Programs

IPS's team physics tournament in two age categories, modelled after the International Young Physicists' Tournament (IYPT), where school teams investigate open-ended physics problems and defend their solutions.

• Sec 3 – JC2
• Cost not published

A free, roughly four-week residential engineering program at Rutgers for nominated New Jersey juniors, ending with a research symposium.

• Grade 11
• No fee

Washington DECA's 2027 state conference, where high-school members compete in business and marketing events (marketing, finance, hospitality, management and entrepreneurship); top finishers can qualify for DECA's International Career Development Conference.

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

Hawaiʻi's state-level National History Day contest, where students present original historical research on the 2027 theme "Innovation in History: Impact, Influence, Change" and compete for spots at the National Contest.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

A five-day residential or commuter music camp at LSU for high-school band students.

• Grades 9–11
• Fee: $650 USD

Develop an independent research project through ten individual online mentoring sessions.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

A one-week, non-credit residential summer institute at Wake Forest University for high school students. Learn how organizations compete, grow and adapt by doing the work real executives and consultants do; the week ends with a team strategy presentation to peers and professionals.

• Grades 9–12
• Fee: $3,500 USD

Utah FCCLA's 2027 state event where high-school members compete in family and consumer sciences STAR events (culinary arts, fashion, early childhood, entrepreneurship, public speaking and more) and attend leadership sessions; top finishers can qualify for the national FCCLA event.

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

The Washington state Science Olympiad tournament, where school teams compete in science and engineering events for the state title and a place at the national tournament.

• Up to grade 12
• Cost not published

A two-week Boston University program where rising sophomores, juniors and seniors take two seminars and experience college life in Boston.

• Grades 10–12
• Fee charged, amount not published

Arizona's state final of Poetry Out Loud, the national poetry recitation contest for high-school students run by the state arts agency with the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation.

• Grades 9–12
• No fee

Vietnam's top national subject olympiad for upper-secondary students, run by the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) in maths, sciences, informatics, literature, history, geography and foreign languages.

• Grades 10–12
• Cost not published