Approved Enrichment Programs
for the Garwin Family Foundation Student Sponsorship Program for Talented Students in Arts, Sciences and Math
Please read this list carefully, as it is updated every six months. Though one of your peers may have attended a program in previous years, it may have been removed as not serving the GFF’s standards for rigor, selectivity and content. If there is a program to which you wish to apply that does not appear on this list, you must make a strong academic case for its consideration on your application.
The following high school student enrichment programs have been approved by the Garwin Family Foundation (GFF) as eligible for the Student Sponsorship Program for Talented Students in Arts, Sciences and Math. It is also possible for students to nominate programs that are not included on this list for consideration by the GFF. The process for doing so is included in the GFF Student Sponsorship Program application. (NOTE: Online enrichment programs will not be considered.)
Application to selected enrichment programs is separate from the GFF application process for the Student Sponsorship Program and is to be done at the student’s expense and as early as possible. Students are strongly encouraged to apply to more than one program within their area of interest and expertise. The student is solely responsible for applying to selected enrichment programs and for complying with all program deadlines. In addition, students must apply to any scholarship or financial aid offerings provided by the selected enrichment programs for which they may be eligible, and students must subsequently provide proof of program financial awards and/or determinations to the GFF within five business days of receipt. No student will be considered by the GFF for the Student Sponsorship Program until the student submits official proof of enrichment program acceptance, including program assignment to the selected course(s) or study area of interest, to the GFF, as outlined in the application.
NOTE: Acceptance by an enrichment program in no way obligates the GFF. As resources are limited, student sponsorship decisions are made at the GFF’s sole discretion.
Alto Clay Works Mentorship-model Summer Internship in Ceramics and Pottery
This mentorship-model summer internship at Alto Clay Works (ACW) under the direction of artisan and collegiate ceramics instructor Stephen Grimmer, in Alto Pass, allows students to explore topics in contemporary studio ceramics at an advanced level. Topics, instruction, and projects will be structured in accord with student interests and needs, leading to artistic growth and advanced skills development. At the conclusion of the internship, the student will mount a professional, public exhibition of works created, along with an artist’s statement, and will photograph artworks created during the internship to produce a professional portfolio. Internship topic tracks include: wheel-thrown and hand-built functional pottery created in stoneware, porcelain, or earthenware; design and mold-making for ceramics; glaze chemistry and surface development (appropriate for students with a strong science foundation and interest in addition to outstanding ceramics skills; this track will include production of a poster and research abstract for scientific presentations, in lieu of a gallery exhibition); and 3D modeling and rapid prototyping for functional and fine art ceramics (appropriate for students with outstanding computer design and programming skills and access to a 3D printer, as well as dedication to ceramics). For more information on ACW, visit: http://www.altoclayworks.com. NOTE: Students wishing to pursue this enrichment opportunity should apply directly to the GFF through the regular application process. Submitted applications for this mentorship-model summer internship will be directly forwarded by the GFF to ACW for consideration
Anson L. Clark Scholars Program
The Anson L. Clark Scholar Program at Texas Tech University is an intensive seven-week summer research program for twelve highly qualified high school juniors and seniors. The program helps scholars have a hands-on practical research experience with outstanding and experienced faculty. Learn more at: https://www.depts.ttu.edu/honors/academicsandenrichment/affiliatedandhighschool/clarks/
AwesomeMath Summer Program
AwesomeMath Summer Program is a three-week intensive summer camp for mathematically gifted students from around the globe. It is designed for bright middle and high school students who wish to hone their problem solving skills in particular and further their mathematics education in general. Learn more at: https://www.awesomemath.org/
Bard College at Simon’s Rock Young Writers Workshop
Their flagship three-week multi-genre writing program in the beautiful Berkshires. Their mission is to create opportunities for teen writers to:
- Create, think, experiment, and play with language
- Learn ways to engage with thinking & writing that promote resiliency, purpose, and fun
- See themselves as part of a larger writing & reading tradition
- Better understand themselves as writers and their writing process
- See themselves as the authority of their own work
- Connect with like-minded writers
For more information, visit: https://simons-rock.edu/academics/beyond-the-classroom/young-writers-workshop/index.php
Beaver Works Summer Institute
The MIT Beaver Works Summer Institute (BWSI) is a rigorous, world-class STEM program for talented students who will be entering their senior year in high school. The four-week program teaches STEM skills through project-based, workshop-style courses. Learn more at: https://beaverworks.ll.mit.edu/CMS/bw/BWSI
Blue Lake International Youth Symphony Orchestra
The Blue Lake International Youth Symphony Orchestra is a touring orchestra comprised of highly talented young musicians. Learn more at: https://bluelake.org/international/index.php
Boston University Tanglewood Institute
The Boston University Tanglewood Institute offers an esteemed summer program for high school students who are accomplished and dedicated musicians. The enrichment program is also affiliated with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and includes offerings in orchestra, voice, wind ensemble, piano, harp and composition. For more information, visit: http://www.bu.edu/cfa/tanglewood/.
Butler Community Arts School Summer Camps
Butler University offers summer dance courses for students in the performing arts. For more information, visit: http://www.butler.edu/community-arts-school/summer-camps/. (NOTE: Consideration will only be given to dance offerings.)
California State Summer School for Mathematics and Science (COSMOS)
Under the auspices of the University of California, the COSMOS program provides outstanding students accelerated, hands-on instruction in math and/or science. The program is held at UC Irvine, UC Davis, UC San Diego, and UC Santa Cruz. For more information, visit: https://cosmos-ucop.ucdavis.edu/.
Canada/USA Mathcamp
Sponsored by the Mathematics Foundation of America, this highly selective program admits 65 students, aged 13 to 18, from Canada and the United States. These selected students then participate in the five-week, intensive mathematics program. The program is held at a different location annually. For more information, visit: http://www.mathcamp.org/.
Dartmouth — The Institute of Arctic Studies, Joint Science Education Project
The Institute of Arctic Studies at Dartmouth leads a project funded by the National Science Foundation called Partnerships for polar science education and outreach in Greenland (JSEP) and Antarctica (JASE). This project supports fully-funded opportunities for U.S. high school students and Dartmouth graduate students to travel to the polar regions and participate in hands-on and inquiry-based science activities. For more information, visit: https://sites.google.
Eastern Music Festival
Located in Greensboro, North Carolina, the Eastern Music Festival offers intensive orchestral, piano, and classical guitar training for talented, young musicians. For more information, visit: http://easternmusicfestival.org/study
Fir Acres Writing Workshop
At Fir Acres Writing Workshop, sixty high school students from across the country come together for two weeks to write and join a community of writers on the beautiful, wooded campus of Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon. Their mission is to provide a high-caliber, pre-collegiate, creative educational experience to bright, inventive, and passionate high school students. Their program appeals to young writers and artistic students who are drawn to the beauty of the Pacific Northwest and the fun, hip mystique of Portland. For more information, visit: https://college.lclark.edu/programs/fir_acres/
Goethe Institut
Goethe Institut offers three-week German-language immersion courses in Germany. For more information, visit: https://www.goethe.de/
Indiana University Bloomington Pre-College Programs in Music, Dance and Theater
The Indiana University campus at Bloomington offers numerous pre-college opportunities for high school students with particular talent in and dedication to music, dance, and theater. For more information, see: http://precollege.indiana.edu/.
Iowa Young Writers Studio
Held at the University of Iowa, the Iowa Young Writers Studio is a two-week creative writing workshop for high school students. Participants choose to focus on poetry, fiction, or creative writing (a survey of various writing genres). For more information, visit: https://iyws.clas.uiowa.edu/
Juilliard Summer Dance Intensive
This top-level, three-week dance instruction program for high school students is held at Juilliard in New York City and focuses on classical ballet and modern dance. To qualify, students must have substantial aptitude and training in ballet, as well as possess serious dedication and discipline. To learn more, visit: https://www.juilliard.edu/arm/summer-dance/summer-dance-intensive
Juilliard Summer Percussion Seminar
This outstanding, two-week program for high school students who are at least 15 years of age and who are particularly talented percussionists is held at Lincoln Center in New York City. The program provides master classes and hands-on experience with the major percussion instruments. To learn more, visit: https://www.juilliard.edu/stage-beyond/summer-programs/summer-percussion-seminar.
Kenyon Review Young Writers Workshop
This long-standing program at Kenyon University in Ohio offers high school students, between the ages of 16 and 18, an immersion into writing through an intensive, two-week program. The course focuses on creative writing through the development of critical-thinking skills and the specific use of language. For more information, visit: http://www.kenyonreview.org/workshops/young-writers/.
Marrowstone Music Festival Pre-College Division
The Marrowstone Music Festival’s Pre-College Division provides a summer intensive in orchestral training for musicians ages 14 through 18. The summer program, located in Bellingham, Washington, includes daily orchestra-wide rehearsals, sectional instruction, and master classes, as well as performances. For more information, visit: http://marrowstone.org/apply/student-divisions/.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Research Science Institute
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT’s) Research Science Institute is a premier summer science and engineering immersion located in Boston. This highly competitive, five-week program includes both classroom-based instruction on theory and hands-on research on selected science and engineering projects. At the conclusion of the intensive enrichment program, students write a formal, academic-level research report and present their work in conference-style proceedings. For more information, visit: http://cee.org/research-science-institute.
MICA
MICA’s PreCollege Art and Design Residency Program offers rising high school juniors and seniors college-level art and design experiences. Take part in a transformative experience with creative-minded peers, and learn new skills that help you explore the “why” behind your art. As a junior or senior, you can earn up to three college credits through this program. For more information, visit: https://www.mica.edu/non-degree-learning-opportunities/programs-for-youth/programs-for-teens/summer-pre-college-program/
Michigan Math and Science Scholars
Held at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, this summer enrichment program for high school students offers a two-week session, taught by doctoral-level instructors in the following areas: anatomy and physiology, astronomy, astrophysics, art and math, biochemistry, chemistry, ecology, field biology, genetics, mathematics, physics, and statistics. For more information, visit: http://www.math.lsa.umich.edu/mmss/.
Middlebury Summer Language Academies
The Middlebury Summer Language Academies offer language immersion and instruction in the United States and abroad inArabic, Chinese, French, German, and Spanish. For more information, visit: https://www.middlebury.edu/language-schools/ (Applicants are encouraged to already be proficient in multiple languages and be pursing a new language not offered through the CCHS curriculum.)
NASA STEM Enhancement in Earth and Space Science Internship
NASA, Texas Space Grant Consortium, and The University of Texas at Austin Center for Space Research Summer Intern Program is a nationally competitive STEM program for high school students. The program provides selected students with exposure to Earth and space research. Interns will learn how to interpret NASA satellite data while working with scientists and engineers in their chosen area of work. Participants will conduct authentic research with NASA subject matter experts in their chosen areas of work. For more information, visit: https://nasa.epscorspo.nevada.edu/2021-sees-internship/
National Youth Orchestra (NYO2)
The National Youth Orchestra (NYO2) program provides the nation’s very best young musicians, ages 14 through 17, with summer orchestral training from top-level faculty and visiting artists. The three-week program is based in New York City and sponsored through Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute. For more information, visit: http://www.carnegiehall.org/NYO2/.
New York University High School Summer Art Intensive
The NYU Summer High School Program creates a close-knit community of young artists who experience the NYU Art Department much like our matriculated art majors during the academic year. We admit 54 students to our highly competitive in-person program; the group is divided into three intimate cohorts who take all studio classes together.
Students will work directly with practicing art professionals who bring a level of expertise in the field that only NYU can offer. We expect students to engage their courses rigorously to create ambitious works beyond a scope they may have previously explored at the high school level while learning about the New York world of contemporary art. For more information, visit: https://steinhardt.nyu.edu/programs/art-education/high-school-programs/high-school-summer-art-intensive
New York University Tisch Summer High School Special Programs
Located within New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, this summer enrichment program gives rising high school juniors and seniors intensive, hands-on projects in drama, dramatic writing, film/TV, music recording, or photography. For more information, visit: http://specialprograms.tisch.nyu.edu/page/hsStudents.html.
Oberlin Summer Programs
Oberlin College and Conservatory offers a variety of intensive music workshops for high school students, including institutes focused on bass, trumpet, organ, and voice. The institutes feature master classes and individual instruction. For more information, visit: http://new.oberlin.edu/office/summer-programs/index.dot.
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Summer Academy for High School Students
A four-week, college-level program for high-school artists offers hands-on training in fine arts, including training in drawing, painting, sculpture, and print making . The program culminates with a student art exhibit. For more information, visit: http://www.pafa.edu/summeracademy/.
Program in Mathematics for Young Scientists (PROMYS)
This collaborative program between Boston University’s Department of Mathematics and the Education Development Center offers a highly select group of 80 high school students a 6-week, hands-on program of research and instruction at the nexus of math and science. For more information, visit: http://www.promys.org/.
Ravinia Steans Music Institute
This highly selective, long-running, Chicago-area program offers outstanding young musicians an opportunity to participate in intensive music-education programs in areas including jazz, piano and strings, and voice. During this summer enrichment program students engage in master classes, daily coaching sessions, and performing as part of the Ravinia Festival. For more information, visit: http://www.ravinia.org/Page/Steans.
Research in Science & Engineering (RISE) Program
If you’re passionate about the sciences and are a domestic student currently in your junior year of high school, we invite you to apply for the Research in Science & Engineering (RISE) program. You will spend six weeks at BU conducting university laboratory research with some of the nation’s brightest scientific minds while advancing your STEM knowledge and skills. For more information, visit: https://www.bu.edu/summer/high-school-programs/rise-internship-practicum/
Ross Mathematics Program
This six-week intensive mathematics study provides students with an exploration of mathematical theory. The program is based at Ohio State University. For more information, visit: http://u.osu.edu/rossmath/.
Sarah Lawrence College Writers Village
This two-week intensive writing program for high school students is offered by Sarah Lawrence College in New York. The program, taught by the college’s faculty, focuses on fiction and poetry. For more information, visit: http://www.slc.edu/ce/summer/writers-village.html.
Simons Summer Research Program
Based at Stony Brook University in Stony Brook, New York, the highly selective enrichment program for highly talented, rising high school seniors provides hands-on research in the areas of science, math, and engineering. Working on academic research teams with science fellows and faculty, students conclude the program with written research abstracts and scientific poster presentations. For more information, visit: http://www.stonybrook.edu/simons/.
Summer at Eastman Programs
Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester hosts a variety of intensive summer programs for musically gifted high school students considering undergraduate studies and careers in music. These programs include: the three-week Music Horizons, which is taught by Eastman Community Music School faculty and members of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra; the two-week Jazz Studies Program, which provides a performance-based experience instructed by the Eastman School of Music jazz faculty; and week-long workshops in percussion, saxophone, trumpet, trombone, and viola. For more information, visit: http://summer.esm.rochester.edu/courses/age/high-school/.
Summer Science Program
SSP is a residential immersion into experimental science, designed to challenge and inspire talented rising seniors from around the world. Working in teams of three, participants complete a research project from beginning to end: either in Astrophysics – near-earth asteroid imaging and orbit determination – or Biochemistry – fungal enzyme inhibition and drug discovery. Each team acquires its own original data and performs its own analysis. Field trips and guest speakers round out an intense 39-day schedule. Campuses include University of Colorado, New Mexico Tech, Purdue University, and Indiana University information and application may be found at: summerscience.org.
UCLA Acting and Performance Summer Institute
UCLA Acting and Performance Summer Institute is a three-week, intensive program for high school students in theater arts. The program encompasses performance training classes, movement-based techniques, and a final showcase where students create their own unique content through the devised theater process. For more information, visit: https://summer.ucla.edu/
UCLA Arts Camp
A partnership between U.S. Performing Arts and the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, the program provides immersions in the performing and media arts. The offerings include filmmaking. For more information, visit: https://summer.ucla.edu/institutes/Art. (NOTE: Consideration will only be given to filmmaking courses.)
University of Chicago Summer Quarter for High School Students
The University of Chicago offers high school students the opportunity to study along side college students in its Summer Quarter program. The program offers a wide variety of courses. For more information, visit: https://summer.uchicago.edu/high-school-students.
University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music Preparatory Department Summer Arts Immersion
The University of Cincinnati offers a wide selection of music and performing arts immersion offerings that are approximately two weeks in duration. These programs for students with a passion for and aptitude in music or the performing arts, include: composition, voice, piano, wind ensemble/chamber winds, acting, musical theater, and ballet. For more information, visit: http://ccm.uc.edu/summer.html.
University of Missouri—St. Louis Students and Teachers As Research Scientists (STARS)
Affiliated with the University of Missouri-St. Louis and other respected academic and non-academic institutions in St. Louis, this summer enrichment program introduces rising high school juniors and seniors to scientific enterprises and allows them to participate in hands-on, guided scientific research. Through the program, student participants write a technical report and present their research findings. Available areas of study are: anthropology, astronomy, biology, chemistry, computer science, earth science, engineering, math, physics, and psychology. For more information, visit: http://www.umsl.edu/~sep/STARS.
University of Notre Dame Summer Scholars
Summer Scholars participants spend two intensive weeks on Notre Dame’s campus taking a challenging college-level course taught by Notre Dame faculty. We keep the classes small and the personal attention from Notre Dame faculty high. The coursework is a true preview of college academics—it is both rigorous and rewarding, and students could earn one transferable college credit upon the completion of a program track. Students collaborate on coursework outside designated class times as they would in any college setting. There is also ample time to enjoy the social facets of college life, especially those unique to Notre Dame. For more information, visit: https://precollege.nd.edu/summer-scholars/
Washington University in St. Louis—Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Art’s Portfolio Plus Program
The Portfolio Plus Program invites high school students to take college-level art and design courses. You will spend your mornings learning the fundamentals of drawing and your afternoons pursuing a studio concentration of your choice: communication design, fashion design, or studio art. With guidance from Sam Fox School faculty, you will work throughout our intensive three-week program to develop strong portfolios for college admission. Studio work is rounded out by field trips, tours, and lectures from local artists and designers, as well as a workshop on college admissions. For more information, visit: https://samfoxschool.
Yale Summer Session
Studying at Yale gives students a newfound appreciation for their academics and forges friendships that will last a lifetime. Students come to Yale Summer Session to: earn credit toward their major and fulfill requirements for their degree; explore a new field or topic; focus intensely on one particular subject; study with Yale faculty; and prepare for the challenges of highly selective colleges. For more information, visit: summer.yale.edu/courses-
