Programs

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

• Grades 9–12
• Fee: $4 CAD

A Bihar Government merit scheme for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe girls who passed Intermediate (+2) in the first or second division; 2026 registration is open on the Medhasoft portal.

• Grade 12
• No fee

Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education scholarship that funds education and living costs for high-achieving students accepted at Indonesian universities; the S1/D4 track fits recent school-leavers.

• Grade 12
• Cost not published

DSİ's national water-research project competition for lise students aged 15-20; the winner represents Türkiye at the Stockholm Junior Water Prize during World Water Week.

• Grades 9–12
• No fee

A multiple-choice maths quiz championship run by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan for Intermediate and A-Level students, entered through their institutions. Registrations for the 2026 championship are shown as open.

• Grades 11–12
• Fee: Rs 1,000

A free, selective online course from Stanford University's SPICE, funded by the Yanai Tadashi Foundation, in which high school students in Japan study U.S. society, culture and U.S.–Japan relations in English. Applications for the fall 2026 course are closed; the next application period has not been announced.

• Grades 10–12
• No fee

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

KLH/BPLH's youth programme KELANA runs challenges and expeditions for school students; the 2026 Ozone Day reels challenge was open to SMP/MTs and SMA/MA/SMK students with Rp10.5 million in prizes. The next call has not been announced.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

Annual flash fiction competitions from Oxford's Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages: write a story of no more than 100 words in French, Spanish or German, in three age categories (Years 7-9, 10-11, 12-13). The 2026 round closed on 31 March 2026.

• Year 10–13 / S3–S6
• No fee

A JPY 100,000 non-repayable grant for female 1st- and 2nd-year high-school and kosen students in Japan who choose the science/STEM track, with no income limit or transcript required. The 2027 call has not been announced; the 2026 call ran from 21 May to 30 September 2026.

• Grades 10–11
• No fee

A UK-wide essay competition for Year 12 students on the ancient world, with a choice of four questions and book-token prizes. Entrants may apply to a subject exploration day at St John's. The 2027 round had not been announced.

• Year 12 / S5
• No fee

A national art challenge for students in Grades 7-12 to create original work inspired by Canadian art, with cash prizes and a showing at Art Toronto.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published