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Submission Deadline: January 15, 2027

📍 Online Submission & Live Pitch Events globally

Young minds embark on a global journey to turn their passions into business or social venture concepts – competing for a $100K prize pool. Teams...

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📍 Online

C-SPAN's annual national video documentary competition for students to create a short documentary. Theme: 'Mr. Speaker, I Rise To...'

January 22–24, 2027

📍 Atlanta, GA (Emory University Campus)

One of the oldest and most revered national forensics invitationals in the nation, the Barkley Forum at Emory University attracts top speech and...

January 25 - April 29, 2027

📍 Online

A national financial education competition for public middle and high schools, matching Members of Congress with students. Students manage a...

January – April 2027 (Championship: April 21–24, 2027)

📍 Houston, TX & Global Regionals

Under strict rules and limited resources, teams of 25+ high school students build and program industrial-sized autonomous and driver-controlled...

February 6–8, 2027

📍 Stanford, CA (Stanford University & Hybrid Online)

Hosted by the Stanford Debate Society, the Stanford Invitational is a premier mid-season speech and debate championship bringing together over...

February 11–15, 2027

📍 Cambridge, MA (Harvard University Campus) & Online

Held annually over Presidents' Day Weekend, the Harvard National High School Forensics Tournament is the largest and most prestigious high school...

February 13–15, 2027

📍 Berkeley, CA (UC Berkeley Campus)

The largest speech and debate tournament on the West Coast, hosted by the UC Berkeley Debate Society on the UC Berkeley campus. Features national...

March – May 2027 (GCER World Conference: July 2027)

📍 Regional Hubs Nationwide & Global Conference on Educational Robotics

Run by the KISS Institute for Practical Robotics, Botball is an AI-centric autonomous robotics tournament with zero remote controls. Teams program...

April 15–17, 2027

📍 Marion County Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Marion, OH

The longest continuously running robotics contest in the world. As an open-platform competition with no mandatory kit limitations, students can...

April 17–19, 2027

📍 Lexington, KY (University of Kentucky)

Hosted by the University of Kentucky, the J.W. Patterson Tournament of Champions is considered the premier national championship tournament for...

April 21–24, 2027

📍 U.S. Space & Rocket Center, Huntsville, AL

Managed by NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, HERC challenges high school and college engineering teams to design, fabricate, and test lightweight...