| Application deadline | Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Cost | Last year's cycle (2026): $2,500; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site | Last year's cycle (2026): $2,690; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Financial aid | Last year's cycle (2026): Need-based scholarship (after acceptance): Amount: Unconfirmed — check official site; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site | Last year's cycle (2026): Need-based financial aid (up to 100%): Amount: Unconfirmed — check official site. For families earning under $60,000 per year (US applicants); requested in the application form.; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Expenses and aid conditions | Last year's cycle (2026): Need-based scholarship (after acceptance): Amount: Unconfirmed — check official site; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site | Catalog terms: Typical participant activity fee: $200–$350. Programs may charge the fee; waivers may be available and some divisions pay it.; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site | Last year's cycle (2026): Need-based financial aid (up to 100%): Amount: Unconfirmed — check official site. For families earning under $60,000 per year (US applicants); requested in the application form.; 2027: 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 | Grade 12 (provider uses rising grades) | Grades 10–11 when applying; summer rising grade is one higher | Grades 9–12; Grade timing: Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Additional eligibility | Requirement: Open to rising grade 12; Requirement: Recommended (not required): three years of high-school math and one year of chemistry or physics completed before the program | Residency: Virginia resident eligible for free public education in the Commonwealth; Residency: Public, private, homeschool, and certain Virginia students attending out-of-state schools follow different nomination procedures; Requirement: Be a current sophomore or junior when applying; Requirement: Be identified as gifted or judged by the school/division to be an advanced competitive applicant; Requirement: Apply through the local school division or private-school coordinator; Requirement: Commit to the full residential session and all scheduled activities; Requirement: JLAB applicants must meet its separate age-16 and U.S.-citizenship requirements; Requirement: Engineering and marine-science applicants benefit from prior knowledge of research design; Exclusion: Prior attendance at a Summer Residential Governor's School; Exclusion: Simultaneous application to another Summer Residential Governor's School or Virginia Foreign Language Academy; Exclusion: Direct individual submission to VDOE or a host university; Exclusion: Students unable to commit to the full residential session except for genuine medical or family emergencies | Requirement: Open to grades 9–12 |
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| Session dates or duration | Last year's cycle (2026): Starts July 5, 2026; Ends August 1, 2026; 1 week; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site | Catalog terms: 2.86–3.14 weeks; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site | Catalog terms: 2–10 weeks; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Format | In person | In person | Online |
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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 | Non-residential. Supervision and housing details: Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Location | West Lafayette, IN | Blacksburg, Radford, Williamsburg, Lynchburg, Virginia | Live Zoom instruction and Google Classroom |
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| Selection and application | Selection: Rolling review until limited sessions fill; waitlist afterward. No acceptance rate is published. | Selection: Competitive two-stage selection: a local school/division committee nominates students and a state committee selects participants. Capacity varies sharply by program, from six Marine Science mentorship seats and 12 Engineering seats to 250 Visual and Performing Arts seats; nomination does not guarantee acceptance. Application materials: Two recommendations; Two essays for academic and mentorship programs | Selection: Veritas uses an application, but the first-party pages do not publish cohort size, acceptance criteria or acceptance rate. Small-group instruction targets roughly five students per mentor. Application materials: Short essay: why you are interested in learning AI (300 words or less); Short essay: why you are a good candidate for Veritas AI (300 words or less) |
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| Official sources | Source 1 · checked 2026-10-24Source 2 · checked 2026-08-20Source 3 · checked 2026-08-20 | Source 1 · checked 2026-08-21Source 2 · checked 2026-08-21Source 3 · checked 2026-08-20 | Source 1 · checked 2026-10-24Source 2 · checked 2026-10-24Source 3 · checked 2026-08-22Source 4 · checked 2026-08-22Source 5 · checked 2026-08-20 |
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