Vanderbilt Summer Institute – Neuroscience: Your Six Senses
A two-week, on-campus course for rising 11th and 12th graders at Vanderbilt University exploring how the brain processes sensory information — light, sound, touch, taste, smell, and gravity — through interactive labs, demonstrations, and analysis of research data.
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Drexel University College of Medicine Neuroscience Camp for High School Students
A two-week in-person summer camp at Drexel's Queen Lane campus in Philadelphia for rising high school juniors and seniors with a background in biology, chemistry, or research, covering brain anatomy, electrophysiology, cellular neuroscience, and neuropharmacology through lectures and hands-on lab work.
Boston University RISE Internship/Practicum
A six-week residential BU summer program where rising seniors either intern full-time in a university research lab or take an intensive practicum in a field such as computational neurobiology, culminating in hands-on research experience and possible science-fair-quality projects.
CU Boulder Science Discovery – STEM Research Experience
Seven-week summer program at the University of Colorado Boulder where high school students work 15-20 hours per week alongside graduate students and faculty on real research projects in biology, engineering, neuroscience, and other STEM fields, plus a research methods class on finding and evaluating scientific articles. Concludes with a STEM Research EXPO where students present their poster.
Explorations in Neuroscience Summer Camp – Ohio State University
A week-long day camp at Ohio State University College of Medicine for high school juniors and seniors interested in the brain and spinal cord, featuring hands-on lab sessions, clinical presentations, and faculty research discussions.
Frontiers: Robotics Engineering (WPI)
A residential summer program at Worcester Polytechnic Institute for rising 10th-12th graders exploring robot design through force analysis, microcontrollers, sensors, and programming, in which student teams brainstorm, build, and test VEX-based robots for an end-of-session tournament.
Humanities and Cognitive Sciences Summer Institute (HumCog) – Ohio State University
A one-week in-person summer institute at Ohio State University in which high school students entering grades 10-12 explore questions at the intersection of cognitive science, neuroscience, and the humanities, with need- and merit-based financial aid available.