STEM contest
 

K-12 eligible

1. Future Engineers’ Mars Medical Challenge: K-12 students in US, 5-12 year-old and 13-19 year-old divisions

2. ExploraVision: K-12 students in US and Canada in public, private, or home school

3. US FIRST Robotics & Tech Programs:

• FIRST Lego League Jr.: For kids ages 6-10. T

• FIRST Lego League: For kids grades 4-8.

• FIRST Tech Challenge: For grades 7-12, teams of 10+ members.

•  FIRST Robotics Competition: For high school (grades 9-12), teams of 20+ kids.

​4. Science Olympiad: School-based team competitive science tournaments for K-12.

• Elementary Science Olympiad K-6 (Division A)

• Grades 6-9 (Division B)

• Grades 9-12 (Division C)

5. National STEM Video Game Challenge: Grades 5-12; Solo or small team. Categories for middle school (grades 5-8) and high school.

6. American Statistical Association poster and project competitions: Grades K-12

7. Odyssey of the Mind: grades K-12+

8. EngineerGirl Essay Contest: Grades 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
 

For middle school only

9. 3M/Discovery Young Scientist Challenge: U.S. students in grades 5-8

10. eCyberMission: grades 6 through 9 

11. Junior Solar Sprint: Grades 5-8

12. Future City: Grades 6-8 

13.  MathCounts Competition Series: Grades 6-8. 

14. MathCounts Math Video Challenge: Grades 6-8

15. Bright Schools competition: Grades 6-8; teams of 2-4

For grades 7-12:

16. Team American Rocketry Challenge: Teams of 3-10 students in grades 7-12

17. Verizon Innovative App Challenge: Grades 6-12, teams of 5-7 students

18. National Science Bowl: Grades 6-8 and 9-12, Teams of 4-5 students

19. Technology Student Association TEAMS: Grades 7-12, Teams of 4-8 students

20. World of 7 Billion video contest: Grades 6-12

21. Science without Borders Art Challenge: Ages 11-19. International.

22.Technovation Challenge: Teams of girls only. Worldwide.

23. Engineering For You video contest: Happened in 2016, not sure if it is annual

24.Intel International Science and Engineering Fairs Students in grades 6-12 

25.  The Google Science Fair: Ages 13-18, worldwide

Only for high school (grades 9-12) and up:

26. Conrad Spirit of Innovation Challenge: Team event (2-5 kids) for high school students, ages 13-18.

27. NCF-Envirothon: Grades 9-12. Teams of five.

28.  Microsoft’s Imagine Cup: Ages 16 and up.

29. CubeSat Competition: Grades 9-12

30. M3 Moody’s Mega Math Challenge: Grades 11-12. Teams.

31.  Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology. Grades 9-12.

32.The BioGENEius Challenge: Grades 9-12; US and others

33. Stockholm Junior Water Prize: Grades 9-12

34. I-SWEEEP: Grades 9-12

35. MIT THINK competition: Grades 9-12

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Local & Regional competitions:

36. The Tech Challenge: Grades 4-12. restricted to Bay Area teams.

37. Jet Propulsion Laboratory Invention Challenge: Southern CA middle & high schools

38. Pennsylvania Society for Biomedical Research poster contest: For K-12 students in Pennsylvania, Delaware, and West Virginia only.