Pioneer Academics — Psychology Research Program
A fully accredited, virtual research institute in which high school students write an original psychology research paper over several months, starting in small international seminar groups before moving to one-on-one mentorship with a professor; credit is offered through Oberlin College & Conservatory.
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Polygence – Psychology & Sociology Research Projects
A personalized, one-on-one online mentorship program pairing high school students with PhD mentors in social psychology, clinical psychology, sociology, or public policy to complete an original research project, paper, or creative output over roughly 3-6 months.
Northwestern CTD: AP Psychology
An online, self-paced AP Psychology course through Northwestern's Center for Talent Development covering theories of behavior and cognition, research exercises, and current practices in psychology, culminating in a data-collection experiment and preparing students for the AP exam.
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.
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.
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.
Sources of Strength Peer Leader Advisory Council (PLAC)
A national council of about 25 high school and college Peer Leaders who meet monthly via Zoom with Sources of Strength national staff to shape suicide-prevention campaigns and strategy; open to students who are already active Sources of Strength Peer Leaders.