UCI Brain Camp
A two-week, full-day neuroscience program at UC Irvine's Center for the Neurobiology of Learning & Memory for high school students, covering brain anatomy, sensation, memory, and brain-machine interfaces through lectures, dissections, and hands-on lab techniques like electrophysiology and optogenetics.
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National Student Leadership Conference (NSLC): Psychology & Neuroscience
A nine-day residential summer program held on college campuses (Duke, UC Berkeley/San Francisco, University of Michigan) where high school students explore the biological systems that shape thought and behavior through clinical simulations, anatomy workshops, and brain imaging studies.
Neuroscience Institute – Wake Forest Pre-College Summer Program
A week-long, overnight pre-college program at Wake Forest University for current 9th-12th graders featuring brain dissection, lab visits, electrophysiology demonstrations, and poster presentations covering neuroanatomy, neuropharmacology, and behavioral neuroscience.
UCLA NeuroCamp
A free, eight-day neuroscience program at UCLA's Brain Research Institute for Los Angeles County high school students in grades 9-12, teaching fundamentals of molecular neurobiology, neurophysiology, and neuroanatomy through hands-on lab techniques.
Rockefeller University Summer Neuroscience Program (SNP)
A free, two-week intensive neuroscience course for New York City public high school students, led by Rockefeller University graduate students, featuring interactive lectures, scientific paper analysis, original experiment design, brain dissection, and lab tours.
Brown Pre-College: Brain Basics – From Biology to Behavior
A Brown University pre-college course where students dissect preserved human brains and study topics like visual perception, mental illness, and addiction while building research and presentation skills.
Business & Entrepreneurship Academy (University of Miami Herbert Business School)
A two-week summer program on the University of Miami's Coral Gables campus in which high schoolers take part in hands-on entrepreneurship sessions, develop and test business ideas, and work alongside students from across the country.