Meli Review

Student Competitions and Contests

Contest profiles · 12 competitions

Each profile below covers how the competition is actually structured — divisions, team rules, eligibility gates, deadlines, and what distinguishes entries that do well. Deadlines move between cycles, so confirm current dates with the organiser before planning around them.

• Congressional App Challenge

  District-judged coding competition for grades 6–12

  Computer science · Grades 6–12

• Davidson Fellows

  Scholarships of $25,000 to $100,000 for a significant piece of work that already exists

  Multi-discipline · Grades Age 18 and under

• FIRST Robotics

  High-school robotics competition with FRC, FTC and FLL tiers

  Robotics · Grades K–12

• Math Kangaroo

  International elementary and middle-school math contest with school-day participation

  Math · Grades 1–12

• MATHCOUNTS

  Middle-school math competition: school → chapter → state → national

  Math · Grades 6–8

• National History Day

  Themed history research-and-presentation competition; 600,000+ students annually

  Humanities · Grades 6–12

• Regeneron ISEF

  The largest pre-college STEM research competition; affiliated regional fairs feed the international championship

  STEM · Grades 9–12

• Scholastic Art & Writing Awards

  Long-running national arts and writing awards with regional adjudication

  Arts and writing · Grades 7–12

• Science Olympiad

  Team science competition spanning study events, lab events and build events

  STEM · Grades 6–12

• Toshiba ExploraVision

  Team science competition asking students to design a technology ten or more years out

  Science · Grades K–12

• USACO

  Free four-round programming olympiad, December to March, Bronze through Platinum with in-contest promotion

  Computer science · Grades 6–12

• YoungArts

  National awards for young artists across visual, literary and performing disciplines

  Arts · Grades 10–12