§ AI / Machine Learning

AI / Machine Learning programs for high schoolers.

173 programs indexed in ai / machine learning. 84 are free or pay a stipend. 12 prioritize under-resourced or underrepresented students. This page updates whenever we add a new ai / machine learning program.

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Stanford AIMI
Academic Year Research Internship
During the school year, students meet weekly in small groups with their student mentors to work on healthcare AI research projects under the guidance of Stanford researchers.
📍 Virtual🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
Seton Hall University
Accounting for the Future: Unleashing Your Potential
Short high-school workshop exploring accounting careers, emerging technology and the influence of AI on the profession.
📍 NJ🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
miRcore
Advanced Computational Biology Camp
Students use TCGA cancer data and machine-learning methods in R to identify cancer biomarkers and classify tumor samples.
📍 MI🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
NC State University Global Training Initiative
Advanced Research Duo Track
Ten-week advanced research program in which pairs of students work with an NC State faculty mentor toward conference- or manuscript-level research.
📍 NC🎓 Grades 11–12
Moderate
Air Force Research Laboratory
AFRL Scholars Program (Kirtland AFB)
A paid research internship at Kirtland AFB in Albuquerque for upper-level high school students (16+) pursuing STEM, placing scholars on real technical-directorate projects such as directed energy, lasers, optics, and space vehicle research with a dedicated mentor.
📍 Albuquerque, NM (Kirtland AFB)📅 Varies🎓 Grades 11–12
Selective
New Hampshire Academy of Science
After School Scientific Research Program
Students conduct authentic research under STEM professionals using laboratory tools and methods in areas such as molecular biology, analytical chemistry, bioinformatics, machine learning, water quality and optical engineering. The 2026–27 program is currently open.
📍 NH🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
Bryant University
AI & Data Science Camp
AI, robotics, data science and emerging technology projects.
📍 RI🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
MIT Jameel Clinic
AI & Health Summer High School Bootcamp
A one-week, in-person bootcamp on the MIT campus introducing grades 10-12 students to machine learning applications in medicine, covering clinical AI, biomedical data analysis, and drug discovery, with group projects and a final presentation.
📍 Cambridge, MA (MIT campus)📅 Rolling🎓 Grades 10–12
Moderate
University of South Florida
AI & Machine Learning Summer Intensive
Students learn Python, Pandas and machine-learning concepts, build predictive models and explore robotics and large-language-model applications.
📍 FL🎓 Grades 10–12
Moderate
Montclair State University
AI and Engineering Summer Lab
Hands-on introduction to artificial intelligence and engineering applications.
📍 NJ🎓 Grades 10–12
Moderate
iD Tech
AI and Machine Learning Camp at Vanderbilt University
A week-long day or overnight camp held on Vanderbilt's campus where teens build neural networks, train image recognition models, and integrate ChatGPT into Python programs to develop a machine learning portfolio.
📍 Nashville, TN📅 Rolling🎓 Grades 9–12
Highly Selective
Illinois Institute of Technology Elevate College Prep
AI Explorers
A virtual high-school summer program introducing students to artificial intelligence and related computational concepts. The 2026 price was listed at $300.
📍 IL🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
Seattle University
AI for Equity (Pre-College Program)
A credit-bearing overnight summer program on how technology intersects with criminal justice, covering machine learning, AI in criminal justice, AI ethics and a group project, earning 2 college credits.
📍 Seattle, WA📅 April🎓 Grades 10–12
Moderate
Massachusetts AI Hub (MassTech) with Work-Based Learning Alliance
AI for Massachusetts High Schools Internship Program
A paid, fully virtual internship program in which Massachusetts public high school students work in teams with industry mentors 2-3 hours per week to develop AI-enabled solutions for real business needs across sectors like manufacturing, healthcare, and clean energy.
📍 Massachusetts (statewide, virtual)📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
George Mason University Department of Health Administration, Policy, and Informatics
AI in Health Summer Camp (George Mason University)
A free five-day camp for rising 11th-12th graders on how AI is used across hospitals, health systems and community health organizations, with daily hands-on AI Maker Labs and a student showcase.
📍 Fairfax, VA (George Mason University)📅 Varies🎓 Grades 11–12
Highly Selective
UMBC Summer Enrichment Academy
AI Innovations in Sales/Marketing
High-school course focused on AI-powered business, sales, and marketing strategies.
📍 MD🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
University of Central Arkansas
AI Innovators Lab: From Code to Intelligent Systems
Students learn programming and introductory AI through guided exercises, collaborative projects and development of simple intelligent systems.
📍 AR🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
UMass Boston Paul English Applied Artificial Intelligence Institute (PEAAII)
AI Institute Summer Camp
A five-week, project-based hybrid summer camp (July 27-Aug 28, 2026) where high schoolers build skills in machine learning, computer vision, NLP, generative AI, and robotics, producing a research-style write-up mentored by UMass Boston CS faculty and PhD students.
📍 Boston, MA (UMass Boston campus + virtual)📅 Rolling🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
University of Central Arkansas
AI Robotics & Ethics Camp
Students program and train autonomous robot cars while learning machine learning, robotics, hardware, and the ethical implications of AI.
📍 AR🎓 Grades 10–12
Selective
Carnegie Mellon University
AI Scholars
Artificial intelligence, computer science and societal applications.
📍 PA🎓 Grade 12
Moderate
Carnegie Mellon University
AI Scholars at CMU
Free AI-focused summer program for rising seniors underrepresented in computing.
📍 PA⏱ 4 weeks (summer)📅 February🎓 Grade 11
Selective
University of Oklahoma Gallogly College of Engineering
AI Summer Camp
A four-day summer camp introducing Oklahoma high schoolers to artificial intelligence, where student teams design AI solutions for real-world challenges in healthcare, sustainability, entertainment, and social issues while learning about bias, accessibility, and responsible AI development.
📍 Norman, OK📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
Pitt HexAI Research Laboratory, University of Pittsburgh
AI Summer School
A free, one-week intensive for high school juniors and seniors with basic Python knowledge, covering foundational AI through deep learning and object detection, culminating in a team project, with a focus on AI-powered medical imaging informatics.
📍 Pittsburgh, PA (University of Pittsburgh)📅 April🎓 Grades 11–12
Selective
University of Iowa College of Engineering
AI Youth Camp
Students explore machine learning, reinforcement learning, engineering ethics, open-source datasets, and practical AI applications during a free two-week Zoom camp.
📍 IA🎓 Grades 9–11
Selective
University of Central Florida
AI, Robotics and Entrepreneurship Summer Institute
Students combine introductory AI and robotics with entrepreneurial thinking, system design and development of a mock business plan.
📍 FL🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
University of Washington Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering
AI4ALL at the Allen School
A free, multi-week introductory workshop in data science and artificial intelligence covering data science, geographic information science, machine learning, and equity and bias in urban spaces. No previous coding experience is required.
📍 Online (hosted by UW, Seattle, WA)📅 Varies🎓 Grades 11–12
Selective
AI4ALL
AI4ALL Open Learning
Girls in grades 6-12 learn AI and Python through interactive virtual classes.
📍 Online⏱ 2 weeks📅 March 1🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
QuantHub
Alabama Data Scholars
Alabama high-school students complete data and AI training and work on a real employer project. The program allows on-site, hybrid, and fully virtual placements.
📍 AL🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
University of the District of Columbia
Architecture Summer Camp
Students sketch designs, build physical models and use AI, digital modeling, laser cutting and 3D printing to develop an original architectural project.
📍 DC🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
University of Alaska Anchorage College of Engineering
Artificial Intelligence — Summer Engineering Academy
Students use hands-on experiments, collaborative projects and challenges to learn foundational AI concepts and explore machine-learning applications to real-world problems.
📍 AK🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
Wake Forest University Pre-College Programs
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Institute
An overnight pre-college institute where current 9th-12th graders get hands-on experience with machine learning, AI ethics, and robotics through projects, ethics simulations, and talks from industry and academic guest speakers.
📍 Winston-Salem, NC📅 Rolling🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
Wichita State University College of Engineering
Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning Camp
Students learn introductory Python and create machine-learning/deep-learning models for computer-vision and natural-language-processing tasks.
📍 KS🎓 Grade 9
Moderate
The College of New Jersey
Artificial Intelligence & Wireless Communications Camp
Residential engineering camp covering neural networks, computer vision, TensorFlow/PyTorch, microcontrollers, wireless sensing and electronics. 2026 cost was $2,200.
📍 NJ🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
Georgetown University
Artificial Intelligence Academy
One-week Georgetown academy introducing high-school students to artificial intelligence through academic instruction and applied activities.
📍 DC🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
University of Rhode Island
Artificial Intelligence Camp
A week-long hands-on camp at URI's Kingston campus where high schoolers work on robotics, circuits, programming, 3D modeling and printing, and machine learning projects.
📍 Kingston, RI📅 Rolling🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
Virginia Tech Center for Future Work Places and Practices
Artificial Intelligence for Beginners
Three-week online synchronous summer course introducing high school students to machine learning, AI and generative AI, ending with a capstone project and showcase.
📍 Online (Virginia Tech)📅 May🎓 Grades 10–12
Moderate
Stevens Institute of Technology
Artificial Intelligence in Modern Society
Examines AI technologies and their role in contemporary society.
📍 NJ🎓 Grades 10–12
Moderate
George Mason University College of Education and Human Development
Artificial Intelligence Summer Camp (ACCESS Academy)
Free one-week day camp where students learn machine learning basics through problem-based projects with beginner-friendly tools and prototype and present their own ideas.
📍 Arlington, VA📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
Quinnipiac University
Artificial Intelligence: Visual Imagery and Product Design
Students explore generative AI and its use in visual imagery, design and product development through hands-on projects.
📍 CT🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
University of Delaware
Autonomous Driving Academy
Students build and program autonomous robotic vehicles using Python, C++, ROS, sensors, perception and control systems inside UD's CAR Lab.
📍 DE🎓 Grades 10–12
Moderate
MIT Lincoln Lab
Beaver Works Summer Institute (BWSI)
Free MIT-led project-based courses in AI, robotics, cybersecurity.
📍 MA⏱ 4 weeks (summer)📅 Early February🎓 Grade 11
Selective
UMBC
Become a 10x App Developer: AI-Assisted App Development
Students learn application development using AI-assisted development tools.
📍 MD🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
Bennington College
Bennington Young Innovators Awards (AI)
A free competition for high school students with three AI-focused submission tracks: creating an original artistic work using AI with a reflective essay, writing a critical essay on AI's ethical, social or cultural impact, or building an AI solution to a real-world problem with a short video demonstration.
📍 Online submission (Bennington College, Bennington, VT)📅 November🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
NDSU Department of Computer Science
Bison Cyber Day Camp (GenCyber)
A free NSA/NSF-funded GenCyber camp for high schoolers covering programming, cybersecurity, robotics, and artificial intelligence, with day and overnight options and meals provided.
📍 Fargo, ND (NDSU campus)📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
UMBC
Build Your Own AI-Powered Virtual Assistant
Students build an artificial-intelligence-powered virtual assistant.
📍 MD🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
Health Tech Alley / Maryland Innovation Center
Business Analytics, Data Science and AI Youth Apprenticeship Program
A 12-month youth apprenticeship based at the Maryland Innovation Center in Columbia where high school seniors train in data analytics, AI, machine learning, and cloud computing while earning Google and Microsoft industry credentials and completing a year-long research project.
📍 Columbia, MD (Howard County)📅 Varies🎓 Grade 12
Selective
BYU Youth Programs
BYU Cyber Camp
Week-long cybersecurity camp for ages 13-18 covering AI, machine learning, game design, ethical hacking and capture-the-flag challenges, with no prior computing experience required. The 2026 session ran July 6-10 on the BYU campus.
📍 Brigham Young University, Provo, UT📅 Varies🎓 Grades 8–12
Moderate
LSU AgCenter
Camp CRISP
A summer internship immersing high school students and teachers in agricultural research on climate-resilient rice production, covering breeding, genomics, pathology, entomology, AI, and precision agriculture.
📍 Baton Rouge, LA📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Highly Selective
Carnegie Mellon
Carnegie Mellon AI Scholars
Free three-week residential AI program for underrepresented students.
📍 Pittsburgh, PA⏱ 3 weeks📅 March🎓 Grades 10–11
Selective
University of Washington Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering
Changemakers in Computing
A free summer program that teaches technology, society and justice through project-based learning, with JavaScript, HTML, CSS, AI and tech ethics and college preparation led by UW undergraduate mentors.
📍 Seattle, WA📅 Varies🎓 Grades 11–12
Selective
Colorado Area Health Education Center / CU Anschutz
COAHEC HOPE Program
Colorado students participate in monthly statewide healthcare sessions on infectious disease, epidemiology, addiction medicine, behavioral health, nutrition and AI in healthcare. Completing three sessions can qualify students to apply for the HOPE Institute summer camp.
📍 CO🎓 Grades 10–12
Selective
University of Georgia
Code and Cognition: The AI Lab
Students learn Python and machine-learning fundamentals and build a functioning AI project while examining ethical and social implications of AI.
📍 GA🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
University of Alaska Anchorage College of Engineering
Code, Create, and Computational Thinking
Students learn text-based JavaScript through p5.js while creating animations, digital art, interactive projects and simple games, with exposure to AI and computational thinking.
📍 AK🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
CodeDay
CodeDay Labs Fellowship
High school students are paired with industry mentors to build a real-world software project.
📍 Online⏱ 3 months📅 May 15🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
UMBC
Coding with Emotions: The Science of Empathic AI
Students explore programming and artificial intelligence designed to recognize or interact with human emotions.
📍 MD🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
Meharry Medical College School of Applied Computational Sciences & Fisk University
Collaborative Interactive Data Science Academy
A free, NASA-funded residential week introducing high school students to robotics, data science, and immersive VR/AR/MR technologies, including programming a Sphero robot to simulate planetary orbits and building rubber-band-powered rovers.
📍 Nashville, TN📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Highly Selective
Howard University School of Business
Computer Information Systems Career Awareness Program (CISCAP)
Students explore data analytics, programming, cybersecurity, networking, AI and machine learning within a business context through interactive instruction and hands-on exercises.
📍 DC🎓 Grades 11–12
Moderate
Cornell Tech
Cornell Tech Summer Innovation Intensives
A three-week, non-residential summer program on Cornell Tech's Roosevelt Island campus where high schoolers build an AI-powered product while learning ethical coding, data science, and product innovation from Cornell Tech faculty.
📍 New York, NY (Cornell Tech, Roosevelt Island)📅 Winter🎓 Grades 10–12
Selective
Colorado School of Mines
CS@Mines Cyber Camp — Exploring IoT: Data Security and Privacy
Two-day camp covering IoT security, privacy, networking, data analysis, cyberattacks and AI-based defensive techniques through hands-on activities.
📍 CO🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
Colorado School of Mines Department of Computer Science
CS@Mines High School Research Internship
High-school students join Mines faculty research groups in areas such as AI, robotics, cybersecurity, and computing. Remote and in-person placements can be available.
📍 CO🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
Harvard University / edX
CS50: Introduction to Computer Science
Harvard's world-famous introduction to computer science. While self-paced on edX, it offers a certificate and a deep dive into programming.
📍 Online⏱ 12 weeks📅 Self-paced🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
CyberWyoming Alliance / Wyoming State Library
Cyber-in-a-Box School Video Challenge
An annual school video challenge where teams of up to five students in grades 6-12 script, film and edit a short video; the 2026-2027 topic is Exploring AI and Data Privacy. Teams receive $50-$100 for equipment (or pizza) plus prizes.
📍 Wyoming (school-based teams)📅 November🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
Cleveland Clinic
CYCE High School Summer Internship Program
Seven-week paid internship across clinical, nonclinical and advanced-technology tracks including medicine, laboratory science, pharmacy, AI, data science, IT, finance and healthcare administration.
📍 OH🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
Detroit Area Pre-College Engineering Program
DAPCEP (Detroit Area Pre-College Engineering Program)
Detroit nonprofit offering Saturday classes during the school year and summer camps on college campuses across Southeastern Michigan for elementary through high school students, covering engineering, robotics, coding, AI, renewable energy and drone certification. Participation carries a fee, with a financial aid form available; register through the online portal.
📍 Detroit, MI📅 Rolling🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
University of Louisville J.B. Speed School of Engineering
Design Thinkers Camp: Innovate, Design & Optimize
Students tackle engineering-design problems involving human-AI teaming, virtual-reality driving technology, physiological sensors, 3D scanning, and human-centered systems.
📍 KY🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
James Madison University School of Professional & Continuing Education
DIGITAL (Dukes Inspiring Girls Into Technology Across Limits)
One-day technology workshop day for grades 9-12 with five tracks (App Development, Creative, Programming, New Ideas including AI ethics, CS Overview), a keynote talk and a student panel on college.
📍 Harrisonburg, VA📅 October🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
Louisiana State University Pre-College Programs
Energy AI — In-Person
Students investigate applications of artificial intelligence across oil and gas, renewable energy, nuclear power, and other energy systems through projects, field trips, and interactions with professionals.
📍 LA🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
Tufts University Pre-College Programs
Engineering with Artificial Intelligence
A two-week pre-college program at Tufts covering machine learning fundamentals and a group engineering-design project, requiring prior programming experience and open to students entering grades 10-12.
📍 Medford/Somerville, MA (Tufts University)📅 Rolling🎓 Grades 10–12
Moderate
Wilkes University
EXPLOR-NEPA
Free multi-year AI, robotics and engineering initiative for Wilkes-Barre/Hazleton students; eligible students can earn a $3,000 first-semester Wilkes scholarship.
📍 PA🎓 Grades 9, 12
Selective
LSU College of Engineering
eXploreCS Senior High
Students learn Python, algorithms, AI, video games, robotics, digital music production, ethical hacking, electronics, and Arduino programming. Financial-need assistance is available.
📍 LA🎓 Grades 10–12
Moderate
Florida Institute of Technology
Florida Tech STEM Summer Academy
Students rotate through AI, aviation, drones, engineering design, marine science, meteorology, forensic psychology, medicine and animal cognition with faculty and field trips.
📍 FL🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
Adelphi University
For-Credit Pre-College Program
Rising sophomores, juniors and seniors earn three college credits through subject tracks including Coding & AI, Pre-Med, Pre-Law, Psychology, Quantum Engineering, Music Production, Writing and Art.
📍 NY🎓 Grades 10–12
Moderate
Johns Hopkins University
Foundational Mathematics of Artificial Intelligence
Students study mathematical foundations underlying modern artificial intelligence.
📍 MD🎓 Grades 10–12
Moderate
University of Illinois Chicago
Future Business, Tech and AI Leaders Conference for High School Students
A free day program for students entering grades 10–12 features hands-on sessions and speakers covering business technology, artificial intelligence, data, enterprise systems, and related careers. Breakfast and lunch were included for the 2026 event.
📍 IL🎓 Grades 10–12
Selective
University of New Hampshire
Future Leaders Institute
Selective residential philosophy program centered on politics, ethics and global justice. The 2026 theme was Governing AI, using debates, Ethics Bowl cases and discussion of AI governance; the subsidized fee was $200.
📍 NH🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
Louisiana State University Pre-College Programs
Future of Energy — Virtual
Students remotely explore the energy transition and the role of AI in renewable energy, electrical grids, sustainability engineering, climate technology, and related careers using mailed learning kits.
📍 LA🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
Jacksonville State University
Game Development — Gamecock Arts & Sciences Program
Participants build game prototypes while working with animation, sound, physics, controller input, and AI-related game-development concepts.
📍 AL🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
University of Florida
Gator Artificial Intelligence Camp
Students learn introductory Python and AI, analyze datasets, create digital projects and tour facilities including UF's HiPerGator supercomputer.
📍 FL🎓 Grades 10–11
Moderate
Georgia Tech College of Computing
Georgia Tech College of Computing Summer Camps
These week-long high school camps cover creative and applied computing -- including AI training, wearable/maker fashion tech, sports-data devices, and smart-home automation -- taught on Georgia Tech's campus.
📍 Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA📅 April🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
Georgia Institute of Technology
Georgia Tech Summer Research at CSE
Paid CS/engineering research at Georgia Tech. Strong recruitment of Georgia students.
📍 GA⏱ 8 weeks (summer)📅 March🎓 Grades 11–12
Selective
Girls Who Code
Girls Who Code Virtual Summer Programs
Free online coding workshops for girls and non-binary students focusing on web development, game design, and AI.
📍 Online⏱ 2 weeks or 6 weeks📅 Spring/Summer cycles🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
West Virginia Department of Education
Governor's Computer Science Institute (GCSI)
A weeklong residential program with practical experience in computer science, coding and programming where students build programs and applications to solve real-world problems.
📍 Beckley, WV📅 April🎓 Grades 9–10
Selective
Tennessee Tech University
Governor's School for Emerging Technologies (GSET)
A three-week summer residential program studying biotechnology, nanotechnology, and information technology through classroom instruction, lab work, team projects, and weekly field trips to high-tech facilities including Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Vanderbilt University.
📍 Cookeville, TN📅 November🎓 Grades 11–12
Highly Selective
Tennessee Tech University
Governor's School for Technological Innovation and Business Leadership (GSTIBL)
A 28-day, fully state-funded residential program for Tennessee's top rising juniors and seniors covering entrepreneurship, innovation, and technology (including computer forensics and AI ethics), with college-level coursework worth three credit hours.
📍 Cookeville, TN📅 January🎓 Grades 11–12
Selective
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Governor's School for the Sciences and Engineering (GSSE)
A four-week residential enrichment program at UT Knoxville where outstanding rising Tennessee high school juniors and seniors take core courses in biology, chemistry, physics, and math plus electives like robotics, AI, nuclear engineering, and environmental science, earning five college credit hours.
📍 Knoxville, TN📅 December🎓 Grades 11–12
Selective
Kean University
Group Summer Scholars Research Program
Two- or four-week intensive research program with streams including cancer biology, developmental biology, scientific computing, machine learning, and modern drug discovery. The 2027 application is scheduled to open in January 2027.
📍 NJ🎓 Grades 10–12
Moderate
UNLV (NSF ITEST project)
GUIC Summer Camp (Engaging Girls in Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing)
An NSF-funded five-week summer camp training CCSD students entering grades 7-12 in Arduino programming, Python, and VEX V5 robotics design, culminating in team projects addressing smart-city applications like intelligent transportation and energy planning.
📍 Las Vegas, NV📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
TJHSST HackTJ / TJ Partnership Fund
HackTJ (Student-Run High School Hackathon)
A 24-hour student-run hackathon where high school students team up (2-4 per team) to build projects, with workshops, mentors and prizes in categories such as Best AI/ML Hack and Best Cyber Technology Hack.
📍 Tysons, VA (Cvent HQ)📅 February🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
Utah State University Huntsman School of Business
HackUSU
USU's flagship 24-hour innovation challenge and coding competition where teams build solutions with mentor support and workshops, regardless of prior experience. High school students are welcome.
📍 Logan, UT📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
Iowa State University Department of Computer Science
High School Summer AI Bootcamp
A free five-day online program introduces high-school students to artificial intelligence, machine learning, practical applications, and guided hands-on exercises. No prior AI or programming experience is required.
📍 IA🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
Horizon Academic Research
Horizon Academic Research Program (HARP)
The oldest 1-1 research program in the world, founded in 2016 by Columbia researchers. Students work with world-class researchers, with 70% of mentors from Ivy League, Stanford, Oxford & Cambridge. The program aims to help students create college and graduate-level research, with options for professor seminar courses or 1-1 PhD labs courses. Students have gone on to attend top universities.
📍 Multiple🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Highly Selective
Horizon Academic Research
Horizon Academic Research Program (HARP) - Professor Seminar Courses
Work in a small group led by professors from top universities. These summer-only courses for 3–6 students cover broad topics, with 20 professor/TA sessions and 4 writing-coach sessions.
📍 Multiple🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Highly Selective
IBM
IBM BlueCamp (High School)
Students spend a week learning about technology careers and interacting with IBM engineers.
📍 Austin, TX⏱ 1 week📅 April 1🎓 Grades 10–11
Selective
Idaho State University
Ignite Their Future STEM Summer Camps
In-person STEM summer camps at ISU's Pocatello campus letting students entering grades 9-12 choose hands-on tracks such as robotics, artificial intelligence, ethical hacking, drones, and 3D printing, taught by ISU subject-matter experts.
📍 Pocatello, ID (ISU ESTEC Building)📅 Rolling🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
Imperial College London
Imperial College Summer Schools
University-level summer courses in AI, data science, business, and engineering.
📍 London, United Kingdom⏱ 2 weeks📅 May🎓 Grades 11–12
Highly Selective
City of Cambridge / Innovators for Purpose
Innovators for Purpose Studio Internship
Cambridge teens use coding, web/app design, augmented reality, animation, design, and storytelling to build real projects addressing community and social challenges.
📍 MA🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
Inspirit AI
Inspirit AI Scholars
AI research mentorship by Stanford/MIT alumni for HS students.
📍 Online⏱ 10 weeks📅 Rolling🎓 Grades 7–12
Moderate
Inspirit AI
Inspirit AI Scholars (Aid)
AI research projects mentored by Stanford/MIT grads. Need-based aid covers full tuition.
📍 Remote (nationwide)⏱ 10-25 hours📅 Rolling🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
UMBC
Intro to AI Pipelines
Students explore the components used to build and deploy AI projects and pipelines.
📍 MD🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
University of Maryland Clark School / USMSM
Invent the Future: Applied Artificial Intelligence Summer Camp
Students build and deploy AI solutions while learning coding, CAD, 3D printing, electronics, and engineering-design skills. The month-long 2026 program was free.
📍 MD🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
Kaggle
Kaggle Competitions
Global data-science competition platform with beginner "Getting Started" tracks, community notebooks, and cash-prize challenges accessible from anywhere.
📍 Remote (Global)⏱ Self-paced📅 Rolling · anytime🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
Kean University
Kean STEAM Academy
High-school students take intensive courses spanning biology, chemistry, physics, calculus, computer science and AI, with college-credit options available.
📍 NJ🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering — IU Indianapolis
Luddy Summer Camps (IU Indianapolis)
One-week day camps for students entering grades 9-12 covering video game development, digital biology, augmented reality, AI bots, web design, and animation, taught by Luddy faculty at the Indianapolis campus.
📍 Indianapolis, IN📅 Rolling🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
MLH
Major League Hacking (MLH) Digital Events
MLH partners with dozens of online student-led hackathons throughout the year accessible to any student with an internet connection.
📍 Online⏱ 24-48 hours📅 Rolling🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
MLH
Major League Hacking High School Hackathons
Calendar of student hackathons; many high school-friendly.
📍 Multiple cities⏱ Year-round📅 Rolling🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
Michigan State University College of Engineering
Making a Game of IT - AI Assisted (MGIT-AI) at MSU
Residential program for students entering grades 11-12 (GPA 3.0+ in engineering core courses) where participants learn to code, design and build their own video games using AI tools for programming and game development. July 18-23, 2027; fee $1,299.
📍 East Lansing, MI📅 July🎓 Grades 11–12
Moderate
Mark Cuban Foundation and Gearbox Labs
Mark Cuban Foundation AI Bootcamp (Milwaukee, Gearbox Labs)
Free three-Saturday AI bootcamp for underserved grade 9-12 students with 20+ hours on current AI tools, applied AI ethics and building an AI application for career exploration, with meals and technology provided.
📍 Milwaukee, WI📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
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University of Maine / Mark Cuban Foundation
Mark Cuban Foundation AI Bootcamp at UMaine
A free 20-hour AI bootcamp for Maine high schoolers in grades 9-12, held over three Saturdays at UMaine, covering generative AI, ethics, and real-world applications across healthcare, business, and the arts, ending in a mentored capstone project.
📍 University of Maine, Orono, ME📅 September🎓 Grades 9–12
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Marquette University Opus College of Engineering
Marquette Summer Engineering Experiences
Non-residential half-day engineering programs for high schoolers on Marquette's campus, including automation, microcontrollers and AI, Code for Climate, a biomedical engineering bootcamp, biomechanics and an adaptive car build.
📍 Milwaukee, WI📅 Varies🎓 Grades 10–12
Moderate
Mohamed bin Zayed University of AI
MBZUAI AI Summer School
Machine learning and AI summer school at the UAE's dedicated AI university.
📍 Abu Dhabi, UAE⏱ 2 weeks📅 April🎓 Grade 12
Highly Selective
Maryland Blockchain Association (MDBA) & Blockchain Legal Institute
MDBA Youth Blockchain Hackathon
A fully virtual hackathon for grades 10-12 with an AI & Machine Learning track (building decentralized data meshes and AI verification protocols) alongside blockchain and legal-tech tracks, judged with bounty prizes up to $25,000.
📍 Virtual (Maryland-based organization)📅 November🎓 Grades 10–12
Selective
Major League Hacking
MLH Fellowship
A 12-week fellowship for aspiring software engineers to contribute to Open Source projects.
📍 Online⏱ 12 weeks📅 Rolling🎓 Grade 12
Selective
University of Houston Department of Biomedical Engineering
Mohan Lab Summer Internship (MLSI) for High School Students
An eight-week bench research internship for rising seniors in biomedical sciences, bioengineering and computer science, with 1-2 weeks of foundational lab training followed by mentored research and an oral presentation. Projects include AI and image analysis, big data and neuroscience.
📍 Houston, TX📅 March🎓 Grade 11
Selective
Milwaukee School of Engineering
MSOE Summer Programs for High School Students
Week-long residential academic summer camps at MSOE (Explore, Focus on a major, Focus on AI, Focus on Health Professions, Women in Technology) with labs, professors and hands-on projects in engineering, computing, business and health.
📍 Milwaukee, WI📅 Rolling🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
National Center for Women & Information Technology
NCWIT Aspirations in Computing (AiC) Award & Community
While many awards are in-person, NCWIT provides a massive online community, virtual mentorship, and networking for girls in tech nationwide.
📍 Online/Nationwide⏱ Lifetime membership📅 February🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
Supercomputing Challenge Outreach
New Mexico Supercomputing Challenge
A unique research program in New Mexico that places high school students in state-of-the-art laboratories through the Supercomputing Challenge.
📍 Los Alamos, NM⏱ Year-round📅 January 31🎓 Grades 9–12
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St. Catherine University
Next-Gen AI & Data Science Summer Camp
Free five-day on-campus summer camp for high school students (grades 9-12) exploring AI and data science through topics such as AI and the arts, facial recognition, the environment and ethics, plus data visualization, with an off-campus visit to a tech center and mentorship from professors, college students and women in tech. Breakfast and lunch provided; first come, first served. Minnesota Academy of Science lists it as aimed at high school women.
📍 St. Paul, MN📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
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Center for Equitable Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Systems (CEAMLS), Morgan State University
NextGen AI Innovation Challenge
A two-day build event where middle school, high school, and college students design AI-powered tools to make K-12 classrooms more inclusive and engaging, with winning teams earning up to $2,500.
📍 Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
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Stanford AIMI
NextGen Tech Talks
Live online webinar series tailored specifically for high school students. Join renowned experts as they share their professional journeys, unveiling the transformative potential of technology in healthcare.
📍 Multiple📅 Rolling🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
North Dakota Department of Public Instruction
North Dakota Student Legislative Summit
High-school delegates from across the state participate in a two-day legislative simulation and discuss education technology and artificial-intelligence policy.
📍 ND🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
Norwich University
Norwich University Artificial Intelligence (AI) Academy
A residential summer week where high school students use interactive coding labs, Raspberry Pi hardware builds and team challenges to design, train and test beginner machine-learning models while exploring AI bias, privacy and ethics.
📍 Norwich University, Northfield, VT📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Highly Selective
Norwich University
Norwich University Cyber Immersion Camp
A week-long residential camp in cybersecurity, coding, digital forensics, ethical hacking and artificial intelligence, with 2027 sessions on AI and on intelligence and drones for high school students in grades 10-12.
📍 Norwich University, Northfield, VT📅 Varies🎓 Grades 10–12
Highly Selective
NC State University Global Training Initiative
Online Research Academy
Four-week virtual research experience pairing high-school students with NC State faculty on projects spanning AI, engineering, medicine, genomics, mathematics and sustainability.
📍 NC🎓 Grades 10–12
Moderate
UC San Diego Institute for the Global Entrepreneur
OPALS Research Program
High-school students work in a structured research environment spanning engineering, medicine, science and innovation. Spring is part-time and summer is an intensive four-week primarily in-person experience.
📍 CA🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
Maryland Robotics Center, University of Maryland
PRIME-R — Pre-College Research Internships & Mentored Experience in Robotics
Students work 8–10+ hours per week in real UMD robotics laboratories with faculty and graduate researchers on AI, autonomous vehicles, drones, medical robotics, computer vision, and related projects. Program cost is $5,000.
📍 MD🎓 Grades 10–12
Moderate
Princeton University
Princeton AI4ALL
A free, three-week residential summer program for about 30 low-income rising 11th graders (with emphasis on underrepresented groups and girls) to study AI research methods and societal impacts through lectures, mentorship, and a Washington, D.C. trip.
📍 Princeton, NJ📅 April🎓 Grade 11
Selective
Sandia National Laboratories
QCaMP (Quantum, Computing, Mathematics & Physics)
A free, week-long summer camp introducing high school students to quantum information science and technology, covering classical computing, quantum mechanics phenomena, and programming on a real quantum computer, offered in Albuquerque, Santa Fe, and Gallup.
📍 Albuquerque / Santa Fe / Gallup, NM📅 Varies🎓 Grades 10–12
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Michigan State University College of Engineering
Quantum Motor City
A free NSF-supported summer camp introducing high school students to quantum computing, where participants program a real IBM quantum computer and tour MSU's Laboratory for Hybrid Quantum Systems.
📍 East Lansing, MI📅 Rolling🎓 Grades 9–12
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Rice University Office of STEM Engagement
Rice Digital Health Workforce Initiative (DHWI)
An NSF-supported paid program in which high school students explore wearable biomedical hardware or the software and data behind diagnoses, with a two-week summer immersion and Saturday sessions during the academic year.
📍 Houston, TX📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–10
Highly Selective
Rice University Center for Engineering Leadership (RCEL)
Rice ELITE Tech Camp
A pre-college engineering and technology camp where students pick morning and afternoon technical courses such as robotics, Python, C++, AI/machine learning, 3D modeling and biomedical engineering, plus daily leadership workshops. Instruction is led by Rice engineering students under faculty-designed curricula.
📍 Houston, TX📅 Rolling🎓 Grades 9–11
Moderate
Stevens Institute of Technology
Robots, Humans and AI: From Past Visions to Future Stories
Interdisciplinary study of robotics and AI through technological, human and cultural perspectives.
📍 NJ🎓 Grades 10–12
Moderate
Saint Anselm College
Saint Anselm Drone Camp
A five-night residential camp teaching high schoolers Python programming, drone building and flying, and the ethics of AI and autonomous systems.
📍 Saint Anselm College, Manchester, NH📅 Rolling🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
Ohio State University at Marion
Science Adventurers: Elements of Discovery
A week-long day camp covering biology, chemistry, and environmental technology -- decoding DNA, making molecular gastronomy treats, testing water quality with 3D-printed colorimeters, and learning how AI supports scientific research -- plus prairie fieldwork and the YMCA Cardboard Boat Regatta.
📍 Marion, OH (Ohio State University at Marion)📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
Maryland Robotics Center
SPARC Certificate Program
Students complete a three-week robotics certificate in areas previously including autonomous vehicles, drones, 3D nanoprinting, additive manufacturing, and medical or bio-inspired robotics. The 2026 fee was $5,000.
📍 MD🎓 Grades 10–12
Moderate
SPARK SMP
SPARK Summer Mentorship Program
Free 1:1 mentorship with industry researchers. Started by WA students, now nationwide.
📍 Remote (nationwide)⏱ 8 weeks (summer)📅 March🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
Stanford
Stanford AI4ALL
Three-week residential AI program for underrepresented HS students.
📍 Stanford, CA⏱ 3 weeks📅 January🎓 Grade 9
Selective
University of South Florida
STEM for Scholars Summer School
Three-week program introducing advanced subjects including quantum information, machine learning, nanotechnology, epidemiological modeling and bioinformatics.
📍 FL🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
Boise State University College of Engineering
STEM Gems
Fifty students spend an overnight experience at Boise State completing hands-on STEM workshops in areas such as artificial intelligence, physics and game animation while exploring engineering careers.
📍 ID🎓 Grades 9–11
Selective
Boise State University College of Engineering
STEM Gems Summer Camp
A free overnight summer camp at Boise State for girls exiting 9th-11th grade, featuring workshops led by Society of Women Engineers professionals and college students on topics that have included artificial intelligence and game animation alongside other engineering applications.
📍 Boise, ID (Boise State University)📅 Varies🎓 Grades 10–12
Selective
NMSU Physical Science Laboratory
STEM Mavericks
Free two-week camp covering Linux/Python, embedded engineering, AI, radio frequency, 3D printing and cybersecurity. Summer 2027 is already confirmed to return.
📍 NM🎓 Grades 10–12
Selective
New Jersey Institute of Technology
STEMx — Artificial Intelligence
One-week commuter intensive in artificial intelligence taught with NJIT faculty as part of STEMx.
📍 NJ🎓 Grades 10–11
Moderate
New Jersey Institute of Technology
STEMx Residency
Three-week residential sequence covering applied engineering, foundations of AI, and sustainable engineering/environment, plus college and career preparation. The 2026 tuition was $3,600.
📍 NJ🎓 Grades 10–11
Moderate
Marquette University College of Business Administration
Summer Business Academy (Marquette)
Four-day non-residential business camp for rising 10th-12th graders with core sessions in management, leadership and operations, two tracks (finance/analytics/AI or marketing/sales/entrepreneurship), and visits to Milwaukee companies.
📍 Milwaukee, WI📅 Varies🎓 Grades 10–12
Moderate
Stanford AIMI
Summer Health AI Bootcamp
Two-week virtual bootcamp offers a curated curriculum that covers the fundamentals of machine learning in healthcare settings.
📍 Virtual📅 February🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
Columbia Engineering
Summer High School Academic Program for Engineers (SHAPE)
A selective three-week pre-college program for rising sophomores through recent grads offering courses in biomedical engineering, computer science and AI, data science, electrical engineering, robotics, and sustainability/environmental engineering.
📍 New York, NY (Columbia University)📅 December🎓 Grades 10–12
Moderate
NYU Tandon School of Engineering
Summer Program for Machine Learning
A two-week, full-day program introducing high schoolers to the computer science, data analysis, and mathematical techniques behind machine learning and AI, taught by NYU Tandon faculty and graduate researchers.
📍 Brooklyn, NY (NYU Tandon)📅 April🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
Stanford AIMI
Summer Research Internship
Two-week virtual opportunity to explore technical and clinical aspects of AI in healthcare.
📍 Virtual📅 February🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
Michigan Technological University, Summer Youth Programs
SYP: AI Coding - Idea to Impact
A week-long residential camp for grades 9-11 where students design, program, and test their own AI-powered apps to solve practical, real-world problems.
📍 Houghton, MI📅 Rolling🎓 Grades 9–11
Moderate
Michigan Technological University, Summer Youth Programs
SYP: Autonomous Robotics - Computer Vision & Navigation
A week-long residential camp for grades 9-11 in which students build and program small self-driving robots using cameras and sensors for computer-vision-based navigation.
📍 Houghton, MI📅 Rolling🎓 Grades 9–11
Moderate
University of Rochester / Eastman School of Music
TEAMuP AI Music Production Camp
NSF-supported free high-school camp combining digital music production with artificial-intelligence tools and creative technology.
📍 NY🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
Ithaca College
Tech Innovation Summer Academy
Free residential program offering tracks in fields such as robotics, AI, app/web development, VR, gaming and hardware; tuition, housing and meals are covered and students earn 0.5 college credit.
📍 NY🎓 Grades 10–12
Selective
Sandia National Laboratories
Technical High School Intern — Counter-Autonomy & Machine Learning
Current Sandia high-school internship involving sensors, experiments, data collection/curation, programming, machine learning, robotics and computer engineering in a mentored R&D environment.
📍 NM🎓 Grades 10–12
Selective
UNH Manchester Tech Camp
TechVoyagers: AI for Models
Students collect real laboratory data with sensors and cell cultures, then create and train AI models to test and verify the data.
📍 NH🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
UMBC
The Handbook to Cybersecurity Challenges in AI
Students examine cybersecurity challenges associated with artificial intelligence.
📍 MD🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
University of Louisville J.B. Speed School of Engineering
The Human + AI Experience
High-school students investigate global problems, develop potential solutions, and explore how humans and artificial intelligence can work together. The four-day 2026 program was free.
📍 KY🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
Denison University
Tomorrow Tech Institute
Residential AI and data-skills program where students use AI, analytics and ethics to solve real-world problems for businesses and nonprofits.
📍 OH🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
University of Alaska Anchorage College of Engineering
Trail Smart: ATV & Road Safety Lab
Students investigate ATV and roadway safety through hands-on scenarios, demonstrations, first aid, emergency response, traffic-safety concepts, and an AI-based safety training tool.
📍 AK🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
UC Berkeley Academic Talent Development Program
UC Berkeley AI Summer Program (ATDP)
Hands-on AI and Machine Learning summer program at Berkeley for high schoolers.
📍 Berkeley, CA⏱ 2 weeks📅 April 1🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
University of the District of Columbia
UDC Capital Cup Entrepreneurship Competition
Teams create a business or product concept with international-market potential, submit a qualifying video pitch and finalists present their venture to judges at UDC.
📍 DC🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
University of Minnesota Data Science and AI Hub
Under the Hood: A Data Science & AI Experience
Rising juniors and seniors learn Python, predictive modeling, neural networks, computer vision, generative AI, and ethical AI through hands-on projects and laboratory exposure. The 2026 beginner week cost $125 and the advanced week $175.
📍 MN🎓 Grades 11–12
Moderate
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
UNLV AI Explorers Camp
One-week introduction to artificial intelligence through hands-on use of AI tools, responsible-use exercises, misinformation detection, creativity and real-world problem solving; no prior experience is required.
📍 NV🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
UT Austin Department of Computer Science
UT Computer Science Academy for All
A free, week-long residential program on the UT Austin campus introducing students to programming, teamwork and real-world computing, with a Standard (Arduino) edition and a Machine Learning (Python) edition taught by UT CS faculty.
📍 Austin, TX📅 December🎓 Grades 11–12
Selective
UT Austin Department of Computer Science
UT Computer Science Academy for Machine Learning
A six-day immersive residential academy where students learn Python and machine learning fundamentals through hands-on projects, guest lectures and social activities. No prior coding experience is required for the all-levels sessions.
📍 Austin, TX📅 Rolling🎓 Grades 10–12
Highly Selective
UT Dallas Computer Science / K-12 Outreach
UT Dallas Summer Research Program for High School Students
An 8-week summer program offering lab internships in UT Dallas computer science labs, research workshops, and a deep-dive AI workshop. Aimed at advanced students finishing 10th or 11th grade, with in-person and virtual options.
📍 Richardson, TX📅 March🎓 Grades 10–11
Moderate
UTEP Department of Computer Science
UTEP Computer Science AI Camp
A free one-week camp introducing Python programming and basic AI algorithms, with beginner and advanced tracks for high school students with prior CS experience. Open to rising 6th-12th graders with no experience required for beginner sessions.
📍 El Paso, TX📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
UT San Antonio Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design
UTSA Klesse College Engineering Summer Camps
A series of week-long high school camps including Engineering Overview, Biomedical Engineering, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence, Rocketry and Aerospace Engineering, and an Architecture and Interior Design career academy. Camps feature hands-on challenges, faculty talks and research lab tours with day and overnight options.
📍 San Antonio, TX📅 Rolling🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
University of Washington Youth & Teen Programs
UW Youth Programs: Introduction to AI & Machine Learning
A course covering machine learning, neural networks, computer vision, reinforcement learning and generative AI, in which students build their own AI tool and explore ethics.
📍 Seattle, WA📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
Vanderbilt Programs for Talented Youth
Vanderbilt Summer Institute (VSI)
Two-week precollege courses for rising 11th and 12th graders covering topics like neuroscience, AI applied to engineering, cryptography, nanomaterial microscopy, and Med School 101, taught through classroom instruction, labs, and guest lectures.
📍 Nashville, TN📅 Varies🎓 Grades 11–12
Moderate
Veritas AI (Harvard alumni)
Veritas AI
AI research mentorship and publishing program. Financial aid available.
📍 Remote (nationwide)⏱ 8-15 weeks📅 Rolling🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech C-Tech²
Free cybersecurity and tech camp for high school women.
📍 VA⏱ 2 weeks (summer)📅 March🎓 Grades 10–11
Selective
Wake Forest University
Wake Forest Summer Immersion Program
Twenty-five one-week residential institutes span AI, biology research, business, engineering, entrepreneurship, filmmaking, finance, law, medicine, neuroscience, politics, psychology, regenerative medicine, screenwriting and other fields.
📍 NC🎓 Grades 9–12
Highly Selective
Young Founders Lab (YOFO)
Young Founders Lab
A Maryland nonprofit's fully virtual accelerator for middle and high schoolers covering venture building, financial literacy, AI coding and digital prototyping, and pitch coaching, culminating in a Demo Day.
📍 Odenton, MD (serves multiple MD counties)📅 Rolling🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
NMSU Young Women in Computing
YWiC High School Summer Camp
Two-week computing camp using Java, game development, cryptography, cybersecurity, AI, neural networks, chatbots, 3D printing and related projects.
📍 NM🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective

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