| Application deadline | Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Cost | Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Financial aid | Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Expenses and aid conditions | Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Stipend or pay | Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Eligibility | Grades 7–11 when applying; summer rising grade is one higher | Grades 9–12; Grade timing: Unconfirmed — check official site | Grades 9–12; Grade timing: Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Additional eligibility | Residency: Participants from around the world are welcomed; Requirement: Students currently in grades 7–11 who will enter grades 8–12 in 2027; Requirement: No GPA requirement stated by the programme | Minimum age 16; Citizenship: Legally eligible to work in the United States; under-18 participants must obtain a school work permit after acceptance; Residency: San Diego County resident; Residency: Most recent high-school semester completed at a named REACH partner school/program; Requirement: Be at least 16 by the first day of pre-program boot camp; Requirement: Have at least a 3.0 GPA; Requirement: Complete at least one year each of high-school chemistry and biology; Requirement: Commit to approximately 40 hours weekly and miss no more than three days; Requirement: Attend the parent/guardian welcome meeting and three-day boot camp; Requirement: Provide personal transportation to and from Scripps Research; Exclusion: Students outside the nine named partner schools/programs were ineligible for 2026; Exclusion: Prior REACH summer internship participants may not repeat; Exclusion: The separate SRTI internship's broader local eligibility does not apply to REACH; Exclusion: Housing and general transportation support are not offered on the public page | Ages 14–18; Requirement: Be a high-school student age 14-18; Requirement: Submit the program and scholarship interest form for the applicable cycle; Requirement: Complete registration, payment, residential, health, consent, and credit-eligibility steps if offered a place; Requirement: Participate in the full residential academy; Exclusion: College credit has restrictions and is not available to every participant; Exclusion: Interest-form submission does not guarantee admission, scholarship, waitlist movement, college credit, credit transfer, prize, startup funding, company formation, sales, University admission, or admissions advantage |
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| Session dates or duration | Starts July 11, 2027; Ends July 24, 2027; 2 weeks (2027 cycle) | Catalog terms: 7–8 weeks; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Format | In person | In person / Online | In person |
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| Housing and supervision | Residential. Supervision and housing details: Unconfirmed — check official site | Non-residential. Supervision and housing details: Unconfirmed — check official site | Residential. Supervision and housing details: Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Location | Spartanburg, South Carolina | La Jolla, California, Scripps Research campus for boot camp/laboratory internship; virtual interview and parent/guardian welcome meeting | Salt Lake City, Utah, University of Utah, Lassonde Studios |
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| Selection and application | Unconfirmed — check official site | Selection: Only students at nine partner schools/programs were eligible in 2026. Finalists were interviewed and placements depended on laboratory/mentor capacity; no applicant total, cohort size or acceptance rate is published. Application materials: Brief virtual interview if selected as a finalist | Selection: The 2026 cohort reached capacity and accepted waitlist interest. Scholarships were limited and considered merit and need. Current cohort size, applicant count, acceptance rate, selection rubric, and waitlist movement are not published. |
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| Official sources | Source 1 · checked 2026-10-10Source 2 · checked 2026-10-10Source 3 · checked 2026-10-10Source 4 · checked 2026-08-21 | Source 1 · checked 2026-08-21Source 2 · checked 2026-08-21Source 3 · checked 2026-08-21 | Source 1 · checked 2026-10-12Source 2 · checked 2026-08-22 |
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