USABO Club Info

USABO CLUB INFORMATION

USA Biology Olympiad - National competition for any high school student interested in biology. 

USABO Club Lists:

Click the state or country flag to see the USABO Clubs in the specific country/state.

Alabama (2)      Arizona (2)    California (25)  Canada (2)   Connecticut (2)

Delaware (10)      Florida (4)          Georgia (4)      Kentucky (2)     Illinois (2)

Maryland (1)    Massachusetts (3)   Michigan (2)      Minnesota (2)    Missouri (2)

New Jersey (11) New Hampshire (1) New Mexico (1)  NewYork (6)  North Carolina (1) 

Ohio (2)         Pennsylvania (4)    South Carolina (1)   Spain (1)       Switzerland (1) 

 Taiwan (1)     Tennessee (7)      Texas (8)        Virginia (5)      Washington (3) 

 Wisconsin (2) 

USABO Club  Resources:

1.  " How to start a USABO Club". Cartoon of how to set up a USABO Club. Click here.
2.  "How to Set Up a USABO Club".  Advice from current USABO Club Presidents.  Click here. 

⇒​​​​​Setting up your USABO Club

• "Steps to setting up your USABO Club": Information piece on how to establish a USABO Club.

⇒USABO Student Exam Instructions

Click here to view the 2023 USABO Open Exam Student Certification includes Honor Code and Exam Instructions.

AoPS Information  Resources

1. "Preparing for the USABO Exams. AoPS Information on USABO Exam Registration and Taking the Exams on the AoPS platform." Click here. 
2. "How to Prepare for the USABO". Advice from USABO Alums. Click here. 
3. "How to Study for the USABO Semifinal Exam" Click here. 

USABO Insights from USABO Alums

1. Rebecca (Becky) Shi’s experience (First Place, 2011 International Biology Olympiad). Click here to read about Becky’s journey to the IBO.
2. Nikhil Buduma (IBO Gold Medalist 2012 & 2013) from his talk May 1, 2014 at the Capitol Hill Luncheon, Washington, DC. Click here.
3. Thomas Xiong's experience (IBO Gold Medalist 2016 & 2017). Click here to read Thomas' life lessons from the USABO and IBO.

Other useful information

1. Visit the International Biology Olympiad (IBO) site to obtain an overview of the IBO. The USABO is structured similarly.
2. The team should start to strategize and form a plan of study for the content to include resources, speakers, practice sessions, and lab time.

Click here for the 2023 USABO Brochure

2023 USABO Poster

For offerings outside of CEE, scroll down the page or click these keywords to jump to your state

CALIFORNIA:

• CA Fish and Game Youth Programs

• NASA JPL Student Programs

• Monterey Bay Aquarium Teen Programs

• PG&E Educational Resources for High School Students

• San Francisco Bay Area National Parks Internships

• High School Research Program at Scripps Research Institute

• UCLA Engineering High School Programs

FLORIDA:

• Embry-Riddle Summer Programs

• Florida Air Museum

• Florida Foundation for Future Scientists

• FSU High School Mathematics Outreach

• FSU K-12 Student Outreach Programs             

• FSU Magnet Lab Student Programs

• NASA - Kennedy Space Center Education

• Orlando Science Center

• Young Scholars Program - Florida State University

INDIANA:

• Indiana INTERNnet

• Purdue University College of Science Outreach Programs

• Indiana Afterschool Programs

ILLINOIS:

• DNA Residency Program at Field Museum

• FermiLab Internship Programs

• Fermilab Public events for students and family

• Science Cafe Evanston

• Illinois Science Olympiad

• Northern Illinois STEM Outreach Programs

MARYLAND:

• Building STEPS

• MDBio Foundation Programs

• NASA Goddard Programs

• The Ingenuity Project

PENNSYLVANIA:

• Temple University STEM & Summer Programs

• Girls Exploring Tomorrow's Technology

• PA Junior Academy of Science

• Penn State Exploration-U

• UPenn OPen Labs Science Cafe

• UPenn Summer Academies

• St. Francis STEM Summer Academies
• PSU Harrisburg STEM Summer Enrichment Program

SOUTH CAROLINA:

• Charleston STEM Festival

• Roper Mountain Science Center

• Science on the Move

• Spartanburg Science Center

TEXAS:

• Baylor College of Medicine High School Resources

• Texas Science and Engineering Fair

• Johnson Space Center Student Activities

VIRGINIA:

• Jefferson Lab High School Summer Honors Program

• NASA Langley Student Programs

• Virginia Aerospace Science and Technology Scholars

• Virginia Institute for Marine Science (VIMS) Summer Governor's School

• PVCC Futures