Formal Indication of Interest in Participating in the 2026 National Bioethics Bowl
A link to a form will be posted on January 12, 2026 and will remain posted until 5 p.m. Eastern time on January 14, 2026. On this form, schools can indicate their formal interest in participating in the 2026 National Bioethics Bowl. This form must be completed to be included in the lottery on January 16, 2026 at 1 p.m. The form will include a receipt for your records. Please retain this receipt. Within 24 hours, the University of Pittsburgh will respond to the university with an assigned number. This number will be the number used to identify that university in the lottery. No payment will be due at this stage.
The opportunity to indicate your interest in participating in the lottery has closed. Please contact Cindy McCarthy at cindy.mccathy@pitt.edu with any questions. Any teams indicating interest after this time will be added to the bottom of the waitlist in order of receipt.
Live Webinar Drawing Names of Participants for the 2026 National Bioethics Bowl
A live webinar will occur to showcase the drawing for the 2026 National Bioethics Bowl. An electronic randomizer will be used to draw numbers between 1 and 19. The 20th spot will go to the host school. The list of schools drawn in the lottery will be posted here for those that are not able to watch the webinar live.
- Competitors - Updated as of January 30, 2026
Listed in the order drawn in the lottery:
- Ohio Northern University (#3)
- Loyola University of Chicago (#6)
- Oral Roberts University (#14)
- University of Georgia (#27)
- Macalester College (#18)
- University of Maryland Baltimore County (#5)
- Utah Valley University (#13)
- Tulane University (#31)
- University of California Santa Barbara (#16)
- Rice University (#24)
- University of Alabama at Birmingham (#8)
- University of Mary (#30)
- William and Mary College (#26)
- Stanford (#20)
- Seattle Pacific University (#32)
- University of Pittsburgh (host)
- Georgetown University (#1)
- Florida State University (#23)
- University of Pennsylvania (#2)
- Loyola University of New Orleans (#21)
Withdrew from the Competition
University of California Los Angeles (#19)
California Polytechnic SLO (#15)
University of California Davis (#25)
University of Richmond (#10)
- 2026 Waitlist
Teams listed in the order that they were drawn.
- Arizona State University (#9)
- University of California Santa Cruz (#7)
- University of Portland (#17)
- Boston College (#4)
- San Jose State (#22)
- Gannon University (#11)
- Wesleyan University (#28)
- Baylor University (#12)
- Georgia Tech (#29)
- Iowa State University
- University of California - Berkeley
- Amherst College
Bioethics Bowl Case Release
Cases will be posted to the website after the drawing. All schools will have access to the cases. Schools that have been waitlisted should consider beginning to prepare in case they are called from the waitlist.
Deadline to pay
Selected schools will have until 5 p.m. EST to pay the $320 registration fee. Schools that have not paid by the start of business on January 23, 2026 will receive a reminder email at the email address provided in the original interest form. If payment is not received by 5 p.m. EST, the school will be removed from the list of participating schools and the next school on the waitlist will be notified by email of the opportunity to participate. Schools that have been added from the waitlist will then have 4 business days to remit the $320 registration fee.