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Top opportunities by grade band
Grades 9–10
- AI Scholars — Inspirit AI · Deadline September · free
- Civics Unplugged Fellowship — Civics Unplugged · Deadline September · free
- Coca-Cola Scholars Program Scholarship — The Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation · Deadline September 30, 2026 · paid
- Congressional App Challenge — US House of Representatives · Deadline October · free
- AMC 10/12 — Mathematical Association of America · Deadline November · paid
- Conrad Challenge — Conrad Foundation · Deadline November · free
- Barbara Lotze Scholarship for Future Teachers — AAPT · Deadline December · stipend
- AI Leadership — UPenn Wharton Global Youth · Deadline January · free
- Berklee Five-Week Summer Performance — Berklee College of Music · Deadline January · paid
- C-SPAN StudentCam — C-SPAN · Deadline January · free
- Coolidge Senators Program — Coolidge Scholars Foundation · Deadline January · free
- Data Science Academy — UPenn Wharton Global Youth · Deadline January · free
- Data Science Competition — UPenn Wharton Global Youth · Deadline January · free
- Bebras Computing Challenge (US) — ELASH / Bebras US · Deadline Early February · free
- COSMOS — University of California · Deadline Early February · paid
- AAPT PhysicsBowl — AAPT · Deadline February · free
- AIME — Mathematical Association of America · Deadline February · free
- Apple Swift Student Challenge — Apple Inc. · Deadline February · free
- Architecture — Carnegie Mellon University · Deadline February · free
- Art — Carnegie Mellon University · Deadline February · free
- Aspiring Scientists Summer Internship Program (ASSIP) — George Mason University (GMU) · Deadline February · free
- Blue Ocean Student Entrepreneurship Competition — Blue Ocean Strategy / various · Deadline February · free
- Canadian Computing Competition (CCC) — University of Waterloo (CEMC) · Deadline February · free
- Computational Biology — Carnegie Mellon University · Deadline February · free
- CS Scholars — Carnegie Mellon University · Deadline February · free
Grades 11–12
- AI Scholars — Inspirit AI · Deadline September · free
- Al-Khwarizmi International Award (Youth) — IROST · Deadline September · free
- Civics Unplugged Fellowship — Civics Unplugged · Deadline September · free
- Coca-Cola Scholars Program Scholarship — The Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation · Deadline September 30, 2026 · paid
- Argonne Exemplary Student Research Program — Argonne National Laboratory · Deadline October · free
- Coca-Cola Scholars Program — Coca-Cola Foundation · Deadline October · free
- Congressional App Challenge — US House of Representatives · Deadline October · free
- AMC 10/12 — Mathematical Association of America · Deadline November · paid
- Commonwealth Short Story Prize — Commonwealth Foundation · Deadline November · free
- Conrad Challenge — Conrad Foundation · Deadline November · free
- Barbara Lotze Scholarship for Future Teachers — AAPT · Deadline December · stipend
- DAAD RISE Germany — DAAD · Deadline December · stipend
- AI Leadership — UPenn Wharton Global Youth · Deadline January · free
- Amgen Scholars — Europe & Asia — Amgen Foundation · Deadline January · stipend
- Bank of America Student Leaders — Bank of America · Deadline January · stipend
- Berklee Five-Week Summer Performance — Berklee College of Music · Deadline January · paid
- Broad Summer Scholars Program — Broad Institute (MIT & Harvard) · Deadline January · stipend
- C-SPAN StudentCam — C-SPAN · Deadline January · free
- CERN Summer Student Programme — CERN · Deadline January · stipend
- Coolidge Senators Program — Coolidge Scholars Foundation · Deadline January · free
- Data Science Academy — UPenn Wharton Global Youth · Deadline January · free
- Data Science Competition — UPenn Wharton Global Youth · Deadline January · free
- Davis Projects for Peace — Davis United World College Scholars · Deadline January · stipend
- DOE STEM Rising / SCEP — U.S. Department of Energy · Deadline January · stipend
- Beaver Works Summer Institute (BWSI) — MIT Lincoln Lab · Deadline Early February · free