| Application deadline | Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Cost | Unconfirmed — check official site | $2,199–$3,999 (2027 cycle) |
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| Financial aid | Last year's cycle (2026): U.S. family-income guarantee: Amount: Unconfirmed — check official site. U.S. students from families under $80,000 attended free in 2026.; Full/partial need-based aid and international aid: Amount: Unconfirmed — check official site. Aid available where cost is a barrier; international aid considered case by case.; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site | Need-based financial assistance: Amount: Unconfirmed — check official site. Rolling, first-come, and limited to available funds; complete requests by March 1 for primary consideration. (2027 cycle) |
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| Expenses and aid conditions | Last year's cycle (2026): U.S. family-income guarantee: Amount: Unconfirmed — check official site. U.S. students from families under $80,000 attended free in 2026.; Full/partial need-based aid and international aid: Amount: Unconfirmed — check official site. Aid available where cost is a barrier; international aid considered case by case.; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site | Late registration fee after May 31, 2027: $200. Avoid by completing registration before the end of May.; Optional RDU ground transportation: $110–$160. $110 one way or $160 round trip, purchased in advance. Airfare is separate.; Need-based financial assistance: Amount: Unconfirmed — check official site. Rolling, first-come, and limited to available funds; complete requests by March 1 for primary consideration. (2027 cycle) |
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| Stipend or pay | Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Eligibility | Grades 10–12; Grade timing: Unconfirmed — check official site | Up to grade 12; Grade timing: Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Additional eligibility | Ages 14–18; Residency: Students from the United States and abroad are eligible; international financial aid is case by case; Requirement: Be age 14-18 by the applicable program cutoff; Requirement: Have completed grade 9 or equivalent before the session; Requirement: Not be enrolled full time in a college or university by the program's first day; Requirement: Be available for the entire six-week residential session and comply with dormitory, curfew, visiting, safeguarding, and conduct rules; Requirement: Independently attempt the official application problem set and explain experiments, conjectures, proofs, and partial progress; Requirement: Submit the required recommendation, transcript, form, short answers, and any financial-aid documents; Requirement: Retain scratch work and be prepared to explain reasoning if originality is verified; Exclusion: Applicants outside the age/education window or already full-time college students at program start; Exclusion: Collaborative, copied, AI-assisted, internet-generated, uncited, or inadequately explained problem-set work; Exclusion: Applicants unable to reside for the full six weeks or follow residential/safety expectations; Exclusion: Assuming all eight problems must be solved or that prior advanced courses/research are required; Exclusion: Assuming selection guarantees aid, publication, conference presentation, college credit, recommendation, admission advantage, internship, or job | Requirement: Be a middle- or high-school student for the student programs; Requirement: Select an event offered in the chosen session and duration; Requirement: Attend the first week of the selected session for any one-week option; Requirement: Arrange travel to UNC-Chapel Hill and payment in full after enrollment approval; Exclusion: Interpretation of Literature has no one-week option; Exclusion: Enrollment payments are nonrefundable; Exclusion: ISD does not provide airline unaccompanied-minor service |
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| Session dates or duration | Catalog terms: 6 weeks; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site | Starts June 26, 2027; Ends July 24, 2027; 1–2 weeks (2027 cycle) |
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| Format | In person | In person |
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| Housing and supervision | Residential. Supervision and housing details: Unconfirmed — check official site | Residential. Supervision and housing details: Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Location | Boston, Boston University campus, Massachusetts | Chapel Hill, North Carolina; residential and commuter options |
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| Selection and application | Selection: About 80 high-school students are selected through demonstrated mathematical thinking in the problem set, academic context, recommendation, transcript, and short answers. PROMYS does not publish the current applicant count or acceptance rate. Application materials: One recommendation | Selection: Enrollment requires administrative approval and is capacity-dependent; no acceptance rate or formal academic threshold is published. |
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| Official sources | Source 1 · checked 2026-08-20Source 2 · checked 2026-08-20Source 3 · checked 2026-08-20Source 4 · checked 2026-08-20Source 5 · checked 2026-08-20Source 6 · checked 2026-08-20 | Source 1 · checked 2026-08-22 |
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