SCATS-Summer Camp for Academically Talented Middle School Students

Two week camp for gifted 6^th, 7^th, and 8^th graders held at Western Kentucky University.

VAMPY-The Summer Program for Verbally and Mathematically Precocious Youth

Three week camp for gifted 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, and 10 graders held at Western Kentucky University.

EarthWatch Institute Student Challenge Awards Program

You must be at least 16 by June 15 to participate in these research programs across the Americas.

NASA INSPIRE (Interdisciplinary National Science Project Incorporating Research and Education Experience)

Participate in an online learning environment during the 2009-10 school year if accepted, resulting in a paid NASA internship for the summer of 2010.  Open to any high school student.

Student Conservation Association-National Conservation Crews

30 day volunteerism expeditions, working in national parks, on shores, fisheries, and volcanoes.

Harvard’s Secondary School Program

(for 10^th graders to apply) Spend part of the summer at the great American university.

University of Pennsylvania Summer Program for High School Students

Spend summer at this Ivy League school.  Research opportunities available.

University of Notre Dame Pre-College Program

A taste of college at Notre Dame.  Specialty programs are available in Engineering and Architecture.

Cornell University Summer College

Open to high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors to apply at this great New York state university.

Worchester Polytechnic Institute Summer Programs

STEM programs are offered for high school students throughout the summer at this Massachusetts location.

Missouri University of Science and Technology Summer Programs

This school offers summer programs for various STEM interests for grades K – 12.

Frazier International History Museum, Louisville, KY

Summer Camp Aide-Teen Volunteers program

NOAA-National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association

Various high school internships

GOOGLE Challenges and Competitions

Is computer science your thing?  Take on these competitions from your home.

Office of Naval Research-Science and Engineering Apprentice Program

(typically must be 16 years old by the start of the summer program)

Global Citizen Corps

Interested in leadership and community involvement?  This could be the program for you.

Math Zoom Academy

Is math your thing?  This California camp could be for you.

Florida Institute of Technology Engineering Camp

This week long camp in Melbourne, Florida is for rising 10^th, 11^th, and 12^th graders who aspire to be engineers.

J.B. Speed School of Engineering, University of Louisville, INSPIRE Engineering Camp

Are you a girl or a student from a minority background who is interested in Engineering?  If you live in metro Louisville, this is probably the camp for you.

The Summer Academy at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL

Aviation and aeronautical tracks for students ages 12 – 18 years.

Sewanee: University of the South’s Pre-College Field Studies Experience

A match for current high school sophomores who love biodiversity and the environment.

Vanderbilt Summer Academy

Rising 8^th-12^th graders can apply to this summer camp at Vanderbilt University.