AAAS Student Research Grants</p>
<p>American Association for the Advancement of Science
To improve research in the sciences by secondary school students, AAAS provides funds to NAAS member academies to support research by secondary students. Typically, 10 to 12 small grants are awarded e…</p>
<p>Apprenticeship in Medicine program (AIM)</p>
<p>Medical College of Wisconsin
Grade(s): 11-12 | Wisconsin | Commuter
The AIM program offers 16 local high school students from diverse backgrounds, the opportunity to engage in a variety of clinical hands-on experiences. An intensive six-week program has been designed…</p>
<p>Bioscience High School Summer Research Program</p>
<p>University of Utah
Grade(s): 11-12 | Utah | Commuter
In this 9-week program for Utah residents, students receive training and research experience in a university setting to encourage them to prepare for careers in research, medicine, and education.</p>
<p>BNL High School Research Program</p>
<p>Brookhaven National Laboratory
Grade(s): 10-12 | New York | Commuter
Brookhaven National Laboratory conducts several different 5-week summer research programs (based on grade level and previous experience at BNL). These programs are intended to assist students with the…</p>
<p>CCIS Summer Internship</p>
<p>Stanford School of Medicine
Grade(s): 11-12 | California | Commuter
An 8-week summer internship program for San Francisco Bay Area high school students interested in biology or medical research.</p>
<p>Clark Scholars Program</p>
<p>Texas Tech University
Grade(s): 11-12 | Texas | Residential
An intensive 7-week summer research program for highly qualified students. The program helps students participate in hands-onl research with outstanding and experienced faculty. Scholars receive a $75…</p>
<p>Cooper Union Research Internship Program</p>
<p>Cooper Union University
Grade(s): 10-11 | New York | Commuter
In this 6-week program, interns work in teams on applied research projects under the guidance of Cooper Union undergraduate teaching assistants.</p>
<p>Coriell Institute Summer Internships</p>
<p>Coriell Institute for Medical Research
Grade(s): 11-12 | New Jersey | Commuter
A limited number of 8- or 10-week summer internships for in research laboratories studying molecular biology, cryogenics, and cytogenetics. A small stipend is included.</p>
<p>Cornell Nanobiotechnology Center High School Internship Program</p>
<p>Cornell University
Grade(s): 10-11 | New York | Residential + Commuter
This 4-week program immerses rising high school juniors and seniors in a nanobiotechnology experience.</p>
<p>Cornell Plant Genome Research Program High School Internships</p>
<p>Cornell University
Grade(s): 10-12 | New York | Commuter
Full-time, 10-week summer internships are available through the NSF-Plant Genome Research Program for students interested in pursuing a career in the plant sciences.</p>
<p>Craig Venter Institute Summer Fellowship Program</p>
<p>J. Craig Venter Institute
Grade(s): Age 16 or older | Maryland | Commuter
This 8-week program offers motivated high school and college students the opportunity to participate in cutting-edge genomic research. Areas of research include: Human Genomic Medicine, Environmental …</p>
<p>Dr. Bessie Lawrence International Summer Science Institute</p>
<p>Weizmann Institute of Science
Grade(s): 12 | Israel | Residential
This month-long program of intensive lab work and lectures takes place at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. Every summer, about 70 highly talented, recent high-school graduates from around…</p>
<p>Forsyth Institute Summer Internship</p>
<p>Forsyth Institute
Grade(s): 10-12 | Massachusetts | Commuter
An 8-week paid internship pairs Boston public school students with Forsyth Institute researchers as mentors. Interns participate in ongoing research projects.</p>
<p>Garden Apprentice Program for High School Students</p>
<p>Brooklyn Botanical Garden
Grade(s): 8-12 | New York | Commuter
Summer and year-round apprenticeships at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden provide training and experience in gardening, botany, environmental issues, and working with the public.</p>
<p>Genomic Biology Internship Program for High School Students</p>
<p>Molecular Sciences Institute
Grade(s): 11-12 | California | Commuter
This 8-week internship program enables San Francisco Bay Area high school juniors and seniors an opportunity to gain hands-on experience in a genomics laboratory.</p>
<p>High School Honors Science Program</p>
<p>Michigan State University
Grade(s): 10-11 | Michigan | Residential
A 7-week program for students with a keen interest in science and the ability to work independently and responsibly. Each participant works on an individual research project, guided by faculty, staff,…</p>
<p>High School Research Fellowships</p>
<p>Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory
Grade(s): 10-12 | Maine | Residential + Commuter
The Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory (MDIBL) High School Research Fellowship program is a hands-on and mentored laboratory experience for Maine high school students interested in biology, me…</p>
<p>High School Student Research Apprenticeship Program</p>
<p>University of Connecticut
Grade(s): 11-12 | Connecticut | Commuter
This 6-week program is for 11th and 12th graders interested in medicine, dental medicine or biomedical research.</p>
<p>High School Summer Science Research Program</p>
<p>Baylor University
Grade(s): 11 | Texas | Residential
This 4-week program gives superior students hands-on research experience by working on research projects with Baylor University science professors in many disciplines.</p>
<p>Hugh Edmondson Research Fellowship</p>
<p>University of California - Davis
Grade(s): 10-12 | California | Commuter
This 8-week program provides a unique research opportunity for motivated graduating high school seniors and college students who have demonstrated a strong interest in research in the health sciences.</p>
<p>Internships at the Smithsonian</p>
<p>Smithsonian Institution
Grade(s): 10-adult | District Of Columbia
The Smithsonian Institution, the world’s largest museum complex, offers internships in many areas of research and curatorship.</p>
<p>Jackson Laboratory Summer Student Program</p>
<p>The Jackson Laboratory
Grade(s): 11-12 | Maine | Residential
Now in its 83rd year, this 10-week internship program offers a unique experience: research at an internationally recognized center for mammalian genetics, and a summer in a beautiful resort town on an…</p>
<p>J-Lab High School Summer Honors Program</p>
<p>Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Grade(s): 10-12 | Virginia | Commuter
In this eight-week summer internship for high school students who are at least 16, students work with researchers at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, a U.S. Department of Energy res…</p>
<p>LBNL High School Summer Research Participation Program (HSSRPP)</p>
<p>Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Grade(s): 11-12 | California | Commuter
Paid, 6-week summer internships in science, engineering, technology, and computing sciences for talented students from the San Francisco Bay Area.</p>
<p>Legacy Heritage Internship for Young Scientists (LHIYS)</p>
<p>Hebrew University
Grade(s): 11 | Israel | Residential
This rigorous 6-week summer internship for brilliant rising seniors gives students hands-on experience with Israeli scientists in the research laboratories of Hebrew University.</p>
<p>LLE Summer High School Research Program</p>
<p>University of Rochester
Grade(s): 11 | New York | Commuter
The Laboratory for Laser Energetics’s Summer High School Research Program actively educates and trains a limited number of local high school students entering their senior year of study.</p>
<p>Margo McNabb Internship program for high school students</p>
<p>Iowa State University
Grade(s): 10-12 | Iowa | Commuter
A high school intern with an interest in Forestry or Plant Pathology will be sponsored by Dr. Sande and Margo McNabb. For six weeks students are matched with faculty mentors and have the opportunity …</p>
<p>NASA Student Opportunities</p>
<p>NASA
Grade(s): Must be at least 16 years old | Alabama, California, Florida, Maryland, Mississippi, Ohio, Texas, Virginia | Commuter
NASA research centers offer some internship and job opportunities. Each center administers its own educational programs.</p>
<p>NIDA Summer Research Program</p>
<p>National Institute on Drug Abuse
Grade(s): 10-12 | California, Connecticut, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Washington, Wisconsin
This 8- to 10-week program introduces high school and undergraduate students from underrepresented groups to drug abuse research through research placements with NIDA grantees.</p>
<p>NIH Summer Internship in Biomedical Research</p>
<p>National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Grade(s): 10-12 | Maryland, Montana, North Carolina | Commuter
This 8-week program provides an opportunity to spend the summer working side-by-side with some of the leading scientists in the world in an environment devoted exclusively to biomedical research…</p>
<p>Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative summer internship program</p>
<p>Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative
Grade(s): 11-12 | Pennsylvania | Commuter
The PTEI high school summer internship program gives junior and senior high school students a glimpse into the world of biomedical research, and a rich opportunity to explore careers in science, medic…</p>
<p>Pre-Collegiate Program</p>
<p>Whitney Laboratory
Grade(s): 10-12 | Florida | Commuter
The 10-week Pre-collegiate Program is an extension of the Whitney Lab’s science education effort and is part of a nationwide endeavor to increase the number of minority students choosing careers in sc…</p>
<p>Project SEED</p>
<p>American Chemical Society
Grade(s): 10-11 | United States | Residential + Commuter
This 8- to 10-week program is designed to encourage economically disadvantaged students to pursue career opportunities in the chemical sciences.</p>
<p>Project Success: Opening the Door to Biomedical Careers</p>
<p>Harvard University
Grade(s): 10-12 | Massachusetts | Commuter
Project Success provides paid, mentored, summer research internships at Harvard Medical School and its affiliated institutions for students who attend high school in Boston or Cambridge.</p>
<p>Research Internship Program (RIP)</p>
<p>Vanderbilt University
Grade(s): 12 | Tennessee | Commuter
This program centers on an intense (40+ hrs/wk) six-week lab experience where students actively participate in research under the mentorship of Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical …</p>
<p>Research Opportunities for high school students</p>
<p>University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Grade(s): 10-12 | North Carolina | Commuter
The CCID provides research internship opportunities for promising high school students from participating North Carolina high schools.</p>
<p>Research Science Institute (RSI)</p>
<p>Center for Excellence in Education (CEE)
Grade(s): 11 | Massachusetts | Residential
Each summer approximately 75 high school students gather for six of the most stimulating weeks of their young lives. Selected from the United States and other nations, these students participate in a …</p>
<p>Rockefeller University Science Outreach</p>
<p>Rockefeller University
Grade(s): 10-12 | New York | Commuter
The Science Outreach program gives high school students juniors and seniors an opportunity to experience modern research through immersion in the process of scientific inquiry.</p>
<p>Salk Institute High School Summer Research Internship</p>
<p>Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Grade(s): 11-12 | California | Commuter
Students from the San Diego may apply for this 8-week paid research internship under the mentorship of a Salk Institute scientist.</p>
<p>San Diego Zoo internships</p>
<p>San Diego Zoo
Grade(s): 10-12 | California | Commuter
Paid student internships are available for high school and college students, ages 16 and older. </p>
<p>Santa Fe Institute Summer Internship/Mentorship</p>
<p>Santa Fe Institute
Grade(s): 10-12 | New Mexico | Residential
This 6-week program at the famous Santa Fe Institute focuses on the study and computer simulation of complex systems.</p>
<p>Science & Engineering Apprenticeship Program (SEAP)</p>
<p>Office of Naval Research (ONR)
Grade(s): 9-12 | Alabama, Arizona, California, District Of Columbia, Florida, Massachusetts, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia | Commuter
An 8-week apprenticeship program for academically talented students interested in science and math. Students work in Department of Defense (DoD) laboratories across the US.</p>
<p>Scripps Institute High School Student Research Education Program</p>
<p>The Scripps Research Institute
Grade(s): 11-12 | California | Commuter
San Diego area students selected for this comprehensive program participate in six tutorials during April and May, then begin an eight-week Summer Research Internship with a mentor at Scripps.</p>
<p>Simons Summer Research Program</p>
<p>Stony Brook University
Grade(s): 11 | New York | Residential + Commuter
This 7-week research internship gives academically talented rising seniors an opportunity to engage in hands-on research in science, math or engineering at Stony Brook University.</p>
<p>Student Temporary Employment Program (STEP)</p>
<p>USDA Forest Service
Grade(s): 10-12 | United States | Commuter
The USDA Forest Service offers the STEP program for students interested in working for the federal government.</p>
<p>Summer Fellowship Program</p>
<p>Wistar Institute
Grade(s): 10-12 | Pennsylvania | Commuter
The Wistar Institute is offering an eight-week summer program for high school students in the Philadelphia School District.</p>
<p>Summer High School Apprenticeship Research Program (SHARP)</p>
<p>University of California - Berkeley
Grade(s): 11 | California | Commuter
This 4-week research apprenticeship program at the Nanoscale Science and Engineering (NSE) Graduate Group at UC-Berkeley is open to Bay Area high school juniors.</p>
<p>Summer Internship</p>
<p>Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
Grade(s): 10-12 | Alaska | Commuter
ANTHC Education and Development department awards nine-week paid summer internships to approximately twenty-five (25) high school and undergraduate students and five (5) graduate students who are Alas…</p>
<p>Summer Internship</p>
<p>Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research
Grade(s): 12 | Indiana | Commuter
In this 10-week program, students will be paired with individual faculty in one of 32 laboratories. The summer research project will be defined in consultation with this faculty.</p>
<p>Summer Internship Program</p>
<p>J. Craig Venter Institute
Grade(s): 10-12 | Maryland | Commuter
The Summer Internship Program provides opportunities to inspire young scientists and other science professionals to work in all areas of the Institute. </p>
<p>Summer Internships at the Biological Field Station (BFS)</p>
<p>SUNY at Oneonta
Grade(s): 10-12 | New York | Commuter
The BFS seeks to provide formative experiences in environmental conservation to expand student awareness. High School internships last 9 weeks.</p>
<p>Summer Minority Research Apprenticeship Program (RAP)</p>
<p>Harvard School of Public Health
Grade(s): 10-12 | Massachusetts | Commuter
For twenty-two years, the School has sponsored and managed this 7-week paid program, while watching its graduates move on to successful careers in health sciences.</p>
<p>Summer Opportunities for High School Students</p>
<p>Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Grade(s): 12 | New York | Commuter
RPCI offers summer research experiences to individuals at different levels of their academic development.</p>
<p>Summer Program for the Advancement of Research Knowledge (SPARK)</p>
<p>H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
Grade(s): 12 | Florida | Commuter
SPARK provides 10 weeks of intensive research study with some of the nations leading researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center.</p>
<p>Summer Program in Biomedical Sciences</p>
<p>U of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Grade(s): 12 | Texas | Residential + Commuter
The 8-week program gives Texas residents the rare opportunity to conduct a research project in a biomedical disciplines under the guidance of an MD Anderson faculty.</p>
<p>Summer Scholars Program</p>
<p>Buck Institute for Age Research
Grade(s): 10-12 | California | Commuter
Every summer prospective young scientists get a unique introduction to the field of aging research at the Buck Institute. High school and college students taking part in the Summer Scholars Program ge…</p>
<p>U.S. Department of Agriculture Internships</p>
<p>USDA
Grade(s): 10-12 | United States | Commuter
USDA’s student opportunities are designed to combine academic studies with on-the-job training and experience and to give students an opportunity to work with USDA while completing their education.</p>
<p>UC-Davis Young Scholars Program</p>
<p>University of California - Davis
Grade(s): 10-11 | California | Residential
This 6-week program exposes high achieving students to the world of original research in the natural sciences with emphases on the biological, environmental, and agricultural sciences.</p>
<p>UCSF Dept of Pediatrics High School Summer Internship Program</p>
<p>University of California - San Francisco
Grade(s): 11 | California | Commuter
During this eight-week internship program, students are placed with a research group or laboratory, where they have the opportunity to interact with and be mentored by various researchers including gr…</p>
<p>UCSF High School Summer Internship Program</p>
<p>University of California - San Francisco
Grade(s): 9-12 | California | Commuter
This program gives students authentic research experience and sustained support with the college application process. Students work in a research lab to gain understanding of how research is done at t… </p>
<p>Volunteer.gov</p>
<p>National Park Service
Grade(s): 7-12 | United States | Residential + Commuter
This searchable database has volunteer opportunities with U.S. government agencies including the National Park Service, the U.S. Geologic Survey, and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Opportunities ra…</p>
<p>VolunteerMatch.org</p>
<p>VolunteerMatch
Grade(s): 7-adult | United States | Commuter
VolunteerMatch is the largest online volunteer search directory for nonprofit organizations. You can search for volunteer opportunities by Location or by Organization.</p>
<p>Werner H. Kirsten Student Intern Program (SIP)</p>
<p>National Cancer Institute
Grade(s): 11-12 | Maryland | Commuter
The Werner H. Kirsten SIP at the National Cancer Institute at Frederick is a 9-week program designed to expose high school seniors to research and administrative management in a health care environmen…