Programs

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

A free residential Year 12 medicine summer school at ARU Chelmsford (4 to 8 July 2027) with mock interviews, a hospital visit and a guaranteed-interview route.

• Year 12
• No fee

Kyoto University's free hands-on academic course for motivated high school students, with a selective in-person seminar track and an online lecture track covering sciences and, increasingly, humanities.

• Grades 10–11
• No fee

A free 12-week online programme in humanities and social sciences research and essay writing for women in Year 12 in the UK, run by Newnham College, Cambridge. Applications open on 4 December 2026.

• Year 12 / S5
• No fee

South Carolina HOSA–Future Health Professionals' 2027 state leadership conference and competition for high-school members.

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

A summer program of week-long hands-on engineering design courses for Grade 9-12 students at U of T's St. George campus, running July 5 to August 20, 2027.

• Grades 9–12
• Fee: $50 CAD

Badung Regency government scholarship covering SPP, personal costs and uniforms for SMA/SMK students (Motivasi) and tuition, personal costs and a laptop for new university students (Afirmasi) from Badung families.

• Grades 10–12
• No fee