NSS O'Neill Space Settlement Contest 2027: space settlement project, deadline February 15

For students up to 12th grade from any country: categories range from 7th grade and younger to 12th grade, individual, small groups of 2-5 people, and large groups of 6-12. The National Space Society (NSS) of the USA accepts free space settlement projects - designs, research papers, essays, stories, models, or drawings (main work in one PDF, up to 50 pages); submission is via the AwardForce platform from December, with a deadline of February 15, 02:00 Pacific Time. The fee is $15 (can be waived if facing difficulties); all participants receive a certificate, the best work receives the grand prize, and the work whose authors attend the ISDC conference receives a $5,000 scholarship.