Competitions in United States of America

Luminate is a startup accelerator focused on advancing next-generation optics-, photonics-, and imaging-enabled companies.

THINK is a science, research, and innovation competition for high school students.

The future rests in the hands of entrepreneurs. Antler provides an ecosystem for launching world-changing ventures.

The NOSTER Science Microbiome Prize has been established to reward innovative research by young investigators working on the functional attributes of the microbiota of any organism that has potential to contribute to our understanding of human or veterinary health and disease or to guide therapeutic interventions.

The Competition is a unique trilingual (English, Portuguese, and Spanish) event established to train law students on how to use the Inter-American human rights legal system as a legitimate forum for redressing human rights violations. Since its inception in 1995, it has trained over 4900 students and faculty participants from over 365 universities from the Americas and beyond.

Y Combinator is accepting applications for the Spring 2026 Batch funding cycle.

MarvelOptics.com, a leading prescription eyeglass company is pleased to announce they will be holding a “MarvelOptics.com National Scholarship Contest”. The essay winner selected will receive a $1500 scholarship.

Every year, the Kellogg-Morgan Stanley Sustainable Investing Challenge invites teams of graduate students from around the world to develop and pitch creative financial approaches to tackle pressing social and environmental challenges. In 2025, 545 students from 65 countries and 89 schools proposed novel financial instruments for positive impact The Challenge facilitates connections with leading industry professionals in order to identify, empower, and inspire those who will make up the future of sustainable finance.

The Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at American University Washington College of Law is proud to request the submission of papers for the Human Rights Essay Award.

The Fowler Global Social Innovation Challenge is a remarkable opportunity tailor-made for student social entrepreneurs who are shaping the future with their innovative ventures. Compete for $75,000+ and a chance to network with Global players from around the World!

In order to find and scale the best ideas to the most intractable issues of our time, we launch open innovation challenges. We built a research-backed platform and a proven methodology that seeks tech-based solutions from anyone, anywhere in the world.

Earth Island Institute established The Brower Youth Award for Environmental Leadership in 2000 to honor renowned environmental advocate David Brower, who was quoted as saying “I love to see what young people can do, before someone old tells them it’s impossible.” It is with this spirit that we recognize the outstanding leadership efforts of young people who are working for the protection of our shared planet.

The Wheelwright Prize is an open international competition that awards 100,000 USD to a talented early-career architect to support new forms of architectural research.

43North offers an opportunity to scale your business with funding and an immersive accelerator program like no other.

The 2026 Microsoft Office Specialist World Championship, proudly sponsored by Microsoft, will be held on July 26 - 29, 2026, in Anaheim, California. Interested in competing? Connect with your country's representative today.