Free Extracurricular Programs
A listing qualifies when its current public catalog or enrichment data records a $0 participation cost.
This static fallback has no runtime-qualified listing set, so it is noindexed. Application fees, travel, housing, materials, and optional expenses remain separate questions.
Current free program listings
1208 matching programs are listed in the directory right now. The most recently added:
- Research Science Institute (RSI) — Catalog organization: Center for Excellence in Education — Cost: Free
- Regeneron Science Talent Search (STS) — Catalog organization: Society for Science — Deadline: November 5, 2026
- MIT PRIMES Research Program — Catalog organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology — Cost: Free
- QuestBridge College Prep Scholars Program — Catalog organization: QuestBridge
- United States Senate Youth Program — Catalog organization: Hearst Foundations — Cost: Free · Deadline: December 1, 2026
- SSP (Summer Science Program) — Catalog organization: Summer Science Program Inc
- Carnegie Hall National Youth Orchestra of the USA (NYO-USA) — Catalog organization: Carnegie Hall Weill Music Institute
- USA Computing Olympiad (USACO) — Catalog organization: USACO
- MITES Summer — Catalog organization: MIT Office of Engineering Outreach Programs
- Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation Scholarship — Catalog organization: Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation — Deadline: September 30, 2026
- National History Day (NHD) — Catalog organization: National History Day
- Simons Summer Research Program — Catalog organization: Stony Brook University
- Bank of America Student Leaders Program — Catalog organization: Bank of America
- Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) — Catalog organization: Society for Science
- Telluride Association Summer Seminars (TASS) — Catalog organization: Telluride Association — Cost: Free
- Clark Scholars Program — Catalog organization: Texas Tech — Cost: Free
- Diamond Challenge for High School Entrepreneurs — Catalog organization: University of Delaware Horn Entrepreneurship — Deadline: January 14, 2027
- USA Physics Olympiad — Catalog organization: AAPT
- Interlochen Arts Camp — Catalog organization: Interlochen Center for the Arts
- American Legion Boys State — Catalog organization: The American Legion
- Jackson Laboratory Summer Student Program - High School Application — Catalog organization: The Jackson Laboratory
- National Economics Challenge (NEC) Nationals — Catalog organization: Council for Economic Education
- American Legion Auxiliary Girls State — Catalog organization: American Legion Auxiliary
- Stanford Institutes of Medicine Summer Research Program (SIMR) — Catalog organization: Stanford University School of Medicine
