東京大学先端科学技術研究センター 先端教育アウトリーチラボ (RCAST Advanced Education Outreach lab, The University of Tokyo)
A free program at the University of Tokyo's Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST) that supports about 10 secondary students or teams with their own research themes, pairing them with graduate-student supporters and, where appropriate, RCAST faculty and labs.
Regional Science City, Lucknow (National Council of Science Museums, Ministry of Culture)
Regional Science City Lucknow offers membership of its Innovation Hub to school and college students for long-term hands-on projects in science and technology.
Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education (SPICE), Stanford University – 支援: 公益財団法人柳井正財団 (Yanai Tadashi Foundation)
A free, selective online course from Stanford University's SPICE, funded by the Yanai Tadashi Foundation, in which high school students in Japan study U.S. society, culture and U.S.–Japan relations in English. Applications for the fall 2026 course are closed; the next application period has not been announced.
Pusat Riset Rekayasa Genetika, BRIN (E-Layanan Sains BRIN)
A free BRIN service in which SMA/SMK students get guided research experience in biotechnology at the Genetic Engineering Research Centre in Cibinong; requests are made on a rolling basis through the E-Layanan Sains portal.
A summer research camp at New Uzbekistan University where school graduates and university students work on real research projects in small teams with mentors, with accommodation and meals provided. The 2027 call has not been announced.
An MIT student-run program that funds and mentors high school students' STEM research proposals: finalists get up to $1,000, weekly mentorship and, if permitting, a trip to MIT.
独立行政法人日本学術振興会 (JSPS, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science)
JSPS's nationwide programme in which universities and research institutes open their KAKENHI-funded labs to junior high and high school students (and upper elementary pupils) for lectures and hands-on experiments. FY2026 sessions run until March 2027 and are booked program by program.
独立行政法人日本学術振興会 国際事業部 (JSPS, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science)
JSPS sends young international researchers (JSPS Fellows) to high schools across Japan to give lectures in English about their research and home countries. Schools apply each term; FY2027 application dates have not been announced yet.
A free, multi-stage research program at Kanazawa University where high school and kosen students propose their own research theme, refine it into a plan with mentors, and may go on to research in a university lab.