Summer is a great time to further explore your interests while having fun in the process. Some opportunities include helping a professor in their research, taking on an internship, going to a camp in your area of interest, going to a college of your interest for a pre-college program, exploring the arts in an arts program and so many other opportunities. For those interested in staying local, see the spreadsheet below or click here. 

If you are an organization looking to provide an opportunity to students please fill out this form

For those interested in researching with a professor, you can look up professors at local colleges such as Vassar College and see what research interests you. Email them to ask if you might be able to help in their lab. 

Otherwise, you can apply to many summer research programs targeted at high school students. 

Research Opportunities

Database of research opportunities   

Another page of links 

Internship Opportunities

There are also many internship opportunities over the summer, some of which are research based, and many are not. 

Database of STEM Research Internships

A List of Varying Internships

Spend a Week Working in the US Senate

Lists advice for finding internships and lists some summer internships as well

List of summer opportunities in the medical field

Biomedical research opportunities

Pre-College Opportunities

List of "Top 10" Pre-college programs

Another list of pre-college summer programs

List of summer programs hosted by colleges (not only pre-college programs)

Summer programs hosted by colleges that or free or have financial aid