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9th-12th Grade Research/Internships/Special Programs for Summer
Edited 2/6/08 by C. Tam
Biogen – Community Lab - FREE
(1) Adventures in Biotechnology, 5-day summer program for students entering 10, 11, 12
(2) Advanced Adventures in Biotechnology – a two-week program for students entering
11 & 12
Boston Univ.
1. High School Honors Program – Research Internship in Science, a 6-week research
program
2. School of Medicine – Minority High School Student Biomedical Research Program,
research, grades 11-12 disadvantaged students, deadline: May (no Asians)
Brandeis Univ. – Brandeis Summer Odyssey
Brown Univ. – Leadership Alliance, all levels, education/research, minorities (no Asians)
Clark University – Minds, Matter and Medicine in the 21st Century,
www.clarku.edu/summerscienceprogram
Harvard Univ.
1. Harvard Medical School, Project Success, minorities, rising 11th & 12th graders,
living in Boston or Cambridge, 16 years old as of 6/30, research internship,
deadline March-April
2. Harvard School of Public Health, Minority H.S. Student Research Program,
minorities, starting H.S. sophomores living in Boston, all sciences, deadline end of
April, www.hsph.harvard.edu/hr
The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME – Summer Student Program for rising seniors,
www.jax.org/training/documents/SSP.html
Maine Awareness Research Expeditions – offers multi-disciplinary marine education programs
fully accredited by Franklin Pierce College (for ages 16-22 years?). Contact: The
M.A.R.E. Center, Franklin Pierce College, PO Box 60, College Road, Rindge, NH
02361-0060, www.fpc.edu/MARE
Maine Maritime Academy – Summer Sea Session, 5-day program for H.S. juniors
Mass PEP, Inc.
1. Residential Summer High School Program in Math & Science, 6 weeks, completed
9th, 10th, and 11th grade, minorities (no Asians)
2. Summer Tech. Internship Program, grades 11th and 12th, minorities(?), 4-8 weeks,
deadline mid-April
MIT Women’s Technology Program for High School Students, 4 weeks to explore electrical
engineering and computer science through a series of hands-on experiments and projects,
for current 10th or 11th grade girls. Also a host of programs for high school students,
including internships and summer programs can be found at http://web.mit.edu/outreach
National Youth Leadership Forum in Medicine and in Nursing – 10-day summer program
offered around the country, www.nylf.org, email mededucator@nylf.org
Northfield Mount Hermon Summer School – Caribbean Marine Biology & Scuba, grades10-12,
education & research in biology & zoology, 5 weeks in June-July
Northeastern Univ. – H.S. Apprentice Program, research, for 11th & 12th grade, disadvantaged
minorities
Roxbury Latin School – Advanced Biotechnology Institute, for grades 9-12, advanced lab-based
curriculum, DNA & protein science, visits to biotech/pharma companies and NIH in MD,
medical school internship possibility, www.biotech-institute.org or call 617-325-4920
ext. 247
The School for Field Studies, Undergraduate Semester & Summer Programs, 16 Broadway,
Beverly, MA 01915-9923, www.fieldstudies.org
Sea Education Association
1. Oceanography of the Gulf of Maine, education & research
2. Science at Sea, education & research in oceanography nautical science, contact
William McMurray, 508-540-3954
Sea Semester Program at Woods Hole, Sea Education Association, PO Box 6, Woods Hole, MA
02543-9987, 800-552-3633, www.sea.edu
Skidmore College – Skidmore Summer Science Institute for Girls, Office of the Dean of Special
Programs, Saratoga Springs, NY, 518-580-5592, www.skidmore.edu/summer
Smith College – Summer Science Program, 4 weeks research, entering 9th – 12th grades, 413-
585-3879, fax 413-585-3068
Tufts Univ.
1. College of Engineering – Women in Science & Engineering Initiative, biotech &
engineering research – called 4/2/99 Peter Wong, 617-627-3237 x5162, program no
longer running, may have new program out
2. School of Medicine – summer research internship for high school students
3. School of Vet. Medicine – Adventure in Vet. Medicine, H.S. students, education,
contact Chris Killian, 508-839-7962
4. School of Vet. Medicine – H.S. Minority Research Apprentice Program, deadline
May, minorities, education & research, contact Rebecca Russo, 617-839-7920
5. Summer Session, education & research for H.S. juniors, deadline May 1, contact
Tricia Butler, 617-627-3958
Tufts University – Tufts Summer Study, pre-college experience, Health Science Honors
Program, contact Tufts Summer Session Office at 617-627-3454, Vanessa Green,
Program Assistant, email highschool@tufts.edu, web site http://ase.tufts.edu/summer/hs.
U. Mass Amherst – (#100) Hughes Scholars Neuroscience & Behavior Program, education &
research in neuroscience and behavior, women minorities (no Asians), H.S. juniors, 5
weeks in summer, deadline 4/15, contact Dr. Rodney Murphey, 413-545-2046
U. Mass Medical Center – (#092) H.S. Health Careers Program, grades 10th & 11th, 4 weeks,
deadline March 1, contact Isabel Feliciano, 508-856-5541
U. of Notre Dame – Summer Experience, a pre-college program, choose one of 4 disciplines: life
sciences, finance and investments, mathematics, literature. 3 weeks, For rising seniors
only, web site www.nd.edu/~precoll; Joan Ball, 219-631-4782.
University of Notre Dame – Summer Experience, open to outstanding high school students
between their junior and senior years, 3 weeks in July, 3 academic tracks in science
offered: Life Sciences, Computer Science and Engineering, and Geoscience and the
Environment, www.nd.edu/precoll, Joan Martel Ball, Director of Pre-College Programs,
219-631-4481, email at jmball@nd.edu
U. of Vermont – (#181) Research Apprentice Program, summer 7 weeks research, end of 11th
grade, minorities, contact Mary Romary, 802-656-3819
WPI – Girls in Engineering, Math and Science (GEMS) Program for high school girls, a hands-
on program to introduce girls to engineering and inspire them to learn more about math
and science, www.wpi.edu/Admin/Diversity/precollege.html
WPI – Exploring Engineering, Math & Science (Strive), a program for African-American,
Hispanic and Native American High School Students, a hands-on program to introduce
high school students to engineering and inspire them to learn more about math and
science, www.wpi.edu/Admin/Diversity/precollege.html
WPI – Frontiers, a 2-week residential program, July 6-19, 2002, of hands-on project-based
science for rising juniors and seniors, www.wpi.edu/+frontiers
WPI – Launch Program, a 5-day summer program for entering 9th & 10th grades,
www.wpi.edu/+launch, phone: 508-831-5286
Middle School Programs
Boston Univ. – www.bu.edu/eng/u-design/, “U-Design” summer program, one-week sessions in:
(1) Electrical & Mechanical Gizmos, for students entering grades 6-8
(2) Robo-Alley, for students entering grades 7-9
(3) Flight School 101, for students entering grades 7-9
Briarwood Marine Science Center on Cape Cod, one-week sessions of Summer Marine Science
Camps held for students entering 5th through 9th grades, PO Box 375, Monument Beach,
MA 02553, Phone 508-759-7763
Bridgewater State College CityLab, “Whale of a Mystery”, biotechnology program, one-week
sessions, for students entering grades 6-9, http://webhost.bridgew.edu/CityLab
Mass Audubon Society – http://massaudubon.org/Kids/index.php. Many options for students
entering grades 5-9. Main number: 866-MAS-CAMP.
(1) Overnight camp: www.massaudubon.org/wildwood
(2) Day Camps: variety of focuses
(3) Blue Hills Trailside Museum: Chickatawbut Hill Summer Camp. Naturalist, Explorer,
or Adventurers programs available.
Museum of Science, Boston, one-week sessions through the summer, for students entering 1st
through 10th grades, www.mos.org, 617-589-0100
New England Aquarium – http://neaq.org/scilearn/summerprogs/ Camp director phone: 617-
973-0250 or 617-973-0253. Based out of Boston location.
(1) Entering 6-7 programs: Sharks: Tales & Truths, River Meets the Sea, and Bounty of
the Sea. One-week sessions in August.
(2) Entering 8-9 programs: Aquarist in Training, Ocean Protectors, Schooner Adventures,
Making Shark Movies: Telling the Real Story, Animal Health at the Aquarium, Sea
Lab: A Study of Urban Whales, and Exhibit Design: The Giant Ocean Tank. One-
week and two-week sessions in July and August.
Sail Caribbean, “Foxtrot Junior” program for students completing 7th & 8th graders, 14-day
residential program combining water activities with marine biology activities and
environmental conservation project, www.sailcaribbean.com, 800-321-0994
WPI Launch summer program, focus is on current techniques and unsolved problems in biology,
chemistry, computer science, and robotics, one-week program, for students entering 9th
and 10th grades, www.wpi.edu/+launch, phone: 508-831-5286
