Program

Ashinaga's JPY 30,000-a-month grant for high-school and kosen students who have lost a parent to illness, disaster or suicide, or whose parent has a grade 1-5 disability. The 2027 call for current students is scheduled to open on 1 April 2027; the 2026 call closed on 20 May 2026.

• Kelas 10–12
• Gratis

Bihar's incentive scheme for students who have passed Class 10 (Matric): registration for the 2026 round is open on the Government of Bihar's Medhasoft portal and the amount is paid into the student's Aadhaar-seeded bank account.

• Kelas 10–11
• Gratis

$1,000 scholarship awards for graduating Grade 12 students in Toronto who self-identify as Black and will study full-time at a post-secondary school in the fall.

• Kelas 12
• Biaya belum diumumkan

Teens in Grades 7-12 in Guelph and Wellington County submit original short stories, poems or cover art to Guelph Public Library's Teen ETCH anthology.

• Kelas 9–12
• Gratis

Lomba debat tingkat nasional bagi murid jenjang menengah dalam Debat Bahasa Indonesia dan Debat Bahasa Inggris tentang isu global terkini, berjenjang dari daerah hingga babak nasional daring.

• Kelas 10–12
• Biaya belum diumumkan

Valvoline Cummins' CSR scholarship gives up to Rs 12,000 plus mentorship to Class 9-12 students from southern, eastern and north-eastern states whose parents are commercial drivers or mechanics, or who come from economically weaker families. The 2026-27 round closed on 30 October 2026; the next round is not announced.

• Kelas 9–12
• Gratis

Four or more $1,500 awards for Calgary Grade 12 graduates who show outstanding school and community leadership and go directly into full-time undergraduate study.

• Kelas 12
• Biaya belum diumumkan

A national contest, founded in 1981, asking high school students to write not a book report but a 'reading experience' essay about how a book changed their thinking or life. Entries go through schools; the 47th (2027) call is not yet published.

• Kelas 10–12
• Biaya belum diumumkan

A government competition in which UK secondary and sixth form students write a letter of up to 1,000 words on a big economic challenge, with cash prizes and a funded visit to the FCDO and LSE for top entrants. The 2027 competition has been announced but not yet opened.

• Year 10–13 / S3–S6
• Gratis

Need-based scholarship from the National Education Foundation (MEV) for associate and bachelor's students, including students who have just won a university place.

• Kelas belum diumumkan
• Gratis

Japan's largest reading-response essay contest (over 2 million entries a year), with separate junior high and high school divisions for set books and free-choice books. Entries are made through schools; the 73rd (2027) guidelines are not yet published.

• Kelas 9–12
• Biaya belum diumumkan

A free 12-week online programme in humanities and social sciences research and essay writing for women in Year 12 in the UK, run by Newnham College, Cambridge. Applications open on 4 December 2026.

• Year 12 / S5
• Gratis