Programs

Delaware 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 one-week, non-credit residential summer institute at Wake Forest University for high school students. Develop writing skills in a pre-college summer institute.

• Grades 9–12
• Fee: $3,500 USD

A three-week Boston University program for rising juniors and seniors to study one subject in depth through hands-on, experiential learning.

• Grades 11–12
• Fee charged, amount not published

NAQT's premier high school quiz bowl event, where the top school teams from across the United States and beyond compete for the national championship.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

Paid summer jobs for Orleans Parish youth ages 16–24 with businesses, nonprofits, schools and city agencies.

• Grades 10–12
• No fee

Canada’s national skilled trades and technology competition in Calgary, for competitors who qualify through provincial and territorial Skills competitions.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

A residential summer program at the University of North Dakota where motivated ND sophomores and juniors do hands-on projects, labs and field trips in Education, Energy Law & Legal Studies, Health Studies or Mental Health.

• Grades 10–11
• Cost not published

Long-running Singapore invention award where students apply scientific principles to build original inventions; winning entries are exhibited at a ceremony at Science Centre Singapore.

• Sec 3 – JC2
• Cost not published

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

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

A one-week, introductory college-level ecology course on the Hudson River with outdoor and lab data collection, earning one transferable credit.

• Grades 11–12
• Fee: $1,550 USD

Michigan 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

Vietnam's national research-project fair for students in grades 8–12: projects are chosen at school and province level, then compete at MOET's national fair.

• Up to grade 12
• Cost not published