| Application deadline | Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Cost | Last year's cycle (2026): $550; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Financial aid | Last year's cycle (2026): Need-based SLIYS financial aid: Amount: Unconfirmed — check official site. Applicants requested consideration in Additional Comments; award amounts, budget, documentation, and guarantees were not published.; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Expenses and aid conditions | Last year's cycle (2026): Accepted-scholar seat deposit: $25. Nonrefundable, due within two weeks of acceptance, and included in rather than added to the total tuition.; Need-based SLIYS financial aid: Amount: Unconfirmed — check official site. Applicants requested consideration in Additional Comments; award amounts, budget, documentation, and guarantees were not published.; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site | Last year's cycle (2026): 2026 campus housing for out-of-state students: $0. The program paid housing for out-of-state students; the application required participants to live on campus. Terms for Utah residents were not published.; 2026 meal plan for out-of-state students: $0. The program paid the meal plan for out-of-state students; terms for Utah residents were not published.; Travel support for participants outside Salt Lake City: Amount: Unconfirmed — check official site. Support availability is official, but award amount, eligible expenses and reimbursement rules were not published.; Approved national-conference participation: $0. All conference expenses could be covered for participants approved for the optional opportunity.; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Stipend or pay | Unconfirmed — check official site | Last year's cycle (2026): 2026 participant compensation: Unconfirmed — check official site; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Eligibility | Grades 9–12; Grade timing: Unconfirmed — check official site | Grades 11–12 when applying; check the provider's rules for graduating seniors |
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| Additional eligibility | Ages 13–18; Residency: High-school students worldwide who can attend all live Eastern Time sessions; Requirement: Enter grade 9, 10, 11, or 12 in the upcoming school year; Requirement: Show academic and personal readiness for competitive interactive linguistics study; 3.0 GPA is recommended, not required; Requirement: Attend all five live five-hour weekdays for each selected week; Requirement: Use a laptop or desktop, webcam, microphone, headphones or earbuds, reliable internet, and quiet room; Requirement: Complete SLIYS 1 before enrolling in SLIYS 2; Requirement: Have a parent or legal guardian participate in the application; Exclusion: Students outside the entering-grade and typical age range without specific SLIYS approval; Exclusion: SLIYS 2-only applicants who have not previously completed SLIYS 1; Exclusion: Students unable to attend live; recorded catch-up is prohibited; Exclusion: A GPA below 3.0 is not an automatic exclusion, and a GPA above 3.0 is not a guarantee; Exclusion: Prior language or linguistics study is not presented as a universal requirement | Requirement: High-school applicants must complete junior year before the program begins, or college applicants must be current freshmen or sophomores; Requirement: Be in good academic standing; Requirement: Demonstrate interest in health sciences and biomedical cancer research; Requirement: Commit to the full ten-week program for approximately 40 hours every week; Requirement: Live on the University of Utah campus and follow residential and laboratory policies; Requirement: Complete required laboratory and online training, weekly meetings and events, surveys, and the closing symposium; Exclusion: High-school students who have not completed junior year before the program starts; Exclusion: College students beyond the first or second undergraduate year under the published 2026 rules; Exclusion: Applicants unable to attend the entire program or meet the full-time commitment; Exclusion: Assuming citizenship or permanent residence is mandatory merely because the application collects that information |
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| Session dates or duration | Catalog terms: 1–2 weeks; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site | Catalog terms: 10 weeks; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Format | Online | In person |
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| Housing and supervision | Non-residential. Supervision and housing details: Unconfirmed — check official site | Residential. Supervision and housing details: Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Location | Worldwide live online participation aligned to Eastern Time | Salt Lake City, Utah, University of Utah campus, Huntsman Cancer Institute |
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| Selection and application | Selection: Admission is competitive and sessions can fill before the final deadline. Ohio State publishes no application count, admit rate, scoring rubric, class size by session, waitlist probability, or guarantee based on GPA. Application materials: One teacher recommendation for SLIYS 1 or 1-and-2 applicants; none for prior SLIYS 1 completers applying only to SLIYS 2 | Selection: Huntsman uses an application, transcript, personal statement and reference and may place applicants on a waitlist. Current cohort size, applicant count, acceptance rate and selection rubric are not published. Application materials: One-page single-spaced personal statement addressing career goals, personal background, relevant skills and interest in STEM |
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| Official sources | Source 1 · checked 2026-08-21Source 2 · checked 2026-08-21Source 3 · checked 2026-08-21Source 4 · checked 2026-08-21 | Source 1 · checked 2026-08-22Source 2 · checked 2026-08-22 |
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