Stanford Office of Science Outreach

RISE Summer Internship Program

The RISE (Raising Interest in Science and Engineering) Summer Internship Program for HS Students is sponsored by the Office of Science Outreach. It’s an intensive 7-week summer program for local Bay Area students (living within 25-mile radius of campus) interested in science, engineering, math, and computer science. Students spend 30 hours a week on the Stanford campus, working in an active research lab under the guidance of a mentor from the lab (typically a graduate student), and attending weekly group sessions that include field trips, presentations, hands-on science activities, and lab tours.

RISE targets under-represented minority  (Hispanic, African American and Pacific Islander) and low income students or those who will be the first in their families to attend college. 

Please note the application deadline for summer 2012 has passed.

Earth Sciences High School Internship Program

At the School of Earth Sciences, high school students spend 8-12 weeks (dates flexible) in the summer working in different laboratories, primarily in the Geological and Environmental Sciences department. The students work on research projects and are supervised directly by graduate students, post docs and lab managers.

Stanford Medical Youth Science Program

The Stanford Medical Youth Science Program offers five weeks of intensive science and health training each summer for low income and under-represented high school students from northern and central California. Participants live together at Stanford, attend scientific lectures, complete anatomy laboratory practicums, intern at Stanford and Palo Alto hospitals, and learn about college entrance requirements, application procedures and financial aid. Program is free to the students; selection is based on an application process.

SIMR - Stanford Institutes of Medicine Summer Research Program

SIMR – The Stanford Institutes of Medicine Summer Research Program, is for high school juniors and seniors interested in hands-on research in various fields of medicine (immunology, stem cell, cancer, neuroscience and cardiovascular medicine). This eight week program enables the selected students to take part in research, attend introductory lectures and to present their work at a poster session open to the Stanford community.

Space Weather Monitor Program

The Space Weather Monitor program is an education project to build and distribute inexpensive ionospheric monitors to students around the world. The monitors detect solar flares and other ionospheric disturbances.

Stanford University Mathematics Camp

The Stanford University Math Camp, SUMaC is designed for high school students who will be juniors and seniors in the fall, who have exceptional interest and ability in mathematics. SUMaC is for those who seek to be challenged in mathematics and those who would enjoy four weeks of intensive, in-depth, mathematical pursuits. SUMaC provides an environment that fosters social and intellectual development centered on the study and enjoyment of mathematics.

Stanford EXPLORE: A Lecture Series on Biomedical Research

The Stanford Explore Lecture Series is an exploratory series for high school students covering the fundamentals and current research areas represented in the five Institutes in the School of Medicine (Immunology, Neuroscience, Cardiovascular Medicine, Regenerative and Stem Cell Medicine and Cancer Biology).

Stanford Medical Center 2-day Summer Workshop

Discovering Medicine at Stanford is offered by the Stanford Medical Youth Science Program (SMYSP) for high school sophomores and juniors who are preparing for a 4-year college and have a serious interest in pursuing a health or medical career. The program is interactive, with small group workshops, and direct interactions with health professionals from the Stanford Hospitals and Clinics and the Veterans' Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, as well as faculty, staff, and students from the Stanford School of Medicine.

Stanford Summer Session

Stanford Summer Session offers visiting high school students, undergraduates, graduate students, and adults a full range of 8 - 10 week classes during the summer in the Humanities, Sciences, Math, Engineering and Athletics. Tuition is charged and credit earned by students may be eligible for transfer to another college or university.

Education Program for Gifted Youth (EPGY)

EPGY offers online classes for gifted youth, residential programs on campus during the summer for high school and middle school students, a program for international students, as well as an EPGY On-line High School.

Stanford Engineering Everywhere (SEE)

For the first time in its history, Stanford is offering some of its most popular engineering classes free of charge to students and educators around the world. Stanford Engineering Everywhere (SEE) expands the Stanford experience to students and educators online. A computer and an Internet connection are all you need. View lecture videos, access reading lists and other course handouts, take quizzes and tests, and communicate with other SEE students, all at your convenience. Visit the program website to access the classes.

Educational Studies Program/Splash!

The mission of the Stanford ESP community is to reach out, to enthuse young eager minds, and share our muses and sources of joy and inspiration with people around us, especially high school students.

We offer days on campus full of academic and non-academic classes taught by Stanford students. ESP invites students to attend classes that could vary from completely “non-academic” stuff like cookie baking and origami, to complicated and challenging classes on machine theory or quantum mechanics.

The next Splash! Days will be April 21-22, 2012.

LEAD Computer Science Institute

During LEAD Computer Science Institutes, students reside and attend classes on-campus at 6 of the nation’s top schools (including Stanford) for 1-3 weeks. The program provides diverse, high-achieving 8th graders (Level I) and high school sophomores and juniors (Level II) the opportunity to explore STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) careers.

Dates:

Level I: 1 Week Level II: 3 Weeks

Fees:

Level I: $500 Level II: $1,750 + travel

High School and Pre-medical Student Stanford Summer Internship

The Shumway Surgical Skills and Education Center Stanford Summer Internship is designed to educate high school and pre-medical students considering careers in science, medicine, and public health in basic and advanced cardiovascular anatomy and physiology as well as medical and surgical techniques that will be utilized in pre-medical and medical school.

This program is open to all students worldwide. There is a fee to apply and a $3,000 fee to participate.

SMASH Academy on Stanford Campus

The Summer Math and Science Honors (SMASH) Academy is:

• A three-year 5-week summer math and science enrichment program;
• For high achieving, low-income high school students of color;
• Focused on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM);
• Successful in preparing scholars for college and achievement in higher education;
• Free of cost.

SMASH scholars spend five weeks each summer at a SMASH site on a college campus (currently at UC Berkeley or Stanford) immersed in rigorous STEM classes.  

SMASH scholars also receive year-round academic support including SAT prep, college counseling, financial aid workshops and other activities to ensure continued academic success.

Stanford Math Circle

The Stanford Math Circle (SMC) is a weekly gathering of high school (or younger) students working on problems involving complex and advanced mathematical topics, guided by mathematicians and educators.

Clinical Anatomy Research Scholars (CARS)

In Stanford's 8-week Clinical Anatomy Research Scholars (CARS) program, Bay Area high school students conduct research alongside Stanford’s scientists, professors, and students in labs from a wide variety of fields, including medicine, surgical simulation, robotics, the study of athletics, and many more.

As part of their cross-discipline research work, the Scholars are exposed to Stanford School of Medicine’s Digital Anatomy labs, where they learn to bring anatomical data to life.  

The Cutting Edge of Human Anatomy and Surgical Education

In the summer of 2012, the Division of Clinical Anatomy will introduce a new week-long summer course for high school students and undergraduates.

Attendees will have the opportunity to view and interact with a range of technologies presented by the faculty who teach with them at Stanford.

Course fee is $1,250. Registration will open April 2 and remain open until the course is full.

Human Anatomy From Head to Toe

This one-week introductory course will cover the basics of human anatomy and biomechanics for each region of the body (upper and lower limb, head and neck, thorax, abdomen, pelvis, and back). Students will engage with the latest 3D, multimedia educational software as well as human cadaver specimens in the dissection lab.

The course fee is $1,250. Registration will open April 2 and remain open until the course is full. Please check back in April for a link to the registration form.

Public Lectures and Events

Stanford offers many free lectures for the general public on science and engineering topics that are delivered by Stanford's top researchers in terms understandable to the lay public. Examples include the SLAC Lecture Series and the Summer Science Lecture Series. See the "Lectures & Public Events" page on this site for more information.

Tours of SLAC

SLAC offers free guided tours of its National Accelerator Laboratory on the third Friday of each month. Each tour lasts approximately 1.5 hours and includes a visit to the lab's 2-mile linear accelerator. Please see the Tours FAQ for more detail.

SLAC's tours are open to all visitors 12 years of age and above. Children under 18 years of age must be accompanied by an adult.

Student groups affiliated with an educational institution should visit our School Groups information page for specifics.

We hope to see you at SLAC soon!

Campus Tours

The Stanford Visitor's Center offers many public tours.

• Walking tours for the general public,
• Self-guided podcast tours,
• Special tours for high school students interested in attending Stanford,
• Tours designed exclusively for school, team, or community groups larger than 10 people