The United Arab Emirates National Brain Bee is the UAE’s affiliated round of the International Brain Bee (IBB), a neuroscience competition for high-school students. The IBB lists Sathy Parvathy as the UAE coordinator and the UAE as an active participating country.
No UAE website, format, venue or dates are published, and no UAE competitor appears on the IBB’s 2024 or 2025 World Championship lists. The coordinator is the only stated contact.
Benefits & funding
- The UAE champion qualifies to represent the UAE at the IBB World Championship.
- There, 1st place wins US$3,000, 2nd US$2,000 and 3rd US$1,000.
- No entry fee, travel support or other funding is published for the UAE.
Eligibility
- Students take part in the Brain Bee of their country of residence, so entrants must live in the UAE.
- For high-school students; the IBB says Brain Bees are typically open to ages 13–19 (a guide, not a stated UAE rule).
- To go on to the World Championship, the national champion may not be older than 19.
- One Local and one National Brain Bee per year only; UAE residents may not also enter the IYNA Virtual Brain Bee.
- Students may not help organise the competition they enter.
Can you apply?
Here's who can apply
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Residence required
UAE
Education required
High School
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Application process
- 1Email the UAE’s IBB-listed coordinator, Sathy Parvathy (sathyparvathy@gmail.com), to ask about the next round.
- 2Register for the national round when it opens and prepare for its written and oral tests.
- 3Win the UAE’s highest round to qualify for the World Championship.
Program timeline
Not published
next UAE registration window and competition date.
After the national round
the UAE champion becomes eligible for the IBB World Championship.