Group Research Program - Winter 2025

Application Deadlines Bonuses*
Early Bird Round I: November 1, 2024 $1,000 Academic Bonus
Early Bird Round II: November 16, 2024 $500 Academic Bonus
Regular Round: December 31, 2024 None
Rolling Admission: After December 31, 2024 None. Students may be allocated to cohorts other than their first choice.
  • Target Students: Grade 9-12 students

  • Starts from January, 2025 and lasts for 12 weeks

  • 6 group sessions with Faculty Advisor

  • 6 1:1 sessions with Teaching Assistant

  • 3 recorded methodology courses

    * Early bird bonuses don’t apply to Junior Group Research Programs or Accelerated Research Programs.

  • [STEM]

    Fundamentals of Cancer Biology

    Faculty Advisor: Associate Professor, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis

  • [STEM]

    Artificial Intelligence: Machine Learning with Python

    Faculty Advisor: Professor, Mathematics, Georgia Institute of Technology

  • [STEM]

    Astronomy: The Pursuit of the Unknown - Exploring Time and Space

    Faculty Advisor: Post doctoral researcher, UCLA and CSUN; Ph.D., Astronomy and Astrophysics, Harvard

  • [STEM]

    Cybersecurity Vulnerability Assessments: Safeguarding Digital Assets

    Faculty Advisor: Research Fellow, Microsoft; Former Visiting Associate Professor, Stanford University

  • [STEM]

    Human-Machine Teaming: Applications, Issues, and Case Studies

    Faculty Advisor: Adjunct Faculty, Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science

  • [STEM]

    Transforming Healthcare with Data Science and Machine Learning

    Faculty Advisor: Adjunct Associate Professor of Computer Science, UCLA

  • [STEM]

    The Psychology of Art and Music: Bridging Science, Creativity, and Society

    Faculty Advisor: Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University; Ph.D. in Psychology, Stanford University

  • [STEM]

    Neuroscience and Psychology: How the Brain Works in Learning and Memory

    Faculty Advisor: Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego

  • [Humanities and Social Science]

    The Business of Digital Media: How Do Enterprises Leverage Technology, Media and Innovations?

    Faculty Advisor: Associate Professor, Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Minnesota

  • [Humanities and Social Science]

    Financial Crises: History and Future

    Faculty Advisor: Researcher PhD candidate, University of Pennsylvania; Head Teacher in History, Leiden University, 2019

  • [Humanities and Social Science]

    Social Injustice in Modern America:
    Understanding the Historical, Cultural, Economic, and Legal Factors behind

    Faculty Advisor: Professor of African, American and African Studies, Francophone Studies and Comparative Literature, University of Michigan

  • [Humanities and Social Science]

    Media, Self, and Society: Sociological, Political and Cultural Dimensions of the Media Landscape

    Faculty Advisor: Professor of Global Liberal Studies, New York University in Paris

  • [Art and Architecture]

    Architecture and the City: Sustainable Urban Design that Inspires

    Faculty Advisor: Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech; Former Adjunct Associate Professor, Urban Design, Columbia University

  • [Business]

    Nearshoring: Real Estate, Economics and International Business

    Faculty Advisor: Lecturer of Economics, Loyola Marymount University; Lecturer of Real Estate Investment, USC Marshall School of Business

  • Junior Research Program: STEM (for Grade 7-9 students)

    The Science of Sharks and Rays: A Dive into the Biology and Ecology of Elasmobranch Fishes

    Faculty Advisor: Graduate Research Assistant, Shark Lab, California State University, Long Beach

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