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Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Paid summer research internship for local high school students in cancer research labs.
Selective online program where students write a 20–25 page independent research paper with a professor or PhD-level mentor.
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
The King Foundation High School Summer Program in Biomedical Sciences: a 10-week research project with an MD Anderson faculty member.
Massachusetts General Hospital
Paid summer research internship in neurology at Mass General: a lab bootcamp, then six to eight weeks on an ongoing project with weekly seminars.
New York University Tandon School of Engineering
Selective NYU Tandon research program placing students in one of 50+ NYU science and engineering labs.
The Rockefeller University
Full-time, seven-week team research program: students design a question, run experiments and present at a final symposium.
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
High School Research Immersion Program: an eight-week paid internship in St. Jude labs in basic science, psychology, pharmaceutical science or data science.
University of Pennsylvania
Four-week pre-med program modeled on medical school: labs, simulations, CPR certification and live demonstrations taught by Penn Medicine faculty. Not a research placement.
Online AI programs run by Harvard graduate students: a 10-week AI Scholars bootcamp and a 15-week one-on-one AI Fellowship research project.
American Museum of Natural History
Multi-year research mentoring program pairing NYC high school students from underrepresented groups with AMNH scientists.
Boston Children's Hospital
Boston Children's SCOOP program: six weeks working in a pediatric hospital setting.
The Eugene and Ruth Roberts Summer Student Academy: 10 weeks of mentored biomedical research at City of Hope.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory DNA Learning Center
Genetics and biotechnology education programs and labs for students, including summer camps and research pathways.
Saturday and summer science and math courses for academically talented high school students in the NYC area.
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
Program for high school juniors and seniors to train alongside physician-scientists in clinical cancer research and explore STEM careers, with enrichment activities and lectures.
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
NIH-funded, paid, eight-week research internship in brain science.
Washington University in St. Louis
Field training and ecology research apprenticeships at Shaw Nature Reserve and Tyson Research Center.
In-person summer research program for high-school students on the Boston University campus with an Internship track and a Practicum track.
Free, full-time, in-person summer research experience in the sciences or engineering for local New Jersey high-school students, working in ongoing Princeton research programs under faculty supervision.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Free year-long program offering research projects in mathematics and bioinformatics plus guided reading for high-school students, with local students meeting mentors in person and others by teleconference.
American Museum of Natural History
Year-long mentored science research for New York City high-school students, with a four-week August summer institute (including Black Rock Forest fieldwork), twice-weekly after-school mentor meetings, and monthly workshops.
Intensive seven-week summer research program for twelve highly qualified rising seniors and recent high-school graduates, working with Texas Tech faculty.
Center for Excellence in Education
Free summer program where about 100 of the most accomplished high-school students gather at MIT for one week of STEM classes followed by a five-week research internship and written and oral presentations.
Six-week program giving academically talented juniors hands-on research experience in science, math, or engineering with Stony Brook faculty mentors.