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National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) – Summer
U.S. Department of State (administered by American Councils)
Dates:
Not confirmed for 2027
Length:
6–7 weeks
Cost:
$0
Location:
Abroad (Arabic, Chinese, Korean, or Russian language host countries)
Grades:
U.S. high school students ages 15–18; U.S. citizens (completed grades 9–12)
Format:
Residential
Deadline:
Nov 12, 2026 · 7 days left
Fully funded six-to-seven-week summer language immersion abroad from the U.S. Department of State, where high school students study Arabic, Chinese, Korean, or Russian for at least 120 hours, live with host families or in monitored housing, and take part in cultural activities.
Office of Naval Research – Science and Engineering Apprenticeship Program
Dates:
8 consecutive weeks, summer 2027 (dates set by the lab)
Length:
8 weeks
Cost:
$0
Location:
2 labs across the U.S.
Grades:
Rising 10th–12th graders and graduating seniors, age 16+ (completed grades 9–12)
Format:
Commuter
Deadline:
Due Nov 30, 2026 (11:59pm CT)
A paid eight-week summer research internship at a Navy laboratory, working on real Navy research with lab scientists and engineers as mentors and presenting the summer's work at the lab's closing activities.
Rising 10th, 11th and 12th graders (completed grades 9–11)
Format:
Residential
Deadline:
Priority Jan 1, 2027
A two-week residential creative writing workshop for about 60 students: daily small workshops (12 or fewer) in poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction with published faculty, second-week electives, evenings with distinguished visiting writers, Portland field trips and a day at the Oregon Coast, ending in a community reading and anthology.
Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University
Dates:
Jun 29 – Aug 27, 2027
Length:
8 weeks, full time (35 hours/week)
Cost:
$0
Location:
Columbia University Irving Medical Center or Morningside campus, New York, NY
Grades:
High school students age 14+, including graduating seniors (completed grades 8–12)
Format:
Commuter
Deadline:
Jan 8, 2027 (applications open Nov 13, 2026)
A paid eight-week cancer research internship where high school students join a Columbia lab with a faculty mentor, receive hands-on scientific training, attend a weekly cancer biology journal club and write a scientific abstract.
Starts between Jun 14 and Jun 28, 2027; ends by Aug 20, 2027
Length:
6–8 weeks, part time (20–30 hours/week)
Cost:
$0
Location:
Nonprofits across the Greater Puget Sound region (Seattle area), WA
Grades:
High school students, classes of 2027–2030 (ages 15–19)
Format:
Commuter
Deadline:
Feb 5, 2027
A paid summer job placing teens at a Seattle-area nonprofit, working in programs, operations, or fundraising alongside staff. Interns join leadership and professional-development workshops with their cohort and are paid Seattle minimum wage for up to 160 hours.
Three-week Japanese language and culture program with 20+ hours of formal Japanese instruction in Tokyo or Osaka (depending on group), exploration of neighborhoods like Akihabara and Harajuku, and a 3-day homestay cooking traditional dishes and joining school activities.
Seattle Children's Research Institute (Science Education Department)
Dates:
Jul 12 – Aug 6, 2027
Length:
4 weeks (weekdays, 8:30 a.m.–3 p.m.)
Cost:
$0
Location:
Seattle Children's Research Institute, downtown Seattle, WA
Grades:
Current 10th and 11th graders (rising juniors and seniors) at Washington state high schools
Format:
Commuter
Deadline:
Mar 8, 2027 (5 p.m. PT)
A free four-week lab research program for Washington high school students at Seattle Children's Research Institute, with lectures and hands-on labs in biochemistry, immunology, infectious disease and gene editing, college and career workshops, and a guided group research project ending in an oral presentation.
Residency restriction: Washington high school students only
Six-week series of half-day, small-group law seminars for high schoolers taught by attorney parents at the beach - U.S. justice system, negotiation, expert witnesses, juvenile justice, in-house corporate law, and accident law - with mock negotiations, staged accidents, and role play.
Oregon Sea Grant (Oregon State University) at Hatfield Marine Science Center
Dates:
3 sessions between Jul 6–Jul 29, 2027 (4 days (Tue–Fri) and 4 days (Mon–Thu) options)
Length:
4 days (Tue–Fri)–4 days (Mon–Thu)
Cost:
$200
Location:
Hatfield Marine Science Center Visitor Center, Newport, OR
Grades:
5–12 (varies by track)
Format:
Commuter
A four-day marine science day camp at Oregon State's Hatfield Marine Science Center on Yaquina Bay, where campers work in the wet labs, meet researchers and take field trips to the coast.
2 sessions between Jun 27–Jul 2, 2027 (5 days and 6 days options)
Length:
5 days–6 days
Cost:
$2,999–$3,399
Location:
Seattle University, WA
Grades:
Students currently in grades 6–8
Format:
Residential / Commuter
Middle school STEM program on a college campus with hands-on challenges across fields such as coding and robotics, forensic science, and anatomy, offered as a residential program with dorm stays and evening activities or as a day program.
Eight-day girls' adventure trip on Washington's Olympic coast with beach backpacking and camping, sea kayaking, birding, tide pooling, and a lavender farm stay.
A two-week residential immersion in marine ecology, environmental science and conservation on San Juan Island, with field studies of eelgrass, salmon, orcas and endangered species alongside local researchers and advocates, a two-day kayak expedition, and a final take-home conservation project pitched to mentors and families.
2 sessions between Jun 4–Jul 6, 2027 (14 nights options)
Length:
14 nights
Cost:
$5,325
Location:
Pacific Northwest (Cascadia region)
Grades:
8–11 (varies by track)
Format:
Residential
Fourteen-night camping expedition through the Pacific Northwest for high school students, with overnight whitewater rafting, rock climbing, sea kayaking, backpacking, and day adventures.
