IVSS Stipend Recipients
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IVSS: Stipend Recipients
Projects submitted to the International Virtual Science Symposium are judged according to set criteria and awarded one, two, three or four star student research badges as well as optional badges. Every project that meets an established threshold — in most years, a four-star research badge and at least two additional badges — is eligible for a random drawing to receive a stipend or other award. Eligible entries are randomly selected for each region to receive the stipend. Stipend recipients are typically announced during GLOBE's Earth Day celebration, which is also the anniversary of the GLOBE program.
This page lists all projects that have been selected through the random drawing.
Search and review all IVSS submitted projects from 2024.
Note: All of the projects listed below were randomly selected to receive a stipend or other award, except for 2013, when projects were selected to receive overall and regional awards based on their judged scores.
Africa
- Title: Impact of Industrial Emissions on Climate
- Teachers: Maureen Achieng Okayo, Richard Muema, Beatrice Shiro Oyange
- Students: Nishil Mahesh Patel, Hafsa Yasir Jamal, Agatha Rague Mambori
- School: Shree Swaminnarayan Academy
- Location: Kenya
Asia and Pacific
- Title: A comprehensive investigation on Carbon Storage in the vegetation of our schoolyard and determining the Carbon Footprint of the school through the measurement of carbon using GLOBE’s Carbon Cycle Protocols.
- Teacher: Arun Kumar Chhetri
- Students: Sangay Choden, Yeshey Wangchuk, Kalpana Mongar, Usha Pyakurel, Shankar Ghimrey
- School: Pelrithang Higher Secondary School
- Location: Bhutan
Europe and Eurasia
- Title: Monitoring and protection Marmont alley
- Teacher: Snježana Marković-Zoraja
- Students: Josip Ferenčina, Marta Kupres, Maksim Stanković Šprajc
- School: OS Dubovac
- Location: Croatia
Latin America and Caribbean
- Title: Reducing Our Carbon Footprint: Rochester School's Strategies to Reduce Emissions
- Teacher: Maria Del Pilar Tunarroza
- Students: Angelina Chiodo, Isabella Diaz, Maria Paula Garcia, Natalia Lopez, Luciana Lozano, Laura Pardo, Mariana Roa, Paula Romero, Diego Sierra
- School: Rochester School
- Location: Colombia
Near East and North Africa
- Title: The effect of soil type on the growth of rose flowers
- Teacher: hifaa Rashid AlKaabi
- Students: Taima Abdllah ALAlnsari, Mahra saliman, Mohamed AL Mazroii
- School: Alshaffa bint Abdullah
- Location: Oman
North America
- Title: A Random Forest Analysis of Remote Sensing Driven Mosquito Habitat Prediction in West Africa
- Teacher: Cassie Soeffing
- Students: Ruchi Bondre, Ryan Chan, Calista Huang, Andrew Liu, Neil Sangra
- School: Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) GLOBE v-School
- Location: USA
- Title: Water Temperature and pH Measurements on Gulkana Glacier and Phelan Creek, Alaska
- Teacher: Christina Buffington
- Students: Teslin R. Brannan
- School: Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Fairbanks, Alaska
- Location: USA
Africa
- Title: Investigating the Impact of Mulching on Soils
- Teacher: Henry Moseti
- Students: Khushi Aggarwal, Darren Amore, Khairoon Ridhwan, Celestine Claude
- School: Shree Swaminnarayan Academy
- Location: Kenya
Asia and Pacific
- Title: Investigating a Comprehensive Study on the Factors Influencing Color Change in Caladium bicolor for Enhanced Cultivation and Economic Benefits in Horticulture
- Teacher: Pornpawit Tabchum
- Students: Sinchai Nukhong, Natcha Siriwat, Piyatida Puangsanthea
- School: Paphayomphittayakom School
- Location: Thailand
Europe and Eurasia
- Title: Connection Between Peat and Plants
- Teacher: Jaan Pärn
- Students: Antonela Nikolić, Lara Draganić, Aistê Justinavičiūtê, Domilê Laukaitytê, Kadiliis Kütt, Ema Težak, Marit Lõbu, Emili Matjushenko, Kelly Saar, Teele Piirimäe
- School: Estonian Learning Expedition
- Location: Estonia
Latin America and Caribbean
- Title: Relación entre el avistamiento de mariposas, las variables ambientales y la vegetación del patio escolar
- Teacher: Darío Greni
- Students: Matias Cabrera, Rocío Cabrera, Lucas Damián, Paloma Galaviz, Martin Martinez, Lucas Caballero, Victoria Brener, Maite Verde, Adrian Suarez, Bastian Cuadro, Fabián Delgado, Francisco Andruskievicz, Pierina Briozzo
- School: Escuela No. 88 Alfredo B. Nobel
- Location: Uruguay
Near East and North Africa
- Title: Soil (Pedosphere) Investigations
- Teacher: Wejdan Melhem
- Students: Rama Bani Yassin, Heba Altaweel, Sarah Hamadneh, Ameera Alghawi, Nada Bataineh
- School: King Abdullah The Second School for Excellence Irbid
- Location: Jordan
North America
- Title: Comparing Select Atmospheric Parameters Between Disparate Geographic Locations Using Collaboration Between Two GLOBE Schools
- Teacher: Diana Rae Johns
- Students: Adam Baydoun, Isabella Jomaa, Savannah Jomaa, Malik Mashlab, additional students from Qatar
- School: Crestwood High School
- Location: USA
- Title: Predicting Volume of Mosquito Borne Diseases Using A.M.E.A. Sensor/Radio Network
- Teacher: Cassie Soeffing
- Students: Miguel Jose Bueno, James Ervin, Anushka Jain, Owen Luo, Aarnav Tendulkar
- School: Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)
- Location: USA
Africa
- Title: GREEN BALCONIES AND TERRACES: A SOLUTION FOR CLIMATE CHANGE
- Teacher: Beatrice Oyange
- Students: Soraya Firth, Prayosha Budhdeo, Jiyana Kerai
- School: Shree Swaminnarayan Academy
- Location: Mombasa, Kenya
Asia and Pacific
- Title: A study of microplastic contamination in water and white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) in shrimp ponds in Songkhla Province, Thailand.
- Teacher: Patchara Pongmanawut
- Students: Pacharapun Odthon, Kantapong Wongpanich, and Patcharanuch Kaiman
- School: Princess Chulabhorn Science High School Trang
- Location: Trang, Thailand
Europe and Eurasia
- Title: Clouds over my city
- Teacher: Zrinka Klarin
- Students: Petra Marušić, Bartol Cuković, David Pejdo
- School: OS Sime Budinica
- Location: Zadar, Croatia
Latin America and Caribbean
- Title: Cobertura terrestre y comunidades de aves, en bosques de manglar, Cartagena, Co (Período 2013-2021)
- Teacher: Juan Felipe Restrepo Mesa
- Students: Jimena Sánchez Ojeda, Diego Andrés Luna Vélez, Lito Porto Sanabria, Gabriela Olmos Tejeda
- School: Colegio Montessori de Cartagena
- Location: Cartegena de Indias, Colombia
Near East and North Africa
- Title: Soil characteristics and their impact on Omani garlic plant growth
- Teacher: Hedaya Alfarsy
- Students: Abrar Saif, Khalifa Alfarsi
- School: Asma bint aomis basic school
- Location: Ibry, Oman
North America
- Title: Assessing the Effects of Surface Temperature and Tree Coverage in Select Suburban Parks
- Teacher: Diana Rae Johns
- Students: Yasmina Abbas, Marwa Aidibi, Zainab Zaidan
- School: Crestwood High School
- Location: Michigan, USA
- Title: How does the soil temperature in the school prairie compare to the soil temperature in the turf grass and the playground?
- Teacher: Kristy DiSalle
- Students: Katelyn Duke, Ryan Bryant, Evan Millsaps, Rue Warner
- School: Dorr Elementary School
- Location: Ohio, USA
Africa
- Title: Assessing How Environmental Changes Affect the Distribution and Dynamics of Malaria and Crop Production Using Satellite-Based NDVI
- Teacher: Kennedy Otieno
- School: Shree Swaminnarayan Academy
- Location: Kenya
Asia and Pacific
- Title: Effect of population density on burrow characteristics in the fiddler crab (Uca bengali)
- Teacher: Patchara Pongmanawut
- School: Princess Chulabhorn Science High School Trang
- Location: Thailand
Europe and Eurasia
- Title: Estudio comparativo de la temperatura superficial entre zonas urbanizadas y arboladas.
- Teacher: Manuela Salvado Muñoz
- School: IES Gredos
- Location: Spain
Latin America and Caribbean
- Title: Los cambios que producen las estaciones en árboles y arbustos de Pujato -Argentina-
- Teacher: Claudia María Romagnoli
- School: Escuela Primaria Particular Incorporada N°1345 Nuestra Señora del Carmen
- Location: Argentina
Near East and North Africa
- Title: Effect of Pottery on Brackish Water in the KSA and Its impact of Soil and Vegetation Cover
- Teacher: Nourah Fahaad AL- Subaie
- School: The first Arqah Secondary school Al-riyadh
- Location: Saudi Arabia
North America
- Title: Possible Effects of River Flooding on Soil Parameters and Tree Growth Along an Urban River
- Teacher: Diana Rae Johns
- School: Crestwood High School
- Location: USA
- Title: The Investigation of Puerto Rico communities focused on mosquitoes’ habitats and awareness
- Teacher: Cassie Soeffing
- School: Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) GLOBE v-School
- Location: USA
Africa
- Title: Identification of Mosquito Larval Species at SSA Mombasa, Kenya - 2
- Teacher: Kennedy Otieno
- School: Shree Swaminnarayan Academy
- Location: Kenya
Asia and Pacific
- Title: Faith-based Communities Affecting Breeding Sites of Mosquito Larvae at Samui Island, Thailand using Drone imagery and GLOBE Observer: Habitat Mapping App
- Teacher: Wanwipa Sutthakiet
- School: Samsen Wittayalai
- Location: Thailand
Europe and Eurasia
- Title: Representation of the invasive species of trees shrubs in Daruvar - 2
- Teacher: Sandra Milek
- School: Tehnicka skola Daruvar
- Location: Croatia
Latin America and Caribbean
- Title: El comportamiento de las palomas durante el Eclipse Solar 2019
- Teacher: Julieta Micucci
- School: Escuela Primaria Particular Incorporada N°1345 Nuestra Señora del Carmen
- Location: Argentina
Near East and North Africa
- Title: The effect of irrigation with sulfur water on soil, land cover, and adaptation of some living organisms.
- Teacher: nawar alrawahi
- School: Um hany basic school
- Location: Oman
North America
- Title: How Does Aerosol Optical Thickness (AOT) Vary Within 50 Kilometers of Lake Erie?
- Teacher: Jeff Bouwman
- School: Shumate Middle School
- Location: USA
- Title: The Effects of Aerosols on Water Quality
- Teacher: Amy Woods
- School: St. Francis Xavier Catholic School
- Location: USA
Africa
- Title: Typology and evolution of the number of mosquito habitats in Matameye
- Teacher: Fidele Paraiso
- School: IPF Kaoura-Matamèye
- Location: Zinder, Niger
Asia and Pacific
- Title: Effects of heavy metals on plankton, water quality and fish in Pak-pra canal, Phatthalung province, Thailand
- Teacher: Paninee Voranetivudti
- School: Papayom pittayakom school
- Location: Phatthalung, Thailand
Europe
- Title: Toujours le vin sent son terroir/California and Bordeaux vineyards comparison
- Teacher: Sophie Chevillot
- School: Collège Jules Ferry
- Location: Langon, France
Latin America and Caribbean
- Title: Water Quality in Nearby Areas to Canelones City Through the Use of Macroinvertabrates as Bioindicators
- Teacher: Darío Greni
- School: Escuela No. 88 Alfredo B. Nobel
- Location: Canelones, Uruguay
Near East and North Africa
- Title: The Effect of Water Salinity Levels on Water Acidity (pH) and Water Conductivity in Jeddah
- Teacher: Manal Alnami
- School: The 128 Intermediate Gifted Girls School at Jeddah
- Location: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
North America
- Title: How does elevation affect surface temperature?
- Teacher: Marcy Burns
- School: Main Street Intermediate School
- Location: Norwalk, Ohio, USA
- Title: Three Year Volumetric Soil Moisture Study
- Teacher: Jeff Bouwman
- School: Shumate Middle School
- Location: Gibraltar, Michigan, USA
United States
- Title: Surface Ozone
- Teacher: Amy Woods
- School: St. Francis Xavier Catholic School
- Location: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
- Title: Analysis of Data Collected During the 2017 Solar Eclipse at Eighty Percent Totality
- Teacher: Diana Rae Johns
- School: Crestwood High School
- Location: Dearborn Heights, Michigan, USA
International
- Title: The influence of fireworks on the amount of aerosols.
- Teacher: Maaike Vollebregt
- School: Helen Parkhurst
- Location: Almere, Flevoland, Netherlands
- Title: Investigating the Effectiveness of Using Common Reed (Phragmites australis)in Fertilizing Plants and its Impact on Water and Soil
- Teacher: Nawar Alrawahi
- School: Um hany basic school
- Location: Nizwa, Oman
United States
- Title: “Why Doesn’t Grass Grow on our Playground?”
- Teacher: Marcy Burns
- School: Main Street Intermediate School
- Location: Norwalk, Ohio, USA
- Title: “How Do the Species of Macroinvertebrates in the Boulder Creek Compare with the Water Chemistry of the Stream?”
- Teacher: Bill Meyers
- School: Alexander Dawson School
- Location: Lafayette, Colorado, USA
International
- Title: “Global Warming and His Actions in Maximal and Minimal Temperature Variations on the Continent”
- Teacher: Michel Pedurand
- School: Lycée Bernard PALISSY
- Location: AGEN Aquitaine, France
- Title: “Checking the Validity and the Quality of Wells’ Water in Jabel Al-Mukkaber Area”
- Teacher: Nour Bakri
- School: Al Faruk Elementary School
- Location: Jerusalem, Israel
United States
- Title: The Effect of Land Use on Water Quality
- Teacher: Amy Woods
- School: St. Francis Xavier Catholic School
- Location: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
- Title: How does Asphalt Affect Soil Temperature
- Teacher: Steve Frantz
- School: Roswell Kent Middle School
- Location: Akron, Ohio, USA
International
- Title: Seasons and Climatic Factors Affecting Dengue Cases in Muang Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand
- Teacher: Kanokrat Singnui
- School: Princess Chulabhorn Nakornsrithammarat
- Location: Nakon, Srithammarat, Thailand
- Title: Determining the Presence of heavy metals in the air by using GLOBE protocols for aerosols, conductivity and pH
- Teachers: Marina Pavlić and Irena Sabo
- School: Prirodoslovna i graficka skola
- Location: Rijeka, Croatia
Overall Winner
1st Place, Overall- Title: Does increased precipitation affect the water quality of Norwalk Creek?
- Teacher: Marcy Burns
- Students: Hayden Barnes, Lillie Beers, Geovanni Blair, Joe Borgia, Jack Bowles, Jesse Copenhaver, Zachary Crane, Braiden Culver, Amber Dellinger, Claira Doll, Quinn Jaworski, Jadon Magee, Kayle Mowry, Sam Neuberger, Alicia Orwig, Caroline Pawlicki, Ben Penrose, Allison Reed, Dylan Rickert, Isabella Shipman, Haleigh Skinner, Tony Snyder, Mitchell Sommers, Ryan Sowders, Stephen Wetzel, Davis Wilkinson, Lance Young
- School: Main Street Intermediate School
- Location: Norwalk, Ohio, USA
Africa
1st Place, Regional- Title: The impact of temperature change on larval mosquito outbreaks
- Teacher: Doris Rabenandrasana-Tora Adonis Ricardo
- Students: Students of Lycee Rabemananjara
- School: Lycee Jaques Rabemananjar
- Location: Toamasina, Madagascar
Latin America and Caribbean
1st Place, Regional- Title: Flooding in Buenos Aires
- Teacher: Emiliano Basic
- Student: Sol María Britos
- School: Colegio French
- Location: Banfield, Argentina
- Title: Floods That Change Lives
- Teacher: Emiliano Basic
- Students: Belén Ascarate and Martina Jorge Curia
- School: Colegio French
- Location: Banfield, Argentina
- Title: Floods and Climate Change
- Teacher: Emiliano Basic
- Students: Martina Lucey and Caterina Tovar
- School: Colegio French
- Location: Banfield, Argentina
North America
1st Place, Regional- Title: The Disappearing Pond Project
- Teacher: Gerard Wykes
- Students: Students of Gerard Wykes
- School: North Shore Hebrew Academy
- Location: Great Neck, New York, USA
- Title: Climate Change and Sources of Pollution in the Huntington, WV Area
- Students: Katie Norman and Jasmine Knight
- Teacher: Rick Sharpe
- School: Huntington High School
- Location: Huntington, West Virgina, USA
- Title: Alaska Phenology Study
- Students: Karly Sena and Ian Stormont
- Teacher: Tim Lundt
- School: Mat-Su Career and Technical High School
- Location: Wasilla, Alaska, USA
- Title: The Lichen of Oz
- Students: Period 2 Students of Gary Popiolkowski
- Teacher: Gary Popiolkowski
- School: Chartiers-Houston Jr/Sr High School
- Location: Houston, Pennsylvania, USA