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The MIT Introduction to Technology, Engineering, and Science program, commonly known as MITES, is a highly selective and academically rigorous…
The American Legion Boys’ Nation is a prestigious, week-long civic leadership program held annually in Washington, D.C., for 100 high…
MathILy is an intensive, five-week residential summer program held at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania, designed for high school students…
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 Congressional App Challenge is a nationwide competition that encourages middle and high school students to develop original software applications.…
The Summer Program for Automation, Robotics, and Coding (SPARC) is a two-week, full-day residential program hosted by NYU Tandon School…
The Naval Academy Summer STEM Program is a week-long, residential experience held at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland,…
The Bank of America Student Leaders® program is an eight-week, paid summer internship designed for high school juniors and seniors…
The Girls Who Code Summer Immersion Program is a free, virtual summer program for high school girls and non-binary students…
The UPenn Management & Technology Summer Institute (M&TSI) is a rigorous three-week program for high school students interested in the…
The Carnegie Mellon Summer Academy for Math and Science (SAMS) is a six-week program that supports high school students from…
The Clark Scholars Program at Texas Tech University is an intensive seven-week summer research program for highly accomplished high school…
The FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) is an international high school robotics program that combines engineering, teamwork, and competition. Each year,…
The National Student Leadership Conference (NSLC) offers high school students immersive, career-focused summer programs at top universities across the U.S.…
Key Club International is a student-led service organization for high school students, focused on developing leadership skills through community service.…
Habitat for Humanity Youth Programs engage young people in hands-on service, education, and advocacy to help build affordable housing for…
The Wharton Global Youth Program is a collection of academic programs designed for high school students to explore business, leadership,…
The MIT Women's Technology Program is a highly selective four week summer academic program designed to introduce high school students…
The MIT Beaver Works Summer Institute is a rigorous and highly immersive STEM program designed for high school students, particularly…
The Lincoln Laboratory Radar Introduction for Student Engineers, commonly known as LLRISE, is a highly selective two week summer STEM…
The LaunchX Online Summer Innovation Program is an intensive three week virtual entrepreneurship experience designed for high school students interested…
The National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America, often called NYO USA, is a highly selective summer program…
The Economics for Leaders program, offered by the Foundation for Teaching Economics, is a selective summer program designed to help…
The Program in Mathematics for Young Scientists, commonly known as PROMYS, is a highly selective and rigorous six week summer…
The Stanford Math Tournament (SMT) is a highly selective, student-run mathematics competition hosted by Stanford University for high school students.…
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 UC Berkeley Business Academy for Youth, often called B-BAY, is a selective pre college business and entrepreneurship program hosted…
The United States Senate Page Program is a highly selective civic engagement program that allows high school students to work…
The NYC Ladders for Leaders program is a competitive summer internship program run by the New York City Department of…
The Carnegie Mellon Computer Science Scholars program, often called CS Scholars, is a highly selective and fully funded four week…
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,…
Participate in a three-week immersive program focused on artificial intelligence, data science, and product innovation. Engage in technical tracks such…
The RECF is a global nonprofit that sparks interest in STEM through hands-on robotics competitions. They provide sustainable curriculum-based programs,…
The New Jersey Symphony Youth Orchestra provides middle- and high-school students with opportunities to achieve musical excellence through coaching by…
Participate in a rigorous, five-week professional actor training intensive. Develop foundational skills in acting technique, scene study, Shakespeare, voice and…
Participate in high-intensity, project-based coding competitions within the global hacker community. These events involve rapid prototyping, software development, and technical…
Participate in industry-validated competitive events aligned with National Curriculum Standards. The program involves preparing for and competing in role-play scenarios,…
Participate in a free, experiential investment challenge that involves managing a $100,000 virtual cash portfolio. Teams develop a comprehensive investment…
A highly competitive pre-college program for young creatives. Includes core studio classes in digital art, painting, and sculpture, alongside weekly…
An immersive international exchange program focused on language proficiency, cultural competency, and subject-specific skills. Participants live abroad in one of…
An immersive intercultural exchange program in one of 50+ destinations. Participants live with a host family and attend a local…
A leadership and advocacy role designed to increase volunteer engagement across New Jersey. Ambassadors use social media platforms to recruit…
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…
The Jewish Student Union (JSU) is a national network of 515+ student-led clubs across 38 states that empowers high school…
The Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) is a faith-based organization that brings together student athletes and coaches to integrate Christian…
The International Thespian Society (ITS) is an honor society for theatre students in grades 6–12 that recognizes excellence in dramatic…
National Beta Club is one of the largest and most prestigious academic honor organizations in the United States, recognizing high-achieving…
Tri-M Music Honor Society is the only national honor society exclusively for student musicians, recognizing academically capable and musically gifted…
The High School Fed Challenge is a prestigious economics competition organized by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in…
Teen Age Republicans (TARS) is the official youth auxiliary of the Republican Party and the nation's largest organization for young…
Young Democrats of America (YDA) is the nation's largest youth-led partisan political organization, with over 20,000 members across all 50…
VolunteerMatch, now part of Idealist, is the world's largest volunteer recruitment platform, connecting students with over 100,000 service opportunities across…
High School Democrats of America (HSDA) is the official high school arm of the Democratic Party, connecting young progressive students…
The National Organization for Women (NOW) is a leading feminist advocacy organization dedicated to advancing equality and justice for women…
Amnesty International USA is a globally recognized human rights organization that empowers student activists to advocate for justice, dignity, and…
Girls Learn International is a free, student-led organization that empowers middle and high school students to advocate for gender equity…
Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) is a national student-led organization with over 45 years of history empowering young people to…
Cru is a nationwide Christian organization that provides students with opportunities to grow in their faith through Bible studies, small…
DoSomething is a free, year-round civic engagement platform that connects high school students to campaigns focused on causes like climate…
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…
Shell Eco-marathon is an international competition organized by Shell that challenges student teams to design, build, and race the most…
The American Rocketry Challenge is the world's largest student rocket competition, organized by the Aerospace Industries Association, where teams design,…
TEAMS (Tests of Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics, and Science) is an annual, theme-based STEM competition administered by the Technology Student Association…
The Rube Goldberg Machine Contest (RGMC) is an annual STEM competition hosted by the Rube Goldberg Institute where teams of…
The Solar Car Challenge is an international STEM competition where high school teams design, build, and race fully roadworthy solar-powered…
ExploraVision is a national K-12 science competition co-sponsored by Toshiba and the National Science Teaching Association (NSTA) that challenges student…
The High School Bridge Building Contest is an annual engineering competition hosted by the International Bridge Building Committee at Illinois…
The National High School Mock Trial Championship is a prestigious annual competition where student teams take on the roles of…
Quiz Bowl is a competitive academic team game organized by the National Academic Quiz Tournaments (NAQT) in which students buzz…
The Blank Theatre Young Playwrights Festival is a free national playwriting competition open to writers aged 19 and younger who…
YouthPLAYS is a theatrical publishing company that accepts script submissions from young playwrights ages 19 and under on a rolling,…
Technovation is a global technology and entrepreneurship program where students work in teams to identify real-world community problems and build…
Technovation Girls is a global technology program that empowers young women in grades 6 through 12 to solve real-world problems…
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 Posse Foundation Scholarship is a prestigious full-tuition leadership scholarship that identifies and recruits students with extraordinary leadership potential from…
The Technology Student Association (TSA) National Conference is a five-day annual gathering that brings together high school students from across…
SkillsUSA National Championships is one of the largest hands-on workforce development events in the world, bringing together more than 7,000…
The USA Biolympiad (USABO) is the premier biology competition for high school students in the United States, engaging nearly 12,000…
The National Economics Challenge is America's premier economics competition for high school students, organized by the Council for Economic Education.…
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…
Destination Imagination is a national STEAM competition where teams of students in grades 3 through 12 collaborate to solve open-ended…
Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) is the largest business career and technical student organization in the world, serving more…
The Diamond Challenge is an annual global entrepreneurship competition hosted by the University of Delaware that invites high school students…
BEST Robotics Competition is an annual STEM competition organized by BEST Robotics, Inc., where student teams design, build, and compete…
CyberPatriot is a national cyber defense competition created by the Air and Space Forces Association to inspire students in grades…
The American Regions Mathematics League (ARML) is a prestigious national mathematics competition that brings together over 1,800 high school students…
The United States Academic Decathlon (USAD) is a prestigious team-based academic competition for high school students in grades 9 to…
The Chicago Summer Business Institute is a free, paid six-week summer internship program that connects high-achieving Chicago sophomores and juniors…
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…
Tufts Summer Study is a pre-college program offered by Tufts University that gives ambitious high school students the chance to…
Putney Pre-College Summer Programs is an educational travel organization that has been sending students in grades 6 through 12 on…
The National Youth Science Camp is a prestigious four-week residential program held in the mountains of West Virginia that brings…
The Experience Christendom Summer Program, commonly known as The Best Week Ever, is a highly selective pre-college program offered by…
Earthwatch Institute Teen Expeditions is a research-based travel program that pairs high school students with environmental scientists to conduct real…
UConn Pre-College Summer is a week-long college preparation program offered by the University of Connecticut at its Storrs and Hartford…
American Collegiate Adventures (ACA) is a summer enrichment organization that offers high school students immersive academic and career exploration experiences…
Westcoast Connection is a leading teen summer travel and enrichment organization that has served over 50,000 students since 1982, offering…
The U.S. Advanced Cyber Academy is a six-day residential STEM program hosted by the U.S. Space & Rocket Center for…
The Experiment in International Living is a highly respected summer exchange program run by World Learning that has connected high…
Rustic Pathways is a teen travel organization that offers immersive international programs across 38 countries for high school students ages…
Putney Student Travel is a leading educational travel organization that has offered immersive summer programs for students in grades 6…
The Student Conservation Association National Crews program is a free summer service opportunity for high school students ages 15 to…
Interlochen Summer Arts Camp is a prestigious residential summer program for students in grades 3 through 12, offering immersive instruction…
LaunchX is a summer entrepreneurship program that gives high school and early college students the experience of launching real businesses…
The Kelley Women's Leadership Institute (KWLI) is a selective, free pre-college program offered by the Kelley School of Business at…
Leadership in the Business World (LBW) is an intensive summer program offered by the Wharton Global Youth Program, designed exclusively…
The NYU High School Academy is a college and career readiness program offered by New York University's School of Professional…
Penn SAS High School Programs are accelerated summer offerings at the University of Pennsylvania designed for talented high school students…
RoboRave is an international robotics competition and education program open to students ages 8 and up, where teams of 2…
Imagine Cup is Microsoft's annual global startup competition where student teams develop innovative technology solutions to real-world problems using AI…
Future City is a national STEM competition organized by DiscoverE that challenges students in grades 6 through 12 to design…
The Purple Comet! Math Meet is an annual team-based mathematics competition open to students in grades 6 through 12, with…
BetterMind Labs SPARK HACK is a competitive hackathon program that challenges students to develop innovative solutions to real-world problems in…
The National High School Game Academy (NHSGA) is a selective six-week summer program hosted by Carnegie Mellon University that teaches…
The Day of AI Festival is a free annual celebration of student creativity and innovation in artificial intelligence, held each…
The Boston University Summer Challenge is a two-week residential or commuter summer program at Boston University for students in grades…
TCU Band Camp is a summer music program hosted by Texas Christian University's School of Music for students in grades…
Tapia STEM Camps are award-winning residential summer programs hosted at Rice University for students in grades 8 through 12, combining…
The Aerospace and Aviation Academy, offered by Envision by WorldStrides in partnership with Rice University, is an immersive summer program…
Camp SOAR (Summer Opportunities in Aerospace Research) is a six-day summer program hosted by Texas A&M University's Department of Aerospace…
Camp ARCH is a six-day summer immersion program hosted by the Texas A&M University College of Architecture for high-achieving students…
The Healthcare Experience in Research and Oncology (HERO) is a free summer program hosted by the University of Texas at…
Academy for All is a free, week-long residential summer program hosted by the University of Texas at Austin's Department of…
The High School Research Academy (HSRA) is a five-week summer research program at the University of Texas at Austin where…
The Academy for Machine Learning is a one-week residential summer program hosted by the Department of Computer Science at the…
The McCombs Future Executive Academy is a free, six-day summer program hosted by the McCombs School of Business at the…
Sphinx Performance Academy (SPA) is a fully funded two-week intensive summer program for string musicians (violin, viola, cello, and bass)…
Yunasa West is a specialized 8-day summer sleep-away camp for gifted youth ages 10 to 15, hosted by the Institute…
CU Science Discovery's Aerospace program is a week-long summer camp at the University of Colorado Boulder for students in grades…
The ENvision Summer Program is a hands-on STEM experience hosted by Colorado State University's Department of Mechanical Engineering for high…
The Global Business Academy is a 10-day summer program offered by Colorado State University's College of Business for high school…
The Lorenzo de Zavala (LDZ) Youth Legislative Session is the most recognized program of the National Hispanic Institute, designed for…
CSU Dance Lab: Summer Intensive is a two-week college preparatory program hosted by Colorado State University's Department of Dance for…
Black Issues Forum is a free five-day residential summer program hosted by Colorado State University for rising high school seniors…
Teen Studio is a year-round youth art program offered by the Art Students League of Denver for students ages 14…
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 Academy Introduction Mission (AIM) is a one-week summer program offered by the US Coast Guard Academy exclusively for high…
The US Air Force Academy Summer Seminar is a highly selective five-day residential program for high school juniors, accepting approximately…
Architecture in the City is a summer program offered by the College of Architecture and Planning at CU Denver for…
Access ASU Summer Programs are enrichment offerings hosted by Arizona State University for high school students in grades 9 through…
The Summer Mines Engineering and Training (SUMMET) Program is a free, one-week residential experience hosted by Colorado School of Mines…
The University of Alabama K-12 Summer Programs is a comprehensive suite of enrichment opportunities hosted by the University of Alabama…
The Construction Management Summer Academy for Young Women is a fully-funded residential summer camp hosted by Auburn University's McWhorter School…
The Sadie Nash Summer Institute is an award-winning six-week program run by the Sadie Nash Leadership Project for high school…
The Santa Clara University Summer Engineering Seminar (SES) is a free, five-day residential pre-college program for high school sophomores and…
Youth Opportunity Teen Corps is an eight-week summer internship offered by the Riverside Park Conservancy for high school students interested…
The Summer Engineering Awareness Program is a hands-on initiative offered by Manhattan University's School of Engineering for students currently in…
Youth Art Connection (YAC) is a free six-session summer program offered by the American Folk Art Museum for NYC high…
Summer Shakespeare is a free, highly selective five-week summer intensive program offered by the Stella Adler Center for the Arts…
The Bella Abzug Leadership Institute (BALI) Journey to Leadership Program is a six-week summer leadership program for female-identifying and gender…
The Biorocket Research Internship Program, offered by Genspace, is a six-month science research internship for New York City public and…
The Wooster Group Summer Institute is a free, three-week intensive performance workshop for New York City public middle and high…
The Apollo Theater Academy Arts and Entertainment Production Internship is a paid, six-week professional development program offered by the iconic…
Artslife is a highly selective paid summer internship program offered by the Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) for rising…
The Summer Leadership Academy is a selective week-long program at Mercy University designed for rising high school seniors with strong…
Voyage Seaward is a 5-day maritime education program offered by Camp SEA Lab for students ages 13 to 16, where…
All Star Code Summer Intensive is a tuition-free, six-week virtual program designed for high school-aged male-identifying students from underrepresented backgrounds…
AstroCamp's 2-Week Summer Camp is a residential sleepaway program in the San Jacinto Mountains of Southern California where students ages…
Meta Summer Academy is a selective summer program organized by Meta (formerly Facebook) that offers high school students an immersive…
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…
UC San Diego FUTURES Programs are career pathway programs offered by UC San Diego Division of Extended Studies that give…
The AFSF Summer Design Institute is a three-week intensive summer program offered by the Architectural Foundation of San Francisco for…
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…
Semester at Sea is a transformative study abroad program run by the Institute for Shipboard Education, where students earn a…
The Governor's School for the Arts (GSA) is a tuition-free, highly selective arts conservatory serving students in grades 8 through…
Relay For Life is a nationwide fundraising movement organized by the American Cancer Society that brings together students and community…
Best Buddies is a global nonprofit organization dedicated to ending the social, physical, and economic isolation of people with intellectual…
Operation Smile Student Programs is a global service organization that unites high school students around the mission of providing cleft…
The Blue Ocean Student Entrepreneur Competition is the largest and most prestigious virtual pitch competition for high school students worldwide,…
SHAD Canada is the country's longest-running STEAM and entrepreneurship program for high school students, founded in 1981 and delivered through…
The National Art Honor Society (NAHS) is a prestigious recognition program organized by the National Art Education Association that celebrates…
The IDEATE Engineering Competition is an annual design challenge organized by SourceAmerica that tasks high school and college student teams…
Summer Discovery is a pre-college summer program that places students in immersive academic environments at 15+ world-renowned universities, including Ivy…
Hk Maker Lab is a free, five-week summer engineering design program for rising high school juniors and seniors from low-resource…
The Pomona College Academy for Youth Success (PAYS) is a selective three-year college preparation program hosted by Pomona College for…
JCamp is a free, six-day residential journalism program offered by the Asian American Journalists Association for high school sophomores and…
ALA Girls State is a competitive, week-long civic education program sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary for high school juniors…
The UC Berkeley Pre-College Scholars Program is a prestigious summer initiative that allows high school students to take college-level courses…
The Davidson Young Scholars Program is a free, year-round initiative run by the Davidson Institute for profoundly gifted students ages…
The Brown Leadership Institute is a pre-college summer program offered by Brown University that equips high school students in grades…
The NextGen Leadership Institute is a three-week pre-college summer program offered by Barnard College that combines rigorous academics with leadership…
Camp Business is a one-week summer program offered by Drexel University's LeBow College of Business, designed for students in grades…
Business Is Global is a two-week summer program offered by the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University for rising…
Young Founders Lab is an elite startup incubator and bootcamp that prepares ambitious high school students to launch their own…
Lean GAP is a four-week summer entrepreneurship program that guides high school students through the full process of building a…
The Georgetown University Entrepreneurship Academy is a two-week summer program hosted by Georgetown University where high school students receive comprehensive…
The Entrepreneurship & Innovation Bootcamp is a two-week pre-college program at Tufts University where students in grades 10 through 12…
The Athena Summer Innovation Institute is an intensive three-week program at Barnard College where high school students with entrepreneurial ambitions…
Career Insight: Business and Entrepreneurship is a two-week residential summer program hosted by the University of Chicago for students in…
Wall Street 101 is a competitive experiential learning program hosted by Bentley University for rising high school juniors and seniors…
Moneyball Academy is a three-week summer residential program hosted by the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania for rising…
The California High School Speech Association (CHSSA) is the governing body for competitive speech and debate in California, overseeing individual…
Essentials of Entrepreneurship is an intensive two-week residential summer program offered by the Wharton Global Youth Program at the University…
The Product Design Academy is a three-week intensive program offered by the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton Global Youth Program that…
Harvard Model Congress (HMC) is a premier government simulation conference organized and staffed entirely by Harvard undergraduates, offering high school…
The Tournament of Champions (TOC) is an athletic organization that provides high school students with competitive opportunities in basketball and…
The Kitty Bungalow Volunteer Program is a free, year-round community service opportunity where students ages 12 and older contribute to…
P.A.T.H. (People Assisting the Homeless) is a nonprofit volunteer program that mobilizes students to support efforts to house families, veterans,…
Wags and Walks is a dog rescue organization that offers year-round volunteer opportunities for students ages 10 and up who…
L.A. Works is a nonprofit volunteer organization that has connected Los Angeles community members with meaningful service opportunities for over…
Big Sunday is a Los Angeles-based volunteer organization that connects high school students with meaningful community service opportunities across the…
The Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens Volunteer Program is a year-round opportunity for students passionate about wildlife, conservation, and…
The Midnight Mission Volunteer Program is a free, year-round community service opportunity where students contribute their time to supporting individuals…
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…
FoodCycle LA is a community service program that fights food insecurity and reduces waste by recovering surplus food from restaurants…
My Friend's House Foundation LA is a community service organization dedicated to promoting unity, growth, and encouragement throughout Los Angeles.…
The Friends of Ballona Wetlands Volunteer Program is a free, year-round conservation initiative where students help restore one of Los…
Volunteering at the Los Angeles Public Library connects high school students with one of the largest urban library systems in…
Baby2Baby is a Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization dedicated to addressing child poverty by providing essential supplies to children and families…
Alexandria House is a nonprofit organization that provides transitional housing and support services for women and children in need, and…
Volunteer Collective is a free, year-round virtual platform that empowers students to create and join meaningful service initiatives spanning disaster…
Voice of Calling is a registered nonprofit organization that provides high school students with free opportunities to engage in coding,…
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…
The Penn Medicine Summer Program is a four-week residential experience hosted by the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine,…
The Coca-Cola Scholars Program is a prestigious national scholarship initiative that recognizes exceptional high school seniors who demonstrate outstanding leadership,…
The Center for Excellence in Education (CEE) is a nonprofit organization that offers some of the most rigorous and prestigious…
The Steppenwolf Young Adult Council (YAC) is a year-round teen program organized by the renowned Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago…
The Center Theatre Group Student Ambassadors program connects high school students with one of Los Angeles's most prominent professional theatre…
The Dr. Phillips Center Teen Ambassadors is a selective year-long program at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts…
The Musical Theatre West Youth Ambassador Council is a selective, year-round leadership program for high school students in grades 9…
Student Ambassadors for the Arsht is a free, yearlong leadership and arts engagement program run by the Adrienne Arsht Center…
The Youth Ambassador Program (YAP), sponsored in part by Bank of Utica, is a year-round extracurricular opportunity for high school…
Synchronicity Theatre is an Atlanta-based theater organization that produces bold, original works while centering the voices of women and girls.…
Brave New Voices is an annual international youth poetry festival organized by Youth Speaks that brings together the world's most…
Albany Park Theater Project (APTP) is a Chicago-based youth theater organization that empowers high school students to create and perform…
The Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge is a free national competition presented by the National Endowment for the Arts and the…
The Jimmy Awards, organized by The Broadway League Foundation, is a national competition recognizing outstanding high school achievement in musical…
The Startup UCLA Summer Institute is a pre-college entrepreneurship program hosted by UCLA that immerses high school students in grades…
Summer Venture in Business (SVB) is a six-day pre-college summer academy hosted by the University of Kansas School of Business…
The NAIOP-Drexel Summer Real Estate Program is a 10-day residential summer experience at Drexel University in Philadelphia, designed for rising…
Howard University's School of Business Summer Enrichment Program is a two-week residential experience that immerses high school students in college-level…
The Rutgers University Summer Business Camp is a one-week residential program hosted by Rutgers Business School for high school students…
The Snider Enterprise and Leadership Fellows (SELF) Experience is a selective three-week summer program offered by the University of Maryland's…
The Barkley Forum for High Schools is a prestigious competitive debate program hosted by Emory University, one of the nation's…
The National Forensic League Honor Society, operated by the National Speech and Debate Association, is one of the oldest and…
The American Debate League is a nonprofit organization that trains students in competitive Public Forum debate, building critical thinking, communication,…
The NAU Curry Summer Music Camp is a summer music program at Northern Arizona University's Kitt School of Music, designed…
Mayo Clinic CARES (Career Advancement, Research, and Education Summer Program) is a competitive summer program hosted by Mayo Clinic's Arizona…
Robotics Camp is a two-week summer program offered by Arizona State University's School of Computing and Artificial Intelligence for students…
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 RISE Summer Leadership Institute is a four-day residential program at Arizona State University's Tempe campus designed for rising juniors…
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 Business Careers Awareness Program (BCAP) is a free, week-long residential summer program hosted by the University of Arizona's Eller…
Special Olympics is a global movement that empowers individuals with intellectual disabilities through athletic training, competition, and community inclusion. Student…
RoboBoat is an international robotics competition organized by RoboNation in which student teams design, build, and test fully autonomous surface…
The Global Innovation Challenge 2026 is an online competition organized by InventFuture that invites high school students to develop and…
Hatch Idea Lab is an entrepreneurship and design thinking program run by One Stone that empowers high school students across…
The Carnegie Mellon Informatics and Mathematics Competition (CMIMC) is an annual mathematics competition hosted by Carnegie Mellon University that invites…
HackMIT is an annual 24-hour hackathon hosted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where high school and college students come…
Blueprint is a hackathon organized by HackMIT at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, bringing together high school students for an…
The National Science Bowl is a prestigious nationwide academic competition created by the U.S. Department of Energy in 1991 to…
SeaPerch is an underwater robotics program run by RoboNation that challenges students to design, build, and operate a remotely operated…
The Presidential AI Challenge is a national competition established by Executive Order 14277 and organized by the Oak Ridge Institute…
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 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…
Carnegie Mellon Summer Opportunities for Access and Inclusion is a pre-college program coordinated by Carnegie Mellon University's Center for Student…
University of New Hampshire Upward Bound is a free federal TRIO program funded by the U.S. Department of Education that…
Inspiring Girls Expeditions is an international organization that leads tuition-free summer expeditions for high school students, combining science, art, and…
The Theatre & Dance Summer STARS Camps are a series of week-long day camps hosted by the University of New…
Ohio University's Pre-College and Youth Online Summer Programs offer high school students an immersive, one to two week experience across…
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…
Project Belonging is a student-driven leadership program hosted by Teachers College, Columbia University, open to students in grades 6 through…
The FIRE Free Speech Leadership Summit is an advocacy program organized by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE)…
The NIDA Summer Internship Program is a prestigious research opportunity offered by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, one of…
The USC Bovard Scholars Program is a highly selective, free summer initiative hosted by the University of Southern California for…
NYU Democracy Scholars is a free three-week residential summer program at New York University for rising high school seniors in…
Global Glimpse is a nonprofit international travel program that takes high school juniors on 11-day summer experiences to Costa Rica,…
The Global Youth Impact Summit 2026 is an international leadership conference hosted by CGAD in Porto, Portugal, bringing together 100…
The Environmental Leadership Program (ELP) is a fellowship-based initiative that develops the next generation of environmental and social change leaders…
The Sabancı University PURE Summer Program is a prestigious research experience hosted by Sabancı University that immerses students in rigorous,…
Nexus Youth Exchange 2026 is a four-day international program organized by the Nexus Public Policy Institute, bringing together young leaders…
TechGirls is a competitive summer exchange program run by the U.S. Department of State that brings together young women ages…
The UPG Sustainability Leadership Program is a competitive, application-based initiative run by United People Global that recruits and develops the…
The Hansen Leadership Institute (HLI) is an international leadership development program that brings together high school students from regions of…
The States' 4-H International Exchange Program offers high school and middle school students aged 12 to 18 a transformative cultural…
Northwest Student Exchange's Japan Program is a cultural immersion and study abroad opportunity for high school students aged 15 to…
Youth for Understanding (YFU) is a global exchange program that places high school students aged 15 to 18 with volunteer…
ICES High School Exchange Programs allow American high school students to study abroad and immerse themselves in a new culture…