Free Summer Programs for High School Students
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50 published catalog entries match this page; the 30 most relevant are featured below; 1 can be done online.
Catalog entries
Browse 30 catalog programs:
- Walton College Fleischer Scholars Program — Catalog organization: Sam M. Walton College of Business, University of Arkansas — Cost: Free
- Changemakers in Computing (CiC) — Catalog organization: University of Washington Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering — Cost: Free · paid stipend
- University of Baltimore High School Summer Pre-Law Academy — Catalog organization: University of Baltimore School of Law — Cost: Free
- Sadie Nash Summer Institute — Catalog organization: Sadie Nash Leadership Project — Cost: Free · paid stipend
- 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
- Summer Legal Institute — Catalog organization: Just The Beginning - A Pipeline Organization — Cost: Free
- PathMaker Scholars — Catalog organization: Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah — Cost: Free · paid stipend
- 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
- Sphinx Performance Academy — Catalog organization: Sphinx Organization — Cost: Free
- SMASH Residential — Catalog organization: SMASH — Cost: Free
- LLCipher — Catalog organization: MIT Lincoln Laboratory — Cost: Free
- McCombs Future Executive Academy — Catalog organization: McCombs School of Business, The University of Texas at Austin — Cost: Free
- Discover Yourself in Accounting Majors and Careers (DYNAMC) — Catalog organization: Texas McCombs School of Business, The University of Texas at Austin — Cost: Free · Deadline: January 31, 2027
- Kentucky Governor's School for Entrepreneurs Summer Startup — Catalog organization: Kentucky Governor's School for Entrepreneurs — Cost: Free
- GrubStreet Teen Summer Writing Fellowship — Catalog organization: GrubStreet Young Adult Writers Program (YAWP) — Cost: Free · paid stipend
- Fermilab Program for Research, Innovation, and STEM Mentorship (PRISM) — Catalog organization: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory — Cost: Free · paid stipend
- BEAM Summer Programs: Discovery and Summer Away — Catalog organization: Bridge to Enter Advanced Mathematics (BEAM) — Cost: Free
- ASU Fleischer Scholars Program — Catalog organization: Arizona State University W. P. Carey School of Business — Cost: Free
- 2027 Girls Who Invest Scholars Program — Catalog organization: Girls Who Invest — Cost: Free
- SummerMatch.me AI Summer Planning Tool — Catalog organization: College MatchPoint — Cost: Free
- Broad Summer Scholars Program — Catalog organization: Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard — Cost: Free · paid stipend · Deadline: January 19, 2027
- National Youth Science Camp — Catalog organization: National Youth Science Foundation — Cost: Free
- Mississippi Governor's School — Catalog organization: Mississippi Arts Commission — Cost: Free
- Summer Program Advancing Research Knowledge, Education and Development (SPARKED) — Catalog organization: Mount Sinai Tisch Cancer Center, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai — Cost: Free · paid stipend
- ETH Student Summer Research Fellowship — Catalog organization: ETH Zurich Department of Computer Science — Cost: Free · paid stipend
- Mayo Clinic RISE for Youth Program — Catalog organization: Mayo Clinic and NAACP Rochester Branch — Cost: Free · paid stipend
Frequently asked questions
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