Programs

The Ministry of Education's national entrepreneurship contest for school startup clubs: teams submit a business plan, compete in regional and national preliminaries, and finalists pitch and run booths at a national final in Seoul.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

Government-funded program that selects about 60 middle and high school science clubs, gives each KRW 2 million for a research project with expert mentoring, and invites them to present at the national youth science inquiry contest.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

3 million won for first-year students at Seoul universities and colleges who come from basic livelihood or near-poverty households or have lived in a welfare facility, applied for in the first semester of university.

• Grade 12
• Cost not published

A chemistry olympiad-style contest for middle school students run twice a year by the Korean Chemical Society's Chemistry Olympiad Committee, with a general and an advanced level.

• Grade 9
• Fee: ₩100,000

A national drone soccer tournament for school-age teams hosted by Seoul's Yangcheon-gu district as part of its annual Y Education Fair, with a Seoul Mayor's Award for the winner.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

Scholarship of the Gyeonggi Office of Education's foundation for primary, middle, high and special-school students in Gyeonggi-do, chosen by principal and district-superintendent recommendation: 500,000 won (middle) or 700,000 won (high school).

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

An annual national geography olympiad for high school students hosted by the Korean Geographical Society and the Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements, run by the national geography teachers' association at regional exam sites.

• Grades 10–12
• Fee: ₩20,000

A national Japanese speech contest for Korean high school students co-hosted by the Embassy of Japan's cultural centre, the Korean Society of Japanese Language Education and the Japan Foundation Seoul; top finalists join a Japanese government-invited JENESYS trip to Japan. The 2027 edition has not been announced yet.

• Grades 10–12
• No fee

Nationwide data-driven science inquiry contest: teacher-student teams collect and analyse real data on issues such as fine dust, carbon emissions, climate, heat islands, solar power and sound using the 'Intelligent Science Lab ON' platform.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

The Ministry of Education's annual contest in which middle and high school students (and adults) use education public data and generative AI to plan ideas for future education; elementary pupils have a separate AI promotional-video division.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

The free selection and training programme of the Korean Biology Olympiad Committee, which chooses and trains Korea's team for the next year's International Biology Olympiad (IBO) through online courses, selection exams and winter schools at Seoul National University.

• Grades 10–11
• Cost not published

The SOS Scholarship gives emergency monthly support and a mentor to students in year 3 of middle school to year 3 of high school who suddenly face a financial or other crisis.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published