2025 IVSS

The 2025 Symposium's theme was "30 Years of GLOBE: Understanding the Past, Present, and Future," which encouraged students from GLOBE's 127 member countries to do their own Earth systems science research using GLOBE data. The event was part of the 30 Years of GLOBE Field Campaign: Comparing GLOBE Data Past and Present.

While we welcome all student research, the highlighted badge for the 2025 IVSS was the “I am a Data Scientist” badge, which required students to access and analyze data from the GLOBE database as part of their IVSS projects. Meeting the criteria for this badge was required for eligibility to attend the 2025 GLOBE Annual Meeting Student Research Experience and the opportunity to present their work at the 2025 GLOBE Annual Meeting.  Students also had the opportunity to earn the new "I am an Earth Systems Scientist" badge for describing the interconnectedness of Earth’s spheres on their research question or for using multiple GLOBE protocols, or protocol bundles, in their investigation.

See the 2025 IVSS Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for answers to common questions about this program and the 2025 IVSS YouTube playlist for an archive of recorded webinars.