Programs

A free international essay competition for students aged 11–18, run by the independent organisation Oxford Global Education, with a live oral defence final.

• Grades not published
• No fee

Explore real health data and research questions with Stanford AIMI mentors in a virtual programme.

• Grades not published
• Cost not published

An online June–December STEM and college-preparation program with a project course, a core course and continued mentoring. Participation costs are covered.

• Grade 11
• No fee

Write an engineering narrative and a storyboard explaining how an AI robot could learn safely in a real place you know.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

A free four-round economics olympiad for grades 8–12: school, regional and national rounds in Kazakhstan, with the top five going to Olympia, Greece.

• Grades 9–12
• No fee

A Texas high-school essay contest on an individual, organization or movement that made positive contributions to Texas history or culture, with state finalists honored at the UIL State Academic Meet.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

Write a poem on 'The Deep' for the UK's most valuable prize for young poets, with a £5,000 first prize.

• Year 10–13 / S3–S6
• No fee

Build an original research project through live methodology classes and ongoing mentor guidance.

• Grades 9–12
• Fee: $2,450 USD

Develop an original business idea and present it in an online video pitch judged by entrepreneurs.

• Grades not published
• No fee

A writing contest for high-school students in greater Montréal and Lanaudière on racism, identity and living together.

• Secondary III–V
• No fee

The Chaucer Heritage Trust's tenth annual writing competition: a poem or story of up to 500 words on 'Transformations' in the spirit of The Canterbury Tales, with Junior, Intermediate (11–14) and Senior (15–18) categories.

• Grades not published
• No fee

Ottawa Public Library's bilingual youth writing contest with categories for short story, poetry and comics in English and French.

• Grades 9–12
• No fee