2,682 programs · 78 close in the next 14 days
Competition · In person · South Korea
한국과학창의재단 (Korea Science and Creativity Foundation, KOSAC)·주식회사 보령 (Boryung) / 후원 우주항공청
Team research contest on space medicine; the top 3 teams travel to NASA and US space companies, fully funded.
Olympiad · In person · Japan
公益財団法人数学オリンピック財団 (Mathematical Olympiad Foundation of Japan)
Japan's national mathematics olympiad, which selects the six-member team for the International Mathematical Olympiad. The 2026 entry window has closed; the foundation plans to publish the 38th JMO guidelines in early May 2027 and hold the preliminary in November 2027.
Competition · Online · United Kingdom
St Hugh's College, University of Oxford
An Oxford college history essay competition for sixth formers that drew 1,039 entries in 2026. Details for 2027 are due in late January or early February 2027.
Leadership and volunteering · Hybrid · Japan
公益財団法人米日カウンシル－ジャパン (U.S.-Japan Council (Japan)) – TOMODACHIイニシアチブ, 支援: 三菱UFJ銀行 (MUFG)
A roughly four-month leadership program for high school students across Japan on the SDGs and sustainable entrepreneurship, with online training, a fully funded study trip to the San Francisco Bay Area and a final presentation in Tokyo. The 2027 call has not been announced yet.
Scholarship · In person · Saitama, Japan
公益財団法人埼玉県国際交流協会 グローバル人材育成センター埼玉 / 埼玉県 (Saitama International Association, Global Human Resources Development Center Saitama / Saitama Prefecture)
Saitama's grant-type study-abroad scholarship includes sponsored courses for high school students who study at an overseas high school for three months or more, paying 500,000 yen per student.
Research program · In person · Stanford, United States
Stanford University
Eight weeks of biomedical laboratory research with Stanford faculty, postdoctoral researchers and student mentors. The 2027 intake is announced; dates remain tentative.
Competition · In person · Japan
公益社団法人日本建築士会連合会 (Japan Federation of Architects and Building Engineers Associations) and prefectural architects associations
A national architectural design competition for students in architecture and interior-design courses at high schools and colleges of technology, with prefectural qualifiers and a national final judged by leading architects.
Competition · In person · Türkiye
T.C. Millî Eğitim Bakanlığı (Bursa İl Millî Eğitim Müdürlüğü koordinasyonunda, 15 Temmuz Derneği iş birliğiyle)
Nationwide Ministry of National Education contests in which lise students enter short films, choirs, posters and slogans, photographs, poems and 'unity stories' on democracy and national unity, with a final ceremony in Bursa.
Summer school · In person · Toronto, Canada
University of Toronto — Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Office of Access and Outreach
A free four-week summer program for Ontario high school students facing systemic barriers, earning a Grade 12 science credit and a $1,600 payment on completion while exploring health-science careers.
Work experience · In person · Edinburgh, United Kingdom
NHS Lothian
NHS Lothian's work experience pathway for S5 and S6 pupils in Edinburgh and the Lothians interested in becoming doctors, with a 3-day programme at the Chancellor's Building, Little France.
Competition · In person · Türkiye
T.C. Millî Eğitim Bakanlığı Meslekî ve Teknik Eğitim Genel Müdürlüğü (TÜBİTAK ve TİKA paydaşlığında)
The Ministry of National Education's long-running national robotics competition, where school teams build robots in 16 categories from line followers and mini sumo to drones, underwater robots and cyber security.
Summer school · In person · Singapore, Singapore
DSO National Laboratories, Young Defence Scientists Programme
A DSO-run YDSP enrichment module introducing advanced physical sciences and infocomm technologies critical to Singapore's defence, through workshops, experiments and field trips.