The SMT Center is a strong supporter of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) competitions. STEM competitions give students an opportunity to:
- push themselves beyond textbooks
- solve authentic challenges
- work in teams
- develop communication skills
The SMT Center focuses its support on competitions that have local, regional, and national level competitions. Among the competitions that the SMT Center supports are:
- North Carolina International Science Challenge
- North Carolina Junior Science and Humanities Symposium
- North Carolina State Math Contest
- North Carolina Science and Engineering Fair
- North Carolina Science Olympiad
- North Carolina Student Academy of Science
- Future Cities
- North Carolina Envirothon
- FIRST North Carolina
- eCybermission