<p>I’ve done siemens, intel, and am going to ISEF in a couple weeks. I’d pretty much second what collegealum said and also like to add that it doesn’t have to be during the summer. The bulk of my research was after school work for my junior year and senior year. If you can devote considerable amounts of time each week, it works out well. I only used the summer to prepare my paper and submissions. It’s pretty much all up to you unless your school has a history of having kids do research. If it does, there’s probably going to be a research advisor person. Otherwise, just find somebody and do it on your own. Have fun!</p>