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Eight-week program in which high-school students perform basic, medically oriented research with Stanford faculty and mentors to build interest in biological sciences and medicine.
Michael & Susan Dell Foundation
$20,000 flexible scholarship plus laptop, book credits, and support for about 500 Dell Scholars a year who are Pell-eligible and in an approved college-readiness program.
Prize honoring young people who complete humanitarian or environmental service projects that make a positive difference in their communities and the world.
Hispanic Scholarship Fund
Scholarships of $500-$5,000 based on relative need for students of Hispanic heritage; HSF selects 10,000 scholars each year and awards over $30 million.
Scholarships of up to $5,000 honoring the nation's most accomplished, community-minded high-school senior athletes.
Ron Brown Scholar Program
Selects 20 high-school seniors each year for a $40,000 scholarship ($10,000 per year for four years), mentorship, and leadership development within a lifelong community network.
Highly selective full-cost-of-attendance scholarship for high-school seniors with financial need.
American Legion Auxiliary Department of New Jersey
Hands-on program teaching state government, the political process, and leadership to young women in their junior year of high school.
American Legion Department of New Jersey
One-week residential civics and leadership program for New Jersey high-school juniors, held at Rider University; delegates join through a local Legion post sponsor or as self-sponsored delegates.
Immersive summer experience for mathematically talented students ages 13-18 from all over the world.
Carnegie Mellon University
Fully funded six-week residential program for high-school juniors emphasizing rigorous STEM coursework, research projects, and college preparation for students underrepresented in STEM.
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Tuition-free residential summer program at Rutgers for outstanding New Jersey high-school juniors interested in engineering and technology.
Tuition-free residential summer program at Drew University for outstanding New Jersey high-school juniors interested in the sciences.
The Kenyon Review at Kenyon College
Intensive two-week summer creative writing workshops where students write and share stories, poems, and essays in small groups that meet five hours a day.
Free summer coding camps for young women and gender-expansive youth, with no prior coding experience required.
MIT Office of Engineering Outreach Programs
Six-week residential STEM program at MIT for rising seniors that builds a challenging foundation in STEM, with a focus on expanding access for students from underserved backgrounds.
New Jersey Institute of Technology
One-week, commuter STEM immersion courses taught by NJIT faculty in topics such as Artificial Intelligence, STEM Entrepreneurship, Materials Engineering, Sustainable Engineering, Cybersecurity, and Applied Engineering Technology.
Merit-based, fully funded scholarship for American high-school students to study Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), Korean, or Russian abroad or online.
New Jersey Scholars Program
Tuition-free, five-week residential interdisciplinary summer program for rising seniors from any New Jersey high school, aiming to sharpen critical thinking, writing, and research skills.
Six-week residential summer program in mathematics for strongly motivated high-school students from across the U.S. and around the world.
Multi-week hybrid summer journalism intensive (virtual classes plus a residential stay at Princeton) for academically excellent students from limited-income backgrounds who are considering a journalism career.
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
One-week residential programs on the Rutgers-New Brunswick campus for international and U.S. high-school students, with daily academic workshops, lectures, tours, and evening activities.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory DNA Learning Center
Two-week intensive research program in molecular biology, coding, and career preparation, offered as a full scholarship for high-school students from underrepresented backgrounds in STEM.
Free six-week summer seminar for high-school sophomores and juniors with college-level humanities and social science seminars, community decision-making, and a public speaking program.