The International Virtual Science Symposium (IVSS) is an opportunity for Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) students to showcase their research to the rest of the community.

Projects are judged by prestigious scientists and Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) professionals across dozens of GLOBE nations. Students are eligible for GLOBE badges. Students may submit a project on any topic, but they are encouraged to align their research with the year’s theme, in 2025 “30 Years of GLOBE: Understanding the Past, Present, and Future.” Students from across all 127 member countries take up the challenge of doing their own research using GLOBE Protocols and accessing and analyzing data from the NASA GLOBE Database as part of their IVSS project. The highlighted badge for the 2025 IVSS is the “I am a Data Scientist” badge since data analysis using historical data from the NASA GLOBE Database is a required portion for each IVSS submission in 2025.