International Biology Olympiad

All participating countries send the four winners of their National Biology Olympiad to the IBO, usually accompanied by two adults who are members of the international jury, for the duration of the competition.

As a consequence, this leads to a trickle-down effect, engaging more than 1 million students worldwide in life science each year.

[1] In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the IBO (host: Japan) was organized virtually[2] and was rated "a great success" and "highly successful" in the history of IBO[3] because of its exceptional way of operation and the unique international group-based scientific project International Group Project 2020.

Finally, they had to propose a professional poster or presentation about an outstanding, innovative idea that can determine biology's future and solve a critical global issue.

[7][8] As of August 2024, the current list of countries with the best results (spanning the last 10 years) for gold medals are as follows:[12]