Free virtual summer research program for middle schoolers (rising 6th–9th, open worldwide)
Hi guys!! For any middle schoolers out there interested in doing research, this is a great opportunity. It's a two-week online program called the Papers 2026 Summer Program where students actually learn how research works and do a small project of their own by the end.
A few things that stood out:
- Completely free and fully virtual, so location doesn't matter (open internationally)
- Just one hour a day for two weeks, so it's not a huge time commitment over the summer
- Three tracks to pick from: humanities/social science, life & physical sciences, and computer science & AI (seems pretty cool -- wish I could explore stuff like this in middle school)
- There's a Harvard researcher guest speaker, mentors from Phillips Academy Andover, and ISEF (big international science fair) participants involved, so it's not just some random thing
It's run by Papers, a student-led org focused on making research more accessible to students. Deadline to apply is July 3 and application form is here: https://forms.gle/hg9oSpnHZvMxmomr9
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