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157 local programs run in Oregon, 36 of them free or paid, and 3 explicitly prioritize under-resourced or first-generation students. Plus 210 nationwide programs open to anyone in the US.

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Southern Oregon University
Academia Latina
Residential academic program supporting Latino/a/x students with college preparation and enrichment.
🎓 Grade 9
Moderate
Southern Oregon University
Academia Leadership
Nine-day advanced leadership/college-access experience for older students.
🎓 Grades 10–11
Moderate
The American Legion, Department of Oregon
American Legion Oratorical Contest (Department of Oregon)
A three-tier (Post, District, Department) public speaking competition for grades 9-12 on the U.S. Constitution, combining a prepared 3-5 minute oration with an unrehearsed 3-5 minute response to an assigned constitutional topic.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
George Fox University
Anatomy for Pre-Health Professions (2027 Pre-College Summer Institute)
Anatomy/physiology through VR, dissection, models and cadaver study; part of GFU's 2027 Pre-College Summer Institute.
🎓 Grades 10, 12
Moderate
Saturday Academy
Apprenticeships in Science & Engineering (ASE)
An eight-week, full-time paid summer internship pairing rising sophomores, juniors, and seniors with a professional scientist or engineer mentor across Oregon and SW Washington, including specialty tracks such as a Machine Learning internship through Portland State University.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 10–12
Highly Selective
Stand for Children Oregon
Beat the Odds Scholarship
Eight Oregon public-school seniors receive $20,000 scholarships; adversity, academics and financial need considered.
🎓 Grade 12
Highly Selective
Southern Oregon University
Black Youth Summer Institute
Residential academic/cultural college-access program centered on Black youth.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Oregon State University
Blender Camp
3-D modeling/animation and digital creation using Blender.
🎓 Grades 9, 12
Moderate
U.S. DOE / Bonneville Power Administration
BPA Regional High School Science Bowl
Fast-paced team competition covering math, physics, chemistry, biology, earth/space science and energy.
🎓 Grades 9, 12
Selective
Southern Oregon University
Brain Bowl
High-school teams compete in rapid-response academic questions across numerous subjects; finalists receive televised championship exposure.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Willamette University
Camp College
Free three-day/two-night program with sample classes, college-search workshops and visits to neighboring campuses.
🎓 Grades 11–12
Selective
George Fox University
Ceramics Institute (2027 Pre-College Summer Institute)
Studio ceramics, design, creativity and problem-solving; part of GFU's 2027 Pre-College Summer Institute.
🎓 Grades 10, 12
Moderate
Oregon Student Aid
Chafee Education & Training Voucher
Postsecondary financial support for qualifying current/former foster youth.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Portland State University
Challenge Program
Students take PSU courses at participating high schools for simultaneous high-school and college credit.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Lewis & Clark College
Circular Innovation Challenge
Students tackle sustainability/circular-economy challenges and develop/pitch solutions.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Oregon State University
Color Innovation Workshop
Interdisciplinary exploration of color science, chemistry, materials and design.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Eastern Oregon University
Cottonwood Crossing Summer Institute
A week-long residential field-studies program in the Wallowa Canyon region where students in grades 9-12 choose from five courses exploring locally significant cultural and natural resources alongside EOU faculty and regional professionals.
📅 May🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation
CTUIR Summer Youth Employment
Summer jobs across tribal government and community departments build workplace and professional skills.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Lewis & Clark College
Data in Action
Data collection, analysis and research addressing real-world issues.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Lewis & Clark College
Data in Action: Sustainability, Science, and Storytelling
A six-day residential precollege program where high schoolers use environmental datasets to build interactive data stories, learning data wrangling and ethical data visualization to advocate for a sustainable future.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
OHSU School of Dentistry
Dental Explorers
Monthly lectures plus hands-on dental laboratory experiences mentored by current dental students.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
George Fox University
Discover Your Calling (2027 Pre-College Summer Institute)
Academic-major, career and college-transition exploration; part of GFU's 2027 Pre-College Summer Institute.
🎓 Grades 10, 12
Moderate
Umpqua Community College SBDC
Dream It | Do It Summer Camp
A free three-day entrepreneurship day camp limited to 25 Douglas County high school students in grades 10-12, who work with business professionals to develop and pitch a business plan by the end of camp.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 10–12
Selective
Eastern Oregon University
Eastern Oregon University Regional High School Mathematics Competition
A one-day math competition for grades 8-12 featuring a state-qualifying exam plus team events (Math Bee, Solve That Problem, Math Relay) across six subject categories from Pre-Algebra through Calculus, with category winners earning $1,000 EOU scholarships.
📅 March🎓 Grades 8–12
Highly Selective
Eastern Oregon University
ECI Summer Institute
High-school students take hands-on university sessions such as digital music, business, writing and Spanish while experiencing EOU.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Highly Selective
Educators Rising Oregon
Educators Rising Oregon
A statewide network guiding Oregon high schoolers considering teaching careers, offering a free virtual campus, performance-based micro-credentials, chapter competitions, and access to the Educators Rising National Conference.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
George Fox University
Engineering: Designing and Making (2027 Pre-College Summer Institute)
CAD, 3-D printing, laser fabrication, Arduino/circuits and mechanical design; part of GFU's 2027 Pre-College Summer Institute.
🎓 Grades 10, 12
Moderate
Oregon State University
Environmental Leadership for Youth / New Beginnings
Residential environmental-science and higher-education program centered on Tribal/Indigenous students and cultural connections.
🎓 Grades 9, 12
Moderate
George Fox University
Exploring Biotechnology (2027 Pre-College Summer Institute)
Molecular biology, GMO testing and CRISPR modification of bacteria; part of GFU's 2027 Pre-College Summer Institute.
🎓 Grades 10, 12
Moderate
Oregon Journalism Education Association (OJEA)
Fall Media Day / Spring Media Day
Annual scholastic journalism and yearbook conferences co-hosted with the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication -- Fall Media Day in Eugene and Spring Media Day in Portland -- featuring keynote sessions and on-site writing, photography, and quiz-bowl contests.
📅 November🎓 Grades 9–12
Highly Selective
George Fox University
Film (2027 Pre-College Summer Institute)
Writing, producing, directing and editing a short film using professional equipment; part of GFU's 2027 Pre-College Summer Institute.
🎓 Grades 10, 12
Moderate
Lewis & Clark College
Fir Acres Writing Workshop
Intensive two-week residential creative-writing workshop.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
ORTOP (FIRST Oregon)
FIRST Robotics Competition (Oregon / Pacific NW District)
Oregon's statewide hub for FIRST Robotics Competition, where high school teams build industrial-size robots to compete in an annual field game while also fundraising, branding, and doing community STEM outreach.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
ORTOP (FIRST Oregon)
FIRST Tech Challenge (Oregon Leagues)
Oregon's FIRST Tech Challenge program, organized into six regional leagues (Columbia Basin, Iron Mountain, Rose City, Silicon Forest, SOAR, Three Sisters) culminating in a state championship tournament each spring.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 7–12
Moderate
Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde
Fish & Wildlife Summer Youth Crew
Youth work on habitat restoration and natural-resource projects and participate in outdoor team experiences.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
OHSU Gibbs Laboratory
Fluorescence Molecular Imaging Internship
Ten-week laboratory research in cell culture, fluorescence microscopy, spectroscopy, organic synthesis and image analysis.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Ford Family Foundation
Ford Scholars Program
Up to roughly $40,000/year toward unmet college need; up to 120 awards annually for Oregon/Siskiyou County students with significant financial need.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Northeast Oregon AHEC
Frontier MedQuest
Smaller overnight rural-health program based in Crane/Burns with clinical shadowing and hands-on health skills.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Lewis & Clark College
Future Health Leaders
College-level exploration of health sciences and healthcare careers.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Lewis & Clark College
Future Health Leaders: Care Begins Here
A six-day precollege 'mini med-school' for rising 9th-12th graders interested in pre-med, pre-nursing, or public health, featuring lab research, BLS/CPR certification, and healthcare-focused creative writing.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Highly Selective
George Fox University
George Fox Early College
Dual/direct-credit and early-college options for high-school students, distinct from GFU's summer Pre-College Institute.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde
Grand Ronde Youth Council
Tribal youth represent peers, organize cultural/community-service projects and develop future tribal leadership.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Selective
Gresham-Barlow School District / NWSE
Gresham-Barlow STEM Expo
One of Oregon's ISEF-affiliated regional science expos feeding NWSE.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Oregon State University
Hatfield Marine Science Center Career Day
Students explore marine-science professions, laboratories and research facilities.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Lewis & Clark College
Immersive Summer Theatre Program
Two-week theatre training and collaborative production experience.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Highly Selective
George Fox University
Interior Design Institute (2027 Pre-College Summer Institute)
Space planning, color theory, materials and design projects; part of GFU's 2027 Pre-College Summer Institute.
🎓 Grades 10, 12
Moderate
Oregon State University, SVPDA Academy
JumpstART Pre-College Art Program
A one-week pre-college intensive for grades 9-12 covering drawing, painting, sequential art/comics, graphic design, and photography, taught by professional artists and JumpstART alumni with both day and residential options.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
Klamath Tribes
Klamath Tribes Summer Youth Employment
Seasonal employment placements provide eligible tribal youth with work experience and professional development.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
OHSU Knight Cardiovascular Institute
Knight Cardiovascular Internship
Oregon students explore cardiology through clinical exposure and research-oriented tracks; no prior cardiology experience required.
🎓 Grades 10–11
Selective
OHSU Knight Cancer Institute
Knight Scholars Program
Statewide cancer-career/research pipeline emphasizing rural and underrepresented Oregon students; any Oregon high-school student may apply.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Southern Oregon University
Konaway Nika Tillicum
Residential Native/Indigenous youth program integrating academics, culture and college preparation.
🎓 Grade 12
Moderate
Linfield University
Linfield Pre-College Non-Degree Enrollment
Qualified high-school students may enroll as visiting/non-degree students with principal approval.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Oregon Sea Grant / Oregon State University
Marine Science Adventures — Teen Programs
Hands-on marine-science field/lab summer programming through Oregon Sea Grant.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Oregon AHEC / Oregon Tech
MedStars — Klamath Falls
Health-professions exploration involving clinical skills, simulations and exposure to healthcare careers.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Selective
Oregon State University, SVPDA Academy
Music Technology and Production Camp
A one-week camp for ages 13-18 covering songwriting, audio production, beat-making, effects processing, and mixing/mastering, with students completing at least five audio projects and performing at a closing concert.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
Northwest Science Expo System
Northwest Science Expo
Oregon's statewide ISEF-affiliated science-research competition; regional qualifiers advance to NWSE and top projects to Regeneron ISEF.
🎓 Grades 9, 12
Moderate
George Fox University
Nursing Institute (2027 Pre-College Summer Institute)
Patient-care simulations, Stop the Bleed, nursing skills and careers; part of GFU's June 27-July 2, 2027 Pre-College Summer Institute for students entering grade 10 through recent grade-12 graduates.
🎓 Grades 10, 12
Highly Selective
Oregon State University
NW Cyber Camp
Cybersecurity, computing and digital-forensics experiences.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Northwest Association for Global Affairs
NWMUN-Portland High School Conference
One-day Model UN conference for Portland-area and statewide Oregon high schoolers run by the Northwest Association for Global Affairs, teaching UN procedure and international affairs alongside a sister college conference in Seattle.
📅 May🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
Oregon Department of Education
ODE Youth Advisory Council
Youth advise state education policy, evaluate youth-engagement programs and communicate recommendations to state leaders.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Oregon Health Authority
OHA Public Health Youth Advisory Council
Youth help shape public-health policies and programs with a strong health-equity focus.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Oregon Health & Science University
OHSU On Track OHSU!
Free pipeline program for Oregon students from rural and underrepresented backgrounds.
⏱ Year-round + summer📅 March🎓 Grades 11–12
Selective
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry
OMSI Teen Volunteer Program
Teen volunteers support science-learning experiences and museum operations.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Selective
Oregon National Primate Research Center / OHSU
ONPRC Science Ambassadors
Twenty students each year learn directly from biomedical scientists, receive mentoring and develop hands-on science instruction for younger students.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Selective
Oregon State University Extension
Oregon 4-H State Ambassador Program
Selected senior 4-H members represent Oregon 4-H publicly and serve as youth leaders on statewide events and planning teams.
🎓 Grades 9, 12
Selective
OSU Extension
Oregon 4-H Summer Conference
Statewide residential conference with college/career exploration, leadership and hands-on workshops; 4-H membership is not required.
🎓 Grade 12
Moderate
The American Legion, Department of Oregon
Oregon Boys State
A week-long mock government and civics program for Oregon male high school juniors, run on a university campus with hands-on sessions in leadership, governance, and non-partisan civics.
📅 May🎓 Grade 11
Highly Selective
Oregon Business Academy
Oregon Business Academy (Business Week)
A 7-day overnight summer program where high school students work in teams to build business, leadership, and real-world problem-solving skills through a business simulation.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
University of Oregon
Oregon Cybersecurity Challenge Cup
Three-person high-school teams solve cybersecurity challenges; no previous capture-the-flag experience is required.
🎓 Grades 9, 12
Moderate
Oregon DECA
Oregon DECA State Career Development Conference
Nearly 1,000 students compete in marketing, finance, entrepreneurship, management and hospitality.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Oregon Council on Economic Education
Oregon Economics Challenge
Teams test economics knowledge through online qualifiers and a state championship.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Oregon Envirothon
Oregon Envirothon
Teams compete in soils, aquatics, forestry, wildlife and a current environmental issue with national advancement.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Oregon Farm Bureau
Oregon Farm Bureau Memorial Scholarship
Oregon HS graduates studying agriculture/forestry, or children/grandchildren of voting OFB members in any major; 3.0+ GPA.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Oregon FBLA
Oregon FBLA State Business Leadership Conference
State business/technology championship with competitive events and national advancement.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Oregon FCCLA
Oregon FCCLA State Leadership Conference
STAR Events and other leadership/career competitions in family science, education, culinary arts and entrepreneurship.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Oregon Association for Family & Community Education
Oregon FCE High School Essay Contest
State essay competition feeding the national FCE contest; the 2027 theme is "Responsibility."
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Selective
Oregon FFA
Oregon FFA Agriscience Fair
Members present original agriculture/STEM research in individual or team divisions.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Oregon FFA
Oregon FFA CDE/LDE Championships
Career and leadership competitions spanning animal science, plant science, mechanics, agribusiness and speaking.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Oregon FFA
Oregon FFA State Convention
Multi-day statewide leadership conference with workshops, awards, competitions and officer activities.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
American Legion Auxiliary, Department of Oregon
Oregon Girls State
A competitively-selected, seven-day mock government program for Oregon female high school juniors, who campaign, debate, vote, and elect mock local and state leaders to learn civics and American government.
📅 Varies🎓 Grade 11
Selective
Pacific University Department of Philosophy
Oregon High School Ethics Bowl
A regional qualifier for the National High School Ethics Bowl in which teams of 3-5 students collaboratively analyze real-world ethical dilemmas and respond to judges' questions, winning by rigor and respectful engagement rather than adversarial debate.
📅 February🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
Civics Learning Project
Oregon High School Mock Trial
Students serve as attorneys and witnesses in regional and state courtroom competitions.
🎓 Grades 9, 12
Moderate
Oregon Historical Society
Oregon History Day
Students produce documentaries, exhibits, papers, performances or websites and advance from regional/state competitions to National History Day.
🎓 Grades 9, 12
Moderate
Oregon HOSA
Oregon HOSA State Leadership Conference
Competitive events in health science, medical knowledge, clinical skills, leadership and emergency preparedness.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Oregon House of Representatives
Oregon House Honorary Page
One-day hands-on legislative experience performing page duties while the Oregon House is in session.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Selective
Portland State University
Oregon Inquiry
Remote/hybrid liberal-arts college-credit curriculum supplemented by Portland field experiences.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Oregon State University / University of Oregon / Portland State University Departments of Mathematics
Oregon Invitational Mathematics Tournament (OIMT)
A one-day statewide math tournament for Oregon's top high school students, who qualify via regional competitions or a qualifying AMC-10/12 score, competing in Algebra 2, Geometry, and two open/advanced exam categories plus a team logic event.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
Oregon Journalism Education Association
Oregon Journalist of the Year
Portfolio competition recognizing Oregon's top graduating student journalist.
🎓 Grade 12
Selective
JSHS
Oregon Junior Science & Humanities Symposium
Students present original STEM research in a competitive symposium with opportunities to advance nationally.
🎓 Grades 9, 12
Moderate
Oregon MESA
Oregon MESA Day
Engineering/design competition culminating in statewide challenges; top high-school teams can advance nationally.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Oregon Model United Nations / University of Oregon
Oregon Model United Nations (OMUN)
Annual three-day Model UN conference hosted at the University of Oregon in Eugene where roughly 1,500 student delegates represent countries and negotiate solutions to real-world issues like global health, security, and disarmament.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Highly Selective
Oregon Student Aid
Oregon Opportunity Grant
Need-based state grant for eligible Oregon students pursuing their first associate or bachelor's degree.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Oregon Council on Economic Education
Oregon Personal Finance Challenge
Students solve personal-finance questions and cases with state/national advancement.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Oregon Arts Commission / NEA
Oregon Poetry Out Loud
Students memorize and perform poetry through school and state contests with national advancement.
🎓 Grades 9, 12
Selective
Oregon Student Aid
Oregon Promise Grant
Oregon graduates attending Oregon community colleges; 2.0+ GPA and other requirements. Recent annual award range roughly $2,280-$4,716.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Oregon Science Olympiad
Oregon Science Olympiad
Teams compete across laboratory, engineering, biology, chemistry, earth science and physics events and can advance nationally.
🎓 Grades 9, 12
Moderate
Oregon State Senate
Oregon Senate Honorary Page
Students work on the Senate floor, observe debates and learn legislative procedure firsthand.
🎓 Grade 12
Selective
Oregon State University
Oregon State Environmental Science Internship
A program for high school students from underrepresented backgrounds to participate in environmental research and data science.
⏱ 6 weeks📅 March 15🎓 Grades 11–12
Selective
Oregon YMCA Youth & Government
Oregon State Youth Advocate Program
Selected students receive advocacy training and participate in an Oregon lobbying/advocacy day.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Selective
Oregon Council on Economic Education
Oregon Stock Market Game
Teams manage simulated investment portfolios while learning economics, investing and financial decision-making.
🎓 Grades 9, 12
Moderate
Oregon Student Aid
Oregon Tribal Student Grant
Helps eligible enrolled members of Oregon's nine federally recognized tribes cover college attendance costs.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Oregon TSA
Oregon TSA State Conference
Engineering, technology, architecture, design and computing competitive events.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Oregon Alliance of YMCAs
Oregon YMCA Youth & Government
High-school delegates create legislation and participate in a statewide model-government program.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Oregon HECC
Oregon Youth Corps Summer Conservation Corps
Paid crews complete conservation, restoration and community-stewardship projects while gaining job skills.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Oregon HECC
Oregon Youth Employment Program
State-funded paid internships, apprenticeships and summer jobs combined with work-readiness training and academic/career planning.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Oregon Zoo
Oregon Zoo Event Support Volunteer
Teens help with public events and visitor-facing zoo programming.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Selective
OSAA / Western Oregon University
OSAA Speech State Championships
State championship for Oregon high-school speech and interpretation competitors.
🎓 Grades 9, 12
Moderate
Oregon Office of Student Access and Completion
OSAC Scholarship Application
One application accesses 600+ scholarships totaling over $10 million annually.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Oregon State University
OSU High School Concert Band Festival
Competitive/educational band festival providing critiques and a pathway into OSAA State Band Championships qualification.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Oregon State University
OSU Upward Bound
Academic-year advising/tutoring plus six-week residential summer program.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Portland State University
Perelandra Scholars Program
College-credit seminars connecting philosophy, politics, religion and literature.
🎓 Grades 11–12
Moderate
Portland State University
Philosophy Summer Camp
College-credit philosophy program covering ethics, political philosophy, philosophy of science/art and Indigenous philosophy.
🎓 Grades 11–12
Moderate
Willamette University / PNCA
PNCA Oregon Arts Access Scholarship
Fall 2027 tuition-support program for qualifying Oregon students entering PNCA under the same Oregon-access initiative.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) / Willamette University
PNCA Pre-College
Weekend and summer intensives in studio art, design and creative technology; need-based scholarships available.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Pacific Northwest College of Art (Willamette University)
PNCA Pre-College Summer Intensive
A two-week, full-time pre-college intensive at PNCA's downtown Portland campus where students ages 14-18 build technical art and design skills and curate a group exhibition across tracks like Foundation, Animation and Creative Tech, and Creativity and Society.
📅 May🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
Lewis & Clark College
Portland Speech & Debate Institute
Intensive instruction in competitive speech, debate, research and argumentation.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Portland Urban Debate League (PUDL)
Portland Urban Debate League
A free competitive policy-debate league for Portland-metro high schoolers running tournaments from October through April, paired with student and teacher workshops to build critical thinking, research, and advocacy skills.
📅 Rolling🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
OHSU-affiliated / Portland-area research institutions
PSI Program (Partnership for Scientific Inquiry)
A 16-week biomedical research introduction course (January-May, two hours weekly) for Oregon sophomores, juniors, and seniors interested in medicine or biomedical research, with mentored research and an optional summer internship for students 16+.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 10–12
Selective
OHSU Galbraith Lab
Quantitative Biology / Biophysics Internship
Eight-week laboratory experience involving quantitative biology, biophysics, experiments and data analysis.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Northeast Oregon AHEC
Rural MedQuest
Residential rural-health camp with four job shadows, simulations, suturing, mental-health training and hospital/clinic exposure.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
University of Oregon
SAIL — Student Academy to Inspire Learning
Free academic immersion in university subjects plus college-access preparation and year-round mentoring; includes residential and day formats.
🎓 Grades 9, 11, 12
Highly Selective
OHSU School of Dentistry
School of Dentistry Research Internship
Summer research experience within OHSU dental/oral-health laboratories.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
SkillsUSA Oregon
SkillsUSA Oregon State Leadership & Skills Conference
Technical and leadership championships across Oregon CTE fields.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Southern Oregon University
Southern Oregon Mathematics League
Multi-round high-school mathematics competition hosted through SOU.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
OHSU / Distance Learning Center
STEMPrep-OHSU Internship
Eight-to-ten-week hypothesis-driven basic-science research placement with an OHSU lab plus seminars, mentoring and scientific presentations.
🎓 Grade 11
Moderate
Adventist Health Portland
Student Healthcare Leaders
A free after-school program introducing Portland-area high schoolers to healthcare careers through weekly rotating hospital department tours (ER, cardiology, oncology, robotic surgery, IT) and panel discussions with clinicians.
📅 Rolling🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde
Student Youth Employment Program
Summer employment for tribal youth combining job experience, responsibility and career development.
🎓 Grade 12
Moderate
Oregon State University
Summer Experience in Science & Engineering for Youth (SESEY)
Residential hands-on engineering/science exploration with university faculty and students.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Highly Selective
Summer Science Program (SSP)
Summer Science Program in Astrophysics (Linfield University campus)
A five-week residential research program where rising high school seniors determine the orbit of a near-Earth asteroid from original telescope observations, working in small teams with professional astronomers as mentors.
📅 Varies🎓 Grade 11
Highly Selective
Oregon State University
Summer Veterinary Experience
Exploration of veterinary science and animal-health careers.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
City of Portland
Summer Youth Experience
Supplemental career-development experiences, employer visits and leadership programming for eligible SummerWorks youth.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
City of Portland / Worksystems
SummerWorks / PDX Youth@Work
Paid summer placements combine workforce preparation with approximately 160 hours of real work experience.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians
Supplemental Youth Employment Program
Classroom preparation followed by structured paid work experience.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Pacific University / OHWI-AHEC
SYNAPSE Healthcare Career Explorations
Week-long immersion with experiential health science, job shadows and service learning.
🎓 Grades 11–12
Highly Selective
Pacific University (OHWI-AHEC)
Synapse: Health Career Explorations
A week-long summer camp for advancing high school juniors and seniors to explore healthcare careers through job shadows, simulations, tours, workshops, and panel discussions with healthcare professionals.
📅 May🎓 Grades 11–12
Selective
OHSU Knight Cancer Institute
Ted R. Lilley CURE Program
Eight-week cancer-research internship in an OHSU faculty laboratory culminating in a poster presentation.
🎓 Grades 10–12
Moderate
George Fox University
Theatre (2027 Pre-College Summer Institute)
Performance, collaboration and full theatrical production; part of GFU's 2027 Pre-College Summer Institute.
🎓 Grades 10, 12
Moderate
TiE Oregon
TiE Young Entrepreneurs (TYE) Oregon
A project-based entrepreneurship curriculum where seasoned entrepreneurs and mentors teach Portland-area high schoolers invention, design thinking, and customer validation, culminating in a state competition that feeds into the Global TYE Competition.
📅 June🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
Oregon State University
Toxicology Camp
Hands-on toxicology and environmental/biological science.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
OHSU
Tribal Health Scholars
Fourteen-week pathway for American Indian/Alaska Native students with virtual health-care exploration, mentoring and clinical shadowing at tribal facilities.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Oregon Youth Works / Oregon tribes
Tribal Youth Workforce Partnerships
State/tribal partnerships provide paid stewardship-driven work experiences serving Oregon tribal communities.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Oregon Department of Education / Hearst Foundations
U.S. Senate Youth Program — Oregon
Two Oregon student leaders receive Washington Week and a $12,500 college scholarship.
🎓 Grades 11–12
Moderate
OHSU Institute on Development & Disability
UCEDD Summer Internship Program
Eight-week placement in disability research, clinical care, information dissemination or community programs plus OHSU professional-development activities.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
University of Oregon School of Music and Dance
University of Oregon Summer Music Camps
A set of week-long residential music camps on the UO Eugene campus -- String Intensive, Jazz Improvisation, and the Stangeland Family Youth Choral Academy -- for high school musicians at varying skill levels.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Highly Selective
University of Oregon / Saturday Academy
UO Saturday Academy ASE
Paid 1:1 research apprenticeships across Oregon. Strong equity focus.
⏱ 8 weeks (summer)📅 March🎓 Grades 11–12
Selective
University of Oregon, School of Architecture & Environment
UO Summer Architecture Academy
A free, intensive four-week program on the UO Eugene campus for prospective architecture, interior architecture, and landscape architecture students, combining daily studio work with workshops, lectures, demonstrations, and field trips.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 10–12
Selective
Oregon State University
Virtual Blender Camp
Remote version of OSU's Blender/design program.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Highly Selective
Veterans of Foreign Wars, Department of Oregon
Voice of Democracy (Oregon)
An annual audio-essay scholarship competition for grades 9-12 responding to a patriotic theme, with Oregon's top entrants receiving a minimum $1,000 scholarship and a shot at the $35,000 national first-place award.
📅 October🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
Civics Learning Project
We the People — Oregon
Teams participate in simulated congressional hearings focused on constitutional law and civic reasoning.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Civics Learning Project (formerly Classroom Law Project)
We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution (Oregon)
Oregon's constitutional-law competition where high school teams simulate congressional hearings, testifying before judge-panels on constitutional principles and advancing from regional to state to national finals.
📅 December🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
Western Oregon University
Western Oregon University Upward Bound
Year-round college-access support and residential summer academy.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Highly Selective
Willamette University
Willamette Academy
Five-year college-access pathway with tutoring, mentoring, Saturday sessions and summer programming.
🎓 Grade 12
Moderate
Willamette University
Willamette Oregon Access Scholarship
New for fall 2027: qualifying Oregon students from families earning <=$80,000 can have remaining full-time tuition covered after federal/state grants.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Young Musicians & Artists (hosted at Willamette University)
YMA: Young Musicians & Artists
A two-week residential summer arts camp on the Willamette University campus offering tracks in music, visual art, theatre, and writing for creative students aged 10 through the summer after high school graduation.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Highly Selective
Reed College
Young Scholars Program
Highly selective program allowing metropolitan-area high-school seniors, and occasionally juniors, to take a rigorous Reed College course for the entire academic year.
🎓 Grade 12
Moderate
Northwest Youth Corps
Youth Community Program
A five-week, non-residential conservation corps for 15-18 year olds who complete local service projects each day -- tree planting, invasive species removal, trail construction, and fuels reduction -- earning a stipend and possible high school credit.
📅 Rolling🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
Oregon Zoo
Zoo Animal Presenters / ZAP
Multi-year paid apprenticeship where teens develop conservation knowledge, science communication and professional skills.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate

Nationwide programs open to Oregon 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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