| 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 | Last year's cycle (2026): Free attendance; check separate expenses; 2027: 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 9–12; Grade timing: Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site | Grades 9–12; Grade timing: Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Additional eligibility | 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 | Unconfirmed — check official site | Minimum age 15; Requirement: Be enrolled in high school during the application academic year and remain in good academic standing; Requirement: Be at least 15 by the program start for CompBio, CoSBBI, or Surgery computational placements; Requirement: Be at least 16 by the program start for wet-lab Cancer Biology, TDX, Pathobiology, ICI, VISION, or WCRC placements; Requirement: Graduating seniors must not be enrolled in college courses during the summer program; Requirement: Commit to the full seven-to-eight-week, 30-35-hour weekly schedule and mandatory first and final weeks; Requirement: Arrange housing and transportation for any in-person or hybrid placement; Requirement: Meet site-specific safety, health, onboarding, vaccine, confidentiality, and research requirements; Exclusion: Applicants younger than 15 by the program start are ineligible; students younger than 16 are limited to computational sites; Exclusion: A graduating senior taking college courses during the program is ineligible under the published 2026 rule; Exclusion: A job, sport, vacation, or other summer program cannot interfere with required Hillman hours; Exclusion: Remote or hybrid work is not available for every research site or project; Exclusion: Need-based compensation is not automatic for all admitted students |
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| Session dates or duration | Catalog terms: 7–8 weeks; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site | Last year's cycle (2026): Starts June 15, 2026; Ends July 31, 2026; 7–8 weeks; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Format | In person / Online | Unconfirmed — check official site | In person / Online / Hybrid |
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| Housing and supervision | Non-residential. Supervision and housing details: Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site | Non-residential. Supervision and housing details: Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Location | La Jolla, California, Scripps Research campus for boot camp/laboratory internship; virtual interview and parent/guardian welcome meeting | Unconfirmed — check official site | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for most sites; limited remote or hybrid computational placements are site-specific |
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| Selection and application | 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 | Unconfirmed — check official site | Selection: Competitive application reviewed for site fit, preparation, essays, references, and available mentors; the public pages do not publish a universal acceptance rate. Application materials: Two application essays |
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| Official sources | Source 1 · checked 2026-08-21Source 2 · checked 2026-08-21Source 3 · checked 2026-08-21 | Source 1 · checked 2026-10-09Source 2 · checked 2026-10-09Source 3 · checked 2026-10-09 | Source 1 · checked 2026-08-21Source 2 · checked 2026-08-21Source 3 · checked 2026-08-21Source 4 · checked 2026-08-21Source 5 · checked 2026-08-20 |
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