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Research programs in Wisconsin.

152 local programs run in Wisconsin, 69 of them free or paid, and 1 explicitly prioritize under-resourced or first-generation students. Plus 210 nationwide programs open to anyone in the US.

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Clinical & Translational Science Institute of Southeast Wisconsin / Medical College of Wisconsin
500 Stars Summer Internship (CTSI of Southeast Wisconsin)
Paid 8-week summer internship giving high school, undergraduate and graduate students hands-on career training in clinical and translational sciences in research, clinical and community settings.
📅 February🎓 Grades 10–12
Selective
UW-Madison Division of Continuing Studies Precollege
Accelerated Learning Program (Badger Precollege, UW-Madison)
Three-week non-credit college-level courses on the UW-Madison campus for high school students, including computer science and economics, with residential or commuter options.
📅 May🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
UW-Milwaukee Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
ACS Project SEED at UW-Milwaukee
Paid summer research internship for high school students interested in chemistry, working with faculty mentors and graduate students on authentic chemistry research projects.
📅 April🎓 Grades 11–12
Selective
American Legion Auxiliary Department of Wisconsin
American Legion Auxiliary Badger Girls State
A week-long government and leadership conference at UW-Oshkosh for young women finishing their junior year, who form a mythical 51st state, elect officials, write laws and attend bill hearings.
📅 Varies🎓 Grade 11
Selective
Medical College of Wisconsin Office of Academic Pathways
Apprenticeship in Medicine (AIM)
Summer program for Milwaukee-area rising juniors, rising seniors and June graduates aged 16+ to build interest in medicine, biomedical research and allied health careers.
📅 March🎓 Grades 11–12
Selective
UW-Milwaukee School of Architecture and Urban Planning
Architecture Summer Camp Academy
A mostly virtual week-long camp for students in grades 9-12 teaching the basics of architectural design, digital modeling tools, reading architectural drawings and documenting work, with one optional in-person day in Milwaukee.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
ArtWorks for Milwaukee
ArtWorks for Milwaukee High School Internship
Five-month paid internships for Milwaukee-area high school students who build career skills through public arts projects, in seasonal areas such as Environmental Arts and Community Arts plus Mental Health Advocacy.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
Milwaukee Art Museum
ArtXpress Summer Internship (Milwaukee Art Museum)
A four-week paid summer internship where Milwaukee-area teens ages 16-18 work with local artists to design a mural about a city issue, mentor MPS elementary students as museum docents, and see the mural displayed on a Milwaukee County bus.
📅 May🎓 Grades 10–12
Selective
UW-Stevens Point Continuing Education and Outreach
Astronomy Camp (UW-Stevens Point)
Four-day camp with hands-on observation, remote observatory use, stargazing and lessons from working astronomers on topics such as dark matter and the Sun.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 8–12
Moderate
American Legion Department of Wisconsin
Badger Boys State
Week-long American Legion citizenship program where about 900 Wisconsin boys build a mock state government with elections, legislation and courts.
📅 Varies🎓 Grade 11
Moderate
UW-Madison Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences
Badger Dairy Camp
A four-day residential camp for students ages 12 to 17 with hands-on workshops, tours and college-preparation sessions on land and water resources, animal health, human nutrition and farm business.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 7–12
Moderate
Wisconsin Science Education Foundation (WiSEF)
Badger State Science and Engineering Fair (BSSEF)
Wisconsin's ISEF-affiliated state science and engineering fair where students present original research projects in a Senior High division; winners can advance to the International Science and Engineering Fair.
📅 March🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
UW-Madison Badger Precollege
Badger Summer Scholars
A two-week residential or commuter college-preparatory program on the UW-Madison campus where high school students take courses taught by UW-Madison staff and Badger Precollege instructors and prepare for the college application process.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
Beloit College Center for Language Studies
Beloit College Summer Language Program (Chinese, Japanese, Russian)
A fully virtual, immersive 3.5- or 7-week intensive in Chinese, Japanese or Russian taught Monday-Friday, open to high school juniors and seniors among other learners, earning 8 semester hours of college credit.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 11–12
Highly Selective
BioPharmaceutical Technology Center Institute and Dane County School Consortium
BTC Institute Biotechnology Youth Apprenticeship Program
Paid biotechnology youth apprenticeship for students in partner Dane County districts, combining 450 hours of work in an industry or UW-Madison research lab with a weekly biotechnology course.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 11–12
Selective
BioPharmaceutical Technology Center Institute (Promega campus)
BTC Institute Summer Camps (Camp Biotech I and II, Clinical Laboratory Science)
One-week hands-on biotechnology camps for high schoolers at the BTC Institute: The Wonders of DNA, The Wonders of Protein (DNA extraction, PCR, restriction enzymes) and Exploring Clinical Laboratory Science.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
City of Milwaukee Common Council / City Clerk
City of Milwaukee Youth Council
A 17-member council of Milwaukee residents ages 14-18 that meets at City Hall on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays, serves a one-year term and helps allocate Community Development Block Grant youth funding.
📅 Rolling🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
UW-Madison School of Education
College Access Program in Education (CAPE)
A two-week residential summer experience on the UW-Madison campus for rising seniors interested in education or health professions, with a two-credit college course, college-prep seminar and exposure to School of Education research.
📅 Varies🎓 Grade 12
Selective
Marquette University Diederich College of Communication
Communicating the Story of You (Marquette Pre-College Workshop)
A two-day on-campus pre-college workshop where high school students use storytelling to explore communication careers, with multimedia storytelling, photovoice and daily trips to local newsrooms and agencies.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
UW-Milwaukee Peck School of the Arts Department of Dance
Dance Summer Intensive for Emerging Dancers
A four-day intensive for dancers ages 14 and up with four technique classes a day, college-audition preparation and mentorship from UWM dance faculty and MFA students, ending in a showcase.
📅 July🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books
Duane Stein Short Story Contest (Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books)
A short story contest open to Wisconsin middle and high school students, who submit an original short story of up to 2,500 words for a panel of former students of educator Duane Stein.
📅 October🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
City of Milwaukee and Employ Milwaukee
Earn & Learn Summer Youth Internship Program (Milwaukee)
Seven-week paid summer internship placing Milwaukee youth ages 14-24 with employers in fields including health care, culinary and city departments, with preparation sessions before placement.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
Educators Rising Wisconsin (WEAC) and UW-Stevens Point
Educators Rising Wisconsin State Conference
An annual state conference for Wisconsin high school students interested in teaching, with keynotes, breakout sessions by educators, optional competitive events and a recruitment fair of colleges and professional organizations.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
Asset Builders
Finance & Investment Challenge Bowl
A season-long quiz-bowl competition for Wisconsin and northern Illinois high school teams testing knowledge of investing, credit and personal finance through regional tournaments leading to a state championship.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
FIRST Wisconsin
FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) Wisconsin
Team-based robotics program for grades 9-12 (ages 14-18) in which students design, build and compete with industrial-size robots; Wisconsin teams advance through regional events to a state championship.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
FIRST Wisconsin
FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) Wisconsin
Team robotics program for grades 7-12 (ages 12-18) in which students design, build and program a robot for a game released each September and compete at Wisconsin events.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
UW Oshkosh (Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin)
Freshwater High School Experience (UW Oshkosh)
Three-day camp where high school students do hands-on freshwater research, pilot water drones and explore waterways by pontoon boat while learning about freshwater majors and careers.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
UW-Green Bay
Freshwater High School Summer Scholars (UW-Green Bay)
Paid summer research experience in which high school students are matched with a UW-Green Bay freshwater mentor for a project, field trips and a poster presentation.
📅 March🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
UW-Stout, UW-Eau Claire and UW-River Falls (Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin)
Freshwater Science Field Experience (Western Wisconsin)
Week-long field program where high school juniors and seniors do freshwater research on western Wisconsin lakes, streams and groundwater alongside faculty and learn about college majors and careers.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 11–12
Selective
Fox Valley Technical College
FVTC Summer Camps
Hands-on career-immersion summer camps at Fox Valley Technical College for middle and high school students, open to public, private and homeschool students.
📅 March🎓 Grades 9–12
Highly Selective
UW-Stevens Point Continuing Education and Outreach
Health Careers Camp (UW-Stevens Point)
Overnight camp where students meet professors in physical therapy, nursing, audiology and nutrition, do hands-on workshops and tour hospitals including Marshfield Clinic and Aspirus Stevens Point.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Highly Selective
Henry Vilas Zoo
Henry Vilas Zoo Teen Volunteer Roles
Volunteer roles at the Madison zoo including gate greeting, train and carousel crew, goat yard attendant, animal ambassador docent and gardening, with a minimum age of 14 for independent roles.
📅 April🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
UW Carbone Cancer Center and Medical College of Wisconsin (American Cancer Society funded)
HERO: Healthcare Experience and Research in Oncology (Virtual)
Two-week synchronous virtual program for Wisconsin high school students: at-home Drosophila lab work on nutrition and genetic cancers, faculty speakers, cancer career panels and a patient case study.
📅 April🎓 Grades 9–11
Selective
Zoological Society of Milwaukee
High School Assistant Teen Volunteer Program (Zoological Society of Milwaukee)
A teen volunteer program where high school students serve as High School Assistants during Zoo summer camps, gaining hands-on experience with science, animals and working with others.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
UW-Superior
High School Esports Development Camp (UW-Superior)
A summer development camp for students in grades 9-12 to build competitive esports skills, offered by UW-Superior alongside a middle school esports camp.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
Greater Madison Writing Project (UW-Madison)
High School Writers Camp
A four-day camp where high school writers work through the writing process, meet guest writers and contribute to a group anthology, held at Olbrich Botanical Gardens in Madison.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
Kettle Moraine Press Association (UW-Whitewater)
KEMPA Fall Scholastic Journalism Conference
Kettle Moraine Press Association's fall scholastic journalism conference at UW-Whitewater for high school student journalists and advisers, alongside KEMPA's summer journalism camp and contests.
📅 October🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
Kettle Moraine Press Association (KEMPA)
KEMPA Summer Journalism Camp (UW-Whitewater)
A four-day journalism camp at UW-Whitewater where students choose daily workshops in broadcasting, writing, sports media and photojournalism, hear from media professionals and compete in the KEMPA Cup, with overnight or commuter options.
📅 June🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
UW-Madison Language Institute
Languages of the World Day (UW-Madison)
A one-day event at Union South where Wisconsin high school students and teachers sample languages and cultures through breakout sessions on language, music, dance, film and the scientific study of language led by about 60 UW-Madison faculty, staff and students.
📅 October🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
Lawrence University Conservatory of Music
Lawrence Summer Music Institute (Piano & Strings)
A weeklong summer institute for pianists and string players in grades 8-12 with chamber rehearsals, private lessons, coaching, workshops and performance preparation on the Lawrence campus in Appleton.
📅 June🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
Lawrence University Conservatory of Music
Lawrence Summer Music Institute: Classical Voice
A week-long residential institute for classical voice students in grades 8-12 led by Lawrence faculty and guest artists, with an audition, lessons, masterclasses and student concerts.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
Lawrence University Conservatory of Music
Lawrence Summer Music Institute: Percussion
A week-long residential institute for percussionists in grades 8-12 led by Lawrence faculty, with auditioned placement, lessons, ensemble work and a student concert.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
UW-Madison Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology
LSC Kramer Fund Summer Internship (UW-Madison Medical Microbiology and Immunology)
Paid 8-week lab internship doing supervised routine lab tasks in the Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology for a Dane County high school junior or graduating senior interested in a science career.
📅 March🎓 Grades 11–12
Selective
Mathematical Association of America Wisconsin Section / UW-Whitewater
MAA Wisconsin Section High School Math Contest
Wisconsin Section math contest for high school students, a 75-minute exam hosted by UW-Whitewater with registration through a form for participating schools.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
Madison College Center for Entrepreneurship
Madison College Pitch
A business pitch competition for area high school students who submit a 2.5 to 3 minute video covering the problem, solution, target market and financials, with finalists presenting live to judges at the Madison College Truax campus.
📅 March🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
Madison College Professional and Continuing Education
Madison College Youth Camps
Day camps (9 AM to 3 PM) for students in grades 3-12 at Madison College campuses covering engineering, healthcare, culinary arts, welding and fabrication, diesel mechanics and other career exploration, with lunch provided.
📅 February🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
Madison Public Library
Madison Public Library Volunteer Program (Teens)
Volunteers 17 and under can apply through the library's volunteer form for tasks such as pulling holds, packing maker kits, seed library work and program setup, with teen roles such as the Pinney Library PlayLab associate.
📅 Rolling🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
City of Madison Poet Laureate Program
Madison Youth Poet Laureate
A one-year honor for a Madison poet ages 13 to 19 that includes three public readings with the Madison Poet Laureate and the chance to apply for the National Youth Poet Laureate role.
📅 April🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
Mark Cuban Foundation and Gearbox Labs
Mark Cuban Foundation AI Bootcamp (Milwaukee, Gearbox Labs)
Free three-Saturday AI bootcamp for underserved grade 9-12 students with 20+ hours on current AI tools, applied AI ethics and building an AI application for career exploration, with meals and technology provided.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
Marquette University Opus College of Engineering
Marquette Summer Engineering Experiences
Non-residential half-day engineering programs for high schoolers on Marquette's campus, including automation, microcontrollers and AI, Code for Climate, a biomedical engineering bootcamp, biomechanics and an adaptive car build.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 10–12
Moderate
Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD) Youth & Community Programs
MIAD Design Internship
A free year-long program for motivated high school students interested in design careers, including a 50-hour paid internship with a professional design partner, free tuition to MIAD Summer Pre-College and mentorship.
📅 February🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD)
MIAD Summer Pre-College Program
Two- and three-week studio programs for high school students taught by MIAD faculty in areas such as illustration, drawing, photography, graphic design and industrial design, with Advanced Studio Concepts earning 3 college credits.
📅 May🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
Midwest Artist Academy (hosted at UW-Eau Claire)
Midwest Artist Academy
A one-week residential pre-college arts experience for ages 14-18 on the UW-Eau Claire campus with focuses in art, dance, music, theater and writing that blend toward a final showcase.
📅 February🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
Milwaukee County
Milwaukee County Youth Commission
Milwaukee County high school students ages 14-18 serve as paid youth commissioners, taking part in community service, civic engagement and policy and budget decisions, with monthly meetings.
📅 Rolling🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
Milwaukee Public Library
Milwaukee Public Library Teen Advisory Board
A group of City of Milwaukee teens ages 13-18 who meet monthly at the Mitchell Street Branch to plan and lead library programs, volunteer at library events and run signature teen events such as Teen Art Gallery Night and Teen Poetry Fest.
📅 August🎓 Grades 8–12
Selective
Milwaukee Repertory Theater
Milwaukee Rep Teen Council
A free teen leadership program in which teens receive theater arts and administrative training and lead programs for other high school students, with no prior theater experience needed.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
Woodland Pattern Book Center
Milwaukee Youth Poet Laureate
An annual competition for Milwaukee County high school poets that selects a Youth Poet Laureate who performs, leads workshops for peers, and competes for regional and national youth poet titles.
📅 March🎓 Grades 9–11
Selective
Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra
Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra (MYSO)
Audition-based after-school orchestra, wind ensemble and jazz programs for students in grades 3-12, including Metropolitan Symphony, Philharmonia and Senior Symphony.
📅 April🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
UW-Madison Badger Precollege
Mini Band Clinic (Summer Music Clinic, UW-Madison)
A one-day in-person clinic for students in grades 9-12 where musicians learn in large and small groups from UW-Madison faculty and graduate students and perform in a final concert, often with a UW ensemble.
📅 November🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
Marquette University Vieth Institute for Real Estate Leadership (MKE CRE)
MKE CRE Summer High School Immersion Program (Marquette)
A week-long in-person program introducing rising high school sophomores, juniors and seniors from underrepresented backgrounds to commercial real estate, including development, construction, management and sales, with site visits and sessions with professionals.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 10–12
Highly Selective
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art
MMoCA Teen Forum
A paid teen group of Madison-area high school students who learn how an art exhibition is developed, plan educational programming and explore arts careers, meeting at the museum 6-8 hours per month.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 11–12
Selective
Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions, Edvest and Wisconsin Coalition on Student Debt
Money Smart Wisconsin Scholarship Contest
An essay contest for Wisconsin high school seniors planning to attend a Wisconsin college, who estimate higher education costs, identify funding sources and plan their finances for a chance at an Edvest 529 scholarship contribution.
📅 March🎓 Grade 12
Selective
Morgridge Institute (Madison)
Morgridge Institute Summer Research
Paid biomedical research in Madison.
⏱ 8 weeks (summer)📅 February🎓 Grades 11–12
Selective
Milwaukee School of Engineering
MSOE Summer Programs for High School Students
Week-long residential academic summer camps at MSOE (Explore, Focus on a major, Focus on AI, Focus on Health Professions, Women in Technology) with labs, professors and hands-on projects in engineering, computing, business and health.
📅 Rolling🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
UW-Stevens Point Continuing Education
Musical Theatre Camp (UW-Stevens Point)
A week of daily classes in vocal technique, song performance, acting and dancing for students in grades 9-12, ending with a public final presentation.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
Oshkosh Corporation
Oshkosh Corporation High School Programs (Youth Apprenticeship and School to Work)
Paid work-based programs for Wisconsin high schoolers: a 450-hour engineering Youth Apprenticeship for incoming seniors and a two-year manufacturing School to Work program for incoming juniors, earning high school credit, college credit and state certificates.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 11–12
Selective
Urban Ecology Center
Outdoor Leaders High School Internship (Urban Ecology Center)
A paid environmental career internship for Milwaukee high school students, with an eight-week summer intensive for 18 Outdoor Leaders and a September-April school-year cohort of nine, building skills in education, stewardship and research.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 10–12
Selective
UW-Madison School of Pharmacy
Pharmacy Summer Program (UW-Madison School of Pharmacy)
A five-day residential camp where high school students learn about pharmacy careers and PharmD admissions from practicing pharmacists and current pharmacy students.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–11
Selective
UW-Platteville School of Agriculture
Plant Biotechnology Boot Camp (UW-Platteville)
NSF-supported residential or commuter week of hands-on plant biotechnology for high schoolers: tissue culture, genetic transformation, DNA isolation, PCR and gel electrophoresis, with visits to the Wisconsin Crop Innovation Center.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 10–12
Selective
Woodland Pattern Book Center
Poetry Camp (Woodland Pattern Youth Literary Arts)
Free one-week summer poetry camp sessions for Milwaukee youth entering grades 6-12 with writing instruction, meals, field trips and a published anthology of participant writing.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
UW-Stevens Point Continuing Education
Point Music Camp
A week of immersive music study for serious young musicians entering grades 9 through graduated seniors, with UWSP faculty instruction in instruments and voice, electives, and a live concert.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Highly Selective
Medical College of Wisconsin School of Pharmacy
Pre-Pharmacy Scholars Program
Three-day summer boot camp at MCW introducing high school and college students in the Milwaukee area to pharmacy careers with hands-on compounding and vitals collection, followed by program meetings through the year.
📅 April🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
Milwaukee Art Museum
Satellite Teen Internship (Milwaukee Art Museum)
A weekly fall internship for Milwaukee-area teens ages 16-18 to explore museum careers, work with local artists, and develop tours for elementary students, ending in a museum-wide event.
📅 August🎓 Grades 11–12
Selective
Milwaukee Art Museum
Scholastic Art Awards: Wisconsin Exhibition
Wisconsin students in grades 7-12 submit art through a teacher for regional Scholastic Art Awards judging and a Milwaukee Art Museum exhibition, with scholarships available for graduating seniors who present portfolios.
📅 December🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
UW-Superior
Scrubs Camp (UW-Superior)
A summer day camp for students in grades 9-12 exploring health care careers at UW-Superior as part of the university's 7-12 educational summer camps.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Highly Selective
Wisconsin State Senate
Senate Scholar Program
A competitive week-long program at the Wisconsin State Capitol where academically exceptional high school juniors and seniors attend Senate sessions and hearings, draft bills and hold a mock legislative hearing.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 11–12
Moderate
Wisconsin Philharmonic
Shining Stars Competition
A spring audition competition for Waukesha County middle and high school instrumentalists, awarding Shining Stars scholarships and a $1,500 scholarship for a high school senior continuing into a declared music major.
📅 March🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
SkillsUSA Wisconsin
SkillsUSA Wisconsin State Leadership and Skills Conference
Wisconsin chapter of SkillsUSA running regional and state technical and leadership competitions for middle school, high school and college students in dozens of skilled trades and technical fields.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
UW-Madison Badger Precollege
Social Impact Leadership Online (Badger Precollege)
An online course for high school students to design and carry out a project addressing a community issue while building leadership, teamwork and public-speaking skills with peers worldwide.
📅 January🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books
Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books Volunteer
Volunteer roles at the annual Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books at Carroll University in Waukesha, with high school students listed among the ideal volunteers and most shifts only 3-4 hours after a short orientation.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Highly Selective
UW-Stevens Point Continuing Education and Outreach
Spanish Culture Camp (UW-Stevens Point)
A four-day day camp for ages 13-17 immersing students in the Spanish-speaking world through hands-on projects, music, games, food traditions, pop culture and real conversations in Spanish.
📅 June🎓 Grades 8–12
Highly Selective
Ascension NE Wisconsin - Mercy Campus
Student Volunteer Program at Ascension NE Wisconsin Mercy Campus (Oshkosh)
A hospital volunteer program for students age 15 and older who give one 2-4 hour weekly shift for at least six months, with an application, interview, health screening and orientation.
📅 Rolling🎓 Grades 10–12
Selective
St. Norbert College and Medical College of Wisconsin-Green Bay
Summer Academy of Medicine (St. Norbert College and MCW-Green Bay)
Residential 3.5-day program for rising juniors and seniors introducing medicine and the biomedical sciences through hands-on lab work, diagnostic exercises with standardized patients and sessions on ethics and teamwork.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 11–12
Moderate
UW-Madison Badger Precollege
Summer Arts Clinic (Badger Precollege, UW-Madison)
A week-long, hands-on arts program for students completing grades 9-12 at all experience levels, with courses in dance, design, theatre and drama, and visual art that each end with a student performance or exhibit.
📅 May🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
Marquette University College of Business Administration
Summer Business Academy (Marquette)
Four-day non-residential business camp for rising 10th-12th graders with core sessions in management, leadership and operations, two tracks (finance/analytics/AI or marketing/sales/entrepreneurship), and visits to Milwaukee companies.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 10–12
Moderate
Ascension St. Joseph Hospital
Summer Internship Program at Ascension St. Joseph (Milwaukee)
Four-week paid summer internship giving Milwaukee high school juniors through college sophomores hands-on healthcare career exploration, mentorship and professional development.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 11–12
Selective
UW-Madison Badger Precollege
Summer Music Clinic Senior Session (UW-Madison)
A week-long residential or commuter music program for students completing grades 9-12 to play, sing, create and learn about music at all experience levels on the UW-Madison campus.
📅 May🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
UW-Stevens Point at Marshfield
Summer Theatre Camp at UWSP Marshfield
A six-week evening theatre camp for ages 11-18 in acting, singing and dancing that culminates in public performances of a full production.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 6–12
Moderate
Marquette University Law School
Summer Youth Institute (Marquette Law School)
A free summer program introducing Milwaukee students to the legal system and careers in law through sessions with attorneys, judges and law students.
📅 March🎓 Grades 9–10
Selective
Office of U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin and the U.S. Senate
U.S. Senate Page Program (Wisconsin sponsorship via Sen. Baldwin)
A paid semester or summer program in Washington, D.C. where high school juniors work on the Senate floor delivering documents, preparing the Chamber and carrying bills, while attending the Senate Page School.
📅 Varies🎓 Grade 11
Selective
UW-Madison College of Engineering
UW-Madison Engineering Summer Program (ESP)
Free three-week residential program on the UW-Madison campus for high school students interested in engineering, with math, physics, chemistry and engineering design, workshops, industry visits and faculty mentoring.
📅 March🎓 Grades 10–11
Selective
University of Wisconsin-Madison
UW-Madison PEOPLE Program
Free year-round college-prep + research for Wisconsin students of color and first-gen.
⏱ Year-round + summer📅 Rolling (school-based)🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
UW-Platteville Department of Mathematics
UW-Platteville High School Mathematics Contest
Annual team and individual mathematics contest for high school students from southwest Wisconsin, eastern Iowa and northern Illinois, with Level 1 and Level 2 exams, plaques for top schools and an All-Academic Team.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
UW-Stout
UW-Stout High School STEAM Summer Camps
Commuter and residential summer camps in Menomonie for students entering grades 9-12 across Art & Design, Engineering & Technology and Science & Health tracks.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
UW-Whitewater PreCollege Programs
UW-Whitewater PreCollege Summer Academic Camps (Digital Discovery, Healthcare Heroes, Sleuths & Scholars, Leadership Academy)
Residential week-long summer camps for students entering grades 7-12: Digital Discovery (cybersecurity, AI, robotics), Healthcare Heroes (nursing, radiology, pharmacy, EMT), Sleuths & Scholars (forensics and digital safety) and Leadership Academy.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Highly Selective
UW-Milwaukee School of Continuing Education with the Northwestern Mutual Data Science Institute
UWM College for Kids & Teens Data Science Certificate
A five-class certificate track in data science for high schoolers: three core classes (Introduction to Data Science, Entrepreneurial Data Science, Statistical Story Telling) plus two electives, including introductory Python programming.
📅 February🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
UW-Milwaukee College of Engineering and Applied Science
UWM Design & Build Camp (Architecture, Engineering and Construction)
Two-week summer experience for rising Milwaukee Public Schools juniors and seniors to design and build a structure for a community gathering place, with college and career readiness sessions and a possible paid internship extension.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 11–12
Selective
UW-Milwaukee Peck School of the Arts, Department of Film, Video, Animation & New Genres
UWM Film Summer Camp
A week-long day camp (optional overnight housing) for ages 14-18 with hands-on workshops in storytelling and screenwriting, cinematography and lighting, and editing led by practicing artists and UWM professors.
📅 April🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
UW-Milwaukee Peck School of the Arts Department of Music
UWM High School Honors Band & String Orchestra Festival
A two-day festival for ages 14-18 where the region's most accomplished high school instrumentalists rehearse with each other and with nationally recognized conductors and faculty.
📅 October🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
UW-Milwaukee Peck School of the Arts
UWM Peck School of the Arts "Day in the Life" Preview Days
Hands-on preview days for high school students ages 14-18 to experience a day as an Art and Design, Theatre, Dance, Film and Animation, or Music major, with workshops and classes.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
UW-Milwaukee Peck School of the Arts Department of Music
UWM Vocal Arts Festival
A two-day festival where skilled high school singers rehearse in an Honor Choir, work on a prepared solo with UWM voice faculty and perform in a final concert with the UWM Concert Chorale.
📅 November🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
UW-Milwaukee Peck School of the Arts Department of Music
UWM Youth Jazz Ensemble (UJAY)
An audition-based jazz ensemble for high school students ages 14-18 from the Greater Milwaukee area, rehearsing weekly with performance opportunities.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Highly Selective
UW-Milwaukee Peck School of the Arts Department of Music
UWM Youth Wind Ensemble and Percussion (UWAY)
An audition-based ensemble for grades 8-12 woodwind, brass and percussion players rehearsing weekly on Tuesdays with traditional and contemporary repertoire and public concerts.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Highly Selective
UW Oshkosh Department of Mathematics
UWO Mathematical Problem Solving Contest
Annual on-campus math problem-solving contest at UW Oshkosh for middle school (grades 7-8) and high school (grades 9-10) students, with each school entering up to 12 students per grade.
📅 March🎓 Grades 9–10
Moderate
UW-Stevens Point Media Studies and Continuing Education
UWSP Filmmakers' Camp (Teen Session)
A four-and-a-half-day day camp run by UWSP Media Studies where campers write, shoot and edit short films, with a teen session for ages 13-17 and a closing film festival.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 8–12
Moderate
UW-Stevens Point Noel Fine Arts Center
UWSP Summer Dance Intensive
A week-long dance intensive in two age groups (13-15 and 16-18) with daily technique classes in the Noel Fine Arts Center dance studios, with optional residential housing.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 8–12
Moderate
Veterans of Foreign Wars, Department of Wisconsin
VFW Voice of Democracy Scholarship Program (Wisconsin)
Grade 9-12 students record a 3-5 minute audio essay on a patriotic theme, entered through a local VFW post and judged at post, district and state levels, with state and national scholarships.
📅 October🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
UW-Whitewater
Warhawk Dual Enrollment Academy (UW-Whitewater)
Online college-credit courses exclusively for high school students, including General Chemistry, Intro to Environmental Science and Intro to Statistical Reasoning and Analysis, with credits transferable across the Universities of Wisconsin.
📅 Rolling🎓 Grades 11–12
Highly Selective
Wisconsin Association of School Councils (WASC)
WASC Student Leadership State Conference
A two-day statewide student leadership conference for middle and high school student councils with leadership workshops and competitions such as Best Project, Scrapbook and Creative Marketing.
📅 April🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
Wisconsin Forensic Coaches Association
WFCA State Speech and Forensics Tournament
The capstone state tournament for high school competitive speech, with speech and interpretive events and a State Student Congress, open to students of WFCA member schools.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
Wisconsin Land+Water Conservation Association
WI Land+Water High School Conservation Camp
Residential camp for students entering grades 9-12 covering wildlife, habitat restoration, water quality, soils and forestry with field trips and natural resources career exploration.
📅 May🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP)
Wisconsin Agriculture Youth Council
A council of up to 15 Wisconsin high school seniors who meet virtually each month of the school year to hear from agriculture professionals and learn about ag careers, farm resources and agricultural policy.
📅 March🎓 Grade 12
Selective
American Legion Department of Wisconsin
Wisconsin American Legion Oratorical Contest
A constitutional speech contest in which high school students present a prepared oration on the U.S. Constitution through district, regional and department rounds, with scholarships at each level.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
WMC Foundation / UW-Stevens Point
Wisconsin Business World Summer Camp (UW-Stevens Point)
Four-day, three-night camp on a Wisconsin campus where students are placed in small groups to build and run a business while learning economics, financial literacy and careers.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
Universities of Wisconsin / Wisconsin Newspaper Association Foundation
Wisconsin Civics Games
A team civics competition for Wisconsin high school students covering the U.S. Constitution, Wisconsin and U.S. history, elections and public policy, with regional playoffs at UW campuses and a state final at the Wisconsin State Capitol.
📅 February🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
Wisconsin DECA
Wisconsin DECA (High School)
Student membership association for high school marketing, business, finance and hospitality students with competitive events, role plays and written projects culminating in the state Career Development Conference.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
Wisconsin Land+Water
Wisconsin Envirothon
Team environmental science competition with hands-on field stations in aquatic ecology, forestry, soils and wildlife plus a team presentation; the top high school team advances to the national Envirothon.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
Wisconsin FBLA
Wisconsin FBLA High School State Leadership Conference
State conference for Wisconsin FBLA high school members with competitive events, leadership workshops and qualification for the national conference.
📅 February🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
Wisconsin FCCLA
Wisconsin FCCLA
Career and technical student organization for family and consumer sciences students offering STAR events, leadership development and an annual State Leadership Conference.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
Wisconsin FFA Association
Wisconsin FFA State Convention and Career Development Events
State FFA convention in Madison with competitions, leadership workshops, general sessions and a Career Expo for FFA members in agricultural, food and natural resources education.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
State Bar of Wisconsin
Wisconsin High School Mock Trial
Teams of 6-12 high school students with a teacher and attorney coach argue a hypothetical case in real courtrooms at regional and state tournaments run by the State Bar of Wisconsin.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
UW-Madison International Division / WHSMUN
Wisconsin High School Model United Nations (WHSMUN)
The state's oldest and largest high school Model UN conference, held at UW-Madison, where delegates simulate UN committees and a historic crisis committee on global issues.
📅 November🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
Wisconsin HOSA - Future Health Professionals
Wisconsin HOSA State Leadership Conference
Annual state conference for middle school and secondary HOSA members with competitive events in health science, recognition events, leadership training and an Anatomage anatomy tournament.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
UW-Madison Badger Precollege
Wisconsin International Precollege Academy (UW-Madison)
A three-week immersive residential program on the UW-Madison campus for international high school students, with workshops, presentations and excursions in one of two tracks: leadership and critical thinking, or innovating solutions for a sustainable future.
📅 May🎓 Grades 9–12
Highly Selective
Wisconsin Interscholastic Speech and Dramatic Arts Association (WISDAA)
Wisconsin Interscholastic Theatre Festival
A statewide festival where about 1,800 high school students attend workshops led by professionals, perform one-act and individual-event contest pieces, and see showcase productions.
📅 November🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
Wisconsin Labor History Society
Wisconsin Labor History Society Kenneth A. Germanson High School Essay Contest
An annual essay contest for Wisconsin students in grades 9-12 who write about 750 words on how unions have been important to their family, community and nation, using interviews or independent research on labor history.
📅 February🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
UW-Madison Department of Mathematics
Wisconsin Math Talent Search
Problem-solving competition in which high school and middle school students work five sets of challenging problems at their own pace and mail or upload solutions; top scorers are invited to Honors Day in Madison.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
Wisconsin Historical Society
Wisconsin National History Day
Students in grades 6-12 research a historical topic and compete in school, regional and state contests leading to the National History Day finals.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
Wisconsin Arts Board
Wisconsin Poetry Out Loud
A poetry recitation contest for Wisconsin high school students who memorize and perform poems from an anthology through classroom, school, regional and state rounds, with the state champion advancing to the National Finals.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
UW-Madison Wisconsin School of Business
Wisconsin School of Business Precollege Summer Camps (Business Basics and Junior Business Badgers)
Four-day in-person summer camps at Grainger Hall: Business Basics (rising 9th and 10th graders) and Junior Business Badgers (rising 11th and 12th graders) introduce business careers, majors, job-shadow field trips and college-essay and networking skills.
📅 April🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
Wisconsin Interscholastic Speech and Dramatic Arts Association (WISDAA)
Wisconsin Schools Film Festival (WISDAA)
A statewide festival where WISDAA member schools enter student-made films that are adjudicated and screened, with no qualification process required and an in-person event planned for UW-Madison in 2027.
📅 April🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
Wisconsin Science Olympiad
Wisconsin Science Olympiad
State Science Olympiad program with regional and invitational tournaments and a state tournament in which Division C (high school) teams compete in dozens of science and engineering events.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
EconomicsWisconsin (Wisconsin Council on Economic Education)
Wisconsin State EconChallenge
An online economics competition open to every Wisconsin high school student: teams compete in a beginner (David Ricardo) or veteran (Adam Smith) division, with top teams advancing to the national semifinal and final.
📅 March🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
Wisconsin Chess Association
Wisconsin State Scholastic Chess Championship
The annual state scholastic chess championship open to Wisconsin students under 19, with K-12 Junior Varsity, K-8 and K-5 sections plus varsity team sections and individual and team awards.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Highly Selective
Wisconsin Interscholastic Speech and Dramatic Arts Association (WISDAA)
Wisconsin State Speech & Debate Festival (WISDAA)
The state-level speech and debate festival for WISDAA member high schools, held in conjunction with the state speech contest, with in-person events at UW-Madison and online virtual video events.
📅 April🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
Wisconsin Towns Association, Rural Mutual Insurance Company and Scott Construction
Wisconsin Towns Association Scholarship Essay Contest
An annual essay contest for graduating Wisconsin high school seniors planning to attend a Wisconsin college, who answer a question about local government and civic life for one of ten scholarships.
📅 May🎓 Grade 12
Selective
Fox Valley Competitive Robotics (VEX Robotics)
Wisconsin VEX V5 High School State Championship
Wisconsin state championship for high school VEX V5 Robotics Competition teams, held at the Resch Expo in Ashwaubenon with top teams earning spots at the VEX World Championships.
📅 February🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development
Wisconsin Youth Apprenticeship
One- or two-year state program for high school juniors and seniors that combines paid employment in a chosen career pathway with related coursework and leads to a Certificate of Occupational Proficiency.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 11–12
Selective
Dane County Office of Energy & Climate Change, Dane County Youth Environmental Committee and UNA Dane
Wisconsin Youth Climate Conference
An annual student-led conference for Wisconsin high school and college students with a keynote, tabling and presentations by youth environmental groups, and workshops on practical climate solutions.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
YMCA Wisconsin (Fox Cities YMCA delegation)
Wisconsin Youth in Government
Students in grades 7-12 meet weekly as a delegation, write bills, and then run a model state government (legislature, Supreme Court, media) at the Wisconsin State Capitol.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
UW-Madison CALS and The World Food Prize Foundation
Wisconsin Youth Institute (World Food Prize)
Grade 9-12 students write a research paper on a country and a food security topic and present their recommendations in speeches and small-group discussions with agriculture experts at UW-Madison; participants earn Borlaug Scholar recognition.
📅 May🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
Wisconsin Board for People with Developmental Disabilities (WI-BPDD)
Wisconsin Youth Leadership Forum
A week-long overnight leadership and self-advocacy training and career-awareness program at Edgewood College for Wisconsin high school sophomores, juniors and seniors with disabilities, including meeting a state legislator.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 10–12
Selective
Wisconsin Office of Children's Mental Health (OCMH)
Wisconsin Youth Mental Wellness Champions
A statewide cohort of 15 rising juniors and seniors, one from each of Wisconsin's 12 CESAs plus three at-large, who meet monthly online to build knowledge, skills and a network around youth mental wellness and present posters to state leaders at a May ceremony.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 10–11
Selective
Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestras
Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestras (WYSO)
Audition-based youth orchestras in the Madison area, including Philharmonia and Youth Orchestra for older students, with scholarships available for tuition and private lessons.
📅 April🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (NSTA / U.S. Armed Forces; regional host UW-La Crosse)
Wisconsin/Upper Peninsula Michigan Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS)
Regional research symposium where grade 9-12 students present original research in oral or poster format in STEM fields; top presenters earn scholarships and a trip to the national JSHS.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
Wisconsin Journalism Education Association (WisJEA)
WisJEA Journalist of the Year and All-State Journalism Team
An annual application program recognizing Wisconsin high school student journalists: seniors can apply for Journalist of the Year, and students in grades 9-12 can apply for the All-State Journalism Team using a resume, a work sample and a short explanation of their media work.
📅 January🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
UW-Madison Wisconsin Intensive Summer Language Institutes (WISLI)
WISLI High School Online Language Courses (UW-Madison)
Highly motivated high school juniors and seniors may be admitted to WISLI's college-level intensive summer language courses, offered online, in over 30 less commonly taught languages.
📅 March🎓 Grades 11–12
Moderate
Rotary World Affairs Seminar
World Affairs Seminar
An annual overnight summer seminar for students at Carroll University in Waukesha, discussing current world problems with peers from other countries.
📅 February🎓 Grades 9–12
Highly Selective
Wisconsin School Music Association (WSMA)
WSMA High School State Honors Music Project
Audition-based statewide honors band, orchestra, choir and jazz ensembles for high school musicians that rehearse at a four-day June camp and perform in Madison in late October at the Wisconsin State Music Conference.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–11
Moderate
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Wisconsin Conservation Congress
Youth Conservation Congress (Wisconsin DNR)
A statewide youth extension of the Wisconsin Conservation Congress for students interested in the outdoors, with a county mentor, training in how natural resource policy is set, service-learning, job shadowing and mentored outdoor activities.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
Wisconsin Humane Society
Youth Leaders Volunteer Program (Wisconsin Humane Society)
A volunteer program for teens ages 13-17 who support the Humane Society's youth activities by setting up activities, assisting with crafts and acting as mentors to children ages 6-12 during Girl Scout Nights and Kids Night Out.
📅 November🎓 Grades 8–12
Selective
Greater Madison Writing Project, UW-Madison
Youth Press Corps (Cap Times and UW-Madison)
Five-day summer camp in the Cap Times newsroom where students learn interviewing, journalistic writing and ethics from journalists and educators, and can publish a story in The Cap Times.
📅 Varies🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate

Nationwide programs open to Wisconsin students

University of Pennsylvania
Academic English & University Readiness Academy
Two-week residential academy at Penn for non-native English speakers. Students do university-style work: reading, lectures, discussions, research and group projects, ending in a final presentation. Current 9th-11th graders; non-credit.
⏱ 2 weeks (July 26 - August 8, 2026)🎓 Grades 9–11
Highly Selective
Army Educational Outreach Program (AEOP)
AEOP High School Apprenticeship Program
Students work alongside Army scientists and engineers on cutting-edge research projects in world-class laboratories.
⏱ 8 weeks📅 Early March🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
American Foreign Service Association (AFSA)
AFSA National High School Essay Contest
An essay contest designed to engage students in thinking about peace and conflict resolution.
📅 February 15🎓 Grades 11–12
Selective
Carnegie Mellon University
AI Scholars at CMU
Free AI-focused summer program for rising seniors underrepresented in computing.
⏱ 4 weeks (summer)📅 February🎓 Grade 11
Selective
AI4ALL
AI4ALL Open Learning
Girls in grades 6-12 learn AI and Python through interactive virtual classes.
⏱ 2 weeks📅 March 1🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
Mathematical Association of America
AIME
Invitational round for top AMC scorers. 15-question, 3-hour exam that gates the USAMO. No fee for invited students.
⏱ 3 hours📅 February🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
Freedom Forum
Al Neuharth Free Spirit and Journalism Conference
An all-expenses-paid journalism conference for one student from every US state and DC.
⏱ 1 week📅 February 15🎓 Grade 11
Selective
Amazon
Amazon Future Engineer Scholarship
Scholarship for high school seniors planning to study computer science in college.
⏱ 4 years scholarship📅 December 1🎓 Grade 12
Selective
Mathematical Association of America
AMC 10/12
The entry-level American Mathematics Competition. Top scorers qualify for AIME and the path to the USAMO. Open to all US high schoolers; school registration required.
⏱ 75 minutes📅 November🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
ACSL
American Computer Science League (ACSL)
A multi-division computer science competition covering both theory and programming.
⏱ School year📅 November 30🎓 Grades 9–12
Moderate
University of Pennsylvania
American Sign Language and Deaf Culture Online Seminar
Two-week online seminar (daily Zoom sessions) teaching basic ASL conversation and narrative skills in an immersion setting, plus Deaf community perspectives through vlogs, lectures and a panel of Deaf professionals. Current 9th-11th graders; non-credit.
⏱ 2 weeks (July 13 - 24, 2026)🎓 Grades 9–11
Highly Selective
Amgen Foundation
Amgen Scholars Future Track
Free online biotech simulations and pipeline programs preparing high schoolers for biomedical research.
⏱ Self-paced📅 Rolling🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
Apple Inc.
Apple Swift Student Challenge
Swift coding competition hosted by Apple to showcase creativity and app development skills.
⏱ 1 month📅 February🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
Berklee College of Music
Aspire: Five-Week Music Performance Intensive
The world's premier summer performance program for contemporary music, including jazz, rock, and pop.
⏱ 5 weeks📅 March 1🎓 Grades 10–12
Moderate
University of Pennsylvania
Astronomical Techniques Research Academy
Two-week residential academy at Penn. Students learn observational astronomy and data analysis, build simple cameras and spectrometers, observe the Sun and stars, and analyze data with Python. Current 9th-11th graders; non-credit.
⏱ 2 weeks (July 11 - 25, 2026)🎓 Grades 9–11
Moderate
NCWIT
Award for Aspirations in Computing (AiC)
Award for girls and non-binary students in computing, providing recognition and a cash prize.
⏱ One-time📅 April 15🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
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.
⏱ 3 weeks📅 April 1🎓 Grades 10–12
Moderate
MIT Lincoln Lab
Beaver Works Summer Institute (BWSI)
Free MIT-led project-based courses in AI, robotics, cybersecurity.
⏱ 4 weeks (summer)📅 Early February🎓 Grade 11
Selective
ELASH / Bebras US
Bebras Computing Challenge (US)
An international computational thinking and informatics competition. Students can take the test remotely or through a local school coordinator.
⏱ 45 minutes📅 Early February🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective
Bennington College
Bennington Young Writers Awards
A prestigious creative writing competition for students to win cash prizes and publication.
📅 January 12🎓 Grades 9–12
Selective

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