Health & Medical Competitions for High School Students
EC Finder currently lists 8 health & medical competitions for high school students. Of these, 4 are free to participate in. Examples include Asian Liver Center at Stanford – Youth Leadership Conference on API Health, California FCCLA STAR Events (Culinary Arts & Nutrition), and Dartmouth-Hitchcock/WRI – High School Summer Internship Program.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What are health & medical competitions for high school students?
- Health & Medical Competitions for High School Students are curated extracurricular listings for high school students interested in health & medical. Each listing includes eligibility, cost, and deadline details where known, so you can compare options and find the right fit for your college application profile.
- Are any of these competitions free?
- Yes — 4 of the 8 competitions listed here are free to participate in.
- Are health & medical competitions good for a college application?
- Yes — health & medical competitions are a common way for high schoolers to show sustained interest and initiative in health & medical on college applications.
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Asian Liver Center at Stanford – Youth Leadership Conference on API Health
The Youth Leadership Conference on Asian Pacific Islander Health, hosted by the Asian Liver Center at Stanford, is a four-day conference for about 100 high-achieving high-school students focused on hepatitis B, liver cancer, and health disparities in API communities. Students attend lectures, build leadership and social-impact skills, and compete in a team leadership challenge where they present projects to a panel of judges and an audience.
California FCCLA STAR Events (Culinary Arts & Nutrition)
Competitive events run through school FCCLA chapters where CA students prepare timed culinary dishes, plan sports-nutrition strategies, or tackle nutrition and wellness challenges, advancing from regional to state to national competition.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock/WRI – High School Summer Internship Program
Eight-week paid summer internship at Dartmouth Health and the Warner Research Institute where selected high-school students shadow clinicians and work on clinical or research projects in departments like cardiology, oncology, or pediatrics.
Project Unity Catalyst Academy
Flagship 8-week summer research and leadership academy where high-school students nationwide work in mentored teams on real public-health, medicine, and digital-health problems and present at the UNITY Research Conference; 2026 applications are currently open.
Scripps Research Translational Institute – Student Research Internship
The Scripps Research Translational Institute (SRTI) Student Research Internship is a voluntary 10-week summer research program for highly motivated high-school (16+), college, and professional-school students. Interns work with a multidisciplinary team on translational science in genomics, computational biology, and mobile/digital health, design an independent project with a mentor, and present their findings at institute research meetings.
Stanford AIMI High School Programs (Health AI Bootcamp & Summer Research Internship)
Stanford Center for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine and Imaging runs virtual high-school programs: a Summer Health AI Bootcamp (lecture-based intro) and a Summer Research Internship (mentored projects in health AI). Both include career panels and are competitive.
Stanford STaRS – Surgical Translational Applied Research Summer Program
Intensive summer research experience in Stanford Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery where high-school, undergrad, and med students work on plastic-surgery and regenerative-medicine projects with faculty mentors.
UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center – OPTIMUS Program
OPTIMUS (Oncology Patient and Translational Research Internship) provides mentored lab and clinical oncology research exposure at UCSD Moores Cancer Center for advanced HS and college students.
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