Programs

A free national widening participation programme, hosted by the University of Edinburgh, for eligible S4 to S6 pupils in south-east Scotland who want to study art, design or architecture, with portfolio support and creative workshops.

• S4–S6
• No fee

Unpaid observational NHS work experience placements at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust for secondary school students (15+ non-clinical, 16+ clinical), offered at Easter and in summer.

• Year 10, Year 12, Year 13
• Cost not published

A paid eight-week summer career-awareness and internship program for Baton Rouge high-school students, who are matched with mentors.

• Grades 9–12
• No fee

KADOKAWA's online fiction contest exclusively for high school students, held on the novel-posting site Kakuyomu with a long division (5,000-20,000 characters) and a short division (400-4,999 characters).

• Grades 10–12
• Cost not published

A Quebec-wide program in which secondary school students perform as artists, hosts, technicians, journalists or organizers in local and regional shows, with the best acts invited to the pan-Quebec Rendez-vous.

• Secondary III–V
• Cost not published

A one-day provincial contest in over 40 skilled trades and technology events at Red River College Polytech; winners may form Team Manitoba.

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

The Virginia High School League's state debate championships for public high schools, reached through region competition.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

A national poster contest run by the Cabinet Office and the Council for the Promotion of Disaster Prevention that asks students and the public to design posters with a slogan encouraging preparedness for earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, typhoons and other natural disasters. Top works win the Minister for Disaster Management Award and may appear on the cover of the White Paper on Disaster Management.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

Hamdard Foundation Pakistan awards the Shaheed Hakim Mohammed Said Memorial Scholarship every year to fresh Matric pass and Inter pass students on merit-cum-need basis: Rs. 50,000 a year for Matric and Rs. 75,000 a year for Intermediate. The official page gives no dates.

• Grades 10–12
• Cost not published

TÜBİTAK pairs science olympiad first-stage achievers, TÜBİTAK Fen Lisesi students and 2205 scholarship holders with mentors for career guidance and feedback.

• Grades 9–12
• No fee

The Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education awards meritorious scholarships every year to 160 SSC and 160 HSSC students. Notified students submit an online application, and the 2026 list is not yet on the Board's page.

• Grades 10–12
• Cost not published

Utah DECA's 2027 state conference, where high-school members compete in business and marketing events (marketing, finance, hospitality, management and entrepreneurship); top finishers can qualify for DECA's International Career Development Conference.

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