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
Checked against the provider's page in Aug 2026.
Who can apply
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. Applications for the next cohort open in November 2026, with a priority deadline of December 15, 2026 and a final deadline of January 4, 2027. 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.