Events and opportunities
A map of what can be explored.
High-level competitions, fairs, olympiads, research programs and challenges that the IE&T network can map, study and prepare for together with its students. References to guide projects, preparation and applications.
Directory
All events and opportunities.
Grouped by field. Each card links to the official site of the organization behind the event.
Science and research
5 events- ISEFGlobal
Regeneron ISEF
The world's largest pre-college science and engineering fair, organized by Society for Science: research projects judged at the international level.
Official site, opens in a new tab - THINKU.S.
MIT THINK Scholars
An MIT program that funds and mentors science and engineering projects proposed by high school students, with a focus on the United States.
Official site, opens in a new tab - RSIGlobal
Research Science Institute (RSI)
A summer program by the Center for Excellence in Education, hosted at MIT: weeks of scientific research for outstanding students from around the world.
Official site, opens in a new tab - SSPGlobal
Summer Science Program (SSP)
A summer program where high school students do real research in astrophysics, biochemistry, genomics or synthesis, working with their own data.
Official site, opens in a new tab - NASAGlobal
NASA Space Apps Challenge
The world's largest hackathon: over one weekend, teams use NASA's open data to solve challenges on Earth and in space.
Official site, opens in a new tab
Artificial intelligence
2 events- AI4ALLU.S.
Stanford AI4ALL
A Stanford pre-college program that brings artificial intelligence closer to students, with applied projects and an emphasis on social impact.
Official site, opens in a new tab - IOAIGlobal
IOAI
The International Olympiad in Artificial Intelligence: a global school competition centered on machine learning and problem solving with AI.
Official site, opens in a new tab
Academic olympiads
2 events- IOIGlobal
IOI
The International Olympiad in Informatics: one of the most demanding programming and algorithms competitions for high school students.
Official site, opens in a new tab - IEOGlobal
IEO
The International Economics Olympiad: a global school competition in economics, finance and applied economic thinking.
Official site, opens in a new tab
Entrepreneurship
5 events- DCGlobal
Diamond Challenge
A global entrepreneurship competition for high school students: teams develop and pitch a business idea, no prior experience required.
Official site, opens in a new tab - CCGlobal
Conrad Challenge
A global innovation challenge where school teams design solutions to real problems in science, technology and society.
Official site, opens in a new tab - WGHSGlobal
Wharton Global High School Investment Competition
A competition by the Wharton Global Youth Program (University of Pennsylvania): teams manage a simulated portfolio over several weeks.
Official site, opens in a new tab - TGGlobal
Technovation Girls
A global program where girls build an app and a business plan to solve a problem in their community, supported by mentors.
Official site, opens in a new tab - RISEGlobal
Rise
A global program by Schmidt Futures and the Rhodes Trust that identifies young people aged 15 to 17 and supports them with scholarships, mentoring and lifelong opportunities.
Official site, opens in a new tab
Robotics
4 events- FRCGlobal
FIRST Robotics Competition
FIRST's international competition: school teams design, build and program a robot for a challenge that changes every season.
Official site, opens in a new tab - VEXGlobal
VEX Robotics Competition
The REC Foundation's international robotics competition: school teams build robots for a game that renews every season.
Official site, opens in a new tab - WROGlobal
World Robot Olympiad
The World Robot Olympiad: an international competition by categories and ages, with challenges that change from year to year.
Official site, opens in a new tab - RCJGlobal
RoboCupJunior
RoboCup's school division: autonomous robotics in soccer, rescue and on-stage performances, oriented toward peer learning.
Official site, opens in a new tab
Environment
2 events- TEPGlobal
The Earth Prize
A global sustainability competition for high school students: projects that tackle environmental challenges, with prizes to scale the idea.
Official site, opens in a new tab - GENGlobal
GENIUS Olympiad
A global project olympiad with an environmental focus: science, engineering, art and writing in service of environmental problems.
Official site, opens in a new tab
Arts and communication
2 events- YAU.S.
YoungArts
A program by the National YoungArts Foundation (United States) that recognizes and supports young talent in the visual, performing, literary and design arts.
Official site, opens in a new tab - BOWGlobal
Bow Seat Ocean Awareness Contest
A global contest inviting teenagers to explore ocean conservation through art, writing, film and multimedia creation.
Official site, opens in a new tab
Chile
3 events- PHChile
Platanus Hack
A hackathon by Chilean accelerator Platanus: build a product from scratch in a few hours, with venues in several Latin American cities.
Official site, opens in a new tab - FCNChile
Feria Científica Nacional Juvenil
The oldest school science fair in Latin America, organized by the National Museum of Natural History since 1970.
Official site, opens in a new tab - FAEChile
Feria Antártica Escolar
An open call by the Chilean Antarctic Institute (INACH): high school students propose Antarctic research; the prize is a scientific expedition.
Official site, opens in a new tab
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