Free STEM Programs for High School Students
Every displayed entry states it is free or costs $0. A program with no listed price is omitted rather than called free or paid. This implies nothing about funding, aid, affiliation, selectivity, or eligibility.
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143 published catalog entries match this page; the 30 most relevant are featured below; 6 can be done online.
Catalog entries
Browse 30 catalog programs:
- MIT PRIMES Research Program — Catalog organization: MIT Department of Mathematics — Cost: Free
- USA Computing Olympiad — Catalog organization: USA Computing Olympiad — Cost: Free
- MITES Summer — Catalog organization: MITES at MIT — Cost: Free
- NIH Summer Internship Program (SIP) — High School Senior Eligibility — Catalog organization: National Institutes of Health Office of Intramural Training & Education — Cost: Free · paid stipend
- Technovation Girls — Catalog organization: Technovation — Cost: Free
- Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS) — Catalog organization: National Science Teaching Association; sponsored by the U.S. Department of War STEM components — Cost: Free
- Breakthrough Junior Challenge — Catalog organization: Breakthrough Prize Foundation — Cost: Free
- Texas Aerospace Scholars — Junior Experience — Catalog organization: NASA Johnson Space Center Office of STEM Engagement — Cost: Free
- BEST Robotics Competition — Catalog organization: BEST Robotics, Inc. — Cost: Free
- Changemakers in Computing (CiC) — Catalog organization: University of Washington Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering — Cost: Free · paid stipend
- UCLA Olga Radko Endowed Math Circle (ORMC) — Catalog organization: UCLA Department of Mathematics — Cost: Free
- SWENext — Catalog organization: Society of Women Engineers — Cost: Free · Deadline: Rolling applications
- The School for Science and Math at Vanderbilt — Catalog organization: Vanderbilt University & Metro Nashville Public Schools — Cost: Free
- Ted R. Lilley CURE Program — Catalog organization: OHSU Knight Cancer Institute — Cost: Free · paid stipend
- MultiCare Academy for Students in Healthcare (M.A.S.H. Camp) — Catalog organization: MultiCare Health System — Cost: Free
- Molecular Medicine in Action — Catalog organization: Indiana University School of Medicine — Cost: Free · Deadline: November 6, 2026
- IASC Asteroid Search Campaigns — Catalog organization: International Astronomical Search Collaboration — Cost: Free
- PathMaker Scholars — Catalog organization: Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah — Cost: Free · paid stipend
- MIT PRIMES/AoPS CrowdMath — Catalog organization: MIT PRIMES and Art of Problem Solving — Cost: Free
- Code Club — Catalog organization: Raspberry Pi Foundation — Cost: Free · Deadline: Rolling applications
- Youth Mental Health Academy — Catalog organization: Child Mind Institute — Cost: Free · paid stipend
- Youth Engaged in Science (YES) — Catalog organization: Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University — Cost: Free · paid stipend
- Boyce Thompson Institute High School Research Experience — Catalog organization: Boyce Thompson Institute — Cost: Free · paid stipend
- UW Engineering Academy — Catalog organization: University of Washington College of Engineering — Cost: Free
- USA Bebras Computing Challenge — Catalog organization: Bebras Challenge USA — Cost: Free · Deadline: Rolling applications
- SMASH Residential — Catalog organization: SMASH — Cost: Free
- LLCipher — Catalog organization: MIT Lincoln Laboratory — Cost: Free
- Michigan Science Center Explainers — Catalog organization: Michigan Science Center — Cost: Free · paid stipend
- Hack Club Clubs and Teen Community — Catalog organization: Hack Club (The Hack Foundation) — Cost: Free · Deadline: Rolling applications
- Fermilab Program for Research, Innovation, and STEM Mentorship (PRISM) — Catalog organization: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory — Cost: Free · paid stipend
Frequently asked questions
How many free STEM programs are listed for high school students?
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