For a student team to participate in the Climate Detectives Summit, the following conditions must be fulfilled:

1. The team must be selected at national level. Only teams participating in the Climate Detectives Project can be selected, not participants of the Climate Detectives Kids.
2. Each student team must comprise a maximum of 5 students from 12 up to 19 years, respecting one of the following conditions:
   • Team of students enrolled full-time in a secondary school; 
   • Team of students in home schooling condition (certified by the National Ministry of Education or delegated authority); 
   • Team of members of a social club enrolled full-time in secondary schools. 
3.  Each student team must respect one of the following conditions:
   • The student team must be resident of an ESA/ESERO country, and at least 50% of the students included in a team must be nationals (i.e. have the nationality) of an ESA Member State, Canada, Latvia, Lithuania or Slovakia. 
   • Only in exceptional cases may a student team, composed of nationals of an ESA/ESERO country, but not residing in one of these countries, be deemed eligible. The assessment and approval of such cases remain at the sole discretion of ESA Education. 
4. Each team needs to be supervised by at least one (or two if necessary) team leader(s), such as a teacher or educator. There is a requirement to provide justification for the attendance of a second accompanying team leader at the ESA event, (justification to be submitted during the registration process). All team leaders are expected to be present and available to accompany the team throughout the entire duration of the event. For security clearance reasons when accessing ESA sites, it is recommended that the team leader(s) is/are national(s) of an ESA Member State, Canada, Latvia, Lithuania or Slovakia; exceptions to this recommendation must be submitted to ESA’s attention for clearance prior to the travel being organized. 
5. Members of the team should have a working knowledge of English to write and give oral presentations in English. 
6. It is forbidden for an unregistered person to attend the event in an unannounced manner, and they will therefore be denied entry to facilities. 

For the Climate Detectives Summit, ESA will sponsor accommodation, meals, and local transportation expenses for up to 5 students and 2 team leaders per national team (the latter if justification is provided), including up to 300 euros per person in travel costs. This includes:

1. Accommodation for the team members (rooms with multiple capacities) and for the team leaders (single or double rooms), separated by gender, for the total duration of the event.
2. A stipend of 300 euros per person to cover international travel and transportation from the closest international airport or train station to the accommodation/event location and back.
3. Local transport for the duration of the event, excluding local transport mentioned in point 2.
4. Meals:
   • Dinner on arrival day
   • Breakfast, lunch, and dinner on event day
   • Breakfast on departure day

All teams are responsible for arranging their own travel bookings to/from their hometowns and the main airport/train station of the event location