Algoverse AI Research Program
A 12-week online AI research program pairing high school and college students in small teams with mentors from institutions like Stanford, OpenAI, Meta FAIR, and Google DeepMind to develop LLM-reasoning research submitted to venues such as NeurIPS and ICLR; requires Python experience and a $3,325 fee with need-based and merit scholarships.
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Polygence – Artificial Intelligence Research
A 1-on-1 mentorship program pairing high school students with expert or PhD mentors to design and complete an original AI/machine learning research project of their choosing, culminating in a paper, GitHub portfolio, or conference-style presentation.
RISE Research – Machine Learning Research Mentorship
A 10-week 1-on-1 research mentorship program pairing high school students with PhD mentors from institutions like MIT, Oxford, and Carnegie Mellon to produce original, publishable machine learning research, with a stated 90% publication success rate.
NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute – Self-Paced Courses
Free and paid self-paced online courses from NVIDIA's Deep Learning Institute covering generative AI, deep learning, and data science fundamentals, with hands-on GPU-accelerated labs and certificates of competency for select courses.
Pioneer Academics – Global Problem-Solving Institute: Analyzing AI
A college-accredited virtual research program where high school students in grades 9-12 tackle a predefined 'Analyzing AI' challenge exploring how to steer AI toward safer, more ethical outcomes, combining artificial intelligence, economics, and science-technology-society perspectives under university faculty mentorship.
Genius Olympiad (AI Category)
A category new for 2026 at the international GENIUS Olympiad where high school students design AI agents using machine learning and data analysis to address environmental sustainability issues, with finalists presenting at St. John Fisher University in Rochester, NY.
Non-Trivial Research Scholars
The advanced tier of Non-Trivial's research pathway, offering high-achieving students ages 14-20 ongoing custom mentorship, publication support, and career guidance, with top projects earning up to $10,000 and other Scholars receiving at least $2,000.