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International youth poetry slam festival and competition for teen spoken-word poets.

International robotics competition for young people in categories such as soccer, rescue and dance.

Program where students build an underwater ROV from a kit and compete regionally and nationally.

Competition where high school teams design, build and race solar-powered cars.

National rocketry design and build competition for middle and high school teams.

Global technology entrepreneurship program where girls build a mobile app to solve a community problem and pitch it to judges.

Team competition where students analyze the U.S. economy and recommend monetary policy, judged by economists.

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.

National astronomy and astrophysics competition selecting the U.S. team for the International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics.

National chemistry exam competition selecting the U.S. team for the International Chemistry Olympiad.

National physics competition that selects the U.S. team for the International Physics Olympiad.

Elite invitational math competition for the top scorers on the AMC/AIME pipeline, feeding the U.S. team selection process.

Proof-based math competition where students have a month to work out and write up solutions.

International academic competition combining a written test, team debate, collaborative writing and a quiz bowl (Scholar's Challenge) across an interdisciplinary curriculum.

Synthetic biology research and design competition; iGEM offers a high school division for student teams.

Free capture-the-flag cybersecurity challenges from Carnegie Mellon, now part of CyLab Security Academy, with an annual competition for U.S. middle- and high-school students.

Video-based science fair where students of any age 5 and up submit a five-minute project video and written description. Awards include the Acellus Science Fair Award and the Naval Science Award Program.

Essay contests tied to Anthem, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, with multiple awards and prizes up to $25,000.

Regional Science Bowl for Bay Area middle and high school teams; winning teams advance to the national competition.

Statewide science and engineering fair with project display and judging, meant to build interest in science and engineering careers and bring students together with scientists.

Hands-on programming competition with preparatory workshops at both Cornell Ithaca and Cornell Tech NYC.

International high school project competition on environmental issues in nine disciplines: Science, Art, Short Film, Music, Robotics, Entrepreneurship, Speech, Coding and Artificial Intelligence.

Regional science and engineering fair with judging, awards and ceremonies, plus over 25 special awards totaling $3,000+ from organizations such as Intel, NASA and the American Chemical Society.

Three-tier neuroscience competition for teens: local Brain Bee, national Brain Bee and the IBB World Championship. Over 25,000 competitors from more than 50 countries take part each year.