Individual rounds will happen within a sliding time window – due to differences in time zones there will be 5 different competition start times for different parts of the world. The starting times can be found here:

The file will be updated if there are changes. It will also include Zoom meeting details for the relevant countries.

The times apply to all competition rounds on their respective dates.

Day	Date	Activity
Day 1	25.09	THEORY ROUND (Individual)
Day 2	26.09	Parallel activities starting:
		Students	Team leaders
		DATA ANALYSIS ROUND (individual)	Marking of the theory round solutions
Day 3	27.09	VIRTUAL OBSERVATION ROUND (individual)	Marking of the theory and data analysis round solutions
Day 4	28.09	Beginning of the Team Competition; Online lecture by astronaut Catherine Coleman (13.00-14.00 UTC)	Marking of the theory, data analysis and observation round round solutions
Day 5 – 8	29.09 – 02.10	Team Competition	Marking of the individual and team competition solutions
Day 9	03.10	Team Competition; Online lecture by Prof Erin Kara (13.00-14.00 UTC)	Marking of the individual and team competition solutions
Day 10 – 18	04.10 – 12.10	Team Competition	Marking of the individual and team competition solutions
Day 19	13.10	Results of the individual competition revealed – 1 day for mark appeals by students	Marking of the team competition solutions, working through student appeals
Day 20	14.10	Team Competiton / deadline for appeals	Marking of the team competition solutions
Days 21	15.10	Webinar with Dr Elena Maria Rossi – Physics and Astrophysics looking through the Gravitational Wave window from Space (13.00 UTC)	Webinar with Dr Elena Maria Rossi – Physics and Astrophysics looking through the Gravitational Wave window from Space (13.00 UTC); Marking of the team competition solutions
Days 22 – 28	16.10 – 22.10		Marking of the team competition solutions
Day 29	23.10	Competition closing ceremony podcast