Scholarships and youth programs (including A World In Motion) supporting students in engineering related to mobility.
Grade 12Pays or awards moneyOnline
Applications usually run from January to March
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Internships, programs, scholarships, competitions and more. Search, then narrow by grade, state, cost and commitment.
Scholarships supporting Hispanic students pursuing STEM degrees.
Grade 12Pays or awards moneyOnline
Applications usually close in spring
Scholarships for women pursuing engineering and computer science degrees, including awards for incoming college freshmen.
Grade 12Pays or awards moneyOnline
The first-year application usually runs f...
Team-based national math competition with local, relay and team rounds.
Grades 9–12Has a feeUniversity of Nevada, Reno ...
Ask your regional ARML team about tryouts...
Free regional robotics competition for middle and high school students, culminating in a national championship.
Grades 9–12FreeLocal hubs across the U.S.
Seasons start with a hub kickoff in early...
Competition
BioGENEius Challenge (regional and national)
Biotechnology Innovation Organization Education
Regional and national biotechnology research competition for high school students, with a national event held alongside the BIO International Convention.
Grades 9–12FreeRegional and state competit...
Check the site for this year's application dates
Autonomous robotics competition for middle and high school teams using the Botball kit.
Grades 9–12Has a feeRegional tournaments across...
Teachers register teams before the season starts
International robotics competition where teams represent their home countries.
Grades 9–12VariesHost city changes yearly (I...
Each country runs its own selection; cont...
Robotics competition for middle and high school teams that design, build and program robots for a game challenge.
Grades 9–12Has a feeTeams and events nationwide
Register your team before the season kick...
National DNA-analysis competition where students design experiments that could fly to the International Space Station.
Grades 9–12FreeOnline
Proposals are accepted January to mid-Apr...
Competition
MathWorks Math Modeling Challenge (M3)
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
Online, judged mathematical modeling competition for high school juniors and seniors, with team-based scholarship prizes.
Grades 11–12Pays or awards moneyOnline
Feb 20, 2027
Regional and national quiz-bowl-style competition on ocean sciences for high school teams.
Grades 9–12VariesRegional bowls hosted by un...
Team registration is handled by each regi...
Nationwide academic competition testing students on biology, chemistry, physics, math, earth science and energy, through regional and national rounds.
Grades 9–12FreeRegional competitions natio...
Registration opens October 5, 2026 and cl...
International robotics competition for young people in categories such as soccer, rescue and dance.
Grades 9–12VariesLocal, regional and interna...
Check RoboCupJunior USA for this year's e...
Program where students build an underwater ROV from a kit and compete regionally and nationally.
Grades 9–12Has a feeRegional competitions; inte...
Register with a regional competition near you
Competition where high school teams design, build and race solar-powered cars.
Grades 9–12Has a feeTexas Motor Speedway, Fort ...
Contact the Solar Car Challenge Foundatio...
Competition
American Rocketry Challenge
Aerospace Industries Association / National Association of Rocketry
National rocketry design and build competition for middle and high school teams.
Grades 9–12Has a feeLaunch at home; National Fi...
Dec 6, 2026
STEM competition where student teams imagine technology 10 or more years in the future and build a solution to a real-world challenge, submitting an abstract, description and bibliography.
Grades 9–12VariesOnline
2027 deadline not stated on the page.
National astronomy and astrophysics competition selecting the U.S. team for the International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics.
Grades 9–12Has a feeOnline
Check usaaao.org for this year's First Ro...
National chemistry exam competition selecting the U.S. team for the International Chemistry Olympiad.
Grades 9–12VariesLocal exams nationwide; nat...
Ask your chemistry teacher to contact you...
National physics competition that selects the U.S. team for the International Physics Olympiad.
Grades 9–12Has a feeTaken at your school (proctored)
Schools register for F=ma by late January
Elite invitational math competition for the top scorers on the AMC/AIME pipeline, feeding the U.S. team selection process.
Grades 9–12FreeTaken at your school or an ...
Take the AMC 10/12 on November 5 or 13, 2...
Competition
USA Mathematical Talent Search (USAMTS)
Art of Problem Solving / National Science Foundation
Proof-based math competition where students have a month to work out and write up solutions.
Grades 9–12FreeOnline
Round deadlines run from October to Janua...
Synthetic biology research and design competition; iGEM offers a high school division for student teams.
Grades 9–12Has a feeYour own lab or school, the...
Team registration opens early in the year...