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.
To submit an essay:
- Students living in the U.S. must use the submission form.
- Students living outside the U.S. must contact the contest National Coordinator in their country.
Scientist for a Day 2020-2021 Contest National Coordinators
As of Feb. 9, 2021
| COUNTRY | NATIONAL COORDINATOR | LANGUAGES ACCEPTED | DEADLINE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | Dounia El alami | douniaelalamithebest@gmail.com | English | April 20, 2021 |
| 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 (*) | RPS team(* see notes below) | scientistforaday@jpl.nasa.gov | English | March 31, 2021 |
| Belgium | Sweety Pate | sweetypate@gmail.com | English | Feb 12 2021 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Amna Dervišagić | amnadervisagic7@gmail.com | Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, English | May 18, 2021 |
| Brazil | Marcelo de Oliveira Souza | clubedeastronomia@gmail.com | Portuguese, English | March 14, 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 |
| Costa Rica | Ana Cristina Vásquez | anacvv211@outlook.com | Spanish, English | Sept. 9, 2021 |
| Czech Republic | Patrik Čermák | patrik.cermak@upce.cz | Czech, English | May 31, 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 | April 1, 2021 |
| India | Sameer Sachdeva, and Himansu Sekhar Fatesingh |
sfadindia2020@gmail.com | English, Hindi, Punjabi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu. | April 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 |
| Japan | Erin Boutitie | eboutitie@canacad.ac.jp | English | April 1, 2021 |
| Kenya | Bonventure Ameyo Masakhwe | ameyo.bonventure@gmail.com | Swahili, English | Aug. 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 |
| Pakistan | Masuma Fatima | manager.sead@gmail.com | English | TBD |
| 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 | May 10, 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. 1, 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 | Oct. 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 |
| United States | RPS team | scientistforaday@jpl.nasa.gov | English | Feb. 21, 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.
(*) To submit an essay for the Bangladesh contest, please use this link: Essay from Bangladesh.
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.