Extracurriculars That Build Scientific Research
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The MIT Introduction to Technology, Engineering, and Science program, commonly known as MITES, is a highly selective and academically rigorous…
Boston University’s Research in Science & Engineering (RISE) program is a selective six-week summer experience for rising high school seniors…
The Stanford University Mathematics Camp (SUMaC) is a selective summer program for rising high school juniors and seniors passionate about…
The Summer Science Program is a renowned, five-week residential research immersion for rising high school seniors that has run since…
The Research Science Institute (RSI) at MIT is a six-week, fully residential program that brings together around 80 of the…
The Summer Science Academy at Emory University is an immersive, two-week day program designed for rising 9th and 10th graders…
The Naval Academy Summer STEM Program is a week-long, residential experience held at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland,…
The Carnegie Mellon Summer Academy for Math and Science (SAMS) is a six-week program that supports high school students from…
The Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth (CTY) offers advanced academic programs for gifted students in grades 2–12. Through summer…
The Clark Scholars Program at Texas Tech University is an intensive seven-week summer research program for highly accomplished high school…
The Regeneron Science Talent Search (STS) is the nation’s oldest and most prestigious science and math competition for high school…
The MIT Women's Technology Program is a highly selective four week summer academic program designed to introduce high school students…
The Lincoln Laboratory Radar Introduction for Student Engineers, commonly known as LLRISE, is a highly selective two week summer STEM…
The Program in Mathematics for Young Scientists, commonly known as PROMYS, is a highly selective and rigorous six week summer…
The Stanford Institutes of Medicine Summer Research Program (SIMR) is a highly selective eight-week biomedical research program for high school…
The Stanford Young Investigators program is a competitive high school internship in environmental science and sustainability offered through the Stanford…
The Conrad Challenge is a global STEM innovation and entrepreneurship competition for students ages 13 to 18 that challenges teams…
The SUNY Biological Field Station Internships, offered by the State University of New York at Oneonta, are immersive summer research…
The Emory Summer Science Academy is a two week, non residential summer enrichment program for high school students, specifically those…
The Eugene and Ruth Roberts Summer Student Academy is a highly selective, research intensive summer program hosted by City of…
The INSIGHT High School Program at the Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center is a selective summer program designed to…
Stanford AI4ALL is a highly selective two week summer program designed to introduce high school students, specifically current ninth graders,…
The AIMI Summer Health AI Bootcamp is a selective two week virtual summer program for high school students offered by…
The Georgia Tech Research Institute High School Summer Internship, often called STEM@GTRI, is a highly selective paid summer research program…
The Georgia Tech Summer Institute is a selective residential summer program hosted by the Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics,…
An immersive summer program for high school seniors and recent graduates focused on particle physics, quantum science, and artificial intelligence.…
A science enrichment program for students to work alongside astronomers and physicists. Participants engage in college-level math and science coursework,…
An immersive research program where students are paired with data science mentors to work on applied, interdisciplinary research projects. Mentorship…
A research-driven internship where high school students collaborate with particle physicists on real-world projects. Participants analyze high-energy physics data, participate…
Physics Bowl is an international high school physics competition organized by the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) that challenges…
The Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge is a prestigious nationwide science competition for middle school students in grades 6–8,…
The National Ocean Sciences Bowl is a prestigious academic competition that challenges teams of high school students to master topics…
The iGEM Competition is an international synthetic biology competition where student teams design and build original biological systems using standardized…
The Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS) is a prestigious national program that challenges high school students to conduct original…
Samsung Solve for Tomorrow is a free annual STEM competition open to public school students in grades 6–12 that challenges…
TEAMS (Tests of Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics, and Science) is an annual, theme-based STEM competition administered by the Technology Student Association…
ExploraVision is a national K-12 science competition co-sponsored by Toshiba and the National Science Teaching Association (NSTA) that challenges student…
The Davidson Fellows Scholarship is a highly prestigious annual scholarship program that recognizes exceptional students ages 18 and under who…
The International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO) is a prestigious annual competition that brings together the most talented high school chemists from…
The Plant the Moon Challenge is a NASA-connected space exploration program where high school students tackle hands-on challenges inspired by…
Science Olympiad is a national STEM competition where teams of 15 students compete in 23 events spanning disciplines like genetics,…
The USA Chemistry Olympiad (USNCO) is a prestigious national chemistry competition organized by the American Chemical Society that challenges high…
GENIUS Olympiad is an international high school project competition organized by Terra Science and Education that challenges students to develop…
The USA Biolympiad (USABO) is the premier biology competition for high school students in the United States, engaging nearly 12,000…
The International Biology Olympiad (IBO) is the premier worldwide biology competition, bringing together the most gifted high school students from…
The U.S. Physics Team is a national competition sponsored by the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) and the American…
The International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) is the most prestigious international physics competition for secondary school students, bringing together national teams…
The Aspiring Scientists Summer Internship Program (ASSIP) is a nationally recognized eight-week research internship offered by George Mason University for…
The Student Research Internship Program at the Scripps Research Translational Institute is a competitive 10-week summer program for high school,…
The SEES High School Summer Intern Program is a nationally competitive STEM internship hosted by the University of Texas Center…
The Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) Program is a federal youth employment initiative administered by the National Park Service that places…
SHTEM is an eight-week summer research internship program at Stanford University, open to high school juniors and seniors with a…
The WPI Frontiers Program is a pre-collegiate STEM initiative hosted by Worcester Polytechnic Institute that gives middle and high school…
The WPI Launch Program is a pre-collegiate summer residential STEM program hosted by Worcester Polytechnic Institute, one of the nation's…
The National Youth Science Camp is a prestigious four-week residential program held in the mountains of West Virginia that brings…
Earthwatch Institute Teen Expeditions is a research-based travel program that pairs high school students with environmental scientists to conduct real…
Concordia Language Villages is an immersive summer language program where high school students can earn accredited credit in 14 languages,…
Boston Leadership Institute is an award-winning summer STEM program that offers high school students immersive educational experiences in science, engineering,…
The Student Conservation Association National Crews program is a free summer service opportunity for high school students ages 15 to…
The National Institutes of Health Summer Internship Program is a prestigious, fully funded research opportunity where high school seniors and…
The Michigan State University High School Honors Science/Engineering/Mathematics Program (HSHSP) is a seven-week intensive summer research program at Michigan State…
Future City is a national STEM competition organized by DiscoverE that challenges students in grades 6 through 12 to design…
MIT PRIMES (Program for Research in Mathematics, Engineering and Science for High School Students) is a free, year-long research program…
The Dream with Us Design Challenge is an annual competition organized by NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate that invites students…
Genes in Space is an annual competition that challenges high school students to design original experiments exploring genetics and biology…
Tapia STEM Camps are award-winning residential summer programs hosted at Rice University for students in grades 8 through 12, combining…
The Research Program for High School Students at the University of Texas at Dallas is an intensive 8-week summer initiative…
Camp SOAR (Summer Opportunities in Aerospace Research) is a six-day summer program hosted by Texas A&M University's Department of Aerospace…
The Healthcare Experience in Research and Oncology (HERO) is a free summer program hosted by the University of Texas at…
The High School Research Academy (HSRA) is a five-week summer research program at the University of Texas at Austin where…
The STEM Research Experience is a selective seven-week summer program offered by CU Science Discovery at the University of Colorado…
CU Science Discovery's Aerospace program is a week-long summer camp at the University of Colorado Boulder for students in grades…
The SciVet Summer Program is an immersive five-day residential experience at Colorado State University for high school students passionate about…
The ENvision Summer Program is a hands-on STEM experience hosted by Colorado State University's Department of Mechanical Engineering for high…
BOLT (Biomedical Engineering Opportunities and Leadership Training) is a four-day summer camp hosted by the University of Colorado Denver's Department…
The Medical Student Experience is a five-day immersive program offered by CU Science Discovery for high school students in grades…
The Science and Engineering Apprentice Program (SEAP) is a selective eight-week summer internship offered by the Office of Naval Research…
The Santa Clara University Summer Engineering Seminar (SES) is a free, five-day residential pre-college program for high school sophomores and…
The Summer Engineering Awareness Program is a hands-on initiative offered by Manhattan University's School of Engineering for students currently in…
The Biorocket Research Internship Program, offered by Genspace, is a six-month science research internship for New York City public and…
NYU Computer Science for Cyber Security (CS4CS) is a free, fully-funded four-week summer program offered by NYU Tandon School of…
Voyage Seaward is a 5-day maritime education program offered by Camp SEA Lab for students ages 13 to 16, where…
Applied Research Innovations in Science and Engineering (ARISE) is a free 10-week summer program offered by NYU K12 STEM Education…
AstroCamp's 2-Week Summer Camp is a residential sleepaway program in the San Jacinto Mountains of Southern California where students ages…
UC Santa Barbara's Summer Research Academies is a four-week pre-college program that places high school students directly into university-level research…
COSMOS (California State Summer School for Mathematics and Science) is a highly selective, four-week residential STEM program hosted by the…
SAGE Camp at SLAC is a free, one-week residential program hosted by SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in partnership with Stanford…
The Pediatrics Internship Program at Stanford (PIPS) is a free, 7-week research internship offered by Stanford Medicine's Department of Pediatrics…
The Sea Education Association (SEA) offers summer programs in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, giving high school students the opportunity to explore…
The Appalachian STEM Academy is a fully funded, two-week residential summer program hosted at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, a U.S.…
Sea|mester is a college-accredited study abroad and gap year program that takes high school graduates and older students on voyages…
The Exemplary Student Research Program (ESRP) is a year-long initiative offered by Argonne National Laboratory that pairs high school students…
The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) is a premier global science competition where high school students present original…
Google Science Fair is a free, annual online science competition organized by Google in partnership with CERN, the LEGO Group,…
Operation Smile Student Programs is a global service organization that unites high school students around the mission of providing cleft…
Oxford Summer Courses is an award-winning summer academic program that brings students aged 9 to 24 to the historic campuses…
The Simons Summer Research Program at Stony Brook University is a highly selective six-week research experience where high school students…
The Jackson Laboratory Summer Student Program is a 10-week residential research experience for graduating high school seniors and undergraduate students…
The Broad Summer Scholars Program is a free, six-week summer research experience hosted by the Broad Institute, one of the…
The Pomona College Academy for Youth Success (PAYS) is a selective three-year college preparation program hosted by Pomona College for…
Neurocamp is a free, eight-day summer program hosted by the UCLA Brain Research Institute that immerses 30 selected high school…
Notre Dame Summer Scholars is a prestigious two-week pre-college program hosted on the campus of the University of Notre Dame,…
The Science Internship Program (SIP) is an eight-week summer research experience hosted by the University of California, Santa Cruz, where…
Washington University in St. Louis offers a range of summer programs that give high school students a taste of college…
The Lumiere Research Scholar Program is a rigorous summer research initiative founded by Harvard and Oxford researchers that pairs high…
SDSU Training Astronomy Research Scholars (STARS) is a four-week summer research program hosted by San Diego State University for high…
The NextGen Leadership Institute is a three-week pre-college summer program offered by Barnard College that combines rigorous academics with leadership…
The La Brea Tar Pits Volunteer Program offers high school students the opportunity to contribute to one of the most…
Heal the Bay Beach Cleanups is a free, year-round volunteer program organized by Heal the Bay, a Los Angeles nonprofit…
Meaningful Gardens is a community engagement program organized by Meaningful Engagement that teaches high school students hands-on agricultural skills to…
Cabrillo Marine Aquarium Volunteer Programs offer high school students the opportunity to contribute to marine education and ocean conservation at…
The Engineering Summer Academy Program (ESAP) is a three-week pre-college program hosted by the University of Pennsylvania's School of Engineering…
MDI Biomedical Bootcamp is a one-week summer program hosted by MDI Biological Laboratory that gives rising juniors, seniors, and recent…
The University of Florida Student Science Training Program (UF SSTP) is a highly selective, seven-week residential research program for rising…
The Secondary Student Training Program (SSTP) at the University of Iowa is a highly selective 5.5-week residential summer research experience…
Research in the Biological Sciences (RIBS) is a four-week intensive summer program at the University of Chicago where high school…
The Penn Medicine Summer Program is a four-week residential experience hosted by the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine,…
The Aspiring Scholars Directed Research Program (ASDRP), run by the Olive Children Foundation, is a nonprofit pre-collegiate research institution based…
The Center for Excellence in Education (CEE) is a nonprofit organization that offers some of the most rigorous and prestigious…
The Burton Family Foundation Summer Health Institute is a free, week-long residential program at Arizona State University's Downtown Phoenix campus,…
Barrett Summer Scholars is a four-day residential program at Arizona State University that gives high school students in grades 9…
The Joaquin Bustoz Math-Science Honors Program (JBMSHP) is a selective six-week residential summer program hosted by Arizona State University for…
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 is a six-week residential summer program offered by the University of Arizona that prepares high school…
The Native American Science and Engineering Program (NASEP) is a University of Arizona initiative designed specifically for Native American, Alaska…
The KEYS Research Internship, offered by the BIO5 Institute at the University of Arizona, is a prestigious seven-week summer program…
The International Brain Bee is a prestigious neuroscience competition for high school students that challenges participants to master complex topics…
The Stockholm Junior Water Prize is an international competition where students aged 15 to 20 develop and submit original research…
The AAPT High School Physics Photo Contest is an international competition hosted by the American Association of Physics Teachers that…
The Avogadro Chemistry Exam is an annual online competition administered by the University of Waterloo's Department of Chemistry, open to…
The Breakthrough Junior Challenge is a global science video competition open to high school students worldwide, where participants create short,…
The BioGENEius Challenge is a prestigious national competition organized by the Biotechnology Institute that recognizes high school students for outstanding…
The National Science Bowl is a prestigious nationwide academic competition created by the U.S. Department of Energy in 1991 to…
Pioneer Research Institute is a highly selective, fully accredited online research program offered through Pioneer Academics, giving high school students…
The Teen Research and Education in Environmental Science (TREES) Program is an educational initiative through Penn State's College of Health…
Experiences in Research (EinR) is a paid summer internship program offered by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory for high school students…
The CURE Research Internship Program is a free, 8-week summer internship offered by the University of California San Francisco for…
Harvard Medical School Project Success is a prestigious high school program offered by Harvard Medical School's Office for Culture and…
The Clinical Neuroscience Immersion Experience (CNI-X) is a prestigious program offered by Stanford University's Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences…
The Young Scholars Internship Program (YSP) is a paid five-week summer internship offered by the University of Georgia College of…
The American Anthropological Association Virtual High School Internship is a four-week summer program where students explore the field of anthropology…
The Lincoln Park Zoo Malott Family Zoo Intern Program is a prestigious internship opportunity for high school students passionate about…
The Young Scholars Summer STEMM Research Program is a fully funded six-week research experience hosted by the University of Illinois…
The Fred Hutch Summer High School Internship Program is a prestigious research opportunity hosted by Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, one…
Far Horizons Teens is a high school research program at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago where students in grades 9…
The King Conservation Science Scholars Program is a year-round extracurricular initiative offered by Brookfield Zoo Chicago for students in grades…
The Careers in Science (CiS) Intern Program at the California Academy of Sciences is a multi-year, paid internship and youth…
The Memorial Sloan Kettering Summer Student Program is a prestigious 8-week research internship at one of the world's leading cancer…
Inspiring Girls Expeditions is an international organization that leads tuition-free summer expeditions for high school students, combining science, art, and…
Cottonwood Gulch Expeditions is a nonprofit outdoor adventure organization founded in 1926 that offers multi-week summer and school year programs…
The Summer Academic Enrichment Program (SAEP) at California State University, Northridge is a four-week summer program that brings students in…
The NIDA Summer Internship Program is a prestigious research opportunity offered by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, one of…
The High School Fellowship in Biomedical Research is a four-week summer internship offered by The Wistar Institute, one of the…
The InspiritAI AI Scholars Program is a global online artificial intelligence program for high school students in grades 9 to…
The Sabancı University PURE Summer Program is a prestigious research experience hosted by Sabancı University that immerses students in rigorous,…
The Frontier AI Security Residency is a fully funded, eight-week in-person research and engineering program held in Cambridge, UK, organized…