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All high school track participants must submit the appropriate consent forms. Consent forms are required from all high school track participants including instructors, advisors, students, and others. You can download the necessary consent forms below. Print and complete these forms, then mail them to the address at the bottom of this page.

If your team is using high school laboratory facilities, the team will need to submit the following consent forms:

1. Each high school student must submit a participant consent form signed by his/her parent or guardian
2. Each instructor must submit a participant consent form
3. Each team advisor/mentor must submit a participant consent form
4. A principal of each high school represented on the team must sign the principal consent form

If your team is using university laboratory facilities, the team will need to submit the following consent forms:

1. Each high school student must submit a participant consent form signed by his/her parent or guardian
2. Each instructor must submit a participant consent form
3. Each team advisor/mentor must submit a participant consent form
4. A principal of each high school represented on the team must sign the principal consent form
5. The department head in charge of the university laboratory facility must sign the department head consent form

If you have any questions, or if your team does not fall into either category, contact iGEM Headquarters at: hq (at) igem (dot) org

The original hard copy of the consent forms must be sent to iGEM Headquarters at the following address:

Digital copies may be sent to hq (at) igem (dot) org but the team application will not be approved until the original hard copies of the consent form for each team member are received. We recommend shipping the consent forms via a carrier that will provide a tracking number and providing that number to hq (at) igem (dot) org.