Programs

Japan's flagship robot contest for kosen students: each college builds robots for a new task every year and competes in eight regional contests, with the best teams advancing to the national final broadcast by NHK.

• Grades 10–12
• Cost not published

The Eryri (Snowdonia) National Park Young Rangers scheme gives 13 to 17-year-olds a monthly weekend of conservation tasks, adventure activities and outdoor learning with the park team.

• Year 10–13
• Cost not published

A geography and environment contest for students in Grades 9–12 run by Hanoi University of Mining and Geology; it selects and trains the four students who represent Vietnam at iGeo 2027.

• Grades 9–12
• No fee

The RAF Air Cadets recruit 12 to 17-year-olds at 894 squadrons across the UK for flying, expeditions, shooting, cyber and leadership activities.

• Year 10–13 / S3–S6
• Cost not published

An individual FPV drone racing championship with qualifying rounds and stages, whose stage winners qualify for the World Drone Cup.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

The national FIRST robotics championship run by USTEM Foundation at Alem Tech Fest in Astana, where FIRST Tech Challenge teams build and program competition robots.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

NTU's research outreach programme for JC1 and Year 5 students: eight months of real research under NTU faculty and researchers, ending with a research paper and an oral presentation.

• JC1
• Cost not published

A paid, full-time on-site summer internship at Oak Ridge National Laboratory for high-school juniors, seniors and recent graduates from ten East Tennessee counties, with a $500 weekly stipend.

• Grades 11–12
• Cost not published

Teams of high-school or university students develop AI solutions to problems in the aviation sector, competing in an online simulation before the final.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

IISER Mohali's open day on its foundation day (27 September), when school students and city residents can visit research facilities, meet faculty and students and join science quizzes and demonstrations.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

An annual schools essay competition run by the Cambridge Language Collective with junior (Years 10-11) and senior (Years 12-13) categories in politics, philosophy, literature, and film and art. The 2027 round has not been announced.

• Year 10–13 / S3–S6
• Cost not published

An online physics contest run twice a year by the Korean Physical Society, open to any interested student, with four levels from beginner to expert and grade certificates plus awards for top scorers.

• Grades 9–12
• Fee: ₩100,000