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2026 USABO Registration Is Open!
NEW School RegistrationTeachers and Administrators ONLYSTEP 1: NEW SCHOOL REGISTRATION If your school has NEVER participated before, please click HERE to register! After registering your school, you will be sent to the Test Administrator site to register yourself as a Test Adminstrator and then to the payment page. If you do not pay at the time of registration go to STEP 2 below to pay.. STEP 2: Payment Options/ Instructions Once you have registered, please be sure to pay the $125 registration fee/school. Your account cannot be activated until the registration fee has been received. Use this button for Step 2 only! Be sure to do Step 1 to register first! Once the registration fee is received, your account will be activated. You and your students will then be able to login and access the USABO resources. HOST SCHOOLS NEEDED Let us know if you are willling to host students who are homeschooled or their schools are not participating by October 1, 2025. Click HERE. Thank you for your consideration! | RETURNING School RegistrationTeachers and Administrators ONLYSTEP 1: RETURNING SCHOOL REGISTRATION Please note: Registration renewal is required each year to receive the current ID#. Previous ID#s expire each year. If your school has participated in previous years, or if you are a new Test Administrator for a school that has participated in previous years, please click HERE to register. Select your school fr om the dropdown listand complete your information as the current Teacher/Test Administrator. Once you have registered your school and yourself, you will be automatically sent to the Payment Page. If you do not pay at the time of registration go to STEP 2 below to pay. STEP 2: Payment Options/ Instructions Once you have registered, please be sure to pay the $125 registration fee/school. Your account cannot be activated until the registration fee has been received. Click the box below to make your payment. Use this button for Step 2 only! Be sure to do Step 1 to register first! Once the registration fee is received, your account will be activated. You and your students will then be able to login and access the USABO resources. | STUDENT REGISTRATIONStudents ONLY STEP 1: VERIFY SCHOOL HOST Each student registers with his/her school only after receiving confirmation that the school will register for 2026. Schools may register now and pay the registration fee by November 14.There are no individual registrations or registrations with schools that have NOT agreed or register to host the student.Do not register for the USABO until you have confirmed your host school will register. Each student must be registered with a host school to participate in the USABO. (Registration is by students only. No parents should register their child and NO parent emails should be used to register a student) STEP 2: Registration |
Principals, Teachers, School AdministratorsProvide your contact Information to know more. CLOSED.If your school has NEVER participated in the USABO, click here to register to receive the USABO-at-a-Glance for time requirements and sample of USABO resources. | STUDENT REQUEST FOR HOST SCHOOL OPEN The USABO makes no assurances that a host school will be identified. No new names/requests will be accepted until October 1. Once host schools have been identified, the USABO will work to identify hosts for submitted names until December 2, 2025. On December 2 this service will close. Those who did not receive a host by December 1 will be notified by email and are welcome to identify a host themselves and inform the the USABO. .CLICK HERE |
2025 USA Biolympiad Team
Eric Liu (Ward Melville High School, NY), Cloris Shi (Troy High School, CA)
Ferris Li (Northwood High School, CA) and Kian Dhawan (Montgomery Blair High School, MD)
USABO Overview
As the premier biology competition for high school students in the United States, the USA Biolympiad (USABO) enriches the life science education of nearly 12,000 talented students annually. It provides the motivation, curricular resources, and skills training to take them beyond their classroom experience to the level of international competitiveness. Check out "What Is the USABO?" in the tolbar above for further information about the USABO. To view the full 2026 USABO Calendar, click here.
After two rounds of challenging online exams, twenty Finalists (To view the 2025 USABO National Finalists, click here) are invited to a residential training program where they learn advanced biological concepts and exacting lab skills at the USABO National Finals. At the 2025 National Finals, Hengzhou Li, Eric Liu, Cloris Shi and Kian Dhawan earned the right as the USA Biolympiad Team to represent the USA at the 2025 International Biology Olympiad (IBO) in Quezon City, Philippines, where they received 3 gold medals and 1 silver.
Since CEE began administering the USABO, every member of the "USA Biolympiad Team" has continued to medal at the IBO. All four members of the USA Biolympiad Team in years 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, and 2024 were awarded gold medals. The USA Biolympiad Team has achieved the coveted Number 1 position in the world in 2007, 2011, and 2013 and 2024: and the Number 1 Student in the world in 2013 and 2023. The 2026 International Biology Olympiad will be held in Vilnius, Lithuania, July 12 to 19, 2026.
USA Biolympiad (USABO) - National Finals Overview | |
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