A free toolkit for the adults who point students toward what’s next.
Atlas of Opportunity is built so any high schooler can find vetted research, internships, competitions, and scholarships without an inside connection. Everything below is free to copy, print, and send.
Print & handouts
Three printables, all generated from the live catalog so they never go stale.
- One-page overview →
Top opportunities by grade band, formatted to print on a single sheet.
- QR-code flyer →
Full-page flyer with a scannable QR code for a bulletin board or office door.
- Student getting-started handout →
A four-step walkthrough students can keep: search, filter, save, apply.
Email & newsletter copy
Written to be pasted as-is. Edit freely — no attribution required.
Short email to students
Subject: A free tool for finding summer programs, research, and scholarships
Hi all,
If you're looking for summer research, internships, competitions, or scholarships, Atlas of Opportunity is a free catalog built by a student for students: https://atlasofopportunity.org
You can filter by grade, subject, cost, format (in person / hybrid / remote), and deadline, then track what you apply to. There's no account required, nothing costs money, and your saved list stays on your own device.
Start here: https://atlasofopportunity.org/finderNewsletter blurb (60 words)
Atlas of Opportunity (https://atlasofopportunity.org) is a free, student-built catalog of research programs, internships, competitions, and scholarships open to high schoolers. Filter by grade, subject, cost, and deadline — no account, no fees, no ads. Listings are checked by hand and link out to each program's official page.Ready-made Finder links
Share any link below. The filters travel in the URL — students land on a pre-filtered view.
- Free STEM research programs · 11th grade →Filters: 11th grade, STEM Research category, free-only
- Remote opportunities (any state) →Any program a student can do from home
- Closing in the next 90 days →Sorted by soonest deadline
- Writing & journalism programs →All Writing & Journalism opportunities
- Underrepresented-student focus →Programs designed for underrepresented students
Embed the Finder on your school site
A lightweight, chrome-free version of the Finder. Updates daily — no maintenance. Add?category=STEM%20Researchor ?freeOnly=true to pre-filter.
Live preview
Finder embed code
<div style="position:relative;width:100%;max-width:900px">
<iframe src="https://atlasofopportunity.org/embed/finder" title="Atlas of Opportunity Finder" loading="lazy"
style="width:100%;height:600px;border:1px solid #ddd;border-radius:6px"></iframe>
</div>“Closing soon” widget
A compact sidebar widget showing the next deadlines.
<iframe src="https://atlasofopportunity.org/embed/closing-soon" title="Closing soon — Atlas of Opportunity" loading="lazy"
style="width:100%;height:420px;border:1px solid #ddd;border-radius:6px"></iframe>Making it responsive
- Keep
width:100%and set a fixed pixel height — the embed scrolls internally. - On phones, 600px is a good height; on a sidebar, use the 420px “closing soon” widget.
- In a CMS that strips
style, wrap the iframe in a container with a class and setwidth:100%; height:600pxin your stylesheet instead. - Always keep the
titleattribute — screen readers use it to name the frame.
Prefer a feed? Pipe new opportunities into your newsletter tool or reader: https://atlasofopportunity.org/rss.xml
What each verification status means
| Status | What it means |
|---|---|
| Verified | A person opened the program’s official page and confirmed it exists, accepts high schoolers, and the cost and deadline shown match the source. The date it was last checked appears on the listing. |
| Needs review | Something changed — the link moved, a deadline passed, or a reader flagged it. Still listed, but confirm details on the host’s site before sharing. |
| Unverified | Recently added or discovered automatically and not yet hand-checked. |
| Archived / duplicate | The program ended, or the entry duplicates another listing. Hidden from the Finder. |
Full criteria live on the methodology page.
Privacy summary for schools
- Students do not need an account to search, filter, save, or track.
- Saved programs, notes, and tracker data stay in the student’s own browser storage. We never receive them.
- We do not sell, rent, or share student information — with programs or anyone else.
- We collect anonymous page counts only, and we don’t build profiles of individual students.
- Nothing on Atlas costs money, and there is no advertising.
Full details: privacy policy.
Tell us you’re using it
This helps us know what schools actually need. We do not publish any school’s name or describe it as a partner unless that school explicitly agrees in writing.
Counselor feedback
Something confusing, missing, or wrong? Tell us plainly.
If you see a listing that shouldn’t be there
Every program page has a “Report this listing” link. Use it for dead links, pay-to-play programs, programs that don’t actually accept high schoolers, or anything that doesn’t pass our vetting criteria. We review within a week. Missing a program? Suggest it here.
Contact
For talks, bulk lists for a cohort, or anything else: hello@atlasofopportunity.org.