Programs

The Welsh Youth Parliament gives 60 young people aged 11 to 17 a two-year term as members, raising and debating issues that matter to young people in Wales with the Senedd.

• Year 10–12
• No fee

The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family and KYWA select Korean youth aged 16-24 as national delegates for exchange trips to partner countries, with pre-training, a 7-10 day visit and hosting the partner delegation in Korea. The 2027 call has not been posted yet.

• Grades 10–12
• Cost not published

JAXA's residential programme for high school students, held at JAXA centres around Japan, where teams tackle a 'space and aeronautics mission' with lectures by JAXA staff and facility tours. The 2027 edition has not been announced yet.

• Grades 10–12
• Fee: ¥22,000

A fully funded programme by the Lodha Foundation and Ashoka University for exceptional mathematics and science students in Grades 8 to 11: an annual campus experience at Ashoka University, Sonipat, with continued online learning. Key dates are yet to be announced.

• Grades 9–11
• No fee

South Dakota HOSA's 2027 state conference where high school members compete in health science competitive events (health knowledge, clinical skills, emergency preparedness, leadership) and attend leadership workshops; top finishers can qualify for the HOSA national conference.

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

West Virginia's state Science Olympiad tournament for high-school (Division C) teams, hosted by Marshall University; state champions advance to the Science Olympiad National Tournament.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

Indspire's two-day national gathering in Calgary brings Indigenous high school learners together for keynotes, workshops, an education fair and career exploration.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

A national knowledge competition for high-school teams run by NUN Eğitim ve Kültür Vakfı's 'Eğitimde Bir Adım Ötesi' initiative, based on a list of books, poems, songs, films and documentaries from Turkish and world thought, with large cash prizes.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

71st annual ISEF-affiliated regional fair for grades 6–12 at Southeast Missouri State University; a qualifying route to Show-Me SCIENCE.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

Denver's paid summer work-experience program, delivered by Denver Public Schools with the City, offering about 110 hours of work with local employers plus job-readiness and financial-literacy training.

• Up to grade 12
• No fee

Japan's largest reading-response essay contest (over 2 million entries a year), with separate junior high and high school divisions for set books and free-choice books. Entries are made through schools; the 73rd (2027) guidelines are not yet published.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

A free national widening participation project, funded by the Scottish Funding Council and hosted by the University of Dundee, helping senior-phase pupils explore and apply for Medicine, Dentistry and Law.

• S4–S6
• No fee