Start exploring Pre-Med & Life Sciences summer programs for high schoolers

Dates:

Not confirmed for 2027

Length:

1 week (Mon–Fri)

Cost:

$2,000

Location:

MIT campus, Cambridge, MA

Grades:

Rising 10th–12th graders (incoming sophomores, juniors, and seniors) (completed grades 9–11)

Format:

Commuter

Deadline:

Early Action Nov 1, 2026 · Regular Feb 22, 2027 · 10 days left

One-week in-person bootcamp at MIT introducing high school students to AI and machine learning in healthcare, with daily courses in machine learning for health, Python (beginner and advanced), clinical AI, and AI drug discovery, and team projects ending in a final presentation.

Dates:

Jun 20–Jul 31, 2027

Length:

6 weeks (42 days)

Cost:

$0

Location:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

Grades:

Current high school juniors (one year left before graduation), at least 16 by July 1, 2027

Format:

Residential

Deadline:

Dec 11, 2026

Six-week, cost-free summer research program at MIT that opens with a week of intensive STEM seminars taught by professors, followed by a five-week individual research internship with a scientist mentor and a final research paper and symposium presentation.

Dates:

Jun 27–Aug 7, 2027

Length:

6 weeks (42 days)

Cost:

$0

Location:

Stanford University, Stanford, CA

Grades:

Current high school juniors (one year left before graduation), at least 16 by July 1, 2027

Format:

Residential

Deadline:

Dec 11, 2026

Six-week, cost-free summer research program at Stanford that opens with a week of intensive STEM seminars taught by professors, followed by a five-week individual research internship with a scientist mentor and a final research paper and symposium presentation.

Dates:

3 sessions between Jun 1–Aug 20, 2027 (4 weeks options)

Length:

4 weeks

Cost:

$0

Location:

New York, NY (NYU Langone hospitals in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Mineola)

Grades:

High school seniors and college students, age 18+ by the program; 3.2+ GPA (completed grade 12)

Format:

Commuter

Deadline:

Due Dec 18, 2026

Interns are assigned to one clinical specialty (such as physical therapy, nursing, neurology, or emergency medicine) and spend the day observing healthcare professionals at NYU Langone hospitals, with a daily afternoon lecture or panel. Each session ends with a final exam and a signed certificate of hours.

Dates:

2 sessions between Jun 1–Aug 20, 2027 (8 weeks options)

Length:

8 weeks

Cost:

$0

Location:

New York, NY (NYU Langone hospitals in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Mineola)

Grades:

High school seniors and college students, age 18+ by the program; 3.2+ GPA (completed grade 12)

Format:

Commuter

Deadline:

Due Dec 18, 2026

Interns join a research team at NYU Langone for two back-to-back sessions, with a daily afternoon lecture or panel alongside the clinical interns. Each session ends with a final exam and a signed certificate of hours.

Dates:

Jun 28–Aug 6, 2027

Length:

6 weeks (full-time, 40 hours/week)

Cost:

$0

Location:

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY

Grades:

Current high school juniors (class of 2028) in Erie, Niagara, Cattaraugus, or Chautauqua County, NY

Format:

Commuter

Deadline:

Jan 1, 2027

Six-week, full-time cancer research internship at Roswell Park in Buffalo where Western New York high school juniors work on a mentored lab, population-health, or computational project, attend cancer biology lectures and professional development sessions, and present a scientific poster at a closing symposium.

Residency restriction: Erie, Niagara, Cattaraugus, or Chautauqua County, NY students only

Dates:

Jun 7–Jul 9, 2027

Length:

About 5 weeks

Cost:

$0

Location:

Cook Children's Medical Center, Fort Worth, TX

Grades:

Texas high school students, including homeschoolers, at least 16 years old (completed grades 10–12)

Format:

Commuter

Deadline:

Jan 4, 2027

Paid summer research program at Cook Children's Medical Center in Fort Worth, part of Duke's STAR program, where a small cohort of Texas high school students joins an active pediatric study with a mentor, takes short courses on research methods, scientific writing, and professional development, and finishes with a capstone presentation or research poster.

Residency restriction: TX residents

Dates:

Jun 21–Aug 5, 2027

Length:

7 weeks (full-time, about 35 hours/week)

Cost:

$0

Location:

The Rockefeller University, New York, NY

Grades:

Current high school juniors and seniors, at least 16 at program start

Format:

Commuter

Deadline:

Jan 4, 2027

Seven-week, full-time research program at The Rockefeller University in Manhattan where 32 high school scholars work in teams of 8–10 with team leaders and mentors, learning lab techniques, developing their own research question, analyzing data, and presenting a poster at a closing symposium.

Dates:

Jun 21–Jul 23, 2027 (in person)

Length:

About 5 weeks in person (weekdays), plus remote spring preparation

Cost:

$0

Location:

Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC

Ages:

18 by June 21, 2027; U.S. citizens and permanent residents only (completed grade 12)

Format:

Commuter

Deadline:

Jan 6, 2027

Paid five-week clinical research program at the Duke Clinical Research Institute in Durham where students work in teams with Duke faculty mentors on an original project about the uses and effects of a medication, attend workshops on manuscript writing, statistics, and research ethics, and finish with a team presentation and written thesis aimed at co-authorship on a peer-reviewed paper.

Dates:

Jun 14–Aug 6, 2027

Length:

8 weeks

Cost:

$0

Location:

Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI

Grades:

Michigan high school students within commuting distance of Ann Arbor (ideal: rising juniors and seniors)

Format:

Commuter

Deadline:

Interest form closes Jan 8, 2027

Eight-week paid biomedical research program at Michigan Medicine in Ann Arbor where Michigan high school students complete an independent lab project with a research mentor and take courses in science communication and college preparation, presenting a research talk at the end.

Residency restriction: MI residents

Dates:

Not confirmed for 2027

Length:

10 weeks

Cost:

$0

Location:

MD Anderson Cancer Center, Texas Medical Center, Houston, TX

Grades:

Local high school students entering senior year in fall 2027, age 18 by June 7, 2027; economically or educationally disadvantaged, with disabilities, or first-generation (completed grade 11)

Format:

Commuter

Deadline:

Jan 13, 2027

Ten-week, full-time paid cancer research experience at MD Anderson in Houston where up to 10 local high school students are matched with a faculty mentor for lab research, coursework, and seminars, finishing with a poster session.

Dates:

Jun 7–Jul 2, 2027

Length:

4 weeks

Cost:

$4,000

Location:

UTHealth Houston McGovern Medical School, Texas Medical Center, Houston, TX

Grades:

Rising juniors and seniors (completed grades 10-11), 16 years old by June 7, 2027

Format:

Commuter

Deadline:

Jan 15, 2027

Four-week bench-science research program at UTHealth Houston's McGovern Medical School where rising juniors and seniors work on lab projects with faculty and student mentors, attend seminars, meet healthcare professionals, and receive career guidance.

Dates:

Jun 28–Jul 30, 2027

Length:

About 5 weeks

Cost:

$0

Location:

Marshall Health Network sites in Huntington, Point Pleasant, and Logan, WV

Grades:

Rising 11th-12th graders in West Virginia, including homeschoolers (completed grades 10–11)

Format:

Commuter

Deadline:

Jan 15, 2027

Paid summer research program for West Virginia high school students at Marshall Health Network sites, part of Duke's STAR program, where a cohort of four does hands-on research with Marshall faculty, takes short courses in research methods and medical writing, and, where appropriate, shadows in clinical settings.

Residency restriction: WV residents

Dates:

2 sessions between Jun 16–Jul 28, 2027 (3 weeks options)

Length:

3 weeks

Cost:

$5,750

Location:

Gaborone, Botswana

Grades:

Current grades 9-12

Format:

Residential (Homestay)

Deadline:

Jan 20, 2027

Students live with a host family and complete 50 hours of public-health service-learning, including a community health fair in rural Botswana, plus an excursion to the Okavango Delta.

Dates:

2 sessions between Jun 16–Jul 28, 2027 (3 weeks options)

Length:

3 weeks

Cost:

$5,050

Location:

Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic

Grades:

Current grades 9-12

Format:

Residential (Homestay)

Deadline:

Jan 20, 2027

50 hours of service-learning; students design and run a health education fair. Visits to both a public hospital (Hospital Universitario Jose María Cabral y Baez) and a private clinic (Clínica Corominas) to compare care models. Tubing/rope-swing excursion in the Mao region.

Dates:

Jul 6–Aug 13, 2027

Length:

6 weeks (weekdays, 9am–5pm)

Cost:

$0

Location:

Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA (Kendall Square)

Grades:

Rising 12th graders at Massachusetts high schools (completed grade 11)

Format:

Commuter

Deadline:

Jan 20, 2027

Paid six-week research program in which Massachusetts high school juniors work full-time alongside Broad Institute scientists on an original project in areas such as cancer biology, psychiatric disease, or computational biology, with a staff tutor, scientific talks, career exploration, and a closing poster session.

Residency restriction: Massachusetts high school students only

Dates:

Not confirmed for 2027

Length:

8 weeks

Cost:

$0

Location:

UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

Grades:

Current high school juniors in North Texas, age 16 by June 1, 2027; no prior biomedical research experience

Format:

Commuter

Deadline:

Jan 22, 2027

Eight-week paid research program at UT Southwestern in Dallas where North Texas high school juniors work in a biomedical research lab, present their results at the end of the summer, and share their experience at their home schools.

Residency restriction: North Texas students only

Dates:

Flexible within May 10–Aug 31, 2027 (set with the lab)

Length:

Full-time, summer (dates set with lab)

Cost:

$0

Location:

NIH campuses, including Bethesda, MD

Grades:

Graduating high school seniors, age 18 by Sep 30, 2027 (17 allowed if home is within 40 miles of an NIH campus); U.S. citizens and permanent residents (completed grade 12)

Format:

Commuter

Deadline:

Jan 26, 2027

Full-time summer research internship at the National Institutes of Health where interns join a lab led by an NIH principal investigator in biomedical, behavioral, or social science research, with career programming and a summer poster day.

Dates:

Jun 28 – Aug 6, 2027

Length:

6 weeks

Cost:

$0

Location:

Stony Brook, NY (Stony Brook University)

Grades:

Current high school juniors (rising seniors), age 16+, nominated by their school

Format:

Commuter / Residential

Deadline:

School nomination Jan 29, 2027 · Application Feb 5, 2027 · Recommendations Feb 12, 2027

Fellows join a Stony Brook faculty research group in science, math or engineering for six weeks, running experiments, analyzing data and pursuing a question of their own, and present a research poster at the end.

Dates:

Jun 7–Aug 6, 2027

Length:

8 weeks

Cost:

$0

Location:

Houston Methodist Hospital, Texas Medical Center, Houston, TX

Grades:

Current high school juniors and seniors, age 16+; minimum 3.5 GPA

Format:

Commuter

Deadline:

Jan 29, 2027

Eight-week, full-time paid translational research internship at Houston Methodist Hospital in the Texas Medical Center where high school juniors and seniors work on a mentor-selected lab project, take a career and college-preparation curriculum, and present a poster at a closing research symposium.

Dates:

3 sessions between Jun 20–Jul 17, 2027 (1 week options)

Length:

1 week

Cost:

$3,490–$4,120

Location:

Washington, DC (Georgetown University campus)

Grades:

Rising 9th graders through graduating seniors; at least 15 by check-in (completed grades 9–12)

Format:

Commuter / Residential

Deadline:

Early bird Jan 31, 2027 · Final May 15, 2027

A week inside Georgetown University Medical Center exploring anatomy, physiology, radiology, surgery, cancer and biomedical ethics, with hands-on labs in suturing, casting, small mammal dissection and a patient simulator, and time with medical students and physicians.

Dates:

Jul 18–24, 2027

Length:

1 week

Cost:

$3,490–$4,120

Location:

Washington, DC (Georgetown University campus)

Grades:

Rising 9th graders through graduating seniors; at least 15 by check-in (completed grades 9–12)

Format:

Commuter / Residential

Deadline:

Early bird Jan 31, 2027 · Final May 15, 2027

A week introducing nursing fundamentals, healthcare settings, ethics and specializations such as acute care, family practice and anesthesia, with hands-on clinical practice on a lifelike patient simulator at Georgetown's Clinical Simulation Center.

Dates:

Jun 27 – Jul 10, 2027

Length:

2 weeks

Cost:

$5,530–$6,800

Location:

Washington, DC (Georgetown University campus)

Grades:

Rising 9th graders through graduating seniors; at least 15 by check-in (completed grades 9–12)

Format:

Commuter / Residential

Deadline:

Early bird Jan 31, 2027 · Final May 15, 2027

Two weeks of lab-based biotechnology for students with a science background: cloning a gene and analyzing the product, DNA and protein diagnostics, DNA forensics, and applications in medicine, agriculture, food science and research.

Dates:

Jun 20 – Jul 10, 2027

Length:

3 weeks

Cost:

$7,610–$9,540

Location:

Washington, DC (Georgetown University campus)

Grades:

Rising 9th graders through graduating seniors; at least 15 by check-in (completed grades 9–12)

Format:

Commuter / Residential

Deadline:

Early bird Jan 31, 2027 · Final May 15, 2027

Three weeks sampling a first-year medical school curriculum, from cell biology, immunology and cardiology to emergency medicine skills such as physical exams, wound care, suturing, airway management, CPR and splinting, taught by School of Medicine faculty and students.