Non-Trivial Fellowship
Who can apply Ages 14 to 20 who have not yet started university, anywhere in the world. Free to apply and free to take part. Selection is on curiosity and reasoning rather than grades.
Cost and deadline
Date from the provider's page, checked Oct 2026.
Apply at https://www.non-trivial.org/apply
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Worth knowing
The final deadline is January 4, 2027. The FAQ gives a priority deadline of December 15, 2026, and the program overview says December 25.
About this program
An online research incubator where you pick a problem that matters, get matched with a mentor and produce a real piece of work over the cohort, in anything from policy and economics to computer science and biology. It runs in three tiers. Research Foundations gives a certificate and community access, Research Fellows adds mentorship and project grants, and Research Scholars adds custom mentorship and a $10,000 scholarship. The final application deadline for the next cohort is January 4, 2027, and an exact opening date is not posted. Widely circulated figures about a $500 acceptance award and $30,000 in seed funding are not on the Non-Trivial site as of August 2026, so treat the tiers above as the published offer.
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