Programs

A 5-week summer program at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh for rising juniors and seniors: leadership and communication skills with driven peers, including real-world company visits; no college credit is earned.

• Grades 11–12
• Fee charged, amount not published

Pennsylvania TSA's 2027 state conference where high school members compete in STEM competitive events (engineering design, coding, robotics, video and more) and attend leadership workshops; top finishers can qualify for the TSA national conference.

• Grades 9–12
• Fee charged, amount not published

Up to 120 renewable scholarships a year of up to $40,000 annually for hard-working Oregon and Siskiyou County seniors with significant financial need.

• Up to grade 12
• No fee

An intensive two-week residential creative-writing workshop at Kenyon College for motivated high-school writers, covering stories, poems and essays.

• Grades 10–12
• Fee: $2,575 USD

A 6-week summer program at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh for rising juniors and seniors: studio courses, individual critiques, workshops and portfolio development modeled on the School of Art; a 3-week option (Session One, June 26–July 17) ends with an exhibition, and students can get one-on-one portfolio reviews with faculty.

• Grades 11–12
• Fee charged, amount not published

A 6-week summer program at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh for rising juniors and seniors: team-based game development in which students build all-original games that become portfolio pieces; applicants are judged on a creative mindset shown in their portfolio.

• Grades 11–12
• Fee charged, amount not published

A 4-week summer program at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh for rising juniors and seniors: an introduction to computational biology at CMU; no college credit is earned.

• Grades 11–12
• Fee charged, amount not published

Take a free four-week materials-science course with Penn lectures, lab techniques, workshops, projects and field trips.

• Grades 10–11
• No fee

The statewide science and engineering fair where high-school students present independent research projects to judges and compete for ISEF and special awards.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

A one-week summer program inside a simulated medical laboratory at University of Utah Health, introducing high-school students to medical laboratory science.

• Grades 9–11
• Fee charged, amount not published

A 4-week summer program at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh for rising juniors and seniors: a full-time, in-person run through the human-centered design process with team projects, ending in a Demo Expo; no college credit is earned.

• Grades 11–12
• Fee charged, amount not published

A 6-week summer program at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh for rising juniors and seniors: the discipline of design through studio learning, lectures, critiques and guided work sessions modeled on the first college year, with a personal studio space and faculty portfolio feedback at the end.

• Grades 11–12
• Fee charged, amount not published