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The Olimpíada Brasileira de Neurociências (OBN) is a non-profit neuroscience competition for secondary school students that aims to encourage the search for knowledge about the nervous system and stimulate the interest of students in basic education through academic-scientific research in the different areas of neuroscience. Initiated in the US, this initiative has expanded to several countries. The competition consists of three phases, one local, one national and one international, with competitors from six continents. The winner of each national competition is invited to participate in the international competition (International Brain Bee). For more information visit the official website at:  https://www.einstein.br/brainbee

The Olimpíada Brasileira de Saúde e Meio Ambiente (OBSMA) is an educational event promoted by Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz) to stimulate the involvement of students from public and private schools in interdisciplinary scientific activities. The Olympiad is directed towards students in the 6th through 9th grades and seeks to stimulate participants desire to learn, research and investigate, focusing on incentivizing projects that contribute to the improvement of environmental and health outcomes in Brazil, in addition to incorporating scientific knowledge and research into the day-to-day routine of elementary education. Participants can create projects in three categories: Audiovisual, Written and Scientific Research.  For more information visit the official website at:  http://www.olimpiada.fiocruz.br/

The Olimpíada Brasileira de Linguística (OBL) is an academic competition that seeks to expose students to the study of languages and linguistics through problem-solving. The event has been held in Brazil since 2011 and each year, students compete in four phases of competition, challenging and testing their understanding of diverse languages, grammar, codes, cultures and human cognition. Students that achieve the highest medals in the national phase of the competition can progress on to participate in the International Linguistics Olympiad, held in a different country each year.

The Olimpíada Brasileira de Ciências is a national competition that selects students to represent Brazil in the international competitions International Junior Science Olympiad (IJSO) and Olimpíada de Ciências Júnior Americana (OCJA). Participants are evaluated based on their knowledge of physics, chemistry and biology.  In 2020, the 17th edition of the IJSO will take place in December in Frankfurt (Germany) and should count on the participation of delegations from more than 50 countries, representing all continents. Please note - following the development of the coronavirus outbreak, the CBO 2020 calendar will be revised following the government guidelines.  For more information visit the official website here . 

The Olimpíada de Língua Portuguesa Escrevendo o Futuro is an essay contest for public school students from 5th grade to High School with the mission of promoting improvements in how literature and writing are taught in Brazilian schools. The contest focuses around the theme "the place where I live" with the goal of encouraging students to create stronger ties and deepen their knowledge and understanding of their local context, contributing to the development of a greater sense of citizenship. Students can submit texts in four categories according to their age group: poem, short story, opinion articles and memoir.  The 7th edition will take place in 2021.  For more information visit the official website here .

The Associação Brasileira de Cubo Mágico (ABCM) is the primary organization that promotes and organizes Rubik's Cube competitions throughout the country. Students can compete in local competitions around Brazil in all major Rubik's Cube categories and qualify to participate in regional and national competitions. For more information visit the official website at: http://abcubomagico.com.br/

The Olimpíada Brasileira de Agropecuária is a national scientific competition directed towards students that are completing technical courses in agriculture and other fields related o natural resource management. The competition seeks to encourage students that are completing programs with integrated high school and technical diplomas or those that are just enrolled in technical degree programs to pursue technical, scientific and research careers as well as provide them with academic and real-world challenges and help them to build team-work skills. Students from Portuguese-speaking countries, including Brazil, are eligible to participate and must be enrolled in technical courses related to agriculture: Agro-pastoralism, Agro-ecology, Environmental, business, Food, Agro-industry, and all other technical courses related to natural resources management. Students from the same school can compete in groups of three with a teacher as an advisor. Students who win...

Clubes de Ciência (CdeC) is an organization that aims to promote and develop an interest in science among young people through free workshops and mentoring offered by researchers from the best universities in the world. Selected students participate in workshops focused on different themes. During the 2017 edition in Brazil, students chose between workshops on Stem Cells and Genome Editing, Combating Epidemics, Innovation and Scientific Entrepreneurship, and the Immune System. CdeC was founded in 2014 by Mexican doctoral candidates at Harvard and MIT with the goal of exapnding access to high-quality scientifiec instruction. The project expanded to Columba, Bolica, Brazil, Paraguay and Peru and since it's inception, has impacted moer than 4.500 students. For more information visit the official website at:  https://www.clubesdeciencia.com.br/

MINIONU is a Model United Nations conference organized by students from the International Relations program at the university PUC Minas Gerais where more than 1000 students participate each year. The conference offers committees in Portuguese, Spanish and English and participants compete over three days.  For more information visit the official website at:  https://minionupucmg.wordpress.com/  

The Olimpíada Nacional de Ciências (ONC) is a competition organized by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, the Brazilian Physics Society, Brazilian Chemistry Association and the Butantã Institute with the goals of: inspiring student interest in the study of natural sciences; bringing high schools, universities, and research institutions closer together; identifying talented students with the potential to pursue careers in science and technology; and provide academic challenges to high school students. To compete, students will take two exams, one held in their school and the second, in their region. Up to 400 winners can receive gold, silver, and bronze medals or honorable mentions. For more information visit the official website at:  http://www.onciencias.org/

ONU Jr. is a Model United Nations conference hosted by university students that seeks to expose students to the process of diplomacy and international politics. High schools students participate in a four day simulation where they replicate processes of formal and informal negotiation that takes place in the most important international organizations. Participants will broaden their global perspective, learning in practice, the importance of respecting diversity and being tolerant. Further, the model contributes to developing their understanding of how politics are carried out and how systems of international relations work. Given these objectives, ONU Jr. strives to provide the most realistic UN simulation possible, allowing students to discuss relevant international topics and develop their critical thinking. For more information visit the official website here .

The Escola de Física Contemporânea (EFC), originally called the Advanced Physics School, is an extension activity that takes place annually at the Physics Institute of São Carlos (IFSC), part of the University of São Paulo (USP). EFC's main goal is to enable talented students to gain exposure to the world of research by coming into contact with some of the country's most prestigious research groups and understanding the importance of science and technology in developing knowledge and wealth in the country. In addition, it is intended to expose students to entrepreneurship, reinforcing the important contributions that Physics' professionals can make when engaging in research associated with the industrial sector, whether inside or outside the academic environment. After a week of lectures, lab visits and workshops, students will develop and present a science project. For more information visit the official website here .  

The Jovem Senador program encompasses two competitions: Projeto Jovem Senador and the Federal Senate essay competition. These events aim to provide high school students from public schools with knowledge about the structure and functions of the Legislative Branch in Brazil. Each year, the organizing committee proposes an essay prompt that students respond to. Schools are invited to host an essay contest within their individual school and submit the best essay to the Secretary of Education which will then select three essays per state as well as the top three essays nationally. One essay per state will then be selected by the Senate. The authors of these 27 best essays will be invited to participate in a four-day program in Brasília where they will develop and seek to approve different legislative projects, simulating the work of real Senators. For more information visit the official website here

BRAMUN is a Model United Nations conference that promotes the resolution of global conflicts through dialogue. Participants represent different countries, organizations or important individuals as they work to reach consensus in discussions around diverse global issues. In addition to providing all of the elements of a traditional conference, BRAMUN offers activities that students can participate in after committee sessions such as sports, a talent show and a knowledge bowl. For more information visit the official website here .    

The Concurso Canguru de Matemática is an international mathematics competitions for students from the 3rd grade of elementary school through the 3rd year of high school. Founded in France and organized by the Association Kangourou sans Frontières - AKSF, the Canguru is the largest mathematics competition in the world with more than 6 million participants in over 75 different countries. The Concurso Canguru Matemática Brasil has existed for 10 years and seeks to increase student interest in pure and applied mathematics. For more information visit the official website at:  https://www.cangurudematematicabrasil.com.br/

The SAE BRASIL Fórmula Drone is an educational program that aims to stimulate the dissemination and exchange of techniques and knowledge regarding engineering, applied to the operation of drone-type rotary aircraft. The program is designed for high school students from technical schools (private or public) and is divided into 2 steps: practical applications and competition. For the competition phase, students will be divided into teams of 15 students, supervised by a teacher from the institutions that they represent. Students will develop systems to control drones, aiming to complete missions that constitute the technical challenge of the competition. Prior to the competition, the program also has a training period for the teachers and instructors that will work with the students. For more information visit the official website here .

The Mostra Brasileira de Foguetes (MOBFOG) is an experimental Olympiad held annually by the Brazilian Astronomical Society (SAB) where high school students build rockets -  using materials such as straws, paper, and plastic bottles - and launch them as far as possible from launch pads. Rockets and launch pads can be built individually or in teams of up to three students. Students compete within their own schools and can earn medals based on the distance that their rocket travels. Students who are able to launch their rockets more than 100 meters will be invited to participate in the Jornada de Foguetes, a special event held in Rio de Janeiro, to engage with other teams and deepen their knowledge of rockets. For more information visit the official website here . 

The Olimpíada Brasileira de Economic (OBECON) is a free event for high schools students in Brazil that aims to promote an interest in economics among students, stimulate research, and create an environment that allows for participants' intellectual and emotional growth. Participants will sit for an exam that includes both quantitative and qualitative questions on topics related to microeconomics, macroeconomics, finance, behavioural economics, and economic history. Those participants that achieve the top 5 scores will qualify to represent Brazil at the International Economics Olympiad (IEO). For more information visit the official website here .

The Knowledge@Wharton High School (KWHS) Investment Competition is a free, global, online investment simulation for high school students (9th to 12th grade) and teachers. Students learn about teamwork, communication, risk, diversification, company analysis, industry analysis, and investing. Teams consist of four to seven students, and schools can have several competing teams; student-led investment clubs and home-schooled teams are also encouraged to participate. Each team manages a portfolio of $100,000 in virtual cash over the course of 10 weeks using Wharton’s Online Trading and Investment Simulator (OTIS). Winners are selected on the strength and articulation of their team investment strategies and overall competition experience, not on the growth of their portfolios, which is a key differentiator between this investment challenge and others. In light of the COVID-19 outbreak and University of Pennsylvania event restrictions, the KWHS Investment Competition Learning Day and...

Prêmio Prudential Espírito Comunitário is an initiative of Prudential do Brasil Seguros de Vida that awards young students for their volunteer projects in their communities. The award is the Brazilian version of the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, created in the United States, where more than 120,000 young people have been awarded at the local, state and national levels since 1995. The main goal of PPEC is to recognize young people who carry out volunteer projects with the potential to generate social transformation in their communities. For the national award, students must register their projects to be judged by a panel of experts who will then select 30 finalists to compete. After this first round, those 30 projects will be evaluated on different aspects and, at the official award ceremony, 3 finalists will be chosen to receive cash prizes to be invested in their projects, and the first two finalists will travel to the US in order to compete at the...

The Desafio Nacional Acadêmico (DNA) is the largest virtual knowledge tournament organized in Brasil each year in which teams of students work through diverse enigmas and challenges. The event aims to prepare students for the challenges of the job market, in addition to providing hours of learning and fun, while developing their creativity, leadership, team-work, decision-making and entrepreneurial spirit. The virtual challenge includes four extra tasks, 110 challenges and a final enigma. The 110 challenges are divided into 11 areas of knowledge: environment, music, curiosities, current events, languages, history, technology, sports, logical reasoning, the law, and a surprise theme. The team that completes the greatest number of extra tasks, resolves the most challenges and vanquishes the final enigma by the deadline will be declared the winner. The winning team receives a trophy and each team member and their faculty advisor receive a BRL$1.000 gift certificate. More than...

The Competição USP de Conhecimentos (CUCo) is an academic challenge for students from public high schools in the state of São Paulo. The program seeks to encourage public school students to take the University of São Paulo (USP) entrance exam as well as help them to strengthen their academic knowledge in the disciplines evaluated during university admissions processes. The competition is made up of two phases. The first is an online test made up of 18 multiple choice questions on general knowledge, science, and mathematics. Those students with the best performance on the first phase will be invited to participate in a second, in-person phase, where they will take another test with 45 multiple choice questions, 15 on Portuguese grammar, 15 on mathematics, 10 on science, and 5 related to current events. Students from all three years of high school with the best scores on the second phase will receive certificates, gain access to video classes...