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NFTE National Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge is an organizer-run high-school competition or award program in entrepreneurship, business.
NFTE World Series of Innovation is an organizer-run high-school competition or award program in entrepreneurship, innovation.
NOAA Data in the Classroom is a named high-school participation pathway published by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, with details that vary by current cycle and local organizer.
NOAA Science Fair is a named high-school participation pathway published by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, with details that vary by current cycle and local organizer.
NACLO is a computational-linguistics competition in which students solve self-contained puzzles about unfamiliar languages using pattern recognition, logic, and analytical reasoning; prior linguistics or second-language study is not required. Students first take the Open Round at a local or online-approved contest site, and top scorers advance individually to the longer Invitational Round. The 2026 Invitational was held March 19 and also helped identify U.S. and Canadian candidates for the International Linguistics Olympiad.
North American Computational Linguistics Open Competition is an organizer-run high-school competition or award program in linguistics, computer science.
North American Invitational Model United Nations is an organizer-run high-school competition or award program in model united nations, international relations.
Novel Writing is a named high-school participation pathway published by Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, with details that vary by current cycle and local organizer.
Ocean Awareness Contest is an organizer-run high-school competition or award program in writing, visual arts, ocean science.
Ocean Guardian School is a named high-school participation pathway published by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, with details that vary by current cycle and local organizer.
Ocean Sciences Bowl is a named high-school participation pathway published by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, with details that vary by current cycle and local organizer.
Online Rube Goldberg Machine Contest is an organizer-run high-school competition or award program in engineering, design.
