Programs

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

Louisiana's main TOPS award, paying a tuition-based amount at Louisiana colleges for graduates who complete the TOPS Core and meet GPA and ACT standards.

• Grade 12
• 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

Wyoming's state merit scholarship for every Wyoming high-school graduate who meets its ACT, GPA and course requirements, usable at the University of Wyoming and Wyoming community colleges.

• Grade 12
• No fee

Eight-week paid employer placements for students in grades 10–12 at Los Angeles County schools. Applications are announced to open in January 2027.

• Grades 10–12
• Cost not published

90% of tuition fees of a Foundation (Pathway) programme and undergraduate course at British University Vietnam, for Vietnamese citizens living in Vietnam.

• Grade 12
• Cost not published

California 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