Best student competitions
Competitions are very interesting opportunities. They are hosted by organizations or companies and require some kind of contribution. Students compete with their ideas, photos, essays, or other projects, in order to win awards. Some competitions award money as well as other interesting prizes, like conference trips, airplane tickets, internships, and even job offers.
The John F. Baugh Center for Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise will host the 14th Annual Baylor New Venture Competition (NVC) on March 27-28 at Baylor University's Foster Campus for Business and Innovation. Applications for the competition are open Aug. 1 through Oct. 1
The Westerwelle Young Founders Programme is a fully funded 6-month-long programme for outstanding young entrepreneurs from emerging and developing countries.
We’re looking to invest in entrepreneurs who want to change the world with the power of technology.
Asia’s deep tech startup pitching competition is back with its 9th edition!
Launch your deep tech startup onto the global stage at SLINGSHOT 2025, Singapore. Compete for over S$ 2 million in grants, connect with top investors, and showcase your innovation at SWITCH 2025
In partnership with Enterprise Singapore (EnterpriseSG) and CapitaLand Investment (CLI), this challenge offers local retail brands (including SMEs and MNCs) a unique opportunity to foster innovative retail concepts in Singapore.
Scale your startup with up to $1m. The Future of Capitalism competition offers up to $1m investment for early-stage startups that are looking to grow. We’re on the look-out for startups with great tech ideas - as well as those that want to improve the world we live in.
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.
We identify and invest in exceptional individuals. Individuals with enormous potential, insatiable curiosity, and an impatience for impact.
Deliver the solutions of tomorrow – Aichi Prefecture is looking for startups with innovative environmental sustainability / GX and manufacturing solutions to collaborate with leading companies!
It may not be obvious at first, but taking part in a competition can be a life-changing experience. It requires a lot of hard work, but it pays off later! You test your skills and knowledge in practical, real-world scenarios, which is so valuable to your future success.
The John Lennon Award is an annual competition open to student songwriters and composers of contemporary musical genres including alternative, pop, rock, indie, electronica, R&B, and experimental.
Hello and welcome to Dream Quest One Poetry and Writing Contest! This poetry contest and writing contest is open to everyone and international. We are excited about showcasing the creative writing and poetic talent, skill, and ability of all poets and writers.
WELCOME TO THE WRITERS OF THE FUTURE - The most enduring and influential contest in the history of SF and Fantasy.
WELCOME TO THE ILLUSTRATORS OF THE FUTURE - The most enduring and influential contest in the history of SF and Fantasy!
The Luxembourg Art Prize aims to reveal and promote talented artists who have yet to establish a profile on the contemporary international scene.
Award-winning publisher Travelers’ Tales is the sponsor of The Solas Awards, an annual competition to honor excellence in travel writing.
The NIBS Worldwide Business Plan Competition aims to stimulate global entrepreneurship among students at NIBS member institutions.
Want to get noticed, put your ideas into action and make your mark?
The Young Entrepreneurs Challenge—brought to you by Verizon and Unloc—is an annual event centred around finding the best young talent across Europe.
If you’re 16–25 and have a fresh and innovative tech-led idea, The Young Entrepreneurs Challenge could help you get your business off the ground—or if you’ve already launched, boost it to the next level.
Take your startup to the next level with our Flagship Accelerator in Silicon Valley.
We empower founders to transform their bold visions into disruptive impact.
Back in 2010, 500 Global (formerly 500 Startups) pioneered an accelerator program and shaped how venture capital fostered early-stage startups.
JUMPSTARTER for One Earth seeks tech-driven startups and scaleups committed to driving global positive change and sustainable development. We are looking for ventures leveraging AI to boost productivity and innovate across diverse sectors.
Are you interested in attending the Immerse Cambridge Summer School? We offer a variety of summer programmes, from Architecture to Physics, and if you’re looking to showcase your academic skills then this is the essay competition for you! The Immerse Education Essay Competition offers applicants the opportunity to win a 100% scholarship to participate on an Immerse summer programme.
Participate in the Immerse Education Essay Competition for a chance to win a full or partial scholarship to our university and career preparation programmes.
Write about Ayn Rand's novel Atlas Shrugged for a chance to win up to $25,000 in scholarship prizes. The contest is free to enter and is open to all students in 9th grade through graduate school.
We highly recommend you participate in as many student competitions as possible. You can even use some of those activities as professional experiences on your resume, regardless if you won or were a short-listed participant. Imagine adding to your resume the info that you participated in student competitions organized by Google, Daimler, or Schneider Electric!
Each year the RELX Environmental Challenge is awarded to projects that best demonstrate how they can provide sustainable access to safe water or sanitation. There is a $50,000 prize for the first place entry and a $25,000 prize for the second place entry.
Y Combinator is accepting applications for the Fall 2025 Batch funding cycle.
Posterheroes 2025 invites designers, artists, and visual storytellers to explore the generative power of empathy. To imagine a world where kindness is radical, visible, and contagious.
The Carbon to Value (C2V) Initiative drives the creation of a thriving innovation ecosystem for the commercialization of carbontech solutions that capture, convert, and sequester carbon dioxide (CO₂) into valuable end products or services—with the support of corporate partners, government leaders, and experts who help foster a robust network for our startups.
The ICSC is a global educational program that empowers students to challenge their logical thinking, deepen their computer science knowledge, jump-starting their journey into the world of technology.
Submit your AI-powered climate solution by 31 July 2025!
Global sustainability challenge for high school & college students.
SDGs Design International Awards was conceived with the aim of discovering creative ideas from young people and utilizing it for building sustainable society.
The Student competition is one of the world’s leading programs for photography students.
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