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Keene State College
Accelerated High School Program (Keene State College)
Program for NH high school juniors and seniors with at least a B average to earn college credit at half-price tuition, up to a cap of 6 courses or 24 credits.
📅 Rolling🎓 Grades 11–12
Moderate
Plymouth State University
Accelerated High School Program (Plymouth State University)
Lets NH high school juniors and seniors with a B average or better take college courses at half tuition during the school year or summer, earning transferable college credit.
📅 Rolling🎓 Grades 11–12
Highly Selective
St. Paul's School
Advanced Studies Program
Five-week residential academic program restricted to current sophomores and juniors attending New Hampshire public or parochial schools. Students complete a collegiate-level major course plus an intensive writing workshop; recent subjects include engineering, law/governance, molecular biology, studio art and data science.
🎓 Grades 10–11
Moderate
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.
🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
American Legion, Department of New Hampshire
American Legion NH High School Oratorical Contest
A speech competition on the U.S. Constitution and citizens' duties to government, advancing from local Legion posts through district and state rounds toward the national contest.
📅 March🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
New Hampshire Academy of Science
Applied Scientific Research Summer Program
Three-week intensive in which students formulate a hypothesis and complete an original research project with PhD-level mentorship. The academy lists possible research papers, presentations and conference participation; registration for summer 2027 is already open.
🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
Children's Museum of New Hampshire
Children's Museum of New Hampshire Volunteer Program
Volunteers age 15+ can assist with museum programs, summer camps, student activities and drop-in STEAM experiences involving art, culture and science.
🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth Precollege Leadership Institute
Intensive leadership program combining Dartmouth seminars on policy, institutions, social change and leadership with immersive outdoor leadership experiences in New Hampshire's White Mountains.
🎓 Grades 9–12
Highly Selective
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth Precollege Summer Scholars
Students ages 15–18 take intensive college-level courses taught primarily by Dartmouth affiliates across business, engineering, medicine, humanities and sciences, with residential, commuter and hybrid options.
🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
University of New Hampshire
Dinah Whipple STEAM Academy
Free immersive academy combining science, engineering, arts and mathematics with study of the Black experience and New Hampshire history. Day and residential options were offered in 2026.
🎓 Grades 9–12
Highly Selective
Community College System of New Hampshire
Early College at Your High School
College courses are taught inside participating New Hampshire high schools for both high-school and community-college credit. State funding currently makes up to two dual-credit courses per year tuition-free for eligible students in grades 10–12.
🎓 Grades 10–12
Selective
University of New Hampshire / VLACS
Early College Online
New Hampshire high-school students take fully online UNH college courses and earn four transferable credits per course, with up to 28 credits possible. NH families currently pay $150 per four-credit course including instructional materials.
🎓 Grades 10–12
Moderate
NHIAA / Eastern Propane & Oil
Eastern Propane & Oil Student-Athlete Scholarship
Seniors at NHIAA member schools who participate in at least one varsity activity can compete for $1,000 scholarships toward college or career training.
🎓 Grade 12
Highly Selective
HCA Healthcare New Hampshire
Extended Learning Opportunities Healthcare Internship
Semester-long high-school internship in clinical or nonclinical hospital departments. Students perform department tasks, complete professional development and research and present a healthcare topic, with potential school credit.
🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
New Hampshire Association of Broadcasters
Families in Broadcasting Scholarship
Graduating seniors whose parent or guardian works for an eligible NHAB member station may apply for this education award.
🎓 Grade 12
Selective
Squam Lakes Natural Science Center
First Guides Teen Volunteer Program
A teen docent program where volunteers ages 14-17 complete summer training to become an informative, welcoming presence on the Science Center's exhibit trail, including live-animal demonstrations.
📅 Rolling🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
New Hampshire Fisher Cats Foundation
Fisher Cats Foundation Scholar-Athlete Scholarship
Ten New Hampshire seniors are selected based on academics, athletics and citizenship for $2,500 college scholarships.
🎓 Grade 12
Selective
BAE Systems
FOCUS STEM Program (Nashua)
An 11-week after-school program where NH high schoolers learn software, mechanical, and electrical engineering basics from BAE Systems engineers while designing, building, and coding a small-scale competition robot.
📅 Rolling🎓 Grades 9–12
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.
🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
Saint Anselm College Center for Ethics in Society
Goodchild High School Ethics Bowl
High school teams from the Center's Ethics Circle partner schools compete in the National High School Ethics Bowl format, with kickoff and capstone events hosted on the Saint Anselm campus.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
American Legion Auxiliary, Department of New Hampshire
Granite Girls State
A week-long civic leadership program for high school junior women who build a mock state government, write bills, and debate policy under the American Legion Auxiliary.
📅 Varies🎓 Grade 11
Selective
National FFA Organization
Granite State Association of FFA
New Hampshire's state FFA association delivers agricultural education and leadership development to high school students through Career Development Events, Leadership Development Events, and industry tours.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
American Legion, Department of New Hampshire
Granite State Boys State
A six-day 'learn-by-doing' civics program where high school junior delegates build a mock city, county, and state government through caucuses, elections, and legislative debate.
📅 Varies🎓 Grade 11
Selective
Southern New Hampshire Area Health Education Center (SNHAHEC)
Health Career Exploration Camps
Hands-on healthcare camps in Nashua, Manchester, and the Seacoast introducing middle and high schoolers to EMTs, nurses, and public health professionals through CPR certification, facility visits, and simulations.
📅 Rolling🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
New Hampshire Bar Foundation
High School Civics Essay Contest
Juniors and seniors write a 750–1,000-word essay addressing constitutional and civic issues. Recent prizes were $5,000 for first and $2,500 each for second and third.
🎓 Grades 11–12
Selective
AIA New Hampshire
High School Design Challenge
New Hampshire students respond to an annual architecture/design brief, developing drawings, graphics and a three-dimensional model. Top projects receive recognition and cash awards.
🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
New Hampshire Writers' Project
High School Flash Fiction Competition
Students write an original flash-fiction piece of no more than 500 words and advance from school-level judging to statewide finals. State scholarship prizes include $1,500, $1,000 and $500.
🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
Dartmouth Health Career Institute
High School Foundations Summer Internship
Paid seven-week internship placing students in Dartmouth Health departments for 30–40 hours per week while adding mentoring, professional development and exposure to healthcare careers.
🎓 Grades 11–12
Selective
New Hampshire Press Association
High School Student Journalism Awards
High-school journalists enter published reporting, features, graphics, multimedia and related work produced through New Hampshire student-media programs. The 2026 entry fee was $8 per submission.
🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
HCA Healthcare New Hampshire
Hospital Student Volunteer Program
High-school students can volunteer at HCA New Hampshire hospitals to gain exposure to healthcare environments and support hospital operations.
🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
UNH InterOperability Laboratory
IOL HighTech Bound Internship
Four-to-six-week paid technology internship for students entering senior year. Interns work with mentors on real hardware/software and networking projects and can earn 0.5 high-school credit.
🎓 Grade 12
Selective
Frisbie Memorial Hospital (HCA Healthcare)
Junior Volunteer Program
Hospital volunteer program for students 14 and older, offering roles such as patient visits, therapy-dog visits, delivering books and magazines, and clerical support in non-clinical areas.
📅 Rolling🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
Lantos Foundation for Human Rights & Justice
Lantos Activist Artist Scholarship
New Hampshire seniors use visual art, writing, music, dance or other creative work to address human-rights issues. The 2026 program distributed $15,000 among eight students.
🎓 Grade 12
Selective
National History Day / Plymouth State University
National History Day in New Hampshire
NH's affiliate of National History Day, where students research and present original historical analysis as a paper, exhibit, documentary, performance, or website.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
New Hampshire Charitable Foundation
New Hampshire Charitable Foundation Scholarship Program
One application matches New Hampshire students with hundreds of scholarship funds for college, university and certificate programs.
🎓 Grade 12
Highly Selective
DECA Inc.
New Hampshire DECA
Chartered DECA association serving NH high school students studying marketing, finance, hospitality, and management through competitive events, case studies, and conferences.
📅 February🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
NH Association of Conservation Districts
New Hampshire Envirothon
A statewide academic competition where five-student high school teams are tested on soils, aquatic ecology, forestry, wildlife, and a current environmental issue.
📅 May🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda
New Hampshire FBLA
State chapter of Future Business Leaders of America preparing high school students for business careers through competitive events, professional development workshops, and a State Leadership Conference.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
New Hampshire Bar Association Law-Related Education Program
New Hampshire High School Mock Trial
A statewide competition where high school teams argue a simulated legal case, competing live at district and state-final rounds to learn about the law and legal system.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
Manchester Artists Association
New Hampshire High School Senior Art Scholarship
Annual scholarship supporting a New Hampshire high-school senior planning postsecondary study or a career in the visual arts.
🎓 Grade 12
Selective
New Hampshire Film Bureau / New Hampshire Media Teachers
New Hampshire High School Short Film Festival
Statewide student film festival for original films under six minutes, including narrative, documentary, animation and other genres. Winning filmmakers receive prizes and the first-place school's media program receives a $500 equipment gift card.
🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
UNH Leitzel Center / Young Inventors' Program
New Hampshire Invention Convention
Young inventors advance from local or independent fairs to a statewide convention where they present inventions and engineering solutions. The 2026 competition offered both in-person and virtual participation.
🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
NH State Council on the Arts / National Endowment for the Arts
New Hampshire Poetry Out Loud
A free poetry recitation competition for high schoolers that builds public speaking skills and literary knowledge, progressing from classroom to school, regional, and state championships.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
NHSEE
New Hampshire Science & Engineering Exposition
ISEF-affiliated statewide research competition where high-school students present original science and engineering projects to judges. The next high-school exposition is scheduled for March 18, 2027.
🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
UNH Cooperative Extension / New Hampshire 4-H
NH 4-H Teen Leadership Pathway
Statewide 4-H leadership track for teens including the overnight Teen Leadership Retreat, Youth Leadership Teams, and NH 4-H Ambassadors, building critical thinking and communication skills.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
Manchester Community College (hosting the NH/VT VEX Robotics state championship)
NH/VT VEX V5 Robotics State Championship
The combined New Hampshire/Vermont state championship for the VEX V5 Robotics Competition, where high school teams compete in qualification and elimination matches, skills challenges and judging for a spot at the VEX World Championship.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
New Hampshire Association of Broadcasters
NHAB Student Broadcaster Scholarship
New Hampshire residents pursuing postsecondary education can compete for broadcast/media scholarships, including awards of $2,500 and a larger Al Sprague Memorial award.
🎓 Grade 12
Selective
New Hampshire Athletic Directors Association
NHADA/NIAAA Scholar-Athlete Award
New Hampshire seniors with strong academics, athletics, leadership and community service compete through divisional and statewide selection for scholarship awards.
🎓 Grade 12
Selective
New Hampshire Academy of Science
One-Week Introduction to Scientific Research
Week-long introduction to laboratory research using tools such as microscopes, PCR, spectrophotometers and 3D printers across biology, chemistry, physics and engineering. The 2027 session is scheduled for July 19–23.
🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
New Hampshire Teen Institute
Peer Leadership Training
School clubs and student groups receive customizable hands-on training in teamwork, communication, prevention, positive school climate and evidence-based action planning.
🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
New Hampshire Charitable Foundation
Peter Millimet Creative Writing Fund Contest
Manchester high-school students submit original creative writing, with particular encouragement for poetry. Recent awards were $500, $300 and $200 plus runner-up recognition.
🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
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.
📅 Rolling🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
University of New Hampshire
Senior Summer Youth Music School
Nine-day intensive with concert band, chorus, orchestra, jazz, masterclasses, electives and ensemble performance. Summer 2027 is already confirmed for July 24–August 1.
🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
SkillsUSA
SkillsUSA New Hampshire
Membership organization for NH high school and career-technical students competing in over 60 skill areas, from automotive technology to digital filmmaking, with leadership training and scholarships.
📅 Rolling🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
New Hampshire Press Association
Student Journalism Day
Free annual event for New Hampshire students combining professional journalism panels, a student-press workshop, an NHPBS tour, lunch and student journalism awards.
🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
HCA Healthcare New Hampshire
Summer Healthcare Exploration Program
Paid seven-week rotational experience in which high-school and college students shadow multiple healthcare departments, receive leadership mentoring, complete a project and participate in weekly professional-development activities.
🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
New Hampshire Teen Institute
Summer Leadership Program
Week-long residential experience covering leadership, civic engagement, conflict resolution, health and wellness, substance-use prevention and community action. The 2027 program is confirmed, with dates forthcoming and scholarships available.
🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
UNH Tech Camp
TechLeaders: Bridge to College — The Heat Equation
Upper-level STEM camp combining an intensive technical project with college-readiness and professional-development activities; the Heat Equation project applies mathematics and engineering to thermal systems.
🎓 Grades 10–12
Moderate
UNH Tech Camp
TechLeaders: Frontiers in Regenerative Medicine — Cryopreservation
Students investigate cryopreservation at ultra-low temperatures through wet-lab experimentation covering cells, water, freezing-point depression, proteins, chemistry and biotechnology.
🎓 Grades 10–12
Moderate
UNH Tech Camp
TechVenturers: Bioinformatics
Project-based program combining biological information with computational analysis. The 2026 session was open to grades 9–12 with commuter and residential options.
🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
UNH Tech Camp
TechVenturers: Data Detectives
Students learn how to gather, interpret, model and present data to uncover patterns and make predictions about real-world problems.
🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
UNH Tech Camp
TechVenturers: RC Cars — Trail to Track
Students use professional RC crawlers and drift cars to explore vehicle engineering, design, maintenance and performance while constructing custom terrain and track challenges.
🎓 Grades 9–10
Moderate
UNH Tech Camp
TechVenturers: Regenerative Medicine — The Planaria Project
Students investigate tissue regeneration using planaria while learning how biological data is generated, visualized and interpreted in regenerative medicine and biotechnology.
🎓 Grades 9–10
Moderate
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.
🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
UNH Manchester Tech Camp
TechVoyagers: Body Builders
Students combine anatomy and physiology with art, electronics and Arduino-based engineering to construct functional models of body systems.
🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
UNH Manchester Tech Camp
TechVoyagers: Forensics in Action
Manchester-area students process a mock crime scene while learning fingerprinting, blood typing, fiber analysis, chemical analysis and DNA fingerprinting. Current program participation is free for accepted students.
🎓 Grades 9–10
Selective
UNH Manchester Tech Camp
TechVoyagers: Zoom Lens
Students investigate microscopy, then use 3D modeling and printing to prototype a high-magnification microscope attachment for a phone.
🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
Catholic Medical Center
Teen Volunteer Program (Catholic Medical Center)
Hospital volunteer program for students ages 15-18 to gain healthcare-setting exposure through patient transport support, information desk work, pastoral care assistance, and patient experience services.
📅 Rolling🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
SEE Science Center
Teen Volunteer Program (SEE Science Center)
Teens facilitate hands-on science activities for kids as Kit Facilitators, Near Peer Facilitators at special community events, and STEM Role Models sharing their own science career stories.
📅 Rolling🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
The Brodsky Prize / New Hampshire journalism community
The Brodsky Prize
New Hampshire high-school students submit journalism-oriented writing addressing news, media and public affairs. The program awards a $5,000 prize.
🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
The Turner Group
Turner Group Architecture & Engineering Scholarship
New Hampshire seniors planning to study architecture or engineering compete for two $1,000 scholarships.
🎓 Grade 12
Selective
Keene State College
Upward Bound Summer Academy (Keene State College)
A residential summer program giving high schoolers a taste of college life through academic classes in English, math, and science, plus grade-level seminars on college prep and study skills.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
VFW Department of New Hampshire
VFW Voice of Democracy Scholarship (New Hampshire)
An audio-essay competition for grades 9-12 on a patriotic theme, with NH winners advancing to compete for a share of the national program's $2.1 million in scholarships.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
Portsmouth Regional Hospital (HCA Healthcare)
Volunteer Services Program
Hospital volunteer program for students 14 and up covering roles like information desk support, medical floor assistance, music therapy, pet visitation, and spiritual care support.
📅 Rolling🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
New Hampshire Bar Association Law-Related Education Program
We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution (New Hampshire)
A constitutional-democracy competition where high school classes split into units that prepare and deliver testimony in a simulated congressional hearing before a panel of judges.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 10–12
Selective
University of New Hampshire
Writers Academy
High-school students develop original writing through intensive instruction and peer collaboration. UNH offered separate high-school Writers Academy sessions in summer 2026.
🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
New Hampshire Film Festival
Young Filmmakers Workshop
Weekend-long filmmaking intensive where high-school students work in teams with industry mentors to write, produce, act in, direct and edit an original short film that is screened at the festival closing ceremony. Registration is currently open for October 16–18, 2026.
🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate

Nationwide programs open to New Hampshire students

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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