Research Opportunities Database for High School Students

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Summer Student Research Program has placed talented high school and college students from diverse backgrounds into local clinics and basic science labs to participate in active biomedical research projects. Formerly affiliated with CHORI, now fully integrated with the UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland, this summer program provides a one-on-one mentorship with health care providers and researchers, along with access to unique workshops, seminars, trainings, simulations, and networking opportunities. The program culminates in a formal research symposium in which each student presents their project findings to the scientific community, many of which continue on as future grants, publications, and advances in healthcare. The overall goal of the program is to stimulate interest in health sciences for under-represented students, arming them with professional skills and confidence, thereby improving their likelihood of success in STEM careers.

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Research opportunities are available in Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute laboratories for high school and undergraduate students. Students can gain hands-on experience in laboratory techniques and to explore careers in biomedical research. Your teacher may have contacts at Lerner Research Institute who they would suggest as a mentor. If not, you can find labs that interest you using the lab search tool or through our Science page.

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The Zuckerman Institute’s Brain Research Apprenticeships in New York at Columbia (BRAINYAC) program prepares today’s youth to become tomorrow’s scientists. BRAINYAC provides high-schoolers with an immersive, hands-on summer research experience in a Columbia laboratory. We emphasize opportunities to connect with real scientists, learn key skills required to work in a research environment, and become part of the Columbia University community. The BRAINYAC program is open to students from select partner programs and schools that serve students in Upper Manhattan and the Bronx. Each student is matched with a Columbia neuroscientist, a mentor who guides the student through a research project.

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The ISP began as an intensive training course and following the success of the inaugural student program has run an annual winter session in Fox Chase’s designated ISP Teaching Laboratory and prompted the ISP to reach even further and go outside the walls of Fox Chase Cancer Center to train hundreds of additional students. To help accomplish this, the ISP host Teacher ISP (T-ISP) training sessions are designed to further promote the understanding of cancer research, expand the Immersion Science Community, and bring data gathered by ISP’ers to add our to our growing scientific publication list.

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The College Now STEM Research Academy at City Tech is a two-part program designed to provide high school students with an opportunity to develop strong college level research skills by engaging in authentic science inquiry and research activities. Selected students will be enrolled into a free Spring pre-college research course. Upon successful completion of the spring course, students will have the opportunity to apply for the STEM Summer Research Internship.

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The Reproductive and Oncofertility Science Academy at UC San Diego (ROSA) is a hands-on educational program that inspires incoming 11th and 12th grade students to become the next generation of scientists and physicians. The curriculum is focused on oncofertility – an exciting new field in medicine that addresses the fertility needs and quality of life issues for young cancer patients. Graduates emerge from the summer program with a greater understanding of science and research related to oncofertility and many have gone on to successful careers in science, math, engineering and technology.

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The Tandon School of Engineering has long recognized the critical need to engage K-12 students, teachers, and schools in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) through hands-on, authentic learning. The Center and its programs place a strong emphasis on serving those who have limited access to high-quality STEM education. The Center builds its initiatives on the expertise and passion of trained graduate and undergraduate students to develop and teach hands-on, activity-based STEM curricula to younger students and their teachers under the guidance of faculty members.

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Della Keats provided both educational and medical services to her people throughout her life, and believed strongly in the importance of expanding, maintaining, and sharing medical knowledge in ways that would benefit both Alaska Native people and the broader Alaskan community. The program will offer a series of intensive residential summer programs that prepare and inspire Alaskan high school students to pursue higher education with a focus on a career in the health profession. Participants will experience university residential life, complete health science-related pre-college coursework, carry out health-related research projects, and complete at least four different medical or health care professional job shadows. Participants will be introduced to research, medical, and college experience through a combination of guest lectures and tours that will be centered on the theme of Health Promotion.

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The Young Researchers Program is a six-week summer program where motivated rising high school seniors conduct scientific research at the University of Southern California. Students experience hands-on university-level research projects while attending weekly workshops that provide fundamental knowledge about college applications and pursuing careers in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fields.

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USC’s Science, Technology and Research (STAR) Program, founded by Dr. Roberta Diaz Brinton, has long opened pathways for high school students — particularly underrepresented minorities — to pursue careers in life sciences, biomedical engineering and biotechnology.