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The FastWeb website and newsletters provide great tips for all students on future planning and financial aid resources. You can search a huge scholarship database and get all kinds of financial aid tips and guidelines. So visit FastWeb's homepage at:
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Career Fair Information
(posted 09/28/2023)
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Learn with Leaders
Learn with Leaders is excited to announce a unique opportunity where Harvard Student Agencies’ mentors will guide students as they gear up for their passion project. They are inviting students to the Passion Project: Young Achievers Program by Harvard Student Agencies to explore their appetite for problem-solving while developing their skills and creating a positive impact on society.
About Passion Project: Young Achievers Program by Harvard Student Agencies:
The Passion Project: Young Achievers Program provides high school students with a platform to find and follow their passion under the guidance of Harvard Student Agencies mentors. The program follows a student-centered curriculum wherein participants identify an area of interest and develop a burning question related to that topic as their passion project. The final projects will also be judged and evaluated by Harvard Student Agencies mentors.
Develop and execute a plan for your passion project by solving a problem or launching a fresh idea. Collaborate with different organisations, peers, mentors, and others to work on your initiative successfully. Acquire knowledge and awareness of the impact of your choices and ethical decisions when working on your passion project.
What Will Students Gain from The Passion Project: Young Achievers Program?
· Have a passion project for your college resume and build experiences that take you closer to your goals.
· Obtain mentorship and guidance from Harvard Student Agencies’ mentors to take your projects to success.
· Collaborate with like-minded individuals globally to broaden your perspectives and network like never before.
· Learn about global issues faced by diverse communities and form appropriate responses toward addressing these issues.
· Work on your passion project with Harvard Student Agencies mentors to bring it to action by the end of the program.
· Develop and enhance your skills in communication, critical thinking, problem-solving, and creativity, among others.
Explore Diverse Project Areas:
STEM
How to make a social impact through technology
- Code a website
- Build a mobile application
- Build a robot
Community Services
- Build an initiative to empower the homeless in India
- Teach low-income students English
- Help hospitals raise funds for Covid-19
Arts
- Start a blog
- Write a book
Business
- Start a company or a non-profit
Program Start Date: 29 October 2023
Program Duration: 8 Weeks (Every Sunday)
Early Application Fees: USD 750
Early Application Deadline: 15 October 2023
Early Application Fees: USD 1000
Eligibility: Grades 8th to 12th
Mode: Zoom (video conferencing)
For more details, visit: https://learnwithleaders.com/certificate_programs/the-passion-project-young-achievers-program-on/
To apply for the program, click here
Please feel free to reach out to us for any clarifications or schedule a call with us.
(posted 09/29/2023)
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STEM Research Program
Led by PhD researchers, the STEM Research Program helps ambitious high school students work 1-on-1 with a PhD mentor to learn about the cutting edge in their STEM field of interest and produce an independent research project.
After weekly meetings with their mentor to discuss new STEM topics and their related research paper, students receive an evaluation written by their mentors.
Timeline
Week 1: Meet with your mentor and align on a topic
Week 2-4: Explore the topic and identify the research question
Week 5-9: Write research paper with 1-1 support from research mentor
Week 10-12: Make final edits and submit the paper for final evaluation
Complete this application to be considered for participation and receive more information. We look forward to working on interesting science with you!
(posted 09/27/2023)
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Investin Immersive Career Experiences
Our online weekend programmes are designed to give students aged 12-18 a flavour of their future career before they leave school. Choose between 15 different careers and join us for an interactive masterclass run by industry leading professionals!
Our programmes are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis and we expect to close registration soon.
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Download the flyer here: INVESTIN Online Weekend Info Flyer
For even more information, visit: https://investin.org/
(posted 09/27/2023)
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Create an independent research paper.
Work with top researchers
The Lumiere Research Scholar Program helps students work one-on-one with a world-class scholar on an independent research project. At the end of the 12-week program, you'll develop an independent research paper that you could use for university admissions or future studies. The program was founded by a Harvard & Oxford PhD who met as undergraduates at Harvard.
The program is selective and has an application which you can find in the brochure below. To learn more, you can reach out to the partner success manager, Khushi Malde, at khushi.malde@lumiere.education or go to lumiere-education.com.
The program has four cohorts that run through the year, summer (Jun-Aug), fall (Sept-Nov), winter (Dec-Feb) and spring (Mar-May).
For more information: Lumiere Brochure
(posted 11/09/2022)
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Brain Health Alliance
Brain Health Alliance, a not-for-profit organization focused on biomedical computing for brain health and brain disorders, continues to accept applications from high school, college, and graduate students to participate in our 2021 Brain Health Alliance Virtual Institute:
https://www.bhavi.us/
https://www.bhavi.us/BhaviProgram/BHAVI2022
https://www.brainhealthalliance.org/BhaviProgram/Programs2022
As a virtual institute with programs that focus on software and computing and that conduct all meetings by televideo conferencing, BHAVI invites applications from students interested in Brain Imaging And Computing Sciences (BrainIACS), who are enthusiastic brainiacs and who may reside anywhere in the world but who must have access to high-speed internet connections and the ability to telecommute and teleconference for participation in the virtual institute programs.
BHAVI 2021 will be the 8th annual year of our program that we have been running since 2014. Our most successful high school student so far has been Teja Veeramacheneni who received $2000 as an STS Scholar and another $25,000 as an STS Finalist in the 2018 Science Talent Search. However, please note that Brain Health Alliance also offers annual prize awards for our own BHAVI students as described for the Mann Prize, Golub Prize, Keller Prize and Siegler Sisters Prize.
Students who participate in BHAVI are encouraged to learn how to pursue STEM research at a professional level with the goal of publishing research papers. A list of publications co-authored by our students can be found at
https://www.brainhealthalliance.org/BhaStemm/Papers
If you have any questions about our BHAVI 2021 or 2022 program, please do not hesitate to call Dr. Julie Neidich at 949-973-7714 or Dr. Carl Taswell at 949-481-3121.
(posted 01/08/2020; updated 10/14/2021)
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Mattress Nerd has been paying attention to the many voices of students across the globe who have recently been calling for a change in our living habits and the way we consume and recycle.
They are working in an industry where new technology is being developed all of the time to ensure that mattresses will be longer-lasting and produced with more environmental materials, and we want to ensure that our readership understands the options available to them to be mindful with their mattress disposal.
They would love to hear from more students with a dedication to sustainability and conscientious buying so we can build on our own knowledge and be a contributor to offering an insight on how people can live more environmentally friendly.
The best essay will be awarded a $1000 scholarship for their contribution to this important cause. For more information and to apply, visit: https://www.mattressnerd.com/scholarship/.
Applications must be submitted by April 1st, annually.
Winners are selected and notified by email by April 6th.
(posted 12/02/2019, updated 05/19/2021)
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