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String players from Black and Latino communities who are under 18 submit a recorded audition, and semi-finalists travel to Detroit for live rounds in January. First place wins $10,000, second $5,000, and third $3,000, and finalists perform with the professional Sphinx Symphony Orchestra.

Online course on Japan and the U.S. and Japan relationship for high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors in the United States, with 25 to 30 students selected each year. The 2027 course runs February 1 to June 20, 2027 and includes online lectures and discussions. Tuition is $500, and a limited number of full and partial need-based tuition waivers are available.

Provides $10,000 scholarships to Arizona high school seniors who have overcome great adversity to succeed academically. Focus on students with critical financial need who demonstrate integrity and perseverance.

Teams design a small device that moves water using only surface wetting properties, with no moving parts. NASA drops up to thirty selected devices in its 79-foot tower, producing 2.2 seconds of weightlessness, then returns video so students can analyze how their apparatus behaved.

Student journalists at member secondary schools submit individual work published during the prior school year across news, magazine, digital media and yearbook categories. Secondary and college entries are judged separately, and winners receive certificates announced the following spring.

Students in grades 9 through 12 submit an online application describing their computing experience, leadership and future plans. Recipients earn national or regional recognition tiers, prize packages and entry into a long-running alumni community for students active in technology.

A national youth council for Roots & Shoots members ages 14 to 19 who live in the United States and are carrying out community projects or belong to a local service group. Council members take part in trainings in public speaking, community mapping, and service learning, and represent the program at events and conferences nationally. The application for the 2027 council closes October 28, 2026 at 8:00 pm Eastern Time.

Up to $90,000 for graduate study for immigrants and children of immigrants (including DACA recipients and green-card holders). A merit-based fellowship celebrating New Americans' contributions.

Annual leadership conference for Arizona high school and college students. Workshops on advocacy, student government, public speaking, and community organizing. Networking with student leaders from across the state.

Diplomatic simulation where delegations represent Arab League member states and debate regional issues. AZ regional conferences run as hybrid events with in-person debate committees and virtual Secretariat briefings. Scholarship opportunities for top delegates.

All-expenses-paid Washington, D.C. leadership trip for high school juniors whose parent or guardian is a Mohave Electric Cooperative member. Applicants write a short essay and present to a selection panel. The application portal opens September 1, 2026.

An annual poetry contest for high school sophomore and junior girls. Entrants submit one or two unpublished poems, judged by Hollins creative writing faculty and MFA students. Winners are published in the university's literary magazine Cargoes and receive cash and scholarship awards; results are announced in March.