The Junior Academy (New York Academy of Sciences)
You get placed on a global team to solve a real STEM challenge online, with a mentor. Free, and selective on merit rather than money.
- Natural Sciences
- Engineering
- Computer Science
- Who can enter
- Ages 13–17 worldwide. Free; team innovation challenges, entirely online
- What it costs
- The New York Academy of Sciences funds it, so membership and mentoring cost students nothing.
- When it closes
- We could not confirm this year's date against the organiser's own page, so we are not showing a countdown for it. Last published: Themed innovation challenges run in cycles through the year.
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