International Contest
While this contest is designed for students in the United States, our goal is to inspire students all over the world. Parallel contests are being run in other countries, and we welcome participation from additional nations.
Scientist for a Day 2020-2021 Contest National Coordinators
As of Nov. 23, 2020
| COUNTRY | NATIONAL COORDINATOR | LANGUAGES ACCEPTED | DEADLINE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | Bob & Jackie Carpenter | onegiantleap@bigpond.com | English | April 1, 2021 |
| Austria | Theodor Buru | theo.buru@gmail.com | English, German, French, Romanian | Feb. 12, 2021 |
| Azerbaijan | Famil Mustafa | famil_m@yahoo.com | Azerbaijani, Russian, Turkish, English | Feb. 20, 2021 |
| Bangladesh | F.R. Sarker | frsarker@yahoo.com | English, Bengali | March 31, 2021 |
| Belgium | Sweety Pate | sweetypate@gmail.com | English | Feb 12 2021 |
| Brazil | Marcelo de Oliveira Souza | clubedeastronomia@gmail.com | Portuguese, English | Feb. 27 2021 |
| Bulgaria | Milena Krumova | mkrumova.phd@gmail.com | Bulgarian, English | Feb. 12, 2021 |
| Cameroon | Charles-Aime Zzeussi Mdouendeu | nzeussicharles@spacegeneration.org | English, French | Feb. 12, 2021 |
| Canada | Linda Dao and Victoria Tucci | canada.scientistforaday@gmail.com | English, French | Feb. 12, 2021 |
| Colombia | Sonia Castro Alarcón | s.castro@ksi-bogota.com | English, Spanish | Feb. 12, 2021 |
| Egypt | Basma Mohamed Ahmed Morsy | basmamorsythebest@gmail.com | English | Feb. 21, 2021 |
| Germany | Melissa Reissmueller | lizzyestar@yahoo.de | English, German | Feb. 12, 2021 |
| Greece | Jim Grigorakis | jimgrigorakis49@gmail.com yasinrajab75@gmail.com |
English | Feb. 12, 2021 |
| Hong Kong | Exodus Sit | sitexodus@gmail.com | Chinese, English | Feb. 12, 2021 |
| India | Sameer Sachdeva, Jyotiraditya Sikder, Avishek Ghosh, and Himansu Sekhar Fatesingh |
sfadindia2020@gmail.com | English, Hindi, Punjabi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu. | Feb. 12, 2021 |
| Iran | Vahid Rezapour | solarsystem.jpl.lag@gmail.com | Persian (Farsi), English | April 25, 2021 |
| Ireland | Domenico Vicinanza | domenico.vicinanza@anglia.ac.uk | English, French, Spanish | April 25 2021 |
| Italy | Ilaria Cinelli | ilaria.cinelli@community.isunet.edu | Italian, English | Feb. 12, 2021 |
| Kenya | Bonventure Ameyo Masakhwe | ameyo.bonventure@gmail.com | Swahili, English | April 30, 2021 |
| Mexico | Jonathan Ibarra Nakamura | cientificocassinimexico@gmail.com | English, Spanish | March 26, 2021 |
| Morocco | Zakaria Belhaj | z.belhaj@gmail.com | Arabic, French, English | Feb. 12, 2021 |
| Nepal | Ankit Khanal | akkhanal2000@gmail.com | English | Feb. 12, 2021 |
| New Zealand | New Zealand Space Agency | nzspaceagency@mbie.govt.nz | English | April 5, 2021 |
| Nigeria | Oloko-Oba Idris Mustafa | mustafa.olokooba@arcsstee.org.ng | English | Feb. 12, 2021 |
| Romania | Ioana Stoica | istoica4143@gmail.com | Romanian, English | Feb. 12, 2021 |
| Saudi Arabia | Nouf Jubran Saeed Alqahtani | no.ju.qi@gmail.com | English, Arabic | Feb. 12, 2021 |
| Senegal | Abdoulaye Fall | ecolegestu@gmail.com | French | Feb. 12, 2021 |
| South Korea | Brice Lee | lee.brice@gmail.com | English | Sept. 30, 2021 |
| Spain | Maila Piconi Tomas | maila.piconi@laschapas-ecos.com | Spanish, Italian | Feb. 12, 2021 |
| Sri Lanka | Shara Dilhari Savini Salwathura |
dlhrshr20@gmail.com savisalwathura@gmail.com |
English | Feb. 12, 2021 |
| Thailand | Srisaket Srisert | nasascientistforaday.thailand@gmail.com | English | Oct. 30, 2021 |
| Togo | Dodzi Aglago | dodziaglago@mobilelabo.tg | French | Feb. 12, 2021 |
| Turkey | Talat Saygac | talat.saygac@gmail.com | Turkish, English | April 1, 2021 |
| Uganda | Doreen Agaba | spacetechug@gmail.com | English | July 20, 2021 |
| United Arab Emirates | Muhammad Shabbir | historythebest0470@gmail.com | English | Feb. 21, 2021 |
| United Kingdom | Domenico Vicinanza | domenico.vicinanza@anglia.ac.uk | English | Feb. 12, 2021 |
| Venezuela | Patrick Morton | planetpatrick83@yahoo.es | Spanish | May 25, 2021 |
National coordinators can set their own deadline, but must follow the basic structure of the contest: same topics and similar age groups.
More countries will be added as more national contest organizers are identified. Check back to see if your country has been added. If you are interested in being a national contest organizer, please email us. If something needs to be corrected on this page, contact us.