<p>To the OP:</p>
<p>If you are interested in research, there should be plenty of opportunities available in S-D area. A few minutes of googling should help you find some places that accept HS students. I found that Scripps Research Institute (NOT Scripps College) has a program for HS kids:</p>
<p>[TSRI</a> - Community](<a href=“http://www.scripps.edu/community/hsstudent.html]TSRI”>http://www.scripps.edu/community/hsstudent.html)</p>
<p>Salk Institute (in the Torrey Pines Business Center or whatever it is called now) has a summer program:</p>
<p>[Salk</a> Institute - Education and Outreach - Summer Program](<a href=“http://www.salk.edu/education/education_summer.php?sid=education]Salk”>http://www.salk.edu/education/education_summer.php?sid=education)</p>
<p>You can always look into summer programs at NIH:</p>
<p>[NIH</a> Summer Internship Program in Biomedical Research](<a href=“http://www.training.nih.gov/student/sip/]NIH”>http://www.training.nih.gov/student/sip/)</p>
<p>Additional websites of interest:</p>
<p>[Science</a> Education](<a href=“http://www.hbri.org/ScienceEducation.htm]Science”>http://www.hbri.org/ScienceEducation.htm)</p>
<p>[genome.gov</a> | Summer Internship Program in Biomedical Research](<a href=“http://www.genome.gov/page.cfm?pageID=10000218]genome.gov”>http://www.genome.gov/page.cfm?pageID=10000218)</p>