The International Brain Bee (IBB) is a competition for teenagers with the primary goal to motivate students to learn about the brain and to inspire them to pursue careers in neuroscience. It was founded in the US in 1998 and has grown to over 175 local Brain Bee competitions in almost 50 countries around the world.
The IBB was incorporated in 2018 as non-profit educational organization. Its governing body consists of the Alzheimer’s Association, the American Psychological Association (APA), the Dana Foundation, the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS), the International Brain Research Organization (IBRO) and the Society for Neuroscience (SfN).
The culmination of this program is the World Championship held every year in conjunction with major scientific conferences.
The dates of the first Hungarian competition were 8th April 2022 (written round) and 28th May 2022 (oral round). The 2022 IBB World Championship took place between July 9-13, 2022 in Paris, in conjunction with the 2022 Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) Forum of Neuroscience.
Prize-winners of the 1st Hungarian competiton are:
- Lawson Richard Hanh (Budapesti Fazekas Mihály Gyakorló Általános Iskola és Gimnázium)
- János Dániel Wodala (Szegedi Radnóti Miklós Kísérleti Gimnázium)
- Boldizsár Bősze (Szegedi Radnóti Miklós Kísérleti Gimnázium)
Read more:
- https://univpecs.com/egyetemi_elet/brain_bee
- https://univpecs.com/tudomany/ok_legjobb_kozepiskolasok_az_idegtudomanyokbol
- https://univpecs.com/tudomany/kereste_kihivast
On the image, from left to right: dr. Andrea Tamás (PTE ÁOK), Lawson Richard Hanh (IBB Hungary) és Tatjana Schmidt (IBB) at the FENS conference, Paris. Source: http://ic.pte.hu/hu/brain-bee