The EU's flagship young-scientist competition, where top student researchers present projects to an international jury each September. Canadians cannot enter directly — Team Canada is selected from Best Project winners at the Canada-Wide Science Fair.
Annual Canadian essay contest on economics and public policy open to high school and post-secondary students. Winning essays are peer-reviewed and published. Cash prizes for top five submissions.
A prestigious global public speaking contest from the English-Speaking Union in which students deliver a speech and answer questions on a set theme, progressing from national heats to the London final.
District-based coding competition from the U.S. House of Representatives where students create an original app; winning apps are displayed in the U.S. Capitol for a year.
The University of Waterloo CEMC's flagship national math challenge and the primary qualifier for the Canadian Mathematical Olympiad.
Canada's largest youth cybersecurity competition, where teams defend simulated networks in an online challenge culminating in national finals.