International Virtual Science Symposium

The International Virtual Science Symposium is an opportunity for GLOBE students to showcase their research to the rest of the community. Projects are judged by prestigious scientists across dozens of GLOBE nations. Students are eligible for stipends and GLOBE badges. 

Students may submit a project on any topic, but they are encouraged to align their research with the year’s theme. The new theme for the 2025 IVSS Symposium is 30 Years of GLOBE: Understanding the Past, Present, and Future. Come back to this page in the coming weeks for more information.

Note: Students must complete and sign a media release form in order for their project to be accepted for judging.

2025 Symposium Timeline:

• 16 September 2024: General IVSS Webinar
• 9 October 2024: Accessing Data From the GLOBE Database Webinar
• 4 December 2024: Badges Webinar
• 16 December 2024 to 5 March 2025: Period for Submitting Projects
• 22 January 2025: How to Submit IVSS Projects Webinar
• 26 February 2025: Judging Webinar
• 19 March 2025, TBD (MST): Additional Judging Webinar with Q&A
• 19 March to 2 April 2025: Judging Period
• 22 April 2025: Earth Day Celebration and Announcement of Stipend Recipients

The 2024 Symposium's theme was "Climate Investigations: Understanding Earth as a System," which encouraged students from GLOBE's 127 member countries to do their own climate research. The event was a part of GLOBE’s Year of Climate and Carbon Campaign.

This year, GLOBE received a record-breaking 285 student reports, with about 125 of those reports receiving high enough scores to be eligible for a stipend.

Projects were eligible for the new "I am a problem solver" badge for GLOBE students who proposed solutions to difficult problems. Students who produced outstanding work may get the opportunity to present their work at the 2024 GLOBE Annual Meeting in the USA, where the theme will be "Climate and Resilience." 

2024 Symposium Timeline

• 11 October 2023: General IVSS Webinar
  • General IVSS Webinar Slides (ppt) 
• 25 October 2023: Climate Resources Webinar
• 6 December 2023: Badges Webinar
  • Badges Webinar Slides (ppt)
• 15 December 2023 to 6 March 2024: Period for Submitting Projects
• 18 January 2024: How to Submit IVSS Projects Webinar
  • How to Submit IVSS Projects Slides (ppt)
• 29 February 2024: Judging Webinar
  • Judging Webinar Slides (ppt)
• 20 March 2024, 10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. (MST): Additional Judging Webinar with Q&A
• 20 March to 3 April 2024: Judging Period
• 22 April 2024: Earth Day Celebration and Annoncement of Stipend Recipients