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128 internships, research programs, scholarships and competitions with a deadline ahead, soonest first. Many more accept applications on a rolling basis; browse everything.
September 2026
October 2026
- Oct 1QuestBridge National College MatchQuestBridge
- Oct 1CyberPatriot National Youth Cyber Defense CompetitionAir & Space Forces Association
- Oct 4NESST Youth AmbassadorsSmithsonian Science Education Center
- Oct 6YoungArts National Arts CompetitionYoungArts (National YoungArts Foundation)
- Oct 9National Cyber League (NCL)National Cyber League
- Oct 10Singing for Scholarships (National Shrimp Festival)Coastal Alabama Business Chamber (National Shrimp Festival)
- Oct 12Noguchi Museum Teen Advisory BoardThe Noguchi Museum
- Oct 13USA Mathematical Talent Search (USAMTS)Art of Problem Solving Initiative
- Oct 13Youth CouncilTown of Midvale, UT
- Oct 15Niche $40,000 No Essay ScholarshipNiche
- Oct 15CHANGEmaker ProgramPhilanthropy Tank
- Oct 15Kansas Youth Leadership ForumKansas 4-H / Kansas State University
- Oct 20NSHSS Foundation STEM ScholarshipNational Society of High School Scholars (NSHSS) Foundation
- Oct 21ORNL Next Generation STEM Internship ProgramOak Ridge National Laboratory
- Oct 21Pirates Pitch Competition for High School StudentsSeton Hall University
- Oct 24Virginia Aerospace Science and Technology Scholars (VASTS)Virginia Space Grant Consortium
- Oct 26Congressional App ChallengeCongressional App Challenge (U.S. House of Representatives)
- Oct 27NCWIT Aspirations in Computing AwardNational Center for Women & Information Technology
- Oct 30Conrad ChallengeConrad Foundation (Space Center Houston)
- Oct 30Menezes Challenge PRIMES CircleMIT Department of Mathematics
- Oct 31Voice of Democracy Audio-Essay Scholarship ContestVeterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)
- Oct 31Nancy Thorp Poetry ContestHollins University
November 2026
- Nov 1Bennington College Young Writers AwardsBennington College
- Nov 1Design-it-Digital Student CAD CompetitionAssociation of Woodworking & Furnishings Suppliers (AWFS)
- Nov 2Prudential Emerging VisionariesPrudential Financial
- Nov 2NASA TechRise Student ChallengeNASA / Future Engineers
- Nov 2MIT PRIMESMIT Department of Mathematics
- Nov 2PRIMES-USAMIT Department of Mathematics
- Nov 3Chick-fil-A Community ScholarsChick-fil-A, Inc. (administered by Scholarship America)
- Nov 3Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX)Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX)
- Nov 5Regeneron Science Talent SearchSociety for Science
- Nov 8Modeling the Future ChallengeActuarial Foundation
- Nov 11Jack Kent Cooke Foundation College Scholarship ProgramJack Kent Cooke Foundation
- Nov 12Elks Most Valuable Student ScholarshipElks National Foundation
- Nov 15Youth Volunteer ProgramMills-Peninsula Medical Center (Sutter Health) · Not open yet
- Nov 15USA Biology Olympiad (USABO)Center for Excellence in Education
- Nov 18Waterloo CEMC Mathematics and Computing ContestsCentre for Education in Mathematics and Computing, University of Waterloo
- Nov 19Point Foundation Scholarship (LGBTQ+ Students)Point Foundation
- Nov 27Berkeley Math Tournament OnlineBerkeley Math Tournament (UC Berkeley)
- Nov 29Borlaug-Ruan International InternshipWorld Food Prize Foundation · Not open yet
- Nov 30BigFuture ScholarshipsCollege Board
December 2026
- Dec 1FRA Americanism Essay ContestFleet Reserve Association (FRA)
- Dec 1Tisch Summer High School Production and Design WorkshopNew York University
- Dec 1Tisch Summer High School Photography and Imaging ProgramNew York University
- Dec 1Tisch Summer High School Dance ProgramNew York University
- Dec 1Hagan ScholarshipHagan Scholarship Foundation
- Dec 2Keynote Scholars ProgramNational Space Club and Foundation · Not open yet
- Dec 4High School Research Immersion ProgramSt. Jude Children's Research Hospital
- Dec 6American Rocketry ChallengeNational Association of Rocketry and Aerospace Industries Association
- Dec 8Dream with Us Design Challenge: High School Engineering ChallengeNASA Aeronautics
- Dec 10Kemper Human Rights Education Foundation Essay ContestKemper Human Rights Education Foundation (KHREF)
- Dec 18NFIB Young Entrepreneur AwardNational Federation of Independent Business (NFIB)
- Dec 30Dr. Juan Andrade Jr. Scholarship for Young Hispanic LeadersUnited States Hispanic Leadership Institute (USHLI)
- Dec 31York County Conservation District ScholarshipYork County Conservation District
- Dec 31AGFC Conservation ScholarshipArkansas Game & Fish Commission · Not open yet
- Dec 31Gen and Kelly Tanabe ScholarshipGen and Kelly Tanabe Scholarship
January 2027
- Jan 3Lockheed Martin Space High School Internship ProgramLockheed Martin Space · Not open yet
- Jan 3NOAA Ocean Guardian Youth Ambassador ProgramNOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries · Not open yet
- Jan 4Summer High School Internship ProgramBarrow Neurological Institute
- Jan 5Sony World Photography Awards: Youth CompetitionWorld Photography Organisation
- Jan 6Duke Summer Training in Academic Research (STAR) ProgramDuke Clinical Research Institute · Not open yet
- Jan 7High School (Junior) Volunteer ProgramSanta Clara Valley Medical Center · Not open yet
- Jan 7Diller Teen Tikkun Olam AwardsHelen Diller Family Foundation
- Jan 10The Earth PrizeThe Earth Foundation
- Jan 13Aspirnaut Lu-Springer High School Summer Research InternshipAspirnaut, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Jan 14Jackie Robinson Foundation ScholarshipJackie Robinson Foundation
- Jan 15Florida State Elks Association Van Duren Memorial ScholarshipFlorida State Elks Association
- Jan 15Leaders Save Lives Scholarship ProgramAmerican Red Cross · Not open yet
- Jan 15CHCI NextGen Latino Leadership ProgramCongressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI)
- Jan 15First Tech Federal Credit Union STEM ScholarshipFirst Tech Federal Credit Union · Not open yet
- Jan 15Washington Crossing Foundation National ScholarshipWashington Crossing Foundation
- Jan 15National FFA ScholarshipsNational FFA Organization
- Jan 20Notre Dame Leadership SeminarsUniversity of Notre Dame, Office of Pre-College Programs · Not open yet
- Jan 20C-SPAN StudentCamC-SPAN (StudentCam)
- Jan 25JAX Summer Student ProgramThe Jackson Laboratory · Not open yet
- Jan 27National German ExamNational German Exam (American Association of Teachers of German) · Not open yet
- Jan 29Houston Methodist Summer High School Research InternshipHouston Methodist Academic Institute · Not open yet
- Jan 29High School Internship ProgramLos Alamos National Laboratory · Not open yet
- Jan 31USA-North America AI Olympiad (USA-NA-AIO)USA Artificial Intelligence Olympiad
- Jan 31Injury Recovery ScholarshipLNN Law (Accident & Employment Lawyers)
- Jan 31Union Plus ScholarshipUnion Plus Education Foundation
February 2027
- Feb 1Gannon University National High School Poetry ContestGannon University
- Feb 1Eugene and Ruth Roberts Summer Student AcademyIrell and Manella Graduate School of Biological Sciences, City of Hope · Not open yet
- Feb 1National Spanish ExamNational Spanish Exam (AATSP) · Not open yet
- Feb 5Jimmy Rane Foundation ScholarshipJimmy Rane Foundation · Not open yet
- Feb 8Toshiba ExploraVisionToshiba / NSTA
- Feb 12Shari Simon Greenberg Community ScholarshipSimon Youth Foundation
- Feb 15The Community Scholarship Fund (Rappahannock Region)The Community Foundation of the Rappahannock River Region · Not open yet
- Feb 15Horatio Alger Association National ScholarshipHoratio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans
- Feb 15Architecture in the CityUniversity of Colorado Denver College of Architecture and Planning
- Feb 16Code/Art Game Design CompetitionCode/Art
- Feb 20Vegetarian Resource Group College ScholarshipThe Vegetarian Resource Group · Not open yet
- Feb 20National Latin ExamNational Latin Exam (American Classical League)
- Feb 21Blue Ocean Student Entrepreneur CompetitionBlue Ocean Student Entrepreneur Competition
- Feb 21SPJ/JEA High School Essay ContestSociety of Professional Journalists (SPJ) / Journalism Education Association (JEA) · Not open yet
- Feb 24eCYBERMISSIONU.S. Army Educational Outreach Program (AEOP)
- Feb 26Scholar Immersion Program (SIP)University of California, Santa Cruz · Not open yet
- Feb 26Achieving My Potential ScholarshipGhanouni Teen & Young Adult Defense Firm
- Feb 28Summer Academy of Actuarial and Mathematical Sciences (SAAMS)Morgan State University, Department of Mathematics
- Feb 28Perspectives ScholarshipPonce Law
- Feb 28Summer Nursing AcademyUC Irvine Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing · Not open yet
March 2027
- Mar 1KU Cancer Center ACE High School Summer Research ProgramThe University of Kansas Cancer Center · Not open yet
- Mar 1High School Research Intern ProgramPacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) · Not open yet
- Mar 1Young Scholars Program (YSP)UC Davis School of Education · Not open yet
- Mar 1Secondary Student Training Program (SSTP)Belin-Blank Center, University of Iowa · Not open yet
- Mar 4Agriculture Future of America ScholarshipAgriculture Future of America
- Mar 12Stossel in the Classroom Essay ContestStossel in the Classroom
- Mar 15Gloria Barron Prize for Young HeroesThe Barron Prize · Not open yet
- Mar 15Blank Theatre Young Playwrights FestivalThe Blank Theatre · Not open yet
- Mar 15Montana STEM/Healthcare ScholarshipMontana University System · Not open yet
- Mar 15High School Graduate Research ProgramVan Andel Institute · Not open yet
- Mar 15Stanford Young InvestigatorsStanford Doerr School of Sustainability, Stanford University
- Mar 19NTID/RIT Digital Arts, Film and Animation CompetitionNational Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) at RIT
April 2027
- Apr 1ANS Incoming Freshman ScholarshipAmerican Nuclear Society · Not open yet
- Apr 15Zoo Knoxville Zoo Apprenticeship ProgramZoo Knoxville · Not open yet
- Apr 19Bill of Rights Institute Community Impact ContestBill of Rights Institute
- Apr 23Purple Comet! Math MeetArt of Problem Solving Foundation · Not open yet
May 2027
June 2027
- Jun 1City Visionaries: Summer Program for High School StudentsCornell University, College of Architecture, Art, and Planning (Gensler Family AAP NYC Center)
- Jun 7VetCAMPNorth Carolina State University, Veterinary Professions Advising Center (VetPAC)
- Jun 19Costume Design IntensiveInterlochen Center for the Arts
- Jun 30ThinkGive Student Advisory BoardThinkGive · Not open yet