There are limits to the number of Official Party members fairs are permitted before an increase in fees. The limit is directly tied to the project allocation for a fair and details can be found under Affiliation Requirements. Additionally, fees are increased to an Onsite Rate after May 8, 2020.

The affiliated fair, through sponsors or other funding, is responsible for arranging and financing all fees for ALL individual and team Finalist(s) and the accompanying Adult in Charge.

Before May 8
Finalist	$240
Student Observer	$260
Other Attendee	$350
Additional Attendee (Over OFP limit)	$375
After May 8 – Onsite Rate
Finalist	$265
Student Observer	$285
Other Attendee	$400
Additional Attendee (Over OFP limit)	$425
Award Ceremony Tickets (Admission to the award ceremonies is included as part of being an Official Party Member. Tickets go on sale with limited availability for non-Official Party Members who wish to attend)
Special Awards Ceremony and Grand Awards Ceremony (available Thursday of ISEF week only)	$50
Grand Awards Ceremony (available Friday 5/18 only)	$25

Below are the important dates and deadlines related to fees for ISEF.

August 15, 2019
Affiliation opens

October 2, 2019
Last date to submit affiliation agreement

January 14, 2020
Affiliation closes

January 15, 2020
Official Party Registration opens for all approved affiliated fairs

February 7, 2020, 5:00 pm EST
Deadline for affiliation payments. Any affiliation payments received after this date (both credit cards and checks) will be assessed a late fee

April 5, 2020
Last day to hold an affiliated fair

April 22, 2020
Last day to complete the Finalist Questionnaire and turn in all paperwork

May 1, 2020
All registration fee checks must be postmarked by this date or a late payment fee will be assessed.

May 8, 2020
Official Party Attendee registrations and online registration payments will need to be made by May 6 at at 5 pm EST to avoid paying onsite rates. Any additional participant registrations and payments after this date must be made onsite at ISEF Registration.