High School Opportunities

OSAA is a NSF-funded initiative seeking to increase the number of students with disabilities that earn STEM degrees and enter the STEM workforce. Wright State leads a coalition of Ohio State University, Sinclair Community College and Columbus State Community college in implementing programming to recruit high school students and other persons with disabilities to STEM college majors. OSAA also provides college students with academic and personal support aimed at maximizing STEM retention and graduation rates, as well as extracurricular enhancements to increase the quality of their degrees and competitiveness for positions in high quality graduate programs and the STEM workforce.

OSAA is a NSF-funded initiative seeking to increase the number of students with disabilities that earn STEM degrees and enter the STEM workforce. Wright State leads a coalition of Ohio State University, Sinclair Community College and Columbus State Community college in implementing programming to recruit high school students and other persons with disabilities to STEM college majors. OSAA also provides college students with academic and personal support aimed at maximizing STEM retention and graduation rates, as well as extracurricular enhancements to increase the quality of their degrees and competitiveness for positions in high quality graduate programs and the STEM workforce.

A free one week residential summer program for underrepresented minority students.Step Up to STEM is an innovative interdisciplinary academic program that uses exciting real-world subjects to challenge rising 9th graders across North Carolina and build their skills in science, math, and communications.

Experience in paleontology as a high school student is not an opportunity that presents itself every day, especially when it is through a university as widely respected as the University of Chicago. But actual hands-on experience is exactly what students will get over the course of this unique, but totally intense, four-week program. The program begins in the labs of Chicago's Field Museum, where students will learn how fossils are collected and analyzed. Students will learn such important concepts as evolutionary biology, fossil preparation, fossil description, and proper illustration, before heading to Wyoming to take part in the ongoing Field Museum expedition at the Green River Formation.

STREAMS is an out-of-school time program for girls that integrates Science, Technology, Robotics, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics with Scuba and Scientific diving. Participants learn about and build various underwater remotely operated vehicle recorders (ROVR) to explore diverse marine ecosystems.

Summer Academies at Penn are intensive, three-week programs that combine hands-on application with scientific theory. Students participating in these Summer Academies can choose from a variety of science-themed research programs, then spend the summer using Penn's cutting-edge technology, participating in innovative lab experiences, and learning from some of the best Ivy League professors and researchers in the country.

Carnegie Mellon offers a top-ranked Summer Academy for Mathematics & Science. The six-week program is specifically designed for those students who come from backgrounds underrepresented in the fields of natural science (ethnic minority students, students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, first-generation college students, etc.). Classes on mathematics, physics, computer science, and SAT preparation are all offered, and are taught by Carnegie Mellon instructors.

Barnard College, a women's liberal arts school, gives female high school students the unique opportunity to spend four weeks taking college-level courses while experiencing what it's like to live in a place as vibrant and active as New York City. Students choose two four-day-a-week classes from a long list of options that include The Exploration of Space, Introduction to Neuroscience, Psych 101, and many more.

The chance to work side-by-side some of the world'ss leading scientists isn'st an opportunity that comes along every day, but that is exactly what students will experience by participating in the National Institute of Health's Summer Internship in Biomedical Research. Internships usually begin in May or June and last a minimum of eight weeks. The opportunities vary widely and include a hands-on introduction to scientific training, independent research and career instruction, and an advance research program during which students work in a research group.

The objective of Summer Programs for Experience in Professional Healthcare is to stimulate and encourage minority and under-represented individuals's interests in professional healthcare programs by exposing qualified participants to the different doctorate degrees available. Students selected for the program will represent minority (non-Caucasian or female), rural, economically disadvantaged, and/or first-generation students of ANY racial background. Usually held from January to June, each monthly session is filled with fun activities, guest speakers, and a chance to win some cool prizes!