International Brain Bee


The International Brain Bee is a neuroscience competition for teenagers. The IBB was founded in 1999 by Norbert Myslinski, and consists of over 200 chapters in more than 50 regions on 6 continents. Its purpose is to help treat and find cures for brain disorders by inspiring and motivating students to pursue careers in basic and clinical neuroscience.
The IBB governing body is a consortium consisting of the American Psychological Association, Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives, Federation of European Neuroscience Societies, International [Brain Research Organization], and Society for Neuroscience. Winners of the chapter competitions are invited to compete in their respective region championships, where they vie for the right to compete in the world championship. Past venues for the world championship include Montreal, Canada; San Diego, USA; Vienna, Austria; Washington, DC, USA; Cape Town, South Africa; Florence, Italy; Cairns, Australia; Baltimore, USA; Toronto, Canada; and Copenhagen, Denmark.

Past champions

International

Winners at the international level competed against representatives from other nations.
YearFirst place WinnerCountrySecond place WinnerCountryThird place WinnerCountry
1999David AlpayCanada
2000Otilia HusuUnited States
2001Arjun BhariokeUnited States
2002Marvin ChumCanada
2003Saroj KunnakkatUnited States
2004Bhaktapriya NagallaUnited States
2005John LiuUnited States
2006Jong ParkCanada
2007Melody HuUnited States
2008Elena PerryUnited States
2009Julia ChartoveUnited StatesKate BurgessNew Zealand
2010Ritika ChohaniIndiaBen ThompsonAustralia
2011Thanh-Liem Huynh-TranUnited StatesUnited States
2012Teresa TangAustraliaIonut Flavius BratuRomania
2013Jackson HuangAustraliaGiulio DeangeliItaly
2014Gayathri MuthukumarIndiaEva WangAustralia
2015Jade PhamAustraliaSoren ChristensenUnited StatesAndra Cristiana StefanRomania
2016Ana GhenciulescuRomaniaNooran AbuMazenCanadaMatthew Z.M FultonNew Zealand
2017Sojas WagleUnited StatesMilena MalcharekPolandElwin Raj A/L P. Raj VethamuthuMalaysia
2018Piotr OleksyPolandGiovanni De GannesGrenadaHuai-Ying HuangCanada
2019Yidou WengChinaNatalia KocPolandKamand SoufiabadiIran
2020Rahil PatelUnited StatesYu Cheng LimMalaysiaPeter SusantoAustralia
2021Fredrick OdezugoNigeriaViktoriia VydzhakUkraineAntoni KlonowskiCanada
2022Helene LiCanadaAnmol BhatiaUnited StatesUgne BirstonaiteLithuania
2023Chun Hei TaiHong KongStanley ZhangNew ZealandKimia AhmadiIran
2024Samuel RichardsAustraliaLisa WeiCanadaSiqi PanChina

United States

Winners at the national level competed against representatives from other states.
YearFirst place WinnerStateSecond place WinnerStateThird place WinnerState
2007Melody HuMN
2008Elena PerryMD
2009Julia ChartoveMD
2010Yvette LeungNY
2011Thanh-Liem Huynh-TranCA
2012Aidan CrankPASidharth ChandMI
2013Emily RuanMNAnvita MishraCA
2014Adam ElliotNJVenkata MachaAL
2015Soren ChristensenDCAbhijeet SambangiMA
2016Karina BaoARXuchen WeiINWilliam EllsworthGA
2017Sojas WagleARAarthi VijayakumarMNAmit KannanIN
2018Akhil KondepudiMOHemanth AsirvathamMNSehej BindraNJ
2019John YangNJJulia CollinNJClaire WangCA

Location

Local brain bees take place in their respective states, while the National Brain Bee in the United States is usually held in Baltimore, Maryland. The site of the International Brain Bee changes yearly: