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80 local programs run in Georgia, 42 of them free or paid, and 4 explicitly prioritize under-resourced or first-generation students. Plus 210 nationwide programs open to anyone in the US.

Local to Georgia

  1. 21st Century Leaders (Goizueta Business School, Emory University)
    21st Century Leaders Summer Youth Leadership Institute (SYLI)

    SYLI is a week-long residential business and leadership program at Emory's Goizueta Business School for Georgia rising sophomores, juniors, and seniors, featuring workshops, corporate tours, and roundtables with business leaders.

    📅 March🎓 Grades 10–12
    Moderate
  2. University of Georgia
    3D Animation

    Students learn modeling and animation in Autodesk Maya and build original 3D assets while exploring applications in film, game development and design.

    🎓 Grades 9–12
    Moderate
  3. University of Georgia
    Advanced Engineering

    Students design, fabricate and test engineering solutions using software, industrial robots and digital-twin technologies.

    🎓 Grades 9–12
    Moderate
  4. American Legion, Department of Georgia
    American Legion Department of Georgia Oratorical Contest

    High school students under 20 deliver a prepared 8-10 minute oration on the U.S. Constitution plus a 3-5 minute speech on an assigned topic, advancing from local Posts through District, Area, and the state Department contest.

    📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
    Selective
  5. The Westminster Schools (StudioW)
    Atlanta High School Film Festival

    Founded in 2018 by Westminster's StudioW program, this student-run festival showcases short films from high school and middle school filmmakers across the southern United States, free to submit and attend.

    📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
    Selective
  6. University of Georgia
    Building Engineering Pathways

    Students use engineering laboratories and fabrication spaces to tackle design projects, team challenges and real-world engineering problems.

    🎓 Grades 9–12
    Selective
  7. Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
    Children's Healthcare of Atlanta VolunTEEN Program

    The VolunTEEN Program lets high school students ages 15-18 support hospital staff and patients across an eight-week summer commitment, with at least one three-hour shift per week.

    📅 Varies🎓 Grades 10–12
    Selective
  8. Atlanta Film Society
    CineCamp ATL

    CineCamp ATL is a two-week filmmaking intensive for rising 9th-12th graders that guides teams through script development, production, and editing to complete a short film screened publicly at the program's end.

    📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
    Moderate
  9. University of Georgia
    City Shapers: Architecture

    Students tackle an architectural design challenge and create a final project while learning how professionals design buildings, interiors and human-scale spaces.

    🎓 Grades 9–12
    Moderate
  10. University of Georgia
    City Shapers: Urban Design

    Students investigate transportation, infrastructure, neighborhoods and planning policy before designing a solution to a real urban challenge.

    🎓 Grades 9–12
    Moderate
  11. 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.

    🎓 Grades 9–12
    Moderate
  12. University of Georgia
    Creative Writing 2: Topics in Creative Writing

    Students submit fiction, poetry or other literary work and receive professional-author critique, peer workshops and revision time leading to a class anthology.

    🎓 Grades 9–12
    Moderate
  13. University of Georgia
    Creative Writing: Plot and Structure

    Students develop story ideas, scenes, dialogue and narrative structure through workshops, peer critique and dedicated writing time.

    🎓 Grades 9–12
    Moderate
  14. Kennesaw State University College of Professional Education
    DiscoverU at KSU Summer Camps

    DiscoverU offers week-long, career-themed summer camps for rising 9th-12th graders at Kennesaw State, spanning tracks like AutoCAD, culinary arts, medical skills, and aerospace engineering.

    📅 Rolling🎓 Grades 9–12
    Moderate
  15. Emory Healthcare
    Emory Healthcare VolunTEEN Program

    High school students ages 16-18 volunteer weekly at an Emory Healthcare hospital of their choice for an eight-week summer program, attending speaker sessions and tours alongside hands-on department support.

    📅 February🎓 Grades 11–12
    Selective
  16. Emory University
    Emory Pipeline Collaborative

    Free pipeline program for Atlanta-area students interested in health professions.

    ⏱ Year-round📅 Rolling🎓 Grades 9–12
    Selective
  17. University of Georgia
    ExCEL in Engineering

    Students work in UGA engineering laboratories and design studios on hands-on engineering projects while developing teamwork and leadership skills.

    🎓 Grades 9–12
    Selective
  18. Georgia 4-H / UGA Cooperative Extension
    Georgia 4-H State Congress

    State Congress is Georgia 4-H's premier annual event for high-school-age members, held since 1942, featuring the Project Achievement and Leadership in Action competitions plus scholarship recognition.

    📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
    Selective
  19. American Legion, Department of Georgia
    Georgia Boys State

    Georgia Boys State is a week-long government and citizenship program in which qualified rising-senior boys organize and run a mock 51st state government, covering law, courts, and parliamentary procedure.

    📅 Varies🎓 Grades 11–12
    Moderate
  20. Georgia Chess Association
    Georgia Chess Association Scholastic Program

    The Georgia Chess Association runs rated and unrated scholastic tournaments statewide, letting high school students progress from school chess clubs to team and individual state championships, including qualifiers for national high school events.

    📅 Rolling🎓 Grades 9–12
    Moderate
  21. Georgia DECA / DECA Inc.
    Georgia DECA

    Georgia DECA prepares high school students for careers in marketing, finance, hospitality, and management through a Fall Rally, leadership conferences, and competitive events leading to the State Career Development Conference.

    📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
    Selective
  22. Georgia Student Finance Commission
    Georgia Dual Enrollment

    Georgia high-school students take approved college courses and earn both secondary-school and postsecondary credit, with state funding covering standard tuition, mandatory fees and required books up to program limits.

    🎓 Grades 10–12
    Selective
  23. Georgia Envirothon (Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission affiliate)
    Georgia Envirothon

    Georgia Envirothon challenges high school teams of 4-6 students in an outdoor competition covering wildlife, forestry, aquatic ecology, soils/land use, and a current environmental issue, with the top regional teams advancing to state.

    📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
    Selective
  24. Georgia FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America)
    Georgia FBLA High School Competitive Events

    Georgia FBLA members compete in nearly 100 business-related competitive events -- objective tests, technical skills assessments, interviews, and performances -- advancing from chapter to region to state competition.

    📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
    Selective
  25. Georgia FCCLA (Family, Career and Community Leaders of America)
    Georgia FCCLA STAR Events

    STAR Events (Students Taking Action with Recognition) let Georgia FCCLA members compete in over 30 categories -- including culinary arts and fashion design -- at regional, state, and national levels.

    📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
    Selective
  26. Georgia FFA Association
    Georgia FFA

    Georgia FFA is the state association of the national FFA organization, serving over 35,000 members through agricultural education classes, supervised agricultural experience projects, and Career/Leadership Development Events (CDEs/LDEs).

    📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
    Selective
  27. University of Georgia / GOSA
    Georgia GHP - Agriscience Research

    A residential summer academy for Georgia students focusing on agricultural and environmental sciences through hands-on research.

    ⏱ 2 weeks📅 May 1🎓 Grades 10–11
    Selective
  28. American Legion Auxiliary, Department of Georgia
    Georgia Girls State

    Georgia Girls State is a week-long citizenship and government leadership program, run since 1940, for high school students who have completed their junior year and show academic excellence and leadership potential.

    📅 May🎓 Grades 11–12
    Moderate
  29. Georgia Office of Education and Workforce Strategy
    Georgia Governor's Honors Program

    GHP is a free residential summer program for talented high school sophomores and juniors, held mid-June to mid-July on a college campus with academic, cultural, and social enrichment beyond typical classroom instruction.

    📅 November🎓 Grades 10–11
    Selective
  30. Georgia Student Finance Commission
    Georgia HERO Scholarship

    Scholarship assistance for qualifying Georgia National Guard or Reserve members and eligible children/spouses connected to combat-zone service.

    🎓 Grade 12
    Selective
  31. Georgia HOSA (Future Health Professionals)
    Georgia HOSA

    Georgia HOSA serves over 19,000 members preparing for healthcare careers through leadership development, community volunteering, and a competitive events program covering more than 75 health-science events.

    📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
    Selective
  32. Georgia Student Finance Commission
    Georgia Military College State Service Scholarship Loan

    Graduating Georgia seniors can compete for a full two-year Georgia Military College scholarship in exchange for service in the Georgia National Guard.

    🎓 Grade 12
    Selective
  33. Georgia Council for the Arts
    Georgia Poet Laureate's Prize

    Georgia high-school students submit an original poem for recognition by the Georgia Poet Laureate and statewide publication/recognition.

    🎓 Grades 9–12
    Selective
  34. University of Georgia
    Georgia Ready Summer Institute

    Rising seniors explore research, innovation, entrepreneurship and commercialization while living on the UGA campus and visiting research facilities.

    🎓 Grade 12
    Selective
  35. Georgia Scholastic Press Association / UGA Grady College
    Georgia Scholastic Press Association Summer Media Academy

    GSPA's Summer Media Academy offers week-long courses in advertising/PR, broadcast journalism, entertainment/media studies, and multimedia journalism for students ages 14-17 on UGA's Athens campus.

    📅 January🎓 Grades 9–12
    Moderate
  36. University of Georgia
    Georgia Science & Engineering Fair

    Georgia students advance through school and regional fairs and present original STEM research at the statewide ISEF-affiliated competition.

    🎓 Grades 9–12
    Moderate
  37. Georgia Space Grant Consortium (Georgia Tech)
    Georgia Space Grant Consortium Student Programs

    The Georgia Space Grant Consortium, managed by Georgia Tech since 1989, connects K-12 students to internships, hands-on STEM activities, facility tours, and mentoring through its statewide network of affiliate institutions.

    📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
    Selective
  38. Georgia Forensic Coaches Association
    Georgia Speech & Debate (Georgia Forensic Coaches Association)

    The GFCA, founded in 1982, governs high school speech and debate in Georgia, running First & Second Year and Varsity State Championships open to any member school's students statewide.

    📅 Rolling🎓 Grades 9–12
    Highly Selective
  39. Georgia Tech CEISMC
    Georgia Tech CEISMC Summer PEAKS

    Summer PEAKS offers one- to two-week immersive STEAM sessions on Georgia Tech's campus for rising 9th-12th graders, with hands-on, experiential projects across science, technology, engineering, arts, and math.

    📅 Rolling🎓 Grades 9–12
    Highly Selective
  40. 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.

    📅 April🎓 Grades 9–12
    Moderate
  41. Georgia Institute of Technology
    Georgia Tech Summer Research at CSE

    Paid CS/engineering research at Georgia Tech. Strong recruitment of Georgia students.

    ⏱ 8 weeks (summer)📅 March🎓 Grades 11–12
    Selective
  42. Georgia Institute of Technology
    Georgia Tech Sustainable Systems Camp

    Multidisciplinary camp exploring sustainable energy, water resources, and climate resilience.

    ⏱ 1 week📅 May 1🎓 Grades 9–12
    Moderate
  43. Georgia High School Association
    GHSA Esports

    GHSA Esports is the officially sanctioned varsity esports program for Georgia high schools, run through PlayVS with a preseason, regular season, and a State Championship at the Bartow County Schools Esports Arena.

    📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
    Highly Selective
  44. University of Georgia / Foothills AHEC
    Health Careers Youth Conference

    Students explore healthcare careers through cellular-biology and cadaver laboratories, kinesiology facilities, veterinary-hospital tours, college preparation and hands-on medical activities.

    🎓 Grades 10–12
    Moderate
  45. Georgia Student Finance Commission
    HOPE Scholarship

    Georgia residents graduating with the required HOPE GPA can receive state-funded tuition assistance at eligible Georgia colleges and universities.

    🎓 Grade 12
    Highly Selective
  46. Kennesaw State University
    Kennesaw State University High School Model United Nations Conference

    KSU HSMUN, running since 1986, brings the best high school students from the Southeast to Kennesaw State for a two-day, 10-committee Model UN conference simulating international diplomacy.

    📅 February🎓 Grades 9–12
    Highly Selective
  47. University of Georgia School of Law
    Legal Camp

    Students explore legal careers, courtroom advocacy and policymaking through instruction from attorneys, professors and mock-trial competitors.

    🎓 Grades 9–12
    Moderate
  48. Mercer University College of Pharmacy
    Mercer University Pharmacy Scholars Summer Program

    This day program introduces Metro Atlanta high school students to pharmacy careers through hands-on activities, lectures, and a field trip on Mercer's Atlanta campus.

    📅 Varies🎓 Grades 10–12
    Highly Selective
  49. University of Georgia / Augusta University Medical Partnership
    Mini-Medical School Summer Academy 2

    Students study body systems and disease through lectures, medical-school resources, organ dissections and hands-on clinical activities while learning about pre-med pathways.

    🎓 Grades 9–12
    Moderate
  50. University of Georgia
    Mock Trial Academy

    Students learn trial procedure, legal reasoning and advocacy from attorneys, law faculty and UGA Mock Trial members before competing in a simulated trial.

    🎓 Grades 9–12
    Moderate
  51. Morehouse College
    Morehouse Summer Pre-College Program

    Morehouse's Summer Pre-College Program lets rising high school juniors and seniors with a 3.2+ GPA earn Morehouse College credit in hybrid online/synchronous courses taught by Morehouse faculty.

    📅 March🎓 Grades 10–12
    Moderate
  52. Georgia Humanities / LaGrange College
    National History Day Georgia

    National History Day Georgia encourages middle and high school students to research a topic tied to the year's theme and present it as a documentary, exhibit, paper, performance, or website, advancing from regional contests to the state contest at LaGrange College.

    📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
    Selective
  53. Nebraska 4-H (University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension)
    Nebraska 4-H National Congress Delegate Program

    4-H members ages 15-19 submit a county-level Achievement Application and, if selected, compete at the state level to become one of Nebraska's delegates receiving a partial scholarship to attend National 4-H Congress in Atlanta.

    📅 Varies🎓 Grades 10–12
    Selective
  54. Piedmont Healthcare
    Piedmont Atlanta Teen Volunteer Program

    High school students ages 16-17 volunteer at Piedmont Atlanta Hospital in guest services, clinical support, and patient assistance roles across an eight-week summer commitment, with career-readiness training included.

    📅 March🎓 Grades 11–12
    Selective
  55. Georgia Council for the Arts / Alliance Theatre
    Poetry Out Loud Georgia

    Poetry Out Loud challenges Georgia students in grades 9-12 to memorize and perform poems, advancing through regional and state competitions toward the National Finals, with free educational materials provided to schools.

    📅 January🎓 Grades 9–12
    Selective
  56. Posse
    Posse Foundation

    Full-tuition leadership scholarships nominated by partner cities. High schoolers from cities like New York, Chicago, LA, Atlanta nominate by August of senior year.

    ⏱ Senior year📅 August🎓 Grade 12
    Selective
  57. Emory University
    Pre-College Program

    A 2-week program where high school students take one course per session. Non-credit, satisfactory/unsatisfactory grading. Offers both on-campus residential and commuter options. Includes Emory Exploration and Eagle Excursions.

    📅 May 1🎓 Grades 9–12
    Highly Selective
  58. Emory University
    Pre-Med Institute

    A 3-week program focused on pre-medicine, where high school students take one course. Non-credit, satisfactory/unsatisfactory grading. Offers both on-campus residential and commuter options. Includes Emory Exploration and Eagle Excursions.

    📅 May 1🎓 Grades 9–12
    Highly Selective
  59. SkillsUSA Georgia
    SkillsUSA Georgia

    SkillsUSA Georgia develops high school students pursuing trade, technical, and skilled-service careers through a Champions Rally, Fall Leadership Conference, and regional-to-national skills competitions.

    📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
    Selective
  60. Atlanta Botanical Garden
    SPEAK Volunteer Program

    High-school volunteers teach Garden visitors about climate change and sustainable gardening while gaining environmental-education experience.

    🎓 Grades 10–12
    Selective
  61. Spelman College
    Spelman College Prep Institute

    The College Prep Institute is a two-week residential program for rising 10th- and 11th-grade female high school students, combining college-search workshops, SAT prep, life-skills, and leadership training on Spelman's campus.

    📅 Varies🎓 Grades 10–11
    Moderate
  62. Savannah State University (with NOAA Living Marine Resources Cooperative Science Center)
    SSU Coast Camp

    Coast Camp is a month-long, half-day ocean science program using Ocean Literacy Principles, with classroom instruction and field trips to sites like Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary and Tybee Island for students up to age 18.

    📅 Rolling🎓 Grades 9–12
    Moderate
  63. Georgia Tech Research Institute
    STEM@GTRI High School Summer Internship

    Georgia high-school students work in GTRI laboratories on real science and engineering projects for five weeks, about 24 hours per week.

    🎓 Grades 10–12
    Selective
  64. University of Georgia Lamar Dodd School of Art
    Summer Art Camp

    Students rotate through drawing, painting, photography, fiber/3D art, printmaking and book arts and finish with a group exhibition.

    🎓 Grades 9–12
    Moderate
  65. Emory University
    Summer College Program

    A 6-week program where high school students can earn college credit by taking one course. Letter-based grading (A-F). This is a non-residential program with on-campus and online instruction options. Students take classes with current Emory undergraduates.

    📅 June 5🎓 Grades 9–12
    Moderate
  66. Atlanta Botanical Garden
    Summer High School Internship

    Students work with Garden horticulture staff maintaining plant collections while attending college-, career-, financial-planning and professional-development sessions.

    🎓 Grades 10–12
    Selective
  67. Oxford College of Emory University
    Summer Ox-perience Pre-College Program

    Rising seniors take two non-credit college-level courses while living on Oxford's campus and participating in leadership, college-readiness and community activities.

    🎓 Grade 12
    Moderate
  68. Emory University School of Medicine
    Summer Science Academy

    Two-week science program uses lectures, laboratories and field experiences to introduce students to biology, healthcare, biotechnology, engineering and medical research.

    🎓 Grades 9–10
    Moderate
  69. Georgia Aquarium
    Teen Volunteer Program

    Teens serve as Gallery Guides in guest interpretation, touch pools and engagement activities and complete a collaborative environmental community project.

    🎓 Grades 9–12
    Moderate
  70. Georgia State University Center for Behavioral Neuroscience
    The Neuroscience School (Georgia State University)

    The Neuroscience School offers short summer courses for high school students interested in neuroscience, taught by GSU neuroscience and psychology faculty and covering the structure and function of the nervous system.

    📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
    Highly Selective
  71. University of Georgia
    UGA Young Scholars Program (CAES)

    Laboratory-based research for high school students in agricultural and natural resource sciences.

    ⏱ 6 weeks📅 March 1🎓 Grades 11–12
    Selective
  72. Georgia Student Finance Commission
    University of North Georgia Military Service Scholarship

    Georgia students compete for full scholarships to UNG while participating in the Corps of Cadets and preparing to commission into the Georgia Army National Guard.

    🎓 Grade 12
    Highly Selective
  73. University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine
    VetCAMP

    Students explore veterinary medicine through laboratories, clinical activities, animal-health instruction and exposure to veterinary careers.

    🎓 Grades 10–12
    Moderate
  74. Veterans of Foreign Wars, Department of Georgia
    VFW Voice of Democracy (Georgia)

    Voice of Democracy is an audio-essay competition in which Georgia students in grades 9-12 write and record a 3-5 minute essay on an annual patriotic theme, with entries submitted through a local VFW Post.

    📅 October🎓 Grades 9–12
    Selective
  75. Zoo Atlanta
    Volunteen Program

    Teens serve as conservation educators, interpret animal habitats, assist with enrichment and events and can later qualify for advanced animal-care and research-related assignments.

    🎓 Grades 9–12
    Moderate
  76. Valdosta State University Department of Chemistry
    VSU High School Chemistry Summer Camp

    VSU's annual chemistry camp lets area high school students synthesize organic compounds, work with shape-changing materials, nickel-plate objects, and explore the chemistry of color alongside VSU faculty.

    📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
    Moderate
  77. Emory University School of Medicine
    Winship Cancer Institute Summer Program (Winship Win)

    Program at Emory focusing on cancer research, providing hands-on laboratory experience and professional development.

    ⏱ 8 weeks📅 February 15🎓 Grades 11–12
    Selective
  78. University of Georgia
    Young Dawgs Program

    High-achieving juniors and seniors complete at least 110 hours in internships across UGA laboratories, departments and community organizations.

    🎓 Grades 11–12
    Selective
  79. University of Georgia J.W. Fanning Institute
    Youth LEAD Georgia

    Thirty selected students participate in a yearlong statewide leadership cohort with weekend sessions, career and industry exploration, community discussions and a multi-day educational tour of Georgia.

    🎓 Grades 10–11
    Selective
  80. Georgia Student Finance Commission
    Zell Miller Scholarship

    Higher-level merit scholarship providing greater tuition assistance for Georgia students meeting rigorous GPA and testing requirements.

    🎓 Grade 12
    Selective

Nationwide programs open to Georgia students

  1. University of Pennsylvania
    Academic English & University Readiness Academy

    Two-week residential academy at Penn for non-native English speakers. Students do university-style work: reading, lectures, discussions, research and group projects, ending in a final presentation. Current 9th-11th graders; non-credit.

    ⏱ 2 weeks (July 26 - August 8, 2026)🎓 Grades 9–11
    Highly Selective
  2. Army Educational Outreach Program (AEOP)
    AEOP High School Apprenticeship Program

    Students work alongside Army scientists and engineers on cutting-edge research projects in world-class laboratories.

    ⏱ 8 weeks📅 Early March🎓 Grades 9–12
    Selective
  3. American Foreign Service Association (AFSA)
    AFSA National High School Essay Contest

    An essay contest designed to engage students in thinking about peace and conflict resolution.

    📅 February 15🎓 Grades 11–12
    Selective
  4. Carnegie Mellon University
    AI Scholars at CMU

    Free AI-focused summer program for rising seniors underrepresented in computing.

    ⏱ 4 weeks (summer)📅 February🎓 Grade 11
    Selective
  5. AI4ALL
    AI4ALL Open Learning

    Girls in grades 6-12 learn AI and Python through interactive virtual classes.

    ⏱ 2 weeks📅 March 1🎓 Grades 9–12
    Selective
  6. Mathematical Association of America
    AIME

    Invitational round for top AMC scorers. 15-question, 3-hour exam that gates the USAMO. No fee for invited students.

    ⏱ 3 hours📅 February🎓 Grades 9–12
    Selective
  7. Freedom Forum
    Al Neuharth Free Spirit and Journalism Conference

    An all-expenses-paid journalism conference for one student from every US state and DC.

    ⏱ 1 week📅 February 15🎓 Grade 11
    Selective
  8. Amazon
    Amazon Future Engineer Scholarship

    Scholarship for high school seniors planning to study computer science in college.

    ⏱ 4 years scholarship📅 December 1🎓 Grade 12
    Selective
  9. Mathematical Association of America
    AMC 10/12

    The entry-level American Mathematics Competition. Top scorers qualify for AIME and the path to the USAMO. Open to all US high schoolers; school registration required.

    ⏱ 75 minutes📅 November🎓 Grades 9–12
    Moderate
  10. ACSL
    American Computer Science League (ACSL)

    A multi-division computer science competition covering both theory and programming.

    ⏱ School year📅 November 30🎓 Grades 9–12
    Moderate
  11. University of Pennsylvania
    American Sign Language and Deaf Culture Online Seminar

    Two-week online seminar (daily Zoom sessions) teaching basic ASL conversation and narrative skills in an immersion setting, plus Deaf community perspectives through vlogs, lectures and a panel of Deaf professionals. Current 9th-11th graders; non-credit.

    ⏱ 2 weeks (July 13 - 24, 2026)🎓 Grades 9–11
    Highly Selective
  12. Amgen Foundation
    Amgen Scholars Future Track

    Free online biotech simulations and pipeline programs preparing high schoolers for biomedical research.

    ⏱ Self-paced📅 Rolling🎓 Grades 9–12
    Selective
  13. Apple Inc.
    Apple Swift Student Challenge

    Swift coding competition hosted by Apple to showcase creativity and app development skills.

    ⏱ 1 month📅 February🎓 Grades 9–12
    Selective
  14. Berklee College of Music
    Aspire: Five-Week Music Performance Intensive

    The world's premier summer performance program for contemporary music, including jazz, rock, and pop.

    ⏱ 5 weeks📅 March 1🎓 Grades 10–12
    Moderate
  15. University of Pennsylvania
    Astronomical Techniques Research Academy

    Two-week residential academy at Penn. Students learn observational astronomy and data analysis, build simple cameras and spectrometers, observe the Sun and stars, and analyze data with Python. Current 9th-11th graders; non-credit.

    ⏱ 2 weeks (July 11 - 25, 2026)🎓 Grades 9–11
    Moderate
  16. NCWIT
    Award for Aspirations in Computing (AiC)

    Award for girls and non-binary students in computing, providing recognition and a cash prize.

    ⏱ One-time📅 April 15🎓 Grades 9–12
    Selective
  17. Bard College at Simon's Rock
    Bard College at Simon's Rock Young Writers Workshop

    A 3-week residential program where students engage in creative and analytical thinking through literature and history.

    ⏱ 3 weeks📅 April 1🎓 Grades 10–12
    Moderate
  18. MIT Lincoln Lab
    Beaver Works Summer Institute (BWSI)

    Free MIT-led project-based courses in AI, robotics, cybersecurity.

    ⏱ 4 weeks (summer)📅 Early February🎓 Grade 11
    Selective
  19. ELASH / Bebras US
    Bebras Computing Challenge (US)

    An international computational thinking and informatics competition. Students can take the test remotely or through a local school coordinator.

    ⏱ 45 minutes📅 Early February🎓 Grades 9–12
    Selective
  20. Bennington College
    Bennington Young Writers Awards

    A prestigious creative writing competition for students to win cash prizes and publication.

    📅 January 12🎓 Grades 9–12
    Selective

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