A multilingual poetry competition for students aged 8-18 run by Leeds City of Languages at the University of Leeds, with Mother Tongue and Other Tongue strands.
A free online lecture series from Newcastle University Faculty of Medical Sciences on medical science topics, open to anyone aged 15 and over, with an extra Applying to Medicine and Dentistry session.
A supervised 45-minute coding challenge for students who took part in UK Bebras, with block-based and text-based (Python, C#, Java, VB) tasks. The 2027 date is not yet published; the UKCT schedule says it opens in mid-March for a fortnight.
文部科学省・特許庁・日本弁理士会・独立行政法人工業所有権情報・研修館 (MEXT, Japan Patent Office, Japan Patent Attorneys Association, INPIT)
A national invention contest co-hosted by MEXT, the Japan Patent Office, the Japan Patent Attorneys Association and INPIT, where high school, KOSEN and university students submit their own unpublished inventions. Winners file a real patent application with a patent attorney's support, with filing fees paid by the organizers.
교육부·시도교육청 / 한국과학창의재단 (Korea Science and Creativity Foundation, KOSAC)
Nationwide data-driven science inquiry contest: teacher-student teams collect and analyse real data on issues such as fine dust, carbon emissions, climate, heat islands, solar power and sound using the 'Intelligent Science Lab ON' platform.
Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Department of Skill Education
Free online bootcamps run by CBSE for students of Classes 9 and 10 who study the Artificial Intelligence skill subject (code 417), held in two-hour afternoon sessions over about two weeks per batch.
A monthly flash-fiction competition with a category for young writers aged 12-18. Each month Scottish Book Trust sets a prompt and winners are published on its website.
An annual award for young composers resident in the UK, with a category for under-18s, to write a new piece for a leading early music ensemble. Winning pieces are premiered and broadcast on BBC Radio 3.
Turan University's three-stage grant competition for university applicants (essay, online logic test, interview), with grants of one, two or four years of free study.