Brain Bee

Schedule of events

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Participate in Brain Bee

Register to participate in the Indianapolis Brain Bee

What is Brain Bee?

Learn more about this neuroscience competition

Prepare for Brain Bee

Find study material and sample questions

Study sessions

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Schedule

8:30–9:30 a.m.
Registration
Innovation Hall Lobby (first floor)
on the IU Indianapolis campus

9:30–11 a.m.
Brain Bee
Innovation Hall, Room 105
on the IU Indianapolis campus

11–11:45 a.m.
Lab Tours
IU Indianapolis School of Science

11:45 a.m.–12 p.m.
Travel to IU Health Neuroscience Center

12–12:45 p.m.
Lunch
IU Health Neuroscience Center Atrium (first floor)

12:45–1 p.m.
Awards
IU Health Neuroscience Center Auditorium (first floor)

1–2 p.m.
Lab Tours
Stark Neurosciences Research Institute

Register to participate in Brain Bee

What is Brain Bee?

Are you a high school teacher? Let your students know about this event!

Hosted by the IU Indianapolis School of Science and the Stark Neurosciences Research Institute, the Indianapolis Brain Bee is an annual event aiming to motivate high school students to learn about the brain and inspire the pursuit of careers in neuroscience research.

The Neuroscience Program—in partnership with the Deparment of Psychology and Department of Biology—sponsors the Brain Bee as part of the School of Science’s commitment to advancing scientific minds and fostering community interest in the sciences.

Open to students in grades 9–12, contestants in this spelling bee–style event answer questions about the brain and nervous system until a single student remains.

Prizes include a trip to the National Brain Bee and a scholarship to the IU Indianapolis School of Science.