International Brain Bee
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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.
United States
Winners at the national level competed against representatives from other states.
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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:
- 2009: Toronto, Canada
- 2010: San Diego, California, USA
- 2011: Florence, Italy
- 2012: Cape Town, South Africa
- 2013: Vienna, Austria
- 2014: Washington, D.C., USA
- 2015: Cairns, Australia
- 2016: Copenhagen, Denmark
- 2017: Washington, D.C., USA
- 2018: Berlin, Germany
- 2019: Daegu, South Korea
- 2020: Virtual [Held in 2021]
- 2021: Virtual
- 2022: Virtual
- 2023: Virtual
Participating Countries and Regions
The following national and regional Brain Bee chapters are formally affiliated with the IBB and are currently active and eligible to be represented in the IBB World Championship. Each chapter is organized independently by volunteer coordinators, typically affiliated with universities or neuroscience institutions.