The Partnership for Academic Competition Excellence (PACE) is a United States–based 501(c)(3) non-profit organization[1] that promotes high school quiz bowl and runs the National Scholastic Championship (NSC), an end-of-year national tournament for high school quiz bowl teams.

It is named for Ben Cooper, who, as the captain of the It's Academic quiz bowl team at Georgetown Day School, worked with the PACE founders to provide a player's perspective on the plans for the inaugural NSC.

In 2004, PACE expanded its recognition program to include a "Young Ambassador" Award to recognize individuals or recent alumni from high school or college quiz bowl programs for "valuable and significant contributions to the high school academic competition community".

PACE runs the National Scholastic Championship, a tournament for high school quiz bowl teams.

Following the final rounds, an All-Star game featuring the top individual scorers is played and the closing ceremony is held.

[8] In March 2009, PACE organized the second annual "The Weekend of Quizbowl", a regular season invitational tournament at George Mason University that drew teams from across the United States.

In 2014, PACE created an outreach fund to give monetary grants of up to US$200 to high school quiz bowl teams.