Programs

A paid federal summer job program for ages 15–18 doing conservation work at national parks, forests, wildlife refuges and fish hatcheries across the country.

• Grades 9–12
• No fee

A UAV competition only for high-school-level teams, with Fixed Wing, Rotary Wing and Free Mission categories.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

A spring insight day at Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust for Year 12 students applying to study medicine.

• Year 12
• Cost not published

A ten-month creative programme at the National Portrait Gallery for 16-21-year-olds, with a £600 bursary, hands-on work with gallery teams and a co-hosted Youth Late event.

• Year 12–13 / S5–S6
• No fee

A free University of Sussex programme for college and sixth form students, with taster sessions, subject days, a UCAS-focused conference and priority access to a July 2027 summer school. Applications for the 2026 intake are open.

• Year 12–13 / S5–S6
• No fee

An annual Royal Economic Society competition in which Year 10-13 students analyse a contemporary economic question in a blog of up to 1,000 words, a video, a podcast or slides, alone or in groups of up to five. The 2027 round had not been announced on the official site.

• Year 10–13 / S3–S6
• No fee

Four- to five-day residential STEM summer schools at UK universities for Year 12 and S5-6 students, leading to an Industrial Cadets Silver Award.

• Year 12–13 / S5–S6
• Cost not published

Kentucky DECA's 2027 state career development conference and competition for high-school members.

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

Up to £4,250 a year for young people in Scotland facing financial barriers to university; pupils must be nominated by a school, college, university or voluntary organisation. The 2027 round has not been announced.

• S5–S6
• Cost not published

Tennessee FCCLA's 2027 state leadership conference and competition for high-school members.

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

New Jersey DECA's 2027 state conference where high school members compete in business and marketing competitive events (marketing, finance, hospitality, management and entrepreneurship) and attend leadership workshops; top finishers can qualify for the DECA national conference.

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

A free program at the University of Tokyo's Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST) that supports about 10 secondary students or teams with their own research themes, pairing them with graduate-student supporters and, where appropriate, RCAST faculty and labs.

• Grades 9–12
• No fee