Research programs

IIT Madras's annual public open house, held alongside Shaastra in early January, where school students can visit 100+ labs and about 80 exhibition stalls on the campus.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

A five-week research attachment at A*STAR for JC1 students during the year-end holiday, working on hands-on science or engineering projects with A*STAR researchers.

• JC1
• Cost not published

A free summer research internship where high school students work on a real project with an Özyeğin University faculty member, with free dorm accommodation and lunch.

• Grades 10–12
• No fee

A six-week summer program at the UC Irvine Cancer Research Institute where Orange County rising seniors do mentored research in basic or population cancer science.

• Grade 11
• Cost not published

A free 10-week summer research program where NYC high-school students work in one of about 50 NYU labs and receive a $2,000 stipend.

• Grades 10–11
• No fee

A free, selective program at The University of Osaka where about 130 high school students attend monthly lectures with small-group discussion, experience research in over 40 lab themes and exchange with international students.

• Grades 10–11
• No fee

A paid five-week summer research internship in agricultural, food and environmental sciences on UGA's Athens, Griffin or Tifton campus.

• Grades 11–12
• Cost not published

High school students present original geography research as posters at the Association of Japanese Geographers' academic meeting and discuss it with researchers; participation is free.

• Grades 10–12
• No fee

A free national program co-run by MAFF, MEXT and the Ministry of the Environment in which about 65 high school students are each paired with a 'master' who lives and works with forests, rivers or the sea, interview them in person and write their life story in the master's own words. The 2027 student call has not been published yet.

• Grades 10–12
• No fee

ARIES invites school and college student groups to visit its science centre at Manora Peak, Nainital, for a tour of the 104-cm Sampurnanand Telescope, a planetarium show, solar viewing and night-sky watching. Visits are free and are booked through a web form.

• Grades not published
• No fee

Conduct coastal field and laboratory research with ocean scientists in a funded residential program for Maine high-school juniors.

• Grade 11
• No fee

Eight weeks of biomedical laboratory research with Stanford faculty, postdoctoral researchers and student mentors. The 2027 intake is announced; dates remain tentative.

• Grades 11–12
• Cost not published