Babson Summer Study for High School Students

WHO: Any high school student

WHAT: A college course, "Babson Entrepreneurial Development Experience," as a month-long, residential program.

WHERE:  Boston

WHEN: July 8-August 9, 2015

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Jan. 30, 2015

FOR MORE INFO: www.babson.edu/summerstudy

EMAIL FOR INFO: think@mit.org

NAME OF PROGRAM: Summer Study for High School Students

SHORT SUMMARY OF PROGRAM: While on campus, students are enrolled in a course: the Babson Entrepreneurial Development Experience in which they will work in a team to develop a new venture idea and gain experience applying entrepreneurship as a problem-solving tool for creating social and economic value. Students will work together to discover how to develop and grow new ventures through lessons of market research, feasibility analysis, and other business concepts.

MIT THINK Scholars Program

WHO: Anyone with a good science or engineering idea

WHAT: A competition of science or engineering proposals - winners get mentoring and funding to execute their proposals

WHERE:  If you are a finalist, you fly to MIT (Boston) 

WHEN: Fall 2014 (September 15 – December 15)

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Jan. 1, 2015

FOR MORE INFO: http://think.mit.edu/

EMAIL FOR INFO: think@mit.org

NAME OF PROGRAM: MIT Technology for Humanity guided by Innovation, Networking, and Knowledge Scholars Program

SHORT SUMMARY OF PROGRAM: Unlike many other science competitions, we only require a proposal, and do not expect the applicants to have started on their project. Accepted participants (individuals or teams of 2) will receive $2,000 in seed funding, a trip to MIT, mentorship from the THINK team, advice from MIT professors and industry professionals to complete their project, and a $500 or $1,000 scholarship

Yale Young Global Scholars

WHO: 10th-11th graders

WHAT: Two-week academic enrichment and leadership training program for talented high school students from around the world, who live and study on the Yale campus during the summer

WHERE: Yale (New Haven, CT)

WHEN: Fall 2014 (September 15 – December 15)

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Feb. 26, 2015

FOR MORE INFO: http://globalscholars.yale.edu/

FINANCIAL AID AVAILABLE: Yes. FA application is due Feb 26, 2015.

NAME OF PROGRAM:  Yale Young Global Scholars

SHORT SUMMARY OF PROGRAM: An official Yale University program, participants in the Yale Young Global Scholars Program for Outstanding High School Students can expect an amazing summer experience studying in beautiful campus lecture halls and classrooms, living in Yale’s historic residential colleges, eating in award-winning dining halls, meeting a talented community of fellow students, engaging with world-renowned professors, and interacting with extraordinary visiting practitioners. (Programs are in "Politics, Law, and Economics," "International affairs and Security," and "Science, Policy, and Innovation."