Summer Science Opportunities!
California State Summer School for Science and
Mathematics (COSMOS)
App Period: February 1, 2012 to March 1, 2012
Eligibility: current high school students
Selectivity: 160 accepted to each of 4 campuses
Total Cost: $2840 (all included) Financial aid available
App Components: 2 recs, transcript, writing sample, [P]SATs
Program Description:
• 4-week residential program at one of 4 UC campuses - Davis,
Irvine, San Diego, or Santa Cruz
• Lab intensive courses with emphasis on current research
Summer Science Program (SSP)
App Deadline: March 2nd, 2012
Eligibility: Recommend Juniors, but Sophomores with Calc
Selectivity: 36 accepted to 2 campuses
Total Cost: $3950 (all included) Financial aid available
App Components: recs, transcript, short essays, tests, ( résumé)
Program Description:
• 5 week program, emphasis on Astronomy, with Math, Physics, CS
• Direct research and observation of asteroid as a team
• Classes on other topics that relate or supplement knowledge
Research Science Institute (RSI)
App Deadline: received by January 6, 2012
Eligibility: Juniors only
Total Cost: $0
App Materials: essays, 2 teacher recs, transcript,SATs
Description: five-week long program at MIT where you'll do
research with a mentor in some area of STEM. The first week
consists of intense classes, and in the last week, you'll
actually present your research.
Young Scholars Program (YSP)
Six weeks: June 24 - August 4 at UC Davis
App Deadline: received by March 31, 2012
Eligibility: current sophomores/juniors
Selectivity: 40 from over 600 applicants worldwide
Total Cost: $5200 (all included) Financial aid available
App Components: 2 recs, transcript, writing sample, [P]SATs
Program Description:
• 6-week residential research program under UC Davis faculty
• Weekend excursions: Pacific Ocean, Lake Tahoe, Sierra Nevada
Stanford Institutes of Medicine Summer
Research Program (SIMR)
App Deadline: February 24, 2012
Eligibility: current juniors and seniors (must also be 16 by June 11)
Selectivity: 160 accepted to each of 4 campuses
Total Cost: $20 to apply; participants receive a $500 stipend
App Components: 1 rec, online application, writing sample
Program Description:
• 8-week non-residential program at Stanford - June 11, 2012 to
August 3, 2012
• 8 hours/day, 5 days/week
• Basic research under Stanford faculty in immunology, stem cell
biology, neurobiology, cardiovascular medicine, cancer biology,
digital anatomy, bioinformatics, or genetics
Berkeley Lab Internship for Pre-Collegiate Scholars
(BLIPS)
Policies changed since last year; Lynbrook students are no
longer eligible.
Additional Programs
• Simons Summer Research Fellowship
http://www.stonybrook.edu/simons/
• Garcia Summer Research
Program http://polymer.matscieng.sunysb.edu/srprog.htm
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• Stanford Earth Sciences High School
Internship http://oso.stanford.edu/programs/7-earthsciences-high-school-internship-program
• And a lot more!!! This is by no means a
comprehensive list. Go out and search for
yourself! :D
Other Internships
The same information about internships we've told you before
applies. Many students work with Stanford professors and
researchers over the summer.
Application Advice
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