Opportunities
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Internships, programs, scholarships, competitions and more. Search, then narrow by grade, state, cost and commitment.
University of Pennsylvania Wharton School
Three-week residential program at Wharton on business and leadership, with lectures, company visits and a team business plan.
Boston University Summer Term
Six-week summer program: a research internship in a BU lab, or a group research practicum.
Annual international conference and competition for DECA members in marketing, finance, hospitality and management events.
Future Business Leaders of America
Annual national conference and competitive events for FBLA members in business and technology fields.
National Invention Convention and Entrepreneurship Program
K-12 invention education program culminating in a national competition where students patent, prototype and pitch original inventions.
Council for Economic Education
National competition testing high school students on personal finance knowledge.
Global technology entrepreneurship program where girls build a mobile app to solve a community problem and pitch it to judges.
Federal Reserve Bank of New York (and other regional Feds)
Team competition where students analyze the U.S. economy and recommend monetary policy, judged by economists.
Foundation for Economic Education (FEE)
Free three-day summer seminars on economics, political science and leadership, with lectures, discussions and networking.
School-based business simulation where students run a company as CEOs and compete in a simulated marketplace.
Residential summer entrepreneurship program where high school students build a real startup company from idea to launch.
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship
NFTE's World Series of Innovation: a free global challenge to design entrepreneurial solutions to real-world problems tied to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
EdCorps lets a class or club run a real online business under Real World Scholars' nonprofit umbrella, with an e-commerce storefront and seed grants.
University of Pennsylvania Wharton School
Three-week summer program in sports analytics at the Wharton School: statistics, data and how teams make decisions.
Online internship where high school students join teams that address organizational needs while building a database of educational resources. Teams include Resource R&D, Student Ambassadors, Multimedia, Marketing, Coding and more.
Washington University in St. Louis Olin Business School
One-week in-person business exposure through faculty, case studies and networking.
Business Professionals of America
Career and technical student organization for business, technology and information technology students, with competitive events.
Career and business student organization that prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs for careers in marketing, finance, hospitality, and management through school chapters and competitions.
FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America)
Largest student business organization, offering high-school students membership, education programs, competitive events, and scholarships through school chapters.
Online investing simulation where participants use a virtual $100,000 portfolio to research real stocks, bonds, and mutual funds and track how market events influence results.
Program in which high-school students fill a need or solve a community problem while learning to conceptualize, capitalize, and manage their own business venture; students may compete in the JA Company of the Year national competition.
Young Entrepreneurs Academy
Class-based program for middle- and high-school students to start and run a real business or social movement, with business mentorship and a national competition component.
Connects students from underserved backgrounds with skills training, paid internships at corporate partners, and college and career coaching.
Career-exploration program in which high-school students design an individualized career path through design-thinking activities, informational interviews, and workplace site visits.