Competitions

Enter a science, technology, engineering or maths project for a chance to become UK Young Engineer, Scientist or Technologist of the Year.

• Year 10–13 / S3–S6
• No fee

Washington's statewide science and engineering fair, with special awards, first-place trophies and selection of the state's ISEF team.

• Up to grade 12
• Fee: $35 USD

Turan-Astana University's startup project competition for grade 10–12 students, individually or in teams, ending in a pitch before a jury.

• Grades 10–12
• Cost not published

Texas FCCLA's 2027 state leadership conference and competition for high-school members.

• Grades 9–12
• Fee: $40 USD

A national innovation competition where teams of up to three students in Years 7–13 design technology projects that solve real problems, judged across many categories.

• Year 10–13 / S3–S6
• Cost not published

Florida SkillsUSA's 2027 state leadership and skills conference and competition for high-school members.

• Grades 9–12
• Fee charged, amount not published

The 75th New Mexico state science and engineering fair at New Mexico Tech in Socorro for students who advance from regional fairs.

• Grades not published
• Cost not published

Georgia's state contest of National History Day (NHD), run by LaGrange College (NHD Georgia): middle- and high-school students present history research projects on the 2027 theme "Innovation in History: Impact, Influence, Change" and the top entries advance to the national contest.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

Virginia TSA's 2027 state leadership conference and competition for high-school members.

• Grades 9–12
• Fee charged, amount not published

A school-hosted mathematical teamwork contest with individual, collaborative and relay problem solving.

• Grades 9–12
• Fee: $55 CAD

An international philosophy essay competition for 15–18-year-olds: write up to 1,200 words on one of six questions; the winning essay is published in the journal Think.

• Grades not published
• Cost not published

Annual journal of writing and visual art by Vancouver teens, published by Vancouver Public Library.

• Grades not published
• No fee