Programs

University of Waterloo’s online physics contest written at school under supervision during a two-hour window.

• Grades 9–12
• Fee: $4 CAD

Five $10,000 scholarships for First Nations, Inuit and Métis final-year students whose home community is in the Northwest Territories, Yukon or Nunavut.

• Grade 12
• Cost not published

Solve fun, interactive computational-thinking puzzles in a free 45-minute online challenge run by the Raspberry Pi Foundation.

• Grades not published
• No fee

Need-based scholarships of up to $25,000 for grade 11 students across Canada who have overcome adversity.

• Grade 11
• Cost not published

An annual public-policy and economics essay contest with cash prizes, open to high-school and university students in Canada and Canadians studying abroad.

• Grades 9–12
• No fee

One of the largest US scholarships for young people: $100,000, $50,000 and $25,000 awards to students 18 or under who have completed a significant piece of work.

• Grades not published
• Cost not published

A Year 12 writing competition from Girton College, Cambridge: write an essay or a creative piece inspired by objects in the college's Lawrence Room museum.

• Year 12 / S5
• Cost not published

Develop a research question and paper in a six-week online cohort with an academic mentor and peer feedback.

• Grades not published
• Fee charged, amount not published

Conduct an original online research project with faculty guidance and a final research paper.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

A state grant that helps cover tuition at any Oregon community college for recent Oregon high-school and GED graduates.

• Up to grade 12
• No fee

Apply through Kazakhstan's UWC national committee for a fully or partially funded place at one of UWC's 18 schools and colleges.

• Grades not published
• Cost not published

An essay competition from Lincoln College, Oxford: answer a creative life sciences question in up to 1,500 words, judged on scientific thinking rather than knowledge.

• Year 12 / S5
• No fee