Competitions

The National Youth Orchestra of Wales, the world's first national youth orchestra, auditions musicians aged 16 to 22 from Wales each autumn for a summer residency and tour.

• Year 12–13
• Fee: £30

The Kyoritsu International Foundation invites Korean high school students to propose a reporting trip to schools and cultural sites in six central Japanese prefectures; about 10 winners each receive 200,000 yen to carry out their plan in Japan. The 2027 call has not been posted yet.

• Grades 10–12
• No fee

Haryana's state-level children's science exhibition (formerly the JNNSMEE state round) under NCERT, with block and district rounds and state winners going to the national exhibition.

• Grades not published
• Cost not published

Rotary Algoma STEM Fair is the regional science fair for Algoma, Ontario, where students present original science, engineering and innovation projects to judges.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

Memorize and recite published poetry, progressing from a local competition toward the national finals.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

California FBLA's 2027 state conference where high-school members compete in business competitive events (accounting, marketing, finance, management, technology, public speaking and more) and attend leadership workshops; top finishers can qualify for the FBLA national conference.

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

A multi-round science and mathematics quiz for school teams from Bengaluru district, organised every year by the Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum (a unit of the National Council of Science Museums). Entry is free.

• Grades 9–10
• No fee

A neuroscience competition for high-school students: win a local Brain Bee, then compete nationally for prizes and a place at the International Brain Bee.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

A contest for junior high and high school students who create games, apps or creative-coding works in Ruby, judged by a panel chaired by Ruby creator Yukihiro Matsumoto.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

Rotary GB&I's team public speaking competition: teams of three (Chairperson, Speaker, Vote of Thanks) present on a topic of their choice through local heats, district finals and cluster finals.

• Grades not published
• Cost not published

National student innovation and entrepreneurship festival for senior secondary and vocational students, in business-plan and business-development categories built around the green, creative and digital economies.

• Grades 10–11
• Cost not published

Write a science essay of up to 2,000 words on a research question beyond your syllabus for a Cambridge college prize.

• Year 12 / S5
• No fee