Ministry of Education of Kazakhstan and Daryn Republican Scientific and Practical Center
A national olympiad in maths, physics, chemistry and biology for grade 11(12) students who have never competed at republican level; winners gain priority in the state university-grant competition.
Arts House Limited with Singapore Book Council (supported by the National Arts Council)
Singapore's premier creative writing competition in English, Chinese, Malay and Tamil, established by the National Arts Council in 1993 to discover new writers. There is no age limit, so secondary and JC students can enter.
Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (FBISE), Islamabad
The Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education awards meritorious scholarships every year to 160 SSC and 160 HSSC students. Notified students submit an online application, and the 2026 list is not yet on the Board's page.
BMU's own grants for first-year bachelor's entrants: a social grant and an MIS programme grant (100% for 4 years) and academic grants of 50% or 20% for 4 years, based on IELTS and BMU maths exam or SAT Math.
Grades not published
Cost not published
Partial fundingApplications not open yetQualification required
Utah 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.
A free six-day national youth leadership forum for 35 Grade 10-11 French-program students, followed by a year as a French-language ambassador in their school.
Grades 10–11
No fee
Fully fundedApplications not open yetNomination required
NEXON's free national programming contest for middle and high school students, relaunched in 2026 as an AI-era strategy programming competition with an online qualifier and a final in Seoul.
Indian Association for Research in Computing Science (IARCS), Indian Computing Olympiad
The second round of the Indian Computing Olympiad: a C++ programming contest for students who qualify through ZIO or ZCO, leading to the IOI Training Camp and India's International Olympiad in Informatics team.