Summer Science Opportunities!

California State Summer School for Science and Mathematics (COSMOS)

App Period: February 1, 2012 to March 1, 2012Eligibility: current high school studentsSelectivity: 160 accepted to each of 4 campusesTotal Cost: $2840 (all included)    Financial aid availableApp 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, 2012Eligibility: Recommend Juniors, but Sophomores with CalcSelectivity: 36 accepted to 2 campusesTotal Cost: $3950 (all included)    Financial aid availableApp 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, 2012Eligibility: Juniors onlyTotal Cost: $0App 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, 2012Eligibility: current sophomores/juniorsSelectivity: 40 from over 600 applicants worldwideTotal Cost: $5200 (all included)    Financial aid availableApp 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, 2012Eligibility: current juniors and seniors (must also be 16 by June 11)Selectivity: 160 accepted to each of 4 campusesTotal Cost: $20 to apply; participants receive a $500 stipendApp 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.html

• Stanford Earth Sciences High School Internship  http://oso.stanford.edu/programs/7-earth-sciences-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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