Free Extracurricular Programs
A listing qualifies when its current public catalog or enrichment data records a $0 participation cost.
This static fallback has no runtime-qualified listing set, so it is noindexed. Application fees, travel, housing, materials, and optional expenses remain separate questions.
Current free program listings
228 matching programs are listed in the directory right now. The most recently added:
- MIT PRIMES Research Program — Catalog organization: MIT Department of Mathematics
- National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America (NYO-USA) — Catalog organization: Carnegie Hall Weill Music Institute
- USA Computing Olympiad — Catalog organization: USA Computing Olympiad
- MITES Summer — Catalog organization: MITES at MIT
- Simons Summer Research Program — Catalog organization: Stony Brook University — Deadline: February 5, 2027
- Clark Scholars Program — Catalog organization: Texas Tech
- Stanford Institutes of Medicine Summer Research Program (SIMR) — Catalog organization: Stanford University School of Medicine
- NIH Summer Internship Program (SIP) — High School Senior Eligibility — Catalog organization: National Institutes of Health Office of Intramural Training & Education
- Technovation Girls — Catalog organization: Technovation
- Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS) — Catalog organization: National Science Teaching Association; sponsored by the U.S. Department of War STEM components
- BEST Robotics Competition — Catalog organization: BEST Robotics, Inc.
- Walton College Fleischer Scholars Program — Catalog organization: Sam M. Walton College of Business, University of Arkansas — Deadline: March 14, 2027
- NCI Summer Ag Academy — Catalog organization: Northern Crops Institute
- Summer SAIL — Catalog organization: University of Oregon
- WriteGirl Teen Writing and Mentoring Program — Catalog organization: WriteGirl
- Write the World — Catalog organization: Write the World
- USGS The National Map Corps — Catalog organization: U.S. Geological Survey
- SWENext — Catalog organization: Society of Women Engineers
- The School for Science and Math at Vanderbilt — Catalog organization: Vanderbilt University & Metro Nashville Public Schools
- Sadie Nash Summer Institute — Catalog organization: Sadie Nash Leadership Project
- Riordan Scholars Program — Catalog organization: UCLA Anderson School of Management
- Ted R. Lilley CURE Program — Catalog organization: OHSU Knight Cancer Institute
- Summer Law and Trial Institute — Catalog organization: Ohio University Center for Law, Justice & Culture
- Nashville Symphony Accelerando — Catalog organization: Nashville Symphony