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Research in Science & Engineering (RISE)
Boston University · Boston, MA · In-Person
In-PersonSelectiveRising 12th grade
Apply by February 4, 2027

Boston University’s Research in Science & Engineering (RISE) program is a selective six-week summer experience for rising high school seniors…

The Summer Science Program
SSP International · Multiple · In-Person
In-PersonRising 12th grade

The Summer Science Program is a renowned, five-week residential research immersion for rising high school seniors that has run since…

Research Science Institute
MIT · Cambridge, MA · In-Person
In-PersonHighly SelectiveGrades 12th

The Research Science Institute (RSI) at MIT is a six-week, fully residential program that brings together around 80 of the…

Summer Academy for Math and Science
Carnegie Mellon University · Pittsburgh, PA · In-Person
In-PersonSelective

The Carnegie Mellon Summer Academy for Math and Science (SAMS) is a six-week program that supports high school students from…

Lincoln Laboratory Radar Introduction for Student Engineers (LLRISE)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · In-Person
In-PersonHighly SelectiveGrades 12th

The Lincoln Laboratory Radar Introduction for Student Engineers, commonly known as LLRISE, is a highly selective two week summer STEM…

Stanford Institutes of Medicine Summer Research Program (SIMR)
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · In-Person
In-PersonHighly Selective

The Stanford Institutes of Medicine Summer Research Program (SIMR) is a highly selective eight-week biomedical research program for high school…

Stanford Young Investigators
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · In-Person
In-PersonSelectiveGrades 9th - 12th
Apply by March 15, 2027

The Stanford Young Investigators program is a competitive high school internship in environmental science and sustainability offered through the Stanford…

SUNY Biological Field Station Internships
SUNY Oneonta · Cooperstown, NY · In-Person
In-PersonGrades 9th - 12th

The SUNY Biological Field Station Internships, offered by the State University of New York at Oneonta, are immersive summer research…

Emory Summer Science Academy
Emory School of Medicine · Atlanta, GA · In-Person
In-PersonGrades 9th - 10th

The Emory Summer Science Academy is a two week, non residential summer enrichment program for high school students, specifically those…

Eugene and Ruth Roberts Summer Student Academy
Irell & Manella Graduate School of Biological Sciences · Duarte, CA · In-Person
In-PersonHighly SelectiveGrades 9th - Undergraduate

The Eugene and Ruth Roberts Summer Student Academy is a highly selective, research intensive summer program hosted by City of…

Georgia Tech Research Institute High School Summer Internship
Georgia Institute of Technology · Atlanta, GA · In-Person
In-PersonHighly SelectiveGrades 9th - 12th

The Georgia Tech Research Institute High School Summer Internship, often called STEM@GTRI, is a highly selective paid summer research program…

Space Explorers Program
Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics (KICP) / University of Chicago · Chicago, Illinois · In-Person
In-PersonSelectiveGrades 9th - 11th

A science enrichment program for students to work alongside astronomers and physicists. Participants engage in college-level math and science coursework,…

QuarkNet Summer Internship
Fermilab / University of Notre Dame · Notre Dame, IN · In-Person
In-PersonGrades 9th - 12th

A research-driven internship where high school students collaborate with particle physicists on real-world projects. Participants analyze high-energy physics data, participate…

The iGEM Competition
iGEM Foundation · Multiple · In-Person
In-Person

The iGEM Competition is an international synthetic biology competition where student teams design and build original biological systems using standardized…

International Chemistry Olympiad
IChO Steering Committee · Multiple · In-Person
In-PersonHighly Selective

The International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO) is a prestigious annual competition that brings together the most talented high school chemists from…

USA Chemistry Olympiad (USNCO)
American Chemical Society
Highly Selective

The USA Chemistry Olympiad (USNCO) is a prestigious national chemistry competition organized by the American Chemical Society that challenges high…

USA Biolympiad (USABO)
Center for Excellence in Education · Multiple · In-Person
In-PersonSelectiveGrades 9th - 12th

The USA Biolympiad (USABO) is the premier biology competition for high school students in the United States, engaging nearly 12,000…

International Physics Olympiad
International Physics Olympiad · Multiple · In-Person
In-PersonHighly SelectiveGrades Secondary school

The International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) is the most prestigious international physics competition for secondary school students, bringing together national teams…

Aspiring Scientists Summer Internship Program (ASSIP)
George Mason University · Fairfax, VA · Hybrid
HybridHighly SelectiveGrades 9th - 12th (and undergraduate)

The Aspiring Scientists Summer Internship Program (ASSIP) is a nationally recognized eight-week research internship offered by George Mason University for…

Student Research Internship Program
Scripps Research Translational Institute · In-Person
In-PersonHighly SelectiveGrades 9th - 12th

The Student Research Internship Program at the Scripps Research Translational Institute is a competitive 10-week summer program for high school,…

Boston Leadership Institute
Boston Leadership Institute · Multiple · In-Person
In-PersonSelectiveGrades 6th - 12th

Boston Leadership Institute is an award-winning summer STEM program that offers high school students immersive educational experiences in science, engineering,…

National Institutes of Health Summer Internship Program
National Institutes of Health · Bethesda, Maryland · In-Person
In-PersonHighly SelectiveGrades 12th

The National Institutes of Health Summer Internship Program is a prestigious, fully funded research opportunity where high school seniors and…

Michigan State University High School Honors Science/Engineering/Mathematics Program
Michigan State University · East Lansing, MI · In-Person
In-PersonHighly SelectiveGrades 12th

The Michigan State University High School Honors Science/Engineering/Mathematics Program (HSHSP) is a seven-week intensive summer research program at Michigan State…

Healthcare Experience in Research and Oncology (HERO)
University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School · Austin, TX · Hybrid
HybridHighly SelectiveGrades 10th - 12th

The Healthcare Experience in Research and Oncology (HERO) is a free summer program hosted by the University of Texas at…

SciVet Summer Program
Colorado State University College of Natural Sciences · Fort Collins, CO · In-Person
In-PersonSelectiveGrades 9th - 12th

The SciVet Summer Program is an immersive five-day residential experience at Colorado State University for high school students passionate about…

BOLT: Biomedical Engineering Opportunities & Leadership Training
University of Colorado Denver, Department of Biomedical Engineering · Denver, CO · In-Person
In-PersonOpen EnrollmentGrades 10th - 12th

BOLT (Biomedical Engineering Opportunities and Leadership Training) is a four-day summer camp hosted by the University of Colorado Denver's Department…

Summer Engineering Awareness Program
Manhattan University · New York, NY · In-Person
In-PersonGrades 10th - 11th

The Summer Engineering Awareness Program is a hands-on initiative offered by Manhattan University's School of Engineering for students currently in…

Biorocket Research Internship Program
Genspace · Brooklyn, NY · Hybrid
HybridSelectiveGrades 10th - 12th

The Biorocket Research Internship Program, offered by Genspace, is a six-month science research internship for New York City public and…

Sea Education Association High School/Pre-College Programs
Sea Education Association · Woods Hole, MA · In-Person
In-PersonGrades 9th - 12th

The Sea Education Association (SEA) offers summer programs in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, giving high school students the opportunity to explore…

Appalachian STEM Academy - High School
Oak Ridge Associated Universities · Oak Ridge, TN · In-Person
In-PersonGrades 10th - 12th

The Appalachian STEM Academy is a fully funded, two-week residential summer program hosted at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, a U.S.…

Exemplary Student Research Program
Argonne Laboratory · Argonne Laboratory, Illinois · In-Person
In-PersonGrades 9th - 12th

The Exemplary Student Research Program (ESRP) is a year-long initiative offered by Argonne National Laboratory that pairs high school students…

Simons Summer Research Program
Stony Brook University · Stony Brook, NY · In-Person
In-PersonSelectiveGrades 9th - 12th

The Simons Summer Research Program at Stony Brook University is a highly selective six-week research experience where high school students…

Broad Summer Scholars Program
Broad Institute · Cambridge, MA · In-Person
In-PersonSelectiveGrades High school

The Broad Summer Scholars Program is a free, six-week summer research experience hosted by the Broad Institute, one of the…

Science Internship Program (SIP)
University of California, Santa Cruz · Santa Cruz, CA · Hybrid
Hybrid

The Science Internship Program (SIP) is an eight-week summer research experience hosted by the University of California, Santa Cruz, where…

La Brea Tar Pits Volunteer Program
La Brea Tar Pits and Museum · Los Angeles, CA 90036 · In-Person
In-PersonOpen Enrollment

The La Brea Tar Pits Volunteer Program offers high school students the opportunity to contribute to one of the most…

Research in the Biological Sciences (RIBS)
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · In-Person
In-PersonGrades 10th - 11th

Research in the Biological Sciences (RIBS) is a four-week intensive summer program at the University of Chicago where high school…

Aspiring Scholars Directed Research Program
Olive Children Foundation · Fremont, CA · In-Person
In-PersonHighly SelectiveGrades 9th - 12th

The Aspiring Scholars Directed Research Program (ASDRP), run by the Olive Children Foundation, is a nonprofit pre-collegiate research institution based…

KEYS Research Internship
BIO5 Institute · Tucson, AZ · In-Person
In-PersonGrades 9th - 12th

The KEYS Research Internship, offered by the BIO5 Institute at the University of Arizona, is a prestigious seven-week summer program…

Avogadro Chemistry Exam
University of Waterloo · ON, Canada · Virtual
VirtualGrades 11th - 12th

The Avogadro Chemistry Exam is an annual online competition administered by the University of Waterloo's Department of Chemistry, open to…

Young Scholars Internship Program
University of Georgia College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences · Athens, GA · In-Person
In-PersonSelectiveGrades 10th - 12th

The Young Scholars Internship Program (YSP) is a paid five-week summer internship offered by the University of Georgia College of…

Young Scholars Summer STEMM Research Program
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Grainger College of Engineering · Urbana, IL · In-Person
In-PersonSelectiveGrades 10th - 12th

The Young Scholars Summer STEMM Research Program is a fully funded six-week research experience hosted by the University of Illinois…

Fred Hutch Summer High School Internship Program
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center · Seattle, WA
SelectiveGrades 9th - 12th

The Fred Hutch Summer High School Internship Program is a prestigious research opportunity hosted by Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, one…

Memorial Sloan Kettering Summer Student Program
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · In-Person
In-PersonGrades 9th - 12th

The Memorial Sloan Kettering Summer Student Program is a prestigious 8-week research internship at one of the world's leading cancer…

NIDA Summer Internship Program
National Institute on Drug Abuse · Bethesda, MD · In-Person
In-Person

The NIDA Summer Internship Program is a prestigious research opportunity offered by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, one of…

High School Fellowship in Biomedical Research
The Wistar Institute · Philadelphia, PA · In-Person
In-PersonSelectiveGrades 10th - 12th

The High School Fellowship in Biomedical Research is a four-week summer internship offered by The Wistar Institute, one of the…

Joint Science Education Project (JSEP)
Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH · In-Person
In-PersonGrades 9th - 12th

The Joint Science Education Project (JSEP) is an international STEM program run by Dartmouth College in collaboration with Greenland, the…

Rio Grande Valley Summer Science Internship (RGVSSI)
UTHealth Houston, School of Public Health · Houston, TX · In-Person
In-PersonSelectiveGrades 11th - 12th

The Rio Grande Valley Summer Science Internship (RGVSSI) is a six-week summer research program offered by UTHealth Houston's School of…

Carl B. & Florence E. King Foundation High School Summer Program in Biomedical Sciences
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center · Houston, TX · In-Person
In-PersonSelectiveGrades 12th

The Carl B. & Florence E. King Foundation High School Summer Program in Biomedical Sciences is a highly selective 10-week…

STEM Research Academy (STEM RA)
City University of New York · New York City, NY · In-Person
In-PersonSelectiveGrades 9th - 11th

The STEM Research Academy (STEM RA) is a free program run by the City University of New York that gives…

Summer Student Research Program
University of California, San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · In-Person
In-PersonSelectiveGrades 10th - 12th

The Summer Student Research Program at the University of California, San Francisco is a seven-week summer research experience that places…

WIE RISE! An Introduction to Engineering Research
A. James Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland · College Park, MD · Virtual
VirtualOpen EnrollmentGrades 9th - 12th

WIE RISE! An Introduction to Engineering Research is a virtual summer program offered by the Women in Engineering Program at…

Georgetown University Medical Immersion Academy
Georgetown University · Washington, DC · In-Person
In-PersonGrades 9th - 12th

The Georgetown University Medical Immersion Academy is a three-week residential summer program hosted by Georgetown University School of Medicine for…

ResearcHStart
UChicago Medicine · Multiple · In-Person
In-PersonHighly SelectiveGrades 11th - 12th

ResearcHStart is a free, eight-week summer cancer research training program run by UChicago Medicine and open to high school juniors…

Garcia Research Scholars Program
Stony Brook University · Stony Brook, NY · In-Person
In-PersonSelective

The Garcia Research Scholars Program is a prestigious summer research program at Stony Brook University that immerses high school students…

HOPP Summer Student Program
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · In-Person
In-PersonGrades 9th - 12th

The HOPP Summer Student Program is an 8-week biomedical research internship hosted by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, one of…

Cold Spring Harbor DNA Learning Center Summer Research
Cold Spring Harbor DNA Learning Center · Multiple · In-Person
In-PersonGrades 9th - 12th

The Cold Spring Harbor DNA Learning Center Summer Research program is a prestigious hands-on science experience offered by one of…

HMChO (Harvard-MIT Chemistry Olympiad)
Harvard and MIT · Virtual · Virtual
VirtualOpen EnrollmentGrades 9th - 12th

The Harvard-MIT Chemistry Olympiad (HMChO) is an international chemistry competition for high school students in grades 9 to 12, founded…

Genes in Space
Genes in Space · Virtual · Virtual
VirtualSelective

Genes in Space is an annual competition that challenges high school students to design original experiments exploring genetics and biology…

High School Research Academy (HSRA)
University of Texas at Austin College of Natural Sciences · Austin, TX · In-Person
In-PersonSelectiveGrades 10th - 12th

The High School Research Academy (HSRA) is a five-week summer research program at the University of Texas at Austin where…

STEM Research Experience
CU Science Discovery · Boulder, CO · In-Person
In-PersonSelectiveGrades 10th - 12th

The STEM Research Experience is a selective seven-week summer program offered by CU Science Discovery at the University of Colorado…

Medical Student Experience (Grades 10-12)
CU Science Discovery · Boulder, CO · In-Person
In-PersonOpen EnrollmentGrades 10th - 12th

The Medical Student Experience is a five-day immersive program offered by CU Science Discovery for high school students in grades…

Science and Engineering Apprentice Program
Office of Naval Research · Multiple · In-Person
In-PersonSelectiveGrades 9th - 12th

The Science and Engineering Apprentice Program (SEAP) is a selective eight-week summer internship offered by the Office of Naval Research…

Applied Research Innovations in Science and Engineering (ARISE)
NYU K12 STEM Education · Brooklyn, NY · Hybrid
HybridSelectiveGrades 11th - 12th

Applied Research Innovations in Science and Engineering (ARISE) is a free 10-week summer program offered by NYU K12 STEM Education…

California State Summer School for Mathematics and Science (COSMOS)
University of California · Multiple · In-Person
In-PersonHighly SelectiveGrades 8th - 12th

COSMOS (California State Summer School for Mathematics and Science) is a highly selective, four-week residential STEM program hosted by the…

Pediatrics Internship Program at Stanford
Stanford Medicine · Stanford, CA · Hybrid
HybridSelectiveGrades 11th - 12th

The Pediatrics Internship Program at Stanford (PIPS) is a free, 7-week research internship offered by Stanford Medicine's Department of Pediatrics…

Google Science Fair
Google · Multiple · Virtual
VirtualHighly SelectiveGrades 8th - 12th

Google Science Fair is a free, annual online science competition organized by Google in partnership with CERN, the LEGO Group,…

The Jackson Laboratory Summer Student Program
The Jackson Laboratory · Multiple · In-Person
In-PersonSelectiveGrades High school seniors and undergraduates

The Jackson Laboratory Summer Student Program is a 10-week residential research experience for graduating high school seniors and undergraduate students…

Neurocamp
UCLA Brain Research Institute · Los Angeles, CA · In-Person
In-PersonSelectiveGrades 9th - 12th

Neurocamp is a free, eight-day summer program hosted by the UCLA Brain Research Institute that immerses 30 selected high school…

MDI Biomedical Bootcamp 2024
MDI Biological Laboratory · Bar Harbor, ME · In-Person
In-PersonSelectiveGrades 11th - 12th

MDI Biomedical Bootcamp is a one-week summer program hosted by MDI Biological Laboratory that gives rising juniors, seniors, and recent…

University of Florida Student Science Training Program
University of Florida · Gainesville, FL · In-Person
In-PersonHighly SelectiveGrades 11th - 12th

The University of Florida Student Science Training Program (UF SSTP) is a highly selective, seven-week residential research program for rising…

Secondary Student Training Program (SSTP)
University of Iowa Belin-Blank Center · Iowa City, IA · In-Person
In-PersonHighly SelectiveGrades 10th - 11th

The Secondary Student Training Program (SSTP) at the University of Iowa is a highly selective 5.5-week residential summer research experience…

Penn Medicine Summer Program
University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · In-Person
In-PersonSelectiveGrades 11th - 12th

The Penn Medicine Summer Program is a four-week residential experience hosted by the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine,…

Summer Scrubs
University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix · Phoenix, AZ · In-Person
In-PersonSelectiveGrades 9th - 12th

Summer Scrubs is a health career exploration program offered by the University of Arizona College of Medicine in Phoenix that…

Med-Start Health Careers Program
University of Arizona · Tucson, AZ · In-Person
In-PersonSelectiveGrades 11th

Med-Start Health Careers Program is a six-week residential summer program offered by the University of Arizona that prepares high school…

CURE Research Internship Program
University of California San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · In-Person
In-PersonSelectiveGrades 11th - 12th

The CURE Research Internship Program is a free, 8-week summer internship offered by the University of California San Francisco for…

High School Emerging Researcher Experience
Houston Methodist · Houston, TX · In-Person
In-PersonSelectiveGrades 11th - 12th

The High School Emerging Researcher Experience is a selective 10-week summer internship offered by Houston Methodist that places academically outstanding…

Summer Neuroscience Program (SNP)
Rockefeller University · New York, NY · In-Person
In-PersonSelectiveGrades 10th - 12th

The Summer Neuroscience Program (SNP) is a free two-week intensive course at Rockefeller University that introduces New York City public…

Summer Academic Research Experience (SARE)
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · In-Person
In-PersonHighly SelectiveGrades 9th - 12th

The Summer Academic Research Experience (SARE) is an eight-week intensive summer program at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine designed for…

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