| Application deadline | Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Cost | Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Financial aid | Last year's cycle (2026): Need-based camp aid: Amount: Unconfirmed — check official site. Up to 100% need-based assistance and payment plans were offered; award amount depends on family circumstances and fund decisions.; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Expenses and aid conditions | Last year's cycle (2026): Need-based camp aid: Amount: Unconfirmed — check official site. Up to 100% need-based assistance and payment plans were offered; award amount depends on family circumstances and fund decisions.; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Stipend or pay | Unconfirmed — check official site | Catalog terms: Summer 2027 NIH SIP stipend: Unconfirmed — check official site; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Eligibility | Unconfirmed — check official site | Grade 12 when applying; check the provider's rules for graduating seniors |
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| Additional eligibility | Ages 8–18; Requirement: Identify as a girl or nonbinary youth and be age 8-18 for the program cycle; Requirement: Choose Juniors ages 8-12 or Teens ages 13-18; Requirement: No prior coding or game-development experience is required; Requirement: For virtual camp, participate in English and provide compatible computer hardware, internet, webcam, microphone, mouse, and browser; Requirement: For advanced in-person Unity or Unreal tracks, complete GMG's experience assessment and hardware review; Exclusion: Virtual participation by handheld tablet or phone; Exclusion: Applicants outside ages 8-18 or outside the published gender inclusion rule; Exclusion: Registration does not guarantee a specific site, track, team, Demo Day place, prize, or scholarship | Minimum age 17; Citizenship: U.S. citizen; Citizenship: U.S. permanent resident; Residency: A graduating senior who is 17 on June 1, 2027 and turns 18 by September 30 must have a permanent home address within 40 miles of an NIH campus; Residency: Permanent residents must attend or be accepted by a U.S. educational institution; Requirement: Be enrolled at least half-time as a high-school senior when applying; Requirement: Graduate high school before the internship begins; Requirement: Be 18 by September 30, 2027 and satisfy the special local-residence rule if still 17 on June 1; Requirement: Provide proof of health insurance; Requirement: Be available for a full-time research position during work hours; Exclusion: Students in grades 9-11 are not eligible through this SIP rule; Exclusion: The program is unavailable to applicants who are neither U.S. citizens nor permanent residents; Exclusion: Summer classes or other daytime responsibilities are incompatible with the full-time position; Exclusion: Family employment at NIH may trigger nepotism restrictions; Exclusion: Application does not guarantee PI contact, interview, funding or placement |
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| Session dates or duration | Catalog terms: 3 weeks; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Format | In person / Online | In person |
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| Housing and supervision | Non-residential. Supervision and housing details: Unconfirmed — check official site | Non-residential. Supervision and housing details: Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Location | Redmond, Washington, San Carlos and San Mateo, California, Los Angeles, California, Elizabeth City, North Carolina, Wilmington, North Carolina, 2026 in-person U.S. partner venues, Worldwide online | Bethesda, NIH campuses; exact campus and research group vary by placement |
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| Selection and application | Selection: Registration-based subject to site and cohort capacity; some 2026 sites filled and used waitlists. Need-based aid decisions were separate. | Selection: There is no centralized selection. Individual NIH PIs search applications, interview candidates, choose interns and supply funding; satisfying minimum eligibility does not guarantee a match. Application materials: Personal statement describing research experience, interests, goals and SIP fit |
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| Official sources | Source 1 · checked 2026-08-21Source 2 · checked 2026-08-21Source 3 · checked 2026-08-21Source 4 · checked 2026-08-20 | Source 1 · checked 2026-08-22Source 2 · checked 2026-08-22 |
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