Korea AeroSpace Administration contest in which three-student teams carry out a self-chosen aerospace research project, with expert training, prize money and support to present at aerospace conferences.
주대한민국일본국대사관 공보문화원 (Embassy of Japan in Korea, Public Information and Cultural Center) / 일본 문부과학성(MEXT)
The Embassy of Japan in Korea selects Korean high school graduates for the Japanese Government (MEXT) scholarship to complete a full undergraduate degree in Japan, with a monthly stipend, tuition waiver and return airfare. The 2028 cycle has not been announced yet.
주대한민국일본국대사관 공보문화원 (Embassy of Japan in Korea, Public Information and Cultural Center) · 한국일본어교육연구회 · 일본국제교류기금 서울문화센터
Korean middle and high school teams studying Japanese as a second foreign language perform short original plays, skits or parodies in Japanese; the top three high school teams win a JENESYS trip to Japan. The 2027 edition has not been announced yet.
과학기술정보통신부·한국과학창의재단 (Korea Science and Creativity Foundation, KOSAC)
Long-running national science contest (since 1983) where two-student school teams compete in science debate and convergence science, after qualifying through regional contests run by each office of education.
지식재산처·한국발명진흥회 (Ministry of Intellectual Property / Korea Invention Promotion Association)
National student invention competition run by Korea's Ministry of Intellectual Property and KIPA; students submit their own invention ideas online and top entries are awarded and exhibited.
Shinhan Scholarship Foundation selects students entering their third year of middle school who face financial hardship and supports them every year until they finish high school.
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NEXON's free national programming contest for middle and high school students, relaunched in 2026 as an AI-era strategy programming competition with an online qualifier and a final in Seoul.
Scholarship for Chungbuk students with disabilities who have strong grades or provincial-level competition awards: 700,000 won for middle-school and 1 million won for high-school students.
A free, government-funded training and selection programme that picks Korea's six-member team for the International Junior Science Olympiad (IJSO) through staged online courses, weekend schools and exams in physics, chemistry and biology.
EcoNow, UNEP and IUCN co-host an overnight biodiversity forum for upper-elementary and middle school students in Korea, combining ecological field exploration with making and presenting an action-plan poster. The 2027 call has not been posted yet.