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  1. 01
    CompetitionSelective

    International student creative awards across graphic design, film, animation, and social impact.

    📍 Global⏱ Not confirmed📅 273 days left💰 Free🎓 Grades 11–12✓ Checked Sep 2026
    Architecture & DesignVisual Arts
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  2. 02
    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
    Design Hive
    ResearchSelective

    Paid youth-led design initiative where students collaborate with professional designers, create projects and develop public programming. The 2027 cohort runs January–June.

    📍 NY⏱ Not confirmed📅 Deadline not announced yet — check the program site💰 Paid stipend🎓 Grades 11–12
    Architecture & DesignVisual Arts
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  3. 03
    VolunteerSelective

    Free after-school mentorship in architecture, construction, and engineering for HS students.

    📍 United States⏱ Year-long📅 Deadline not announced yet — check the program site💰 Free🎓 Grades 9–12✓ Checked Sep 2026
    Architecture & DesignEngineering
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  4. 04
    Carnegie Mellon University
    Architecture
    Pre-CollegeHighly Selective

    Pre-College Architecture program at Carnegie Mellon University.

    📍 Pittsburgh, PA⏱ Not confirmed📅 151 days left💰 Free🎓 Grades 9–12✓ Checked Aug 2026
    Architecture & Design
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  5. 05
    University of the District of Columbia
    Architecture Summer Camp
    ResearchSelective

    Students sketch designs, build physical models and use AI, digital modeling, laser cutting and 3D printing to develop an original architectural project.

    📍 DC⏱ Not confirmed📅 Deadline not announced yet — check the program site💰 Free🎓 Grades 9–12
    Architecture & DesignEngineeringAI / Machine Learning
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  6. 06
    University of Central Arkansas
    Art, Geometry and Modular Design STEAM Camp
    ResearchSelective

    Students connect geometry, spatial reasoning, paper folding and geometric construction to build three-dimensional and collaborative installations.

    📍 AR⏱ Not confirmed📅 Deadline not announced yet — check the program site💰 Free🎓 Grade 9
    MathVisual ArtsArchitecture & Design
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  7. 07
    Temple University
    Creative Scholars
    ResearchSelective

    Year-long full-scholarship Saturday art/design program for Philadelphia students with financial need.

    📍 PA⏱ Not confirmed📅 Deadline not announced yet — check the program site💰 Free🎓 Grades 10, 12
    Visual ArtsArchitecture & Design
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  8. 08
    Iowa State University College of Design
    Creators of Tomorrow
    ResearchSelective

    Students interested in art, planning, and design complete a hands-on multidisciplinary project, interact with design professionals and current students, tour campus, and receive college and financial-aid guidance. The one-day program is free and offered in spring and fall.

    📍 IA⏱ Not confirmed📅 Deadline not announced yet — check the program site💰 Free🎓 Grades 10–12
    Architecture & DesignVisual Arts
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  9. 09
    Carnegie Mellon University
    Design
    Pre-CollegeHighly Selective

    Pre-College Design program at Carnegie Mellon University.

    📍 Pittsburgh, PA⏱ Not confirmed📅 151 days left💰 Free🎓 Grades 9–12✓ Checked Aug 2026
    Architecture & Design
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  10. 10
    ResearchSelective

    Montana students create an original sticker design intended to inspire other high-school students. Awards range from $500 to $1,500, with additional funding for the winning students' school or community art programs.

    📍 MT⏱ Not confirmed📅 Deadline not announced yet — check the program site💰 Free🎓 Grades 9–12
    Visual ArtsArchitecture & Design
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  11. 11
    ResearchSelective

    Free residential design program for North Carolina students with limited access to design education; participants complete an interdisciplinary studio project.

    📍 NC⏱ Not confirmed📅 Deadline not announced yet — check the program site💰 Free🎓 Grades 10–12
    Architecture & DesignVisual Arts
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  12. 12
    University of Louisville J.B. Speed School of Engineering
    Design Thinkers Camp: Innovate, Design & Optimize
    ResearchSelective

    Students tackle engineering-design problems involving human-AI teaming, virtual-reality driving technology, physiological sensors, 3D scanning, and human-centered systems.

    📍 KY⏱ Not confirmed📅 Deadline not announced yet — check the program site💰 Free🎓 Grades 9–12
    EngineeringAI / Machine LearningArchitecture & Design
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  13. 13
    University of Georgia
    3D Animation
    ResearchModerate

    Students learn modeling and animation in Autodesk Maya and build original 3D assets while exploring applications in film, game development and design.

    📍 GA⏱ Not confirmed📅 Deadline not announced yet — check the program site💰 Has a cost🎓 Grades 9–12
    Film & MediaVisual ArtsArchitecture & Design
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  14. 14
    ResearchModerate

    Students continue into more advanced virtual-reality development and world-building techniques.

    📍 MI⏱ Not confirmed📅 Deadline not announced yet — check the program site💰 Has a cost🎓 Grades 9–10
    Computer ScienceArchitecture & Design
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  15. 15
    University of Louisville J.B. Speed School of Engineering
    AMIST 3D Camp
    ResearchModerate

    Students learn 3D scanning, CAD, engineering inspection, and additive-manufacturing techniques before manipulating and printing their own scanned designs. The 2026 fee was $200.

    📍 KY⏱ Not confirmed📅 Deadline not announced yet — check the program site💰 Has a cost🎓 Grades 9–12
    EngineeringArchitecture & Design
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  16. 16
    ResearchModerate

    Clemson Summer Scholars one-week residential pre-college track.

    📍 SC⏱ Not confirmed📅 Deadline not announced yet — check the program site💰 Has a cost🎓 Grades 11–12
    Architecture & Design
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  17. 17
    Ball State University College of Architecture and Planning
    Architecture + Planning Camp @ CAP:Indy
    ResearchModerate

    Students explore architecture, planning, sustainability, site analysis, sketching, ecology, and 3D modeling through a week of design activities in Indianapolis.

    📍 IN⏱ Not confirmed📅 Deadline not announced yet — check the program site💰 Has a cost🎓 Grades 9–12
    Architecture & DesignSustainabilityEnvironmental Science
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  18. 18
    Temple University
    Architecture Institute
    ResearchModerate

    College-level architecture/design experience.

    📍 PA⏱ Not confirmed📅 Deadline not announced yet — check the program site💰 Has a cost🎓 Eligibility not confirmed
    Architecture & Design
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  19. 19
    University of Michigan Taubman College
    ArcStart
    ResearchModerate

    Students spend three residential weeks learning architectural drawing, drafting, modeling, history, studio design, and portfolio development. The 2026 fee was $6,250.

    📍 MI⏱ Not confirmed📅 Deadline not announced yet — check the program site💰 Has a cost🎓 Grades 9–12
    Architecture & DesignVisual Arts
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  20. 20
    ResearchModerate

    Hands-on studio art/design experience.

    📍 SC⏱ Not confirmed📅 Deadline not announced yet — check the program site💰 Has a cost🎓 Grades 9, 12
    Visual ArtsArchitecture & Design
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  21. 21
    ResearchHighly Selective

    Two-week intensive studio program where students work in university art facilities across multiple media.

    📍 OH⏱ Not confirmed📅 Deadline not announced yet — check the program site💰 Has a cost🎓 Grades 9–12
    Visual ArtsArchitecture & Design
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  22. 22
    ResearchModerate

    Students explore generative AI and its use in visual imagery, design and product development through hands-on projects.

    📍 CT⏱ Not confirmed📅 Deadline not announced yet — check the program site💰 Has a cost🎓 Grades 9–12
    AI / Machine LearningArchitecture & Design
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  23. 23
    University of Alaska Anchorage College of Engineering
    BIG Bridge Builders
    ResearchModerate

    High-school students study structural engineering, model bridges in 3D, construct small basswood structures, and then build and destructively test a roughly 16-foot bridge in UAA's structures laboratory.

    📍 AK⏱ Not confirmed📅 Deadline not announced yet — check the program site💰 Has a cost🎓 Grades 9–12
    EngineeringArchitecture & Design
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  24. 24
    Oregon State University
    Blender Camp
    ResearchModerate

    3-D modeling/animation and digital creation using Blender.

    📍 OR⏱ Not confirmed📅 Deadline not announced yet — check the program site💰 Has a cost🎓 Grades 9, 12
    Architecture & Design
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  25. 25
    University of Notre Dame School of Architecture
    Career Discovery
    ResearchModerate

    Rising sophomores, juniors, and seniors spend 12 residential days in design studios and architecture seminars while exploring preservation, accessibility, infrastructure, and the built environment.

    📍 IN⏱ Not confirmed📅 Deadline not announced yet — check the program site💰 Has a cost🎓 Grades 10–12
    Architecture & DesignHistory
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  26. 26
    Pre-CollegeModerate

    Six-week summer program for HS juniors and seniors exploring careers in design at Harvard.

    📍 Cambridge, MA⏱ 6 weeks📅 212 days left💰 Has a cost🎓 Grades 11–12✓ Checked Aug 2026
    Architecture & Design
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  27. 27
    Johnson & Wales University
    Career Explorations — Design
    ResearchModerate

    Design/creative-career exploration.

    📍 RI⏱ Not confirmed📅 Deadline not announced yet — check the program site💰 Has a cost🎓 Grades 11–12
    Architecture & Design
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  28. 28
    ResearchModerate

    Six-day residential design workshop featuring studio projects, design discussions and exploration of architecture, landscape architecture and interior design. The 2027 session is already confirmed for June 6–11 and costs $650, with scholarships available.

    📍 NE⏱ Not confirmed📅 Deadline not announced yet — check the program site💰 Has a cost🎓 Grades 11–12
    Architecture & DesignVisual Arts
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  29. 29
    University of Georgia
    City Shapers: Architecture
    ResearchModerate

    Students tackle an architectural design challenge and create a final project while learning how professionals design buildings, interiors and human-scale spaces.

    📍 GA⏱ Not confirmed📅 Deadline not announced yet — check the program site💰 Has a cost🎓 Grades 9–12
    Architecture & DesignEngineering
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  30. 30
    University of Georgia
    City Shapers: Urban Design
    ResearchModerate

    Students investigate transportation, infrastructure, neighborhoods and planning policy before designing a solution to a real urban challenge.

    📍 GA⏱ Not confirmed📅 Deadline not announced yet — check the program site💰 Has a cost🎓 Grades 9–12
    Architecture & DesignPublic Policy
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