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International

Big Science Competition

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International competition that challenges critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

Grades: High School

Breakthrough Junior Challenge

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The Breakthrough Junior Challenge is an annual global competition for students to inspire creative thinking about science.

Description: To take part in the Breakthrough Junior Challenge, create a short video (3:00 minutes max) to explain a big idea in one of these fields: Physics, Mathematics, or Life Sciences.

Ages: 13-18

Change the Game

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During this four-part Jam Session run by Girls Make Games, winners learned to design and create their own platformer games with no coding experience required!

Description: Students are being asked to submit their idea for an original mobile game along with a short explanation or statement on why they believe that they can change the gaming industry.

Ages: 13-18

Destination Imagination

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Our STEAM-based Challenges are open-ended and enable students to learn and experience the creative process while fostering their creativity, curiosity and courage.

Description: Students are being asked to submit their idea for an original mobile game along with a short explanation or statement on why they believe that they can change the gaming industry.

Grades: Kindergarten-University

Imagine Cup

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The Imagine Cup brings together student innovators using passion and purpose to tackle social issues with tech.

Description: Use your imagination and passion to create a technology solution in one of our competitions or challenges.

Ages: Students 16+

International Olympiad in Informatics

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The IOI is one of five international science olympiads. The primary goal of the IOI is to stimulate interest in informatics (computing science) and information technology. Another important goal is to bring together exceptionally talented pupils from various countries and to have them share scientific and cultural experiences.

Odyssey of the Mind

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Odyssey of the Mind has been the world’s greatest creative problem-solving program since its beginning, in 1978.

Description: Teams of students select a problem, create a solution, then present their solution in a competition against other teams in the same problem and division.

Grades: 1st-12th

Science Olympiad

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The Stockholm Junior Water Prize (SJWP) was founded in 1997 by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) to complement the Stockholm Water Prize.

Description: Projects should be aimed at enhancing the quality of life through improvement of water quality, water resources management, or water and wastewater treatment.

Grades: Middle-High School

Stockholm Junior Water Prize

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The Stockholm Junior Water Prize (SJWP) was founded in 1997 by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) to complement the Stockholm Water Prize.

Description: Projects should be aimed at enhancing the quality of life through improvement of water quality, water resources management, or water and wastewater treatment.

Grades: 9th-12th

Age: 15+

Space Challenges

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SPACE CHALLENGES IS THE BIGGEST FREE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM FOR SPACE SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND EXPLORATION

Sphero Global Challenge

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The Sphero Global Challenge is an opportunity for students to go deeper with computational thinking, engineering, and programming skills in our various STEM and coding competitions.

Age: 7-14

Technovation Challenge

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Every year, Technovation invites teams of young people from all over the world to learn and apply the skills needed to solve real-world problems through technology.

Ages: 10-18

Africa

Africa Code Week

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Armenia

Armath

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Taking into consideration that the sphere of advanced technology is one of the driving forces of the world economy and the fact that the need for a workforce skilled in science, technology, engineering, and math subjects is exponentially rising, Armath Engineering Laboratories strive to play a significant role in supporting the global growth tendencies by teaching children as young as aged 10 how exciting and fun STEM can be.

Australia

NCSS Challenge

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The NCSS Challenge is a programming competition open to all school students and teachers. The Grok Learning team have been running coding competitions like the challenge for over 12 years.

Grades: Upper Primary to High School

Australian STEM Video Game Challenge

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Facilitating engagement with Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, students learn vital skills for the future through designing, building and testing an original video game.

Year: 5-12

Australian Informatics Olympiad

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Description: Students write short computer programs to solve six problems that vary in difficulty. The competition does not test computer literacy or knowledge but is focused on problem solving through programming skills.

Grades: At Most 12th

Engineering for Kids of Australia

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Description: Teams can participate in a wide variety of judged and skill-based events, such as science, technology, engineering, or math research presentations or programming-skills routine demonstrations.

Austria

ESERO Austria

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Competitions: Students of all ages will find current national and international competitions where they can meet astronauts or launch self-built satellites.

Ages: 6-19

Engineering for Kids of Austria

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Description: Teams can participate in a wide variety of judged and skill-based events, such as science, technology, engineering, or math research presentations or programming-skills routine demonstrations.

Azerbaijan

Engineering for Kids of Azerbaijan

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Bahrain

Engineering for Kids of Bahrain

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Bangladesh

Techbeez

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Description: Online registration with innovative tech based solution to one of the social issues listed above. Top 5 teams will be selected based on the innovativeness, feasibility and overall impact of their ideas.

Bhutan

STEM Olympiad

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National STEM Olympiad is devoted to improve the quality of STEM education. This programme is expected to spark students’ interest in STEM related areas and provide recognition for outstanding achievement in STEM education.

Brazil

Olympiads

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The Brazilian Robotics Olympics (OBR) is one of the Brazilian scientific Olympics that uses the theme of robotics.

Cambodia

STEM Cambodia

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STEMEOC is still as profoundly devoted to our initial mission of igniting a love for Science Technology Engineering and Maths in Cambodia.

Cameroon

STEM Prize

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The STEM Prize was established to encourage young Cameroonians and Africans, especially girls and young women to pursue careers in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.

Ages: 13-21

OWSD

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OWSD-CAM has as main goal to promote activities that improve female participation in science and technology in Cameroon.

Description: Students should identify an everyday problem that directly impacts them, their families, their communities and/or the global population and present a new innovation or solution that could impact or solve the problem they have identified.

Ages: 13-18

Canada

Exploravision

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Inspiring science & innovation

Grades: K-12

Science Odyssey

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Science Odyssey is Canada’s biggest festival of science and technology with over 1000 activities for explorers of all ages.

Caribbean

Stem Caribbean

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Participating in competitions can improve your skills and help you earn great rewards!

China

Yau High School Science Award

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Math, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Computer, and Economics

Grades: High School

China Thinks Big

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Grades: 9-12

Engineering for Kids of China

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Denmark

Young Scientists

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The participants have to send in a project based on a topic, they have chosen themselves in the categories Life Science, Physical Science or Technology, which together cover the entire science field.

Grades: Primary-High School

European Union

EU Contest for Young Scientists

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The EU Contest for Young Scientists gives students the opportunity tocompete with the best of their contemporaries at European level, meet others with similar abilities and interests, and get guidance from some of the most prominent scientists in Europe.

Ages: 14-20

EUSMI

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AIMING TO ENHANCE EUROPEAN COMPETITIVENESS IN SOFT MATTER RESEARCH AND INNOVATION, THE PAN-EUROPEAN PROJECT EUSMI INVITES TEACHERS TO PARTICIPATE IN A SCIENCE DEMONSTRATION COMPETITION TOGETHER WITH THEIR SCIENCE CLASSES

Ages: 13-18

Greece

SciCo

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During the competition, participants deepen their knowledge in one of STEM fields, develop research, collaboration, presentation and communication skills, present their findings to the general public, network with people of similar academic interests, as well as scientists and researchers, and win prizes.

Grades: 9-12

Hungary

FameLab

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FameLab is the world's leading science communications competition. It spotlights the science communicators of tomorrow, who can show off their area of expertise in a truly engaging way.

Ages: 18+

India

National STEM Award

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This will be India’s first STEM awards for Govt. and Govt aided schools students. There are different competitions like Tech Quiz, Science and Mathematics Model Competition and Engineering Tinkering.

Grades: 6th-8th

Indian Computing Olympiad

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The Indian Computing Olympiad is a nationwide competition organized annually by IARCS. The goal of the competition is to identify school students with outstanding skills in algorithms and computer programming.

Grades: At Most 12th

Indonesia

Engineering For Kids of Indonesia

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Ireland

Bridge 21

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The project integrates elements from the wide range of teacher workshops we run, such as: Digital Media, Future Tech, Contextualised Mathematics, Computational Thinking, Animation, Game Design, Computer Systems and Python.

SFI

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We believe in driving STEM-led innovation to address society's greatest challenges.

SchoolDays.ie

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Israel

Lockheed Martin

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Lockheed Martin believes that the advancement of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) education requires close cooperation between industry, educators, policy makers and families.

Jerusalem Science Contest

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Jordan

Science/STEM Fair

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This is an exciting and fun way to make a name for yourself in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math.

Engineering for Kids in Jordan

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Kenya

Young Scientists Kenya

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TYoung Scientists Kenya (YSK) is a unique initiative that gives young people from across Kenya an opportunity to demonstrate innovation and showcase their scientific talents through a National Science and Technology competition.

Kuwait

Kuwait Contest of Robotics Champions

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Kuwait Science Club

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Malaysia

#MYSTEMHACK

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#MySTEMHack is a national hackathon for educators, teachers, and learners across Malaysia where they engage with the Pusat STEM Negara free and open technology and data to address real-world problems in everyday classroom

STEM Malaysia

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WE BRING TO YOU THE MOST EXCITING ONLINE STEM COMPETITION EVER IN MALAYSIA!

Ages: 6-16

Netherlands

FSA Data Science Competition

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Description: Each day, two companies introduce themselves and host a business case. These business cases are solved in student groups which can score points based on their solution and presentation.

FameLab

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FameLab aims to discover charismatic, up-and-coming scientists who inspire people to see the world from a new perspective… in just three minutes!

New Zealand

New Zealand Engineering Science Competition

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Our annual problem-solving competition for teams of secondary students throughout the country.

Grades: High School

Wonder Project

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Description: Over 6–8 weeks in Term 2, students work with their teacher and Wonder Project Ambassador to design, build and launch their very own water rocket.

Years: 5-6

Panama

Engineering for Kids for Panama

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Saudi Arabia

Engineering for Kids for Saudi Arabia

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Singapore

Engineering for Kids for Singapore

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Singapore Amazing Flying Machine Competition

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Description:SAFMC provides a unique platform for students to push the boundaries of innovation by designing and creating extraordinary flying machines.

SONY CREATIVE SCIENCE AWARD

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Let your students’ creativity blossom in the annual Sony Creative Science Award (SCSA). It is Singapore’s largest national toy-making competition for primary school students, jointly organised by the Science Centre Singapore and the Sony Group of Companies in Singapore, with the support of the Ministry of Education.

Primary: 1-6

ENGINEERING INNOVATION CHALLENGE

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This competition aims to interest, excite and enable students to understand and experience how engineering plays a part in energy innovation.

Grades: Secondary-University

South Africa

Computer Talent Search

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Computer Programming Olympiad

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Computer Applications Olympiad

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United Kingdom

CanSat

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Description: A CanSat is a simulation of a real satellite, integrated within the volume and shape of a soft drink can. The challenge for students is to fit all the major subsystems found in a satellite, such as power, sensors and a communication system, into this minimal volume.

Ages: 14+

Mission X: Train Like an Astronaut

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Description: Mission X is an international educational challenge that focuses on health, science, fitness and nutrition and encourages pupils to train like an astronaut!

bp United Kingdom

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bp’s Ultimate STEM Challenge has been designed to help young people develop their creativity, problem-solving skills and employability by tackling real-world challenges.

Ages: 11-14

British Informatics Olympiad

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The British Informatics Olympiad is the national computing competition for schools and colleges.

United States

3M Young Scientist Lab Challenge

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A unique learning opportunity that allows students to meet other science super-heroes and work with 3M mentors to turn their ideas into reality.

Description: The annual 3M Young Scientist Challenge invites students in grades 5-8 to submit a 1-2 minute video describing a unique solution to an everyday problem for the chance to win $25,000 and an exclusive 3M Mentorship.

Grades: 5th-8th

Congressional App Challenge

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The Congressional App Challenge is the most prestigious prize in student computer science.

Grades: Middle or High School

Exploravision

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Inspiring science & innovation

Grades: K-12

TSA

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The Technology Student Association (TSA) is a national organization of students engaged in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics).

Grades: Middle or High School

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