Bay Area High School students are invited to apply for a Climate One scholarship to travel to the Arctic July 27 to August 10, 2015 with Students on Ice, a Canadian educational organization. In recent years, winning students from Berkeley High, Lincoln High and Lick Wilmerding have won the $10,000 scholarship. Past winners say the… Read More
Join the Academy’s own citizen science team to pilot a new mobile app called BioCaching. Search for animals and plants in Golden Gate Park, record your findings, and learn how young people around the world are contributing to science. You’ll help the Academy test out and improve this new mobile app while learning about the… Read More
Headwaters Science Institute is a non-profit specializing in true inquiry-based science education. At our program, students gain authentic first-hand experience with the scientific method; they learn how to generate research questions and conduct field research from their questions. Our protocol gives high school students the opportunity to work as real scientists. Visit the website to learn more! Read More
Created in 1996, the Careers in Science Intern Program provides San Francisco youth from communities traditionally underrepresented in STEM (Science Technology Engineering Mathematics) fields with opportunities to immerse themselves in the sciences. In this paid internship, interns develop life and job skills, receive college and career mentorship, and learn science and sustainability concepts in an… Read More
The College of Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) is excited to announce several opportunities for high school students during the summer! The Worldwide Youth in Science & Engineering (WYSE) program offers a weeklong residential camp for students interested in learning about different engineering disciplines offered at UIUC. The Exploring Your Options Camp invites all rising 11th-12th graders,… Read More
Applications are now being accepted for the Introductory College Level Experience in Microbiology (iCLEM) program for low-income high school students with a passion for science and engineering. These students will intern over the summer at the Joint BioEnergy Institute with established science advisors conducting real-world research on biofuels and will also receive college application preparation…. Read More
City of Hope’s Eugene and Ruth Roberts Summer Student Academy gives curious and hardworking students the opportunity to learn about science by actually doing it. Unlike traditional high school or college classes where the course of study is entirely determined by the instructor, City of Hope’s summer program students select their own research project according… Read More