The 2026 Northeast Regional High School Science Bowl took place on Saturday, Feb. 21, and the Middle School Regional took place on Saturday, Jan. 24 at Boston University. Regional events in 2027 are to be announced.
"As a seven-year alumna of middle and high school Science Bowl, I can vouch for the amazing impact that this program had as the launchpad for my passion in science: as a direct result of participating in Science Bowl, I decided to pursue chemistry as a career. I feel incredibly fortunate to have been inspired by my teammates and competitors at a young age, and this is the reason why I hope to pay it forward by helping to organize the Northeast event for younger peers. It is especially important to show middle school students how valuable and rewarding science can be, so they can explore it throughout their middle and high school years."
–MIT student volunteer and NSB alumna
MIT Science Bowl is a student-run organization that began by hosting the Northeast Regional Middle School Science Bowl in 2016. Held on the MIT campus, teams from middle schools competed for a spot at the national tournament held in Washington D.C. In 2019, we hosted our first High School Invitational with twelve competing teams. Tournament questions are written by our student volunteers, and we have modified the Energy section found in official tournament question sets to focus on current research conducted at MIT.
To learn more about how our organizing team has evolved since 2016, check out this article written by The Tech.
Launched in 1991, the National Science Bowl® (NSB) is a highly competitive buzzer-based science event among which teams of high school and middle school students compete in a fast-paced verbal forum to solve technical problems and answer questions in all branches of science and math. Each team is composed of four students, one alternate student, and a coach. Regional and national events encourage student involvement in math and science activities of importance to the Department of Energy and the nation.
Regional Science Bowl championship teams receive an all-expenses-paid trip to compete at the national event. High school and middle school teams travel to Washington, D.C. in May. The national event runs for several days, consisting of cutting-edge science seminars, hands-on science activities, sightseeing, competitions, and prizes.
To view past National finals for a sense of what Science Bowl is like, check out the YouTube playlist here.
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