Davidson Institute for Talent Development · $100,000, $50,000, or $25,000 (tier assigned by judges)
Grade level: Age-based (any grade, 18 or younger)
Eligibility: Age 18 or younger as of the deadline (no minimum age); U.S. citizen or permanent resident residing in the U.S. (or stationed overseas on active U.S. military duty); must submit a substantial completed work in STEM, literature, music, philosophy, or ‘outside the box’; two-person teams allowed
Deadline: 2026 cycle CLOSED (deadline was February 18, 2026); 2027 application opens Fall 2026 (deadline ~mid-February 2027)
Parent/guardian action required. Both applicant and a parent/guardian must sign a commitment to attend the Washington, DC award reception if named a Fellow
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Society for Science (sponsored by Regeneron) · Top award $250,000 (1st place); top 10 finalists $40,000-$250,000; remaining 30 finalists $25,000 each; 300 Scholars receive $2,000 each (+$2,000 to their school). More than $1.8 million awarded in top honors.
Grade level: High school senior
Eligibility: 12th grade / final year of secondary school; residing in the U.S. or listed territories (or U.S. citizen at select overseas schools); applicants 13+; under-18 require parental/guardian consent; original independent scientific research project required; self-submit (no school nomination)
Deadline: November 5, 2026, 8 PM ET
Parent/guardian action required. Parental/guardian consent required for applicants under 18; if named a Finalist, both student and a parent/guardian must attend Finalist Weekend in Washington, DC
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Conrad Foundation / Space Center Houston · Category champions (‘Pete Conrad Scholars’): medallion, certificate, Dell Latitude laptop, patent lawyer services valued at $20,000, a New Product Market Feasibility Study valued at $1,500, $2,500 to attend the Leangap summer entrepreneurship program, plus connections to grant funding.
Grade level: Ages 13-18 (roughly grades 8-12)
Eligibility: Students ages 13-18 competing on 2-5 student teams; teams may compete from anywhere in the world; each team must have a coach over 18 years old. Five tracks: Aerospace & Aviation; Cyber Technology & Security; Energy & Environment; Health & Nutrition; Innovation & Exploration.
Deadline: 2025-26 season concluded (Innovation Summit April 2026). 2026-27 season dates not yet published as of July 2026 (historically opens August/September).
Parent/guardian action required. Minors require an adult coach (18+); international travel to the Summit requires guardian authorization.
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The Actuarial Foundation (with the Institute of Competition Sciences) · Approximately $60,000 total scholarship pool. First place cited at $25,000 (individual placement amounts not fully re-confirmed in this pass).
Grade level: Grades 11-12
Eligibility: U.S. high school juniors and seniors taking junior/senior-level math (statistics, probability, pre-calc, calculus, or similar). Submissions may be the work of one to five students (individual or team).
Deadline: 2025-26 season concluded spring 2026. Registration re-opens August 2026 for the new season; one source cites a November 9, 2026 deadline (verify on the official site).
Parent/guardian action required. Minor competitors; standard parental consent expected (not separately confirmed).
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National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) · UNKNOWN — primarily a recognition award (national/regional tiers, tech prizes, community access) rather than a defined cash scholarship. Specific cash amounts not published on the program page.
Grade level: Grades 9-12
Eligibility: 9th-12th grade students in the AiC Community, 13 years of age or older (with parent/guardian approval, or 18+), attending a school in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, or a U.S. overseas military base.
Deadline: 2025-26 deadline was October 28, 2025. 2026-27 cycle expected to open ~September 2026 with an ~October 2026 deadline (not yet posted).
Parent/guardian action required. Requires parent/guardian approval for applicants under 18 by the approval deadline.
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Society for Science (title sponsor Regeneron Pharmaceuticals) · More than 600 individual and team awards; more than $7 million total (2026). Category grand awards: $6,000 / $2,400 / $1,200 / $600 in each of 22 categories.
Grade level: Grades 9-12
Eligibility: Students in grades 9-12 who have not reached age 20 by May 1 of the competition year. Projects limited to 12 months of continuous research.
Deadline: No direct application. Students must first win advancement at an ISEF-affiliated local/regional/state/national fair (typically held January-April); each affiliated fair sends a pre-determined number of projects. 2026 ISEF concluded May 2026; 2027 qualifying fairs run in the 2026-27 school year.
Parent/guardian action required. Human-subject, biohazard, and vertebrate projects require documented adult/IRB-level review and parental consent before research begins.
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Society of Women Engineers (SWE) · $1,000 to $2,000 for the Emerging First Year award (SWE awards $1.5M+ annually across all scholarship programs).
Grade level: High school seniors (graduating / incoming college freshmen)
Eligibility: Incoming college freshmen (women/female-identifying) planning full-time enrollment in an ABET-accredited engineering or computer science program, with at least a 3.5 unweighted high school GPA. One application considers the applicant for all SWE scholarships they qualify for.
Deadline: Emerging First Year application typically opens in February. Verify the national deadline on the official page each cycle.
Parent/guardian: Applicants are graduating seniors (often 18); minimal minor-data exposure, but standard consent applies.
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