Standard capitalization rules in specific scientific fields will overrule the above conventions. Examples include the rules for genus and species in taxonomic nomenclature (e.g., Homo sapiens, with the species uncapitalized), specific terms (e.g. “pH”), and generally accepted acronyms, such as DNA.
Subtitles are set off by colons, not dashes or parentheses. For example, “My Long-Term Project: Phase III.”
Punctuation in submitted titles may be altered, again for consistency throughout the Fair. Quotation marks will usually be removed, entirely capitalized words (other than acronyms) will be normalized as described above, and multiple exclamation and/or question marks will be removed.
Finally, obvious grammatical and spelling errors in titles (e.g., “affect” confused with “effect”) will be corrected. In cases where title language is unclear, the author(s) will be contacted directly for clarification.
