Programs

High-school teams build an industrial-size robot in about eight weeks and compete at FIRST Robotics Competition regionals hosted in Türkiye by the Fikret Yüksel Foundation.

• Grades 9–12
• Fee: $6,500 USD

A nationwide contest in which teams of lower- and upper-secondary students write and perform short plays in Japanese, co-organised by the Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam and VNU University of Languages and International Studies.

• Up to grade 12
• Cost not published

A state summer program in Oklahoma: one week of employment training (BEST) followed by an up-to-four-week community internship (STEP) for youth aged 16–21 with disabilities.

• Grades 10–12
• No fee

A summer program at the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum where teens help interpret and share the history of the Pikes Peak region through education, collections and marketing work.

• Grades 9–12
• No fee

DST's national scheme that motivates school students of Classes 6-12 to turn original science and society-related ideas into innovations; schools nominate student ideas online and winners go through district, state and national-level exhibition and project competitions (NLEPC).

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

Florida's state Science Olympiad tournament for school teams, held at the University of South Florida.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

A short summer academy at Kadir Has University's Cibali campus for high school students; the 2026 edition explored artificial intelligence from technical, legal, social and creative angles and was free of charge.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

A nationwide business plan contest run by Japan Finance Corporation for high school and kosen (years 1-3) students, who submit a business plan sheet online; ten finalists pitch in Tokyo.

• Grades 10–12
• Cost not published

Arkansas FBLA's 2027 state leadership conference and competition for high-school members.

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

Tokyo Metropolitan Government's matching site that places junior high and high school students in short real-world work-experience programmes at companies, public agencies and NPOs during the summer holidays, with a separate selective 'student reporter' track.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

A week-long ocean-technology day camp for 9th–12th graders run by Southern Miss's Gulf Coast Research Laboratory Marine Education Center, including a trip on a USM research vessel.

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

A national design competition for kosen students in space (architecture), structural, creative (community) and additive-manufacturing design, plus a Pre-Design-Con division for students up to year 3.

• Grades 10–12
• Fee: ¥2,000