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Brain Bee Neuroscience Competition for High School Students

Brain Bee

Alabama Brain Bee

The Alabama Brain Bee is a neuroscience competition for high school students held annually in conjunction with the UAB Neuroscience Day, an effort to promote neuroscience education and awareness.

When: February 22, 2025

Who Can Participate? Alabama high school students: Grades 9-12

Entrance Fee: None! The competition is open to all Alabama high school students free of charge.

Event Format: The written test will be multiple-choice and given on paper. The next round will be the oral round, and will include the top performers of the written exam. Students will be asked, one at a time, a neuroscience question to which they then must provide an answer within a short time frame. The students will be eliminated on a one-strike basis until three students remain. The final three students will be eliminated on a three-strike basis. The last student standing will be the Alabama Brain Bee champion.