Summer Programs for High School Students
Stanford & other local programs
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center: Youth Opportunity Program (summer internship employment)
Stanford Cancer Biology High School Summer Research Program. The Cancer Biology High School Summer Research Program is a 6-week summer program in which local high school students, from diverse backgrounds, will be invited to learn how to do basic research while working closely with Stanford faculty, students, and researchers on a research project. http://www.stanford.edu/group/cancerbio/CBHSP.htmStanford Earth Sciences High School Internship Program. At the School of Earth Sciences, high school students spend 8-12 weeks in the summer working in different laboratories, primarily in the Geological and Environmental Sciences department. The students work on research projects and are supervised directly by graduate students, post docs and lab managers. http://pangea.stanford.edu/community/k12/highschool.php
Stanford Medical Youth Science Program
Stanford Office of Science Outreach Summer Research Internship Program for High School Students. The Office of Science Outreach offers an 8-week research internship program for low-income, high school students from populations under-represented in math, science, engineering, and computer science. Students are placed in science, engineering or computer science labs to work closely with a graduate student on a research project. http://oso.stanford.edu/program_detail.html?id=39
Stanford Summer Residential Camps
Buck Institute for Age Research, Novato, CA (2008) High School & University Student Internships "Details for the 2008 Summer Program will be posted in January 2008. Applications will be accepted February 1, 2008 - March 21, 2008."
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA (2008) High School Student Research Participation Program
Outside the area
Anchorage, AK (2008) Scholarship and Internship Opportunities - Scroll down to ANTHC Summer Internship for "approximately 25 high school and undergraduate students and graduate students who are Alaska Native or American Indian permanent Alaskan residents" - contact information at bottom of this site
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (2008) Summer Science for Seniors Program - "Students from any school in the Houston area are eligible for the program"
Baylor University, Waco, TX (2008) High School Summer Science Research Program "Applications will be accepted for the 2008 program beginning December 1, 2007 and are due by March 5, 2008"
Berry Botanic Garden, Portland, OR (2008) Apprenticeships in Science and Engineering (ASE) Program - "Each summer, The Berry Botanic Garden selects one or more high school students " -
Boston University, Boston, MA (2008) High School Honors Program
Brown University,
Providence, RI: Summer@Brown
http://www.brown.edu/Administration/Continuing_Studies/pc/index.php
Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, NY (2008) Garden Apprentice Program for High School Students
Cardiopulmonary Research Science and Technology Institute, Dallas, TX (2008) Student Intern Research Program
Clark University,
Worcester, MA: Summer Science Program (tuition free)
http://www.clarku.edu/admissions/specialprograms/summerscienceprogram/index.cfm
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory's Doland DNA Center: DNA Science and Human Genomics.
Coriell Institute for Medical Research, Camen, NJ (2008) Summer Internships
Cornell University, Nanobiotechnology Center, Ithaca, NY (2008) Summer Internship Program for High School Students
Cornell University, Plant Genome Research Program, Boyce Thompson Institute, Ithaca, NY (2008) Application is for 2008 Summer Research Internship - scroll down to High School Summer Internships
Creighton University, Omaha, NE (2007) High School Summer Research Institute for Underrepresented Students
Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA (2008) High School Summer Research Internship Program
Duke University, Durham, NC (2007) Howard Hughes Precollege Program in the Biological Sciences for juniors and seniors from Durham and Orange County schools and the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics
Fort Valley State University, Fort Valley, GA (2007) Summer Research Apprentice Program for High School Students
Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA (2007) Public Health summer Research Apprenticeship Program Boston residency or attendance of a Boston city school is required.
Herman B Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indianopolis, IN (2008) Summer Student Internship Program "Preference will be given to college undergraduate and graduate students, but high school students (seniors) can also apply"
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL (2008) Summer Program for the Advancement of Research Knowledge (SPARK) "Students are eligible the summer before their senior year in high school until they graduate from college."
Human BioMolecular Research Institute, San Diego, CA (2008) High School Summer Internships
Indiana University Cancer Center, Indianapolis, IN (2008) Summer Research Program
InnerSpark,
Sacramento, CA: California State Summer School for the Arts
http://www.csssa.org/home.html
Iowa State University, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Ames, IA (2008) George Washington Carver (GWC) Internship Program
J. Craig Venter Institute [a merger of The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) and The Center for the Advancement of Genomics (TCAG)], Rockville, MD (2008) Internship Program
Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth, Baltimore, MD: Summer
Programs
http://cty.jhu.edu/summer/grades7above.html
Magee Women's Research Institute, Pittsburgh, PA (2008) Summer Internship Program for High School Students
Masonic Medical Research Laboratory, Utica, NY (2008) Summer Fellowship Program
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA: Minority
Introduction to Engineering and Science Program
http://web.mit.edu/mites/www/
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA: Research
Science Institute
http://www.cee.org/rsi/index.shtml
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA: Women’s
Technology Program
http://wtp.mit.edu/
MD Anderson Cancer Center, School of Health Sciences, Houston, TX (2008) The Carl B. & Florence E. King Foundation 45th Annual High School Summer Program in Biomedical Sciences
Medical College of Wisconsin, Multicultural Student Affairs, Milwaukee, WI - (2008) scroll down to High School Programs - Apprenticeship In Medicine (AIM)
Michigan Tech,
Houghton, MI: Summer Youth Program
http://youthprograms.mtu.edu/
Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL (2008) Public Horticulture Internship (description, application) "life sciences area, including Biology, Environmental Science or Ecology"
Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, Salisbury Cove, ME (2008) High School Research Fellowships
National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD (2008) Werner H. Kirsten Student Intern Program
National Cancer Institute, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Bethesda, MD (2008) Summer Program "open to high school, .....students" scroll down to How to Apply "
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD (2008) several Research Training Programs for High School Students - application
National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, MD (2008) Summer Internships "Enrolled at least half-time in high school" - application
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases, Bethesda, MD (2008) Summer Student Program "...for students sixteen years of age or older who are currently enrolled at least half-time in high school or an accredited U.S. college or university. Students who have been accepted into a college or university program may also apply" - application
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC (2008) Summers of Discovery "..given to outstanding high school, ....students interested in pursuing careers in the biomedical/ biological sciences" - application
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, MD (2008) Summer Program in the Neurological Sciences "a unique opportunity for academically talented high-school, ...students " - application
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (2008) High School Summer Internship Program in Biomedical Research (more details) - application
National Institute on Drug Abuse, Intramural Research Program, Baltimore, MD (directions) (2008) Summer Internship Program (news release) (PDF version) "for students 16 years of age or older who are enrolled at least half-time in high school, have finished high school, or are attending an accredited U.S. college or university"
National Institute on Drug Abuse, Bethesda, MD (2008) Summer Research with NIDA for Underrepresented Minority Students
North Carolina
State University, Raleigh, NC: The Garcia Center for Polymers at Engineered
Interfaces
http://polymer.matscieng.sunysb.edu/research_scholar.html
North Shore Long Island Research Institute, Manhasset, NY (2008) Academic Programs - scroll down to Student Internship Program - not sure if this is a paid opportunity
Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative, Pittsburgh, PA (2008) High School Summer Internship
Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY (2008) Summer Opportunities for High School Students
Salk Institute for Biological Sciences, San Diego, CA (2008) High School Summer Enrichment Program for students from the San Diego area
San Diego Zoo, Center for Reproduction of Endangered Species, San Diego, CA (2007) Job Opportunities Scroll down to Summer Internships for High School & College Students in the Education Department - "Positions are usually posted online around March of each year"
Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA (2008) High School Student Research Education Program for enrolled in their junior or senior years in a high school in San Diego County - "Applications for 2008 will be posted in January"
Smith College, Northampton, MA: Smith College Summer Science & Engineering
Program (for girls)
http://www.smith.edu/summerprograms/ssep/
Spelman College, Atlanta, GA: Howard Hughes Biomedical Summer Science
Program (for rising senior high school females)
http://www.spelman.edu/academics/programs/biology/howardhughes_summer.shtml
State University of New York College at Oneonta, Biological Field Station, Cooperstown, NY (2007) - Internships Available for High School & College Students
Texas
Tech University, Lubbock, TX: Clark Summers Program
http://www.clarkscholars.ttu.edu/home.htm
The Forsyth Institute, Boston, MA (2007) Summer Internship third paragraph under The Scientific Scholars Program includes the following components: - "The Summer Internship offers an eight-week paid internship, during which students are paired with Forsyth researchers as mentors."
The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME (2008) High School Internship Program (during school year, September-May)
Translational Genomics Research Institute, Phoenix, AZ (2008) "Online Applications for the TGen Summer Internship Program 2008 will be available here on January 29th - please check back then." - be enrolled in an Arizona accredited high school
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Center for Health Disparities, Bethesda, MD - (2008) - High School Summer Internship Program - Application is for 2008
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Washington, D.C. (and many other locations) (2008) Summer Intern Program
University of California Davis Health System, Department of Pathology, Sacramento, CA (2008) 2008 application - Edmondson Fellowship Summer Program
University
of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA: Summer Sessions and Special
Programs
http://www.summer.ucla.edu/highschool/hsgeneral.htm
University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA: Summer Programs
http://summerprograms.ucsd.edu/
http://meded.ucsd.edu/sdexport/
University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT - (2008) High School Student Research Apprentice Program
University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT - (2008) Pre-college Enrichment Program
University
of Houston, Houston, TX: Program for Mastery in Engineering Studies
(PROMES)
http://www.egr.uh.edu/promes/?e=camps
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Dentistry, Comprehensive Center for Inflammatory Disorders, Chapel Hill, NC (2008) Research Opportunities for High School Students
University
of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA: Summer & Special Programs
http://www.usc.edu/dept/admissions/programs/summer/
University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY: Summer High School Institute
http://uwadmnweb.uwyo.edu/provost/hsi/
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Whitewater, WI (2007) - Biology Educator and Student Training-Team Experience in Research Program
USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Corvallis, OR - (2007) Temporary Student Summer Employment
U.S. Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Washington, DC (2008) Student Educational Employment Program
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (2008) Research Internship Program
Whitney Laboratory, St. Augustine, FL (2008) Pre-collegiate Program, For information, contact Jessica Roberts-Misterly, (jessica@whitney.ufl.edu), Education Coordinator at the Whitney Laboratory
Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA (2007) High School programs - scroll down to 2007 Summer Fellowship Program in Biomedical Research for High School Students Sponsored by the Hassel Foundation & GlaxoSmithKline June 25 - August 17
Local Programs that are closed for the 2008:
27th Annual George Hagan Summer Science Fellowship Program. For information about this, go to the Northern California Chapter of the Arthritis Foundation (you have to scroll down almost half way on the page). You can also download the guidelines and application here.
The Molecular Sciences Institute, Berkeley, CA (2008) Genomic Biology Internship Program for High School Students
