History programs for high schoolers.

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1. University of Colorado Boulder

   Aquetza Academic Summer Program

   Residential academic enrichment combining history, literature, health science, writing, science, and civic/social issues while emphasizing leadership and community engagement.

   📍 CO🎓 Grades 9–11

   Selective
2. Bard College at Simon's Rock

   Bard College at Simon's Rock Young Writers Workshop

   A 3-week residential program where students engage in creative and analytical thinking through literature and history.

   📍 Annandale-on-Hudson, NY⏱ 3 weeks📅 April 1🎓 Grades 10–12

   Moderate
3. Brown University

   Black & Indigenous Histories and Leadership Program

   Local-history and leadership program centered on Black and Indigenous Rhode Island history.

   📍 RI🎓 Grades 9, 12

   Selective
4. University of Notre Dame School of Architecture

   Career Discovery

   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🎓 Grades 10–12

   Moderate
5. Jackson State University Margaret Walker Center

   Catherine Coleman Literary Arts, Food, and Social Justice Summer Program

   Mississippi high-school writers spend a residential week studying poetry, fiction, screenwriting, Southern foodways, and social-justice history with professional writers. Students completing the program receive a $300 stipend.

   📍 MS🎓 Grades 9–12

   Selective
6. Chapman University

   Chapman University Holocaust Art & Writing Contest

   A writing contest for high schoolers exploring the impact of the Holocaust through various creative prompts.

   📍 Online📅 March 1🎓 Grades 9–12

   Highly Selective
7. The Concord Review

   Concord Review (Humanities Publishing)

   The only quarterly journal publishing high school history research worldwide.

   📍 Remote (nationwide)⏱ Self-paced📅 Rolling🎓 Grades 9–12

   Selective
8. National Society of Colonial Dames in America — Ohio

   Congressional Seminar Essay Contest — Ohio

   Ohio students submit an essay on American government/history for a scholarship to attend the Washington Workshops Congressional Seminar.

   📍 OH🎓 Eligibility not confirmed

   Selective
9. Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy, University of Missouri

   Constitutional Democracy Academy

   Rising juniors and seniors spend a week studying constitutional history, political thought, the Supreme Court, federalism and related topics through discussion seminars and field trips. Only a $100 deposit is charged; housing, meals and program expenses are otherwise covered.

   📍 MO🎓 Grades 10–11

   Moderate
10. Coolidge Scholars Foundation

    Coolidge Senators Program

    Fully-funded public policy program at the Coolidge Foundation in Vermont.

    📍 VT (nationwide eligibility)⏱ 1 week (summer)📅 January🎓 Grades 10–11

    Selective
11. Jackson State University Margaret Walker Center

    Creative Arts & Scholarly Engagement (CASE) Festival

    High-school students submit and present essays, poetry, spoken word, fiction, performing arts, or visual art before audiences of students and professors during this annual interdisciplinary festival.

    📍 MS🎓 Grades 9–12

    Selective
12. University of Nevada, Las Vegas College of Liberal Arts

    Digging into the Past: UNLV Archaeology Summer Camp

    Students act as archaeologists through excavation, artifact analysis, laboratory activities, cultural-heritage preservation and curation. The program returned as part of UNLV's 2026 summer series.

    📍 NV🎓 Grades 9–12

    Moderate
13. University of New Hampshire

    Dinah Whipple STEAM Academy

    Free immersive academy combining science, engineering, arts and mathematics with study of the Black experience and New Hampshire history. Day and residential options were offered in 2026.

    📍 NH🎓 Grades 9–12

    Highly Selective

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