Showing posts with label grades 9 through 12. Show all posts
Showing posts with label grades 9 through 12. Show all posts

Thursday, February 18, 2016

Toyota TeenDrive365 Video Challenge

Challenge is open to legal U.S. residents who are at least 13 years of age and are enrolled in grades 9-12 at a public, private or parochial school in the United States. Student must create a 60-90 second video that demonstrates the importance of safe teen driving.

Amount: Up to $15,000

Deadline: March 7, 2016

More info: http://www.teendrive365inschool.com/teens/video-challenge


Friday, March 27, 2015

Math-O-Vision Contest

This contest is for registered high school students (grades 9-12) and equivalent home schooled students who are at least 13 years of age. To qualify, applicants must be legal residents of the United States. To apply, applicants must create a movie of no more than four minutes in length that is a story inspired by or related to mathematics. Movies will be judged based on creativity, relevance to mathematics, quality, and entertainment value.

Award: $1000-$4000

Deadline: April 1, 2015

More info: http://math-o-vision.com/

Math-O-Vision Movie Challenge

Wednesday, March 4, 2015

American Foreign Service Association National High School Essay Contest

American Foreign Service Association (AFSA) 

This contest is for high school students in grades 9 through 12 who are US citizens. To apply, applicants must write an essay on a given topic related to the Foreign Service. The winner will receive a $2,500 prize, a trip to Washington, DC, with their parents to meet the Secretary of State, and an educational voyage from Semester at Sea to be used once the winner enters an accredited college or university. Students whose parents are in the Foreign Service are not eligible.

Award: $2500

Deadline: March 15, 2015

More info: http://www.afsa.org/essay_contest.aspx

Friday, December 19, 2014

National Sojourners Essay Contest

National Sojourners, Inc

This essay contest is for students currently in 9th through 12th grades (including homeschooled students). To enter, applicants must submit an essay of 300 to 500 words in length answering a given question about the Star-Spangled Banner. Prizes are awarded in the form of savings bonds.

Award: $500-$2000

Deadline: Jan. 15, 2015

More info: http://tinyurl.com/q4fpvt4

Monday, December 15, 2014

John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Essay Contest

John F. Kennedy Library Foundation

This is an essay contest for US high school students in grades nine through twelve who are attending public, private, parochial, or home schools; US students under the age of twenty enrolled in a high school correspondence/GED program in any of the fifty states, the District of Columbia, or the US territories; and US citizens attending schools overseas. To apply, applicants must write an essay on a specified topic related to political courage. Applications will be accepted starting September 1. See website for further details.

Award: $500 - $10,000

Deadline: January 5, 2015

More info: http://www.jfklibrary.org/Education/Profile-in-Courage-Essay-Contest.aspx

Thursday, February 27, 2014

ASHG DNA Day Essay Contest

This essay contest is for students in grades 9 through 12. The contest aims to challenge students to examine, question, and reflect on the important concepts of genetics. To apply, applicants must submit an essay that addresses a question related to the discoveries in genetics that have occurred in the 60 years since Watson and Crick published their model of the DNA double helix. See website for more details about this contest.

Award:  $100 - $1,000

Deadline: March 14, 2014

More info: http://www.ashg.org/education/dnaday.shtml#.Uw_x4c4XeqE

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