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Bryant University
Actuarial Science & Statistics Summer Program
Actuarial careers, statistics and data analysis.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Bryant University
AI & Data Science Camp
AI, robotics, data science and emerging technology projects.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Rhode Island Jewish Historical Association (RIJHA)
Archive Digitization Internship - Rhode Island Jewish Historical Association
A paid part-time internship scanning, cataloging, and digitizing historical photographs from RIJHA's archive using ScanSnap equipment and database management, requiring only a high school diploma and no prior archival experience.
📅 Rolling🎓 Grades 11–12
Moderate
University of Rhode Island
Artificial Intelligence Camp
A week-long hands-on camp at URI's Kingston campus where high schoolers work on robotics, circuits, programming, 3D modeling and printing, and machine learning projects.
📅 Rolling🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
Brown University
Black & Indigenous Histories and Leadership Program
Local-history and leadership program centered on Black and Indigenous Rhode Island history.
🎓 Grades 9, 12
Selective
Brown University Ruth J. Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice, with Tomaquag Museum
Black and Indigenous Histories Summer Institute (BIHSI)
A free, week-long in-person institute for high schoolers exploring Black and Indigenous histories of New England through classes, museum visits, guest speakers, and reflective discussion, held at Brown University.
📅 March🎓 Grades 9–12
Highly Selective
University of Rhode Island
Break Into Engineering
Students work inside URI engineering laboratories on robotics, biomedical devices, clean energy, ocean engineering and other real projects.
🎓 Grades 10–11
Moderate
Brown University
Brown Collegiate Scholars
Four-year college-access program with tutoring, mentoring, summer residential experiences, SAT/application preparation and advising.
🎓 Grade 12
Selective
Brown University Pre-College Programs
Brown Environmental Leadership Lab: Rhode Island (BELL RI)
A 12-day residential program for students completing grades 10-12 that pairs environmental science coursework with leadership development, field trips across Rhode Island and southern Massachusetts, and a community environmental action plan.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 10–12
Moderate
Brown University
Brown Pre-College
On-campus and online courses across the liberal arts.
⏱ 1-7 weeks📅 May🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
Brown University
Brown Summer High School
Three-week academic enrichment in English, math, science and social studies plus college readiness.
🎓 Grades 9, 12
Selective
Brown University (student-run)
Brown University Simulation of the United Nations (BUSUN)
An annual Model UN conference hosted on Brown's campus since 1996, bringing over 900 high school delegates and 100 advisors together across more than 40 committees spanning General Assemblies, Specialized Agencies, and Crisis Committees.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Highly Selective
Johnson & Wales University
Career Explorations — Animal Science
Three-night residential career immersion with JWU faculty.
🎓 Grades 11–12
Highly Selective
Johnson & Wales University
Career Explorations — Criminal Justice
Hands-on criminal-justice career exploration.
🎓 Grades 11–12
Moderate
Johnson & Wales University
Career Explorations — Design
Design/creative-career exploration.
🎓 Grades 11–12
Moderate
Johnson & Wales University
Career Explorations — Food Innovation & Technology
Food science, culinary innovation and technology.
🎓 Grades 11–12
Moderate
Johnson & Wales University
Career Explorations — Health & Wellness
Health and wellness professions.
🎓 Grades 11–12
Moderate
Johnson & Wales University
Career Explorations — Hospitality
Hospitality/business career exploration.
🎓 Grades 11–12
Moderate
Rhode Island Foundation
Carter Roger Williams Scholarship
Up to $20,000 per year, renewable for three additional years, for graduating RI seniors; considers financial need, Roger Williams' legacy and academics.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
CCRI / Providence Public Schools
CCRI Accelerate
Full-time dual-enrollment pathway at CCRI Providence where PPSD seniors earn college and graduation credits while exploring a pathway.
🎓 Grade 12
Moderate
Community College of Rhode Island
CCRI High School Enrichment
Part-time college enrollment of up to two courses/eight credits per semester.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Community College of Rhode Island
CCRI Running Start
Seniors leave their HS campus for a full-time college schedule of 12+ credits each semester while earning high-school and college credit.
🎓 Grade 12
Moderate
The CIRI Foundation
CIRI Foundation Raven Fund Jump Start Scholarship
Provides up to $2,000 per year to Cook Inlet Region, Inc. (CIRI) shareholders and descendants who are concurrently enrolled in high school and college-level coursework, plus up to $500 annually for personal expenses.
📅 Rolling🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
Rhode Island public colleges
Concurrent Enrollment
College courses taught inside participating high schools for both high-school and college credit.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Selective
Providence College
Discover Providence Pre-College Program
A residential summer pre-college experience offering College Immersion, Business, and Nursing tracks for high schoolers, including college application support, simulation-lab learning, and campus life immersion.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 10–12
Highly Selective
Roger Williams University
Food Science Camp
A 6-day overnight camp for students in grades 9-12 exploring the chemistry of fermentation, food waste reduction, and sustainable protein alternatives in a state-of-the-art food science lab, plus farm and oyster-farm visits.
📅 Rolling🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
Roger Williams University
Forensic Science Summer Camp
A residential camp for students in grades 10-12 covering fingerprint analysis, footwear evidence, chemical substance identification, and virtual-reality crime scene and bloodstain pattern processing.
📅 Rolling🎓 Grades 10–12
Moderate
Brown University
Future Gen Cancer Scholars
Rhode Island students work with trained medical/scientific professionals in cancer-research and education activities.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Brown University / ICERM
GoGetMath @ ICERM
Intensive mathematics enrichment emphasizing exploration, collaborative problem solving and mathematical discovery beyond standard high-school curricula.
🎓 Grades 10–11
Moderate
URI College of Pharmacy
HERBAL
NIH-supported biomedical-science program combining virtual research laboratories with hands-on investigation of medicinal plants, natural products and analytical chemistry.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Roger Williams University, Cummings School of Architecture
High School Summer Academy in Architecture
A four-week residential pre-college program for rising juniors and seniors that earns 3 college credits (ARCH 100) while students learn architectural design, 2D/3D conceptualization, and digital modeling, building portfolio work for college applications.
📅 June🎓 Grades 11–12
Moderate
Flickers / Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF)
KidsEye Summer Filmmaking Camp
A five-day intensive summer filmmaking camp, now in its 28th year, covering screenwriting, camera work, storyboarding, acting, and directing, culminating in a Red Carpet Premiere screening at the Rhode Island International Film Festival.
📅 Rolling🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
Roger Williams University
Marine Biology Camp
A residential summer camp introducing high schoolers to coastal ecosystems, marine life, and oceanography through kayaking, snorkeling, boat-based sampling, and lab work at RWU's Bristol, RI campus.
📅 Rolling🎓 Grades 10–12
Moderate
Rhode Island Space Grant Consortium (Brown University)
NASA Rhode Island Space Grant Consortium: Lunar Challenges
A NASA-funded consortium led by Brown University that runs student-facing programs including the Build the Moon and Plant the Moon classroom challenges for middle and high schoolers, alongside teacher partnerships bringing NASA-focused research into Rhode Island classrooms.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Highly Selective
Rhode Island 4-H
National 4-H Conference — Rhode Island Delegation
Up to three RI teens represent the state in Washington-area leadership and policy programming.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Rhode Island Historical Society
National History Day in Rhode Island
History papers, websites, documentaries, performances and exhibits.
🎓 Grades 9, 12
Moderate
YMCA
National Judicial Competition — RI Delegation
Students selected from RI Youth & Government compete nationally in appellate court or mock trial.
🎓 Grades 9, 12
Moderate
University of Rhode Island
NavySTEM
STEM camp using naval/engineering applications.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Brown University Health
Newport Hospital Volunteer Program
Hospital-service roles for students entering junior year or older.
🎓 Grade 11
Moderate
Salve Regina University / Newport Jazz Festival
Newport Jazz Summer Camp
Jazz theory, improvisation, ensembles and masterclasses culminating in a Newport Jazz Festival performance.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) Education
Ocean State Star Awards
An adjudicated musical theatre awards program recognizing excellence in Rhode Island (and nearby Massachusetts) high school productions, with one male and one female winner advancing to the National High School Musical Theatre Awards in New York City.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
University of Rhode Island
Oceanography Explorers Camp — High School
Hands-on oceanographic field/laboratory program at URI's Graduate School of Oceanography.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Providence College / Mount Pleasant HS
Pathways to College
Five-week for-credit college-readiness and education-focused summer experience.
🎓 Grades 11–12
Moderate
Brown University
Pathways to Medicine
Year-long mentoring by medical, nursing, PA and pharmacy students; includes medical cases, simulations and a final project.
🎓 Grades 9, 12
Highly Selective
Rhode Island Foundation
Patty & Melvin Alperin First Generation Scholarship
$1,000-$1,500 for Rhode Island HS seniors who would be first-generation college students and demonstrate financial need.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Bryant University
Precollege Summer Economics Program
Five-day university-level economics program including data analysis, macro/microeconomics and policy.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Highly Selective
URI Cooperative Extension / PrepareRI
PrepareRI — URI Cooperative Extension Research Placements
Rising seniors complete seven-week projects with URI Extension educators; 2026 projects included public health, medicinal herbs and wind energy.
🎓 Grade 12
Moderate
Brown University / PrepareRI
PrepareRI @ Brown University
PrepareRI students work inside Brown departments including medical school, IT, HR and other university operations.
🎓 Grade 12
Highly Selective
State of Rhode Island / URI, RIC, CCRI
PrepareRI Dual Enrollment
Qualified Rhode Island public-school students can take college courses at the state's public institutions for high-school and college credit.
🎓 Grades 11–12
Moderate
Skills for Rhode Island's Future / RI Governor's Workforce Board
PrepareRI High School Internship Program
Students complete six-to-eight-week internships with major Rhode Island employers. Roughly 300 students worked with 90+ employers in a recent cycle.
🎓 Grade 12
Moderate
Providence College
Providence College Pre-College Summer Program
Five-day residential liberal-arts/college-life experience being developed for rising sophomores and juniors.
🎓 Grades 10–11
Moderate
Bryant University
PwC Accounting Careers Leadership Institute
Accounting/business career exploration with hands-on activities and college exposure.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Rhode Island Press Association
R.I. Press Association Journalism Scholarship
An annual $1,000 scholarship competition for Rhode Island high school seniors or college students planning a journalism career, requiring a letter of nomination from a teacher plus a resume and writing samples.
📅 April🎓 Grade 12
Selective
URI Extension
Rhode Island 4-H Teen Retreat
Overnight teen leadership and team-building experience.
🎓 Grade 12
Moderate
American Chemical Society / Brown / URI / Providence College
Rhode Island ACS Project SEED
Eight-week laboratory-research internships for economically disadvantaged high-school students hosted in university chemistry labs across Rhode Island.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Highly Selective
The American Legion, Department of Rhode Island
Rhode Island American Legion Oratorical Contest
A constitutional-themed public speaking contest, established nationally in 1938, in which students deliver an 8-10 minute prepared oration on the U.S. Constitution followed by a 3-5 minute response to an assigned topic.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
The American Legion, Department of Rhode Island
Rhode Island Boys State
A week-long, fully-funded residential program where rising seniors run a simulated city, county, and state government, including legislative sessions, court proceedings, and a visit to the actual State House to debate bills they've written.
📅 May🎓 Grades 11–12
Selective
Rhode Island Department of State (Office of the Secretary of State)
Rhode Island Civic Leadership Program
A year-long nonpartisan program that connects high school students to their state government, with teachers nominating up to three 'Civic Liaisons' per school to attend monthly sessions at the State House led by officials and community leaders.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
Rhode Island College
Rhode Island College Upward Bound Program
A federally-funded, year-round college-access program for low-income, first-generation students at six target Rhode Island high schools, combining Saturday classes in math and writing with a six-week residential summer program on the RIC campus.
📅 Rolling🎓 Grades 9–11
Selective
Rhode Island DECA
Rhode Island DECA Career Development Conference
Business, Marketing, Finance career-competition conference.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
RI Council for Economic Education
Rhode Island Economics Challenge
Microeconomics, macroeconomics and current economics.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Selective
Rhode Island Envirothon
Rhode Island Envirothon
Teams compete in soils, aquatics, forestry, wildlife and environmental issues.
🎓 Grades 9, 12
Moderate
Rhode Island FBLA
Rhode Island FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America)
The Rhode Island high school chapter network of FBLA, open to all full-time secondary students, offering a Fall Leadership Conference, a Leadership Breakfast, and a State Leadership Conference with competitive business events each year.
📅 Rolling🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
Rhode Island FFA / Rhode Island Farm Bureau
Rhode Island FFA
The Rhode Island state association of FFA, an intracurricular organization for students interested in agriculture, food science, and related careers (not just farming), organized through local chapters including Narragansett, Chariho, Ponaganset, and Exeter West Greenwich FFA.
📅 Rolling🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
American Legion Auxiliary, Department of Rhode Island
Rhode Island Girls State
The companion program to Rhode Island Boys State, in which female high school juniors form political parties, run campaigns, and operate a mock city, county, and state government over a week-long residential session.
📅 May🎓 Grades 11–12
Selective
Brown University Department of Philosophy
Rhode Island High School Ethics Bowl
A collaborative (not adversarial) discussion competition in which teams from Rhode Island public, charter, and private high schools analyze real-world ethical cases, hosted annually at Brown University.
📅 December🎓 Grades 9–12
Highly Selective
Rhode Island HOSA
Rhode Island HOSA (Future Health Professionals)
The Rhode Island state chapter network of HOSA, building leadership and technical competencies for students in health science education through Fall Leadership and State Leadership Conferences leading up to the International Leadership Conference.
📅 Rolling🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
Rhode Island HOSA
Rhode Island HOSA State Leadership Conference
Medicine, Health Science competitive events.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Brown University Health
Rhode Island Hospital High School Volunteer Program
Structured service throughout hospital departments. High-school students have a reduced 50-hour service requirement.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Rhode Island Legal Education Foundation (RILEF)
Rhode Island Mock Trial Tournament
An annual statewide tournament, running for over thirty years, in which roughly 600 middle- and high-school students from 50 schools argue a case packet as attorneys and witnesses before real judges and magistrates at Rhode Island courthouses.
📅 Rolling🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
RI Council for Economic Education
Rhode Island Personal Finance Challenge
Personal finance and financial decision-making.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Selective
RISCA / NEA
Rhode Island Poetry Out Loud
Poetry recitation and public speaking, school to state contests.
🎓 Grades 9, 12
Selective
State of Rhode Island / CCRI
Rhode Island Promise
Covers tuition and mandatory fees for eligible recent Rhode Island high-school graduates pursuing an associate degree at CCRI.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation
Rhode Island Resource Recovery Student Internship
Students work with recycling/waste-management professionals on environmental projects and sustainability.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Ocean State Chess Association (US Chess Federation affiliate)
Rhode Island Scholastic State Chess Championship
A USCF-rated scholastic chess tournament with a dedicated High School section (grades 9-12), with top finishers advancing to a Closed Invitational that selects Rhode Island's representatives to the national Denker tournament.
📅 April🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
Rhode Island Science Olympiad / RIC
Rhode Island Science Olympiad
Team competition across laboratory, engineering, biology, chemistry, earth science and physics events.
🎓 Grades 9, 12
Moderate
RI Teen Institute
Rhode Island Teen Institute
Five-day overnight leadership training with team building, action planning, workshops and service-oriented leadership development.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Rhode Island 4-H
RI 4-H Public Speaking Contest
Public speaking competition for 4-H youth.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Roger Williams University / RI-NEST
RI-NEST High-School Genosensing Training
Biotechnology training connecting high-school students with college researchers in electrochemical genosensing, water-quality and shellfish-disease detection.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Rhode Island College
RIC Dual Enrollment
Campus/online college courses available to qualifying high-school students.
🎓 Grades 11–12
Moderate
Rhode Island College
RIC Early Enrollment Program
College-credit RIC courses taught at dozens of participating high schools.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Rhode Island Music Education Association (RIMEA)
RIMEA All-State Music Festival
A statewide, audition-based music festival in which students competitively audition for Senior Division ensembles (band, orchestra, strings, percussion, vocal, jazz band, classical guitar), evaluated by a panel of professional musicians.
📅 October🎓 Grades 10–12
Moderate
Rhode Island School of Design
RISD Pre-College
Six-week intensive at the top art and design school.
⏱ 6 weeks📅 February🎓 Grades 10–12
Moderate
Rhode Island School of Design
RISD Pre-College — On Campus
Five-week intensive mimicking RISD undergraduate studio life, with foundations, a chosen major, critiques and portfolio work.
🎓 Grades 11–12
Moderate
Rhode Island School of Design
RISD Pre-College Online
Intensive online college-level art/design courses and portfolio development.
🎓 Grades 10, 12
Moderate
RISD Continuing Education
RISD Teen In-Person Courses
Half-day Providence courses across art/design disciplines.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
RISD Continuing Education
RISD Teen Online Courses
Online art/design courses with live meetings and project work.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
RISLA
RISLA 45th Anniversary Scholarship
Nine $5,000 scholarships; RI resident HS seniors planning college are eligible.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Rhode Island Foundation
Robert G. & Joyce Andrew College Scholarship
Renewable aid for RI high-school graduates attending URI, RIC, CCRI, Providence, Bryant or Roger Williams and demonstrating financial need.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Salve Regina University / Rogers High School
Salve Pathways Program
Three-year first-generation college-access program with mentoring, SAT/college prep, financial literacy and a summer campus component.
🎓 Grades 10, 12
Moderate
U.S. Navy / Naval Undersea Warfare Center
Science & Engineering Apprenticeship Program — SEAP
High-school students work in Navy research laboratories; Rhode Island students can access placements at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center in Newport.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
Roger Williams University
SEA by the Bay: Summer Engineering Academy
A residential engineering academy for high school juniors and above featuring 3D modeling, electronics, and team-based prototype design challenges, culminating in a final project showcase.
📅 Rolling🎓 Grades 11–12
Moderate
Office of Senator Jack Reed / Rhode Island Art Education Association (RIAEA)
Senator Reed High School Art Competition
An annual statewide art competition co-sponsored by Senator Jack Reed and RIAEA in which each participating Rhode Island high school submits up to three student artworks for judged exhibition and awards.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
RI-NEST / Rhode Island College
SHORE — Summer High School Opportunities for Research Experience
Five-week mentored scientific-research fellowship. Students work about 20 hours/week alongside RIC researchers on active projects and build laboratory/research skills.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Selective
SkillsUSA Rhode Island
SkillsUSA Rhode Island
The Rhode Island state association of SkillsUSA, a partnership of students, teachers, and industry building career and technical skills through school-based chapters, culminating in the annual State Leadership & Skills Conference (SLSC).
📅 Rolling🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
URI SMILE
SMILE High School Engineering Challenge
Students collaborate in mixed teams to design, build and test engineering solutions at URI.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate
University of Rhode Island
SMILE Program
Year-round STEM enrichment clubs plus URI challenge events and internship resources.
🎓 Grade 12
Moderate
Brown University
STEM Day
High-school students attend interactive STEM sessions, faculty/student panels and college-access discussions.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Selective
Salve Regina University
Summer Institute of Politics
Week-long residential study of U.S. politics, international issues, polarization and leadership.
🎓 Grades 11–12
Moderate
Brown University Health
The Miriam Hospital Volunteer Program
Hospital volunteering with a dedicated summer option requiring roughly six hours/week for eight weeks.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Selective
RIDE / Hearst Foundations
U.S. Senate Youth Program — Rhode Island
Two RI juniors/seniors are selected for Washington Week and a national college scholarship.
🎓 Grades 11–12
Selective
University of Rhode Island
URI Dual Enrollment
Students enroll directly in URI coursework.
🎓 Grades 11–12
Moderate
University of Rhode Island
URI Shark Camp
Selective marine-biology experience where students conduct shark/fish field surveys aboard a URI research vessel and explore natural-science majors and careers.
🎓 Grades 10–11
Moderate
Veterans of Foreign Wars, Department of Rhode Island
VFW Voice of Democracy - Rhode Island
An audio-essay competition in which high school students record a patriotic-themed essay responding to an annual prompt, with local, state, and national scholarship prizes.
📅 October🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
School One / Write Rhode Island
Write Rhode Island Fiction Contest
An annual short fiction competition, founded in 2016, that invites Rhode Island students to write original prose (under 2,500 words) weaving in the state's people, places, history, or spirit, with free accompanying writing workshops.
📅 December🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
YMCA
YMCA Rhode Island Youth & Government
Students operate a model state government and participate in legislative/judicial programming.
🎓 Grades 9, 12
Moderate
YMCA Youth & Government
YMCA Youth Advocate Program — RI Delegation
Up to two RI students participate in advocacy training and National Advocacy Days in Washington, DC.
🎓 Grades 9, 12
Moderate
YMCA
Youth Governors Conference
Rhode Island's elected Youth Governor represents the state at the national conference in Washington.
🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
Moderate

Nationwide programs open to Rhode Island 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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