Competitive Programming Federation of Kazakhstan (CPFED)
Kazakhstan's national AI olympiad for grades 9–12 and the route onto the national team for the International Olympiad in Artificial Intelligence (IOAI).
Oriel College, University of Oxford, with the Oxford Faculty of Music
A series of free-format online music sessions from Oriel College and the Oxford Music Faculty for Year 10-13 UK state school students, with an essay-and-tutorial component for Year 12 students. Sign-up for each session closes at 9am the day before.
An essay prize in law for sixth formers, judged in a separate United Kingdom Division. Essays are up to 2,000 words on a legal topic of importance to modern society; the 2027 details are due in February 2027.
兵庫県・毎日新聞社・公益財団法人ひょうご震災記念21世紀研究機構 人と防災未来センター (Hyogo Prefecture, The Mainichi Newspapers, Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution)
A national award founded after the 1995 Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake that recognises outstanding disaster-prevention education and activities by school and community groups, with separate Junior High and High School divisions. The Grand Prix carries a 200,000-yen prize.
Labrador, Western and Central NL Virtual Science Fair
Labrador, Western and Central NL Virtual Science Fair is the regional science fair for Labrador, Western and Central Newfoundland, where students present original science, engineering and innovation projects to judges.
法務省・全国人権擁護委員連合会 (Ministry of Justice and National Federation of Civil Liberties Commissioners)
A nationwide Japanese essay contest run since 1981 by the Ministry of Justice and the civil liberties commissioners, in which junior high students write about human rights based on their own experiences. Entries go through regional contests run by each Legal Affairs Bureau.
Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education (SPICE), Stanford University / 特定非営利活動法人 e-Entrepreneurship in Japan
A free, competitive online course in English in which about 20 students in and from Japan learn social entrepreneurship and design thinking with Stanford scholars and Silicon Valley entrepreneurs. Applications for the spring 2027 session open on 25 January 2027.
A three-day online summer school on Zoom for Year 12 students at non-fee-paying state schools, with subject streams and a guaranteed contextual offer or interview at Bristol for those who complete it.
Prestigious annual internal scholarship competition by Maqsut Narikbayev University in Astana awarding over 60 full and partial undergraduate tuition grants.