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  • Aberdeen Science and Math Academy (SMA)

    The Science and Mathematics Academy at Aberdeen High School is a school?within?a? school magnet program that provides academically talented students with educational experiences that integrate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics beyond the traditional advanced program. Admission to this rigorous four?year program is by competitive application based on prior academic success, interest and motivation in science and mathematics, teacher recommendations and written communication skills.


    Intended Audience:
    Category/Subject Matter:
    Grades 9-12,All Students
    General Education,STEM


    For additional program and contact information, visit the program's website.

     


  • Army Educational Outreach Program (AEOP)

    The Army Educational Outreach Program (AEOP) is comprised of Army-sponsored research, education, competitions, internships and practical experiences designed to engage and guide students and teachers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education.


    Intended Audience:
    Category/Subject Matter:
    Grades 9-12,College Students,All Students,JROTC Cadets,Soldiers,Educators
    Army Education Opportunities,Career Planning,College Planning/Prep


    For additional program and contact information, visit the program's website.

     


  • Army ROTC

    Army Reserve Officer Training Corps is a unique college elective that teaches students leadership skills used in the Army, but also can be applied in any field. Students receive credit for ROTC classes, which are applied toward their diploma. Upon graduation, they receive a commission as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. In addition to the educational and military benefits, ROTC also awards scholarships based solely on merit to thousands of students each year. Qualifying students can get scholarships worth up to $80,000 at some schools, including a monthly allowance.


    Intended Audience:
    Category/Subject Matter:
    All Students
    Army Education Opportunities,College Planning/Prep,General Education,Leadership Skills


    For additional program and contact information, visit the program's info page.

     


  • ASVAB Career Exploration Program

    The Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) Career Exploration Program is a career planning and exploration program that combines a multiple-aptitude test with an interest self-assessment and a wide range of career exploration tools.


    Intended Audience:
    Category/Subject Matter:
    All Students
    Career Planning


    For additional program and contact information, visit the program's info page.

     


  • Boost

    The Boost campaign is intended to help support and encourage the nearly 7,000 kids a day who drop out of high school. Boost is about giving potential graduates at-risk of dropping out the support they need to stay in school and on-track for graduation. This site is full of great resources and ideas to help you make a difference in the lives of students.


    Intended Audience:
    Category/Subject Matter:
    Grades 9-12,All Students
    General Education


    For additional program and contact information, visit the program's website.

     


  • Challenge Bowl

    The College Options team has developed a series of practical and easy to use resources designed to excite students about learning and encourage them to pursue their educational goals. It includes a unique software program that allows students to compete in academic competitions from their own schools or homes against students from around the world


    Intended Audience:
    Category/Subject Matter:
    Grades 9-12,College Students,All Students
    General Education


    For additional program and contact information, visit the program's website.

     


  • Consortium Research Fellows Program

    The Consortium Research Fellows Program (CRFP) is a partnership between the Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area and several Department of Defense agencies. The current goals of the CRFP are to provide educationally-relevant, well-paid, professional experiences for undergraduate and graduate students, provide research opportunities for faculty, provide high-quality technical and analytical support to sponsoring agencies, and groom a new generation of scientists, who either directly as government employees or indirectly as contractors, will support Department of Defense (DoD) Research & Development in the future.


    Intended Audience:
    Category/Subject Matter:
    College Students,All Students
    College Planning/Prep,Internships/Job Placement


    For additional program and contact information, visit the program's website.

     


  • CyberPatriot

    CyberPatriot is the National High School Cyber Defense Competition.  Designed to instill in all participants the importance to our nation of cyber, cybersecurity and good computer security practices.   The program is structured to excite, educate, and motivate participants.  The competition consists of two parallel competitions, Open Division (public, parochial, approved home school programs) and an All Service Division (JROTC and Civil Air Patrol.)  The first three qualifying rounds are conducted from the teams’ home locations and the National Finals Competition is held at the Gaylord National Hotel located in National Harbor, Maryland.  Twenty-four qualifying teams receive all expenses paid trips to the national finals.


    Intended Audience:
    Category/Subject Matter:
    Grades 9-12,All Students
    General Education,STEM


    For additional program and contact information, visit the program's website.

     


  • Discovery Museum Space & Science Center

    The Discovery Museum Science & Space Center has operated for 60 years as a 501(C)(3) nonprofit agency. Originally founded in 1951 as the California Junior Museum, the Center was designed as a space where children could experience science and nature through interactive programs and exhibits. Today, the Discovery Museum is one of Northern California's premier institutions with an emphasis on STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) education and hands-on learning.


    Intended Audience:
    Category/Subject Matter:
    Grades 9-12,College Students,All Students,JROTC Cadets,Soldiers,Educators
    General Education,STEM


    For additional program and contact information, visit the program's website.

     


  • eCYBERMISSION

    eCYBERMISSION is a free, web-based Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics competition for students in grades six through nine. Students compete for regional and national awards while working to solve problems in their communities.


    Intended Audience:
    Category/Subject Matter:
    All Students
    STEM


    For additional program and contact information, visit the program's website.

     


  • Emerging Technology Day

    The Indianapolis Motor Speedway serves as an incubator and proving ground of automotive innovation each May for Emerging Technology Day. At this event, some of the best, brightest young minds in America display innovative renewable technologies for the automotive industry. The event features an exhibition competition at IMS by alternative-power vehicles in the Formula Hybrid and American Solar Challenge series and the Purdue GrandPrix.


    Intended Audience:
    Category/Subject Matter:
    All Students
    General Education,STEM


    For additional program and contact information, visit the program's website.

     


  • Financing College and Admissions

    The Complete Guide to College Financing and Admissions is a revolutionary nine-hour DVD program that provides everything students need to know to navigate the complex college admissions and financing process in a single resource. Users are linked to hundreds of Websites that bring to life the advice of counselors and administrators to save thousands of dollars in college costs and get into a college that is right for them.


    Intended Audience:
    Category/Subject Matter:
    Grades 9-12,All Students
    College Planning/Prep


    For additional program and contact information, visit the program's website.

     


  • Gains in the Education of Mathematics and Science (GEMS)

    Gains in the Education of Mathematics and Science (GEMS) is a one- to four-week program that allows students an opportunity to participate in a paid internship over the summer in an Army Laboratory learning the real life application of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.


    Intended Audience:
    Category/Subject Matter:
    College Students,All Students
    Internships/Job Placement


    For additional program and contact information, visit the program's website.

     


  • High School Financial Planning Program, National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE)

    Since 1984, NEFE has been addressing youth financial literacy with the nationally known NEFE High School Financial Planning Program® (HSFPP). The HSFPP consists of a seven unit student manual, instructor’s guide, and a dynamic suite of Web pages that offer a large, continually growing collection of resources, articles, and financial tools for teachers, students, and parents. 


    Intended Audience:
    Category/Subject Matter:
    Grades 9-12,All Students,Educators
    Life Skills


    For additional program and contact information, visit the program's website.

     


  • Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition

    The IGVC offers a design experience that is at the very cutting edge of engineering education. It is multidisciplinary, theory-based, hands-on, team implemented, outcome assessed, and based on product realization. It encompasses the very latest technologies impacting industrial development and taps subjects of high interest to students.


    Intended Audience:
    Category/Subject Matter:
    Grades 9-12,College Students,All Students,Educators
    General Education,STEM


    For additional program and contact information, visit the program's website.

     


  • International Mathematics Olympiad (JROTC)

    The Army sponsors a team to represent the United States at the International Mathematics Olympiad, competing with teams from other countries. This annual mathematics competition for high school students is the oldest of the International Science Olympiads. 


    Intended Audience:
    Category/Subject Matter:
    Grades 9-12,All Students
    STEM


    For additional program and contact information, visit the program's website.

     


  • Internships Science & Engineering Program (ISEP)

    Students in this program assist the Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) researchers on projects during the summer prior to senior year in high school. All students are required to give a formal presentation of their research.


    Intended Audience:
    Category/Subject Matter:
    Grades 9-12,All Students
    Internships/Job Placement,STEM


    For additional program and contact information, visit the program's website.

     


  • Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC)

     

    Army JROTC is a citizenship and character development program.   As is the case for all educational enterprises, quality teachers make the difference.  Military veterans model the program’s values through a commitment to students’ character, academic achievement, fitness and wellness, and leadership potential.  The program utilizes a nationally accredited curriculum that supports 21st century skills and core academic subjects, facilitates community partnerships, and ultimately prepares students to excel in both college and the workplace.


    Intended Audience:
    Category/Subject Matter:
    Grades 9-12,All Students
    General Education,Leadership Skills


    For additional program and contact information, visit the program's info page.

     


  • Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) Leadership and Academic Bowl (JLAB)

    Sponsored by the College Options Foundation, teams of Army Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) Cadets from across the country can participate in the Army JROTC Academic and Leadership Bowls. The benefits of participating include improved SAT/ACT scores, increased interest in college admissions, increased leadership skills, hands- on and interactive learning, and relating leadership skills to the historic monuments and memorials they visit when they advance to the final round in Washington, DC.


    Intended Audience:
    Category/Subject Matter:
    Grades 9-12,All Students
    College Planning/Prep


    For additional program and contact information, visit the program's info page.

     


  • Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS)

    This annual high school competition helps students develop oral presentation skills and emphasizes the ethical conduct of original research. U.S. Army Research Laboratory scientists and engineers are judges in the Maryland regional competition and provide students mission-related research topics and summer internships. Scholarships are awarded to highly talented students.


    Intended Audience:
    Category/Subject Matter:
    Grades 9-12,All Students
    College Planning/Prep


    For additional program and contact information, visit the program's website.

     


  • Junior Solar Sprint (JSS)

    The Junior Solar Sprint (JSS) is a model solar electric car program recognized nationwide as an innovative way to inspire middle school students to study in the fields of science, mathematics and engineering. Through hands-on experimentation, students learn how to build model solar cars and tackle issues in engineering process, properties of materials, forces and motion, electricity and magnetism, ratios and geometry, and craftsmanship. Along the way, students explore scientific concepts and technologies that can help our country address issues of global climate change, reduce air and water pollution, and reduce our dependence on foreign sources of fuel. Additionally, teams can enter their cars in local design and race competitions with top winners invited to NESEA's annual championship.


    Intended Audience:
    Category/Subject Matter:
    All Students
    STEM


    For additional program and contact information, visit the program's website.

     


  • March 2 Success

    March2Success is a free, no-obligation tool for students to help them improve both their standardized test scores and their grades in school. March2Success offers materials for topics including Math, Science and English, and covers standardized tests such as the SAT, ACT, ASVAB, and state exit exams. In addition, March2Success’ video series explains how the college admissions and financial aids systems work.


    Intended Audience:
    Category/Subject Matter:
    Grades 9-12,All Students
    College Planning/Prep,STEM


    For additional program and contact information, visit the program's info page.

     


  • National Guard Energy Lab

    The Energy Lab brings the world of math and science to life for 11th- and 12th-grade students with a 24-seat on-board theater and four cutting-edge experiences designed to fuel students’ curiosity through hi-tech, competitive interactions. Along with using captivating experiences to teach students about math and science, The Energy Lab also demonstrates new career opportunities in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) related field and acts as an innovative resource to schools and teachers through direct contact with students, an online web portal, and a national math and science contest.


    Intended Audience:
    Category/Subject Matter:
    Grades 9-12,All Students,Educators
    General Education,STEM


    For additional program and contact information, visit the program's website.

     


  • National Science Center Mobile Discovery Centers

    The National Science Center takes science on the road with its Mobile Discovery Centers. Housed in an 18-wheelers, the two mobile centers travel across the country, presenting exciting physical science hands-on demonstrations designed to show young people that studying science and math is fun as well as essential to their future.  


    Intended Audience:
    Category/Subject Matter:
    All Students
    General Education,STEM


    For additional program and contact information, visit the program's website.

     


  • National Science Foundation

    This National Science Foundation-funded program is used by 9,000 students nationwide. The program includes interdisciplinary modules based on topics in materials science used in middle and high school science, technology and math classes.


    Intended Audience:
    Category/Subject Matter:
    Grades 9-12,All Students
    General Education,STEM


    For additional program and contact information, visit the program's website.

     


  • NHRA Youth and Education Services (Y.E.S.) Program

    The National Hot Rod Association's Youth & Education Services (Y.E.S.) program presented by the U.S. Army is motorsports' first and only full-time program devoted exclusively to educational programming. The Y.E.S. program was created in 1989 as a tool to connect education and drag racing. Since its inception, the Y.E.S. program has continued to expand and improve its programs, seminars, literature and educational material. 


    Intended Audience:
    Category/Subject Matter:
    Grades 9-12,All Students,Educators
    General Education


    For additional program and contact information, visit the program's info page.

     


  • Project Lead The Way

    Project Lead The Way (PLTW) is the leading provider of rigorous and innovative Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) education curricular programs used in middle and high schools across the U.S.


    Intended Audience:
    Category/Subject Matter:
    Grades 9-12,All Students
    General Education,STEM


    For additional program and contact information, visit the program's website.

     


  • Research & Engineering Apprentice Program (REAP)

    The Research and Engineering Apprentice Program is a summer program for students, providing a hands-on experience in a lab environment at 40 colleges in over 30 states. The U.S. Army Research Laboratory supports 95 REAP internships each year.


    Intended Audience:
    Category/Subject Matter:
    College Students,All Students
    College Planning/Prep,General Education,STEM


    For additional program and contact information, visit the program's website.

     


  • School Challenge

    The School Challenge is an interactive educational experience that engages students at over 100 high schools in academic and physical activities, teaching teamwork skills and leadership.


    Intended Audience:
    Category/Subject Matter:
    Grades 9-12,All Students
    College Planning/Prep,General Education,Leadership Skills


    For additional program and contact information, visit the program's info page.

     


  • Science and Technology Academic Recognition System (STARS)

    The Science and Technology Academic Recognition System (STARS) provides internships, fellowships and employment opportunities for qualified undergraduate and graduate students in the U.S. Army Research Laboratory.  This training and development program is designed to reach talented students at Historicaly Black Colleges & Universities who are enrolled in a science, engineering, or mathematics curriculum. The program offers up to $20,000 for tuition and expenses during the senior undergraduate year and up to $30,000 for each of two years of graduate school.


    Intended Audience:
    Category/Subject Matter:
    College Students,All Students
    College Planning/Prep,STEM


    For additional program and contact information, visit the program's website.

     


  • Starbase

    The STARBASE program strives raise the interest and improve the knowledge and skills of at-risk youth in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, which will provide for a highly educated and skilled American workforce that can meet the advanced technological requirements of the Department of Defense.


    Intended Audience:
    Category/Subject Matter:
    All Students
    General Education,STEM


    For additional program and contact information, visit the program's website.

     


  • Success Profiler

    The Success Profiler is an assessment and skill intervention system targeting social/emotional intelligence. All of the U.S. Army JROTCs use the Success Profiler program in helping develop goal setting as well as social/emotional learning in Cadets at over 1,500 programs throughout the United States.


    Intended Audience:
    Category/Subject Matter:
    Grades 9-12,All Students,JROTC Cadets
    Career Planning,Leadership Skills,Life Skills


    For additional program and contact information, visit the program's website.

     


  • Summer Engineering Experience for Kids (SEEK)

    The Summer Engineering Experience for Kids (SEEK) camp is a free three-week program targeting students in grades 3-8. This program will introduce students to the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (S.T.E.M.) fields. The program is facilitated primarily by collegiate members of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE).


    Intended Audience:
    Category/Subject Matter:
    All Students
    General Education,STEM


    For additional program and contact information, visit the program's info page.

     


  • Ten80 Education

    Ten80 Education is a team of engineers and educators collaborating to help youth cultivate a true love of learning, sense of teamwork and achievement in STEM fields.


    Intended Audience:
    Category/Subject Matter:
    Grades 9-12,All Students,Educators
    STEM


    For additional program and contact information, visit the program's info page.

     


  • The Science, Math and Research for Transformation (SMART)

    The Science, Mathematics And Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship for Service Program is an opportunity for students pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines to receive a full scholarship and be gainfully employed upon degree completion.


    Intended Audience:
    Category/Subject Matter:
    College Students,All Students
    College Planning/Prep,General Education,STEM


    For additional program and contact information, visit the program's website.

     


  • Uninitiates Introduction to Engineering (UNITE)

    UNITE aims to promote careers in engineering and technology by providing disadvantaged high school students with the opportunity to participate in college-structured academic enrichment programs, with courses in chemistry, physics, algebra and calculus. Seven colleges host UNITE students during the summer.


    Intended Audience:
    Category/Subject Matter:
    Grades 9-12,All Students
    General Education,STEM


    For additional program and contact information, visit the program's website.

     


  • Viva Technology/Great Minds in STEM

    Viva Technology™ is designed to engage inner-city and rural K-12 students, teachers and parents in activities that stimulate their interest and academic achievement in STEM subjects. This innovative program features team challenges; direct and intense interaction with college engineering and science majors; and powerful, eye opening conversations with world class engineers, technologists, scientists, and mathematicians - all on their own campus!  


    Intended Audience:
    Category/Subject Matter:
    Grades 9-12,All Students,Educators
    General Education,STEM


    For additional program and contact information, visit the program's website.

     


  • We The People: The Citizen and the Constitution

    As part of the Center for Civic Education, the primary goal of this program is to promote civic competence and responsibility among the nation's elementary and secondary students. What makes the program so successful is the design of its instructional program, including its innovative culminating activity, a simulated congressional hearing. Since its origin in 1969, Center materials have been used in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, as well as in the trust territories and many regions across the world.


    Intended Audience:
    Category/Subject Matter:
    All Students
    General Education


    For additional program and contact information, visit the program's website.

     


  • West Point

    Renowned as the world’s premier leader development institution, West Point accomplishes its mission by developing cadets intellectually, physically, militarily, ethically, spiritually, and socially. The student body, or Corps of Cadets, numbers 4,400 and each year approximately 1000 cadets join the Long Gray Line as they graduate and are commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army. Admission is open to all young men and women, and is extremely competitive. Applicants are evaluated on your academic, physical and leadership potential. 


    Intended Audience:
    Category/Subject Matter:
    Grades 9-12,All Students
    Army Education Opportunities,College Planning/Prep,General Education,Leadership Skills


    For additional program and contact information, visit the program's website.

     


  • West Point Bridge Design Contest

    The purpose of the contest is to provide middle school and high school students with a realistic, engaging introduction to engineering using the West Point Bridge Design software. We provide this contest as a service to education--and as a tribute to the Academy's two hundred years of service to the United States of America.


    Intended Audience:
    Category/Subject Matter:
    Grades 9-12,All Students
    General Education,STEM


    For additional program and contact information, visit the program's info page.

     


  • West Point-Middle School STEM Workshop

    This unique middle school program offers students the opportunity to participate in hands-on science, technology, engineering and mathematics activities taught by Academy faculty and cadet mentors. 


    Intended Audience:
    Category/Subject Matter:
    All Students
    General Education,STEM


    For additional program and contact information, visit the program's website.

     


  • Women in Science Project (WISP)

    The Women in Science Project was created at Dartmouth College to encourage interested women to stay in mathematics, science and engineering.


    Intended Audience:
    Category/Subject Matter:
    All Students
    STEM


    For additional program and contact information, visit the program's website.

     


  • Youth ChalleNGe Program

     

    The National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program is a preventative at-risk youth program, which targets participants who are unemployed, drug-free and law-free high-school dropouts, 16 to 18 years of age. Core components of the program include responsible citizenship, academic excellence, life-coping skills, service to community, health and hygiene, job skills training, leadership/followership and physical fitness.


    Intended Audience:
    Category/Subject Matter:
    Grades 9-12,All Students
    Internships/Job Placement,Leadership Skills,Life Skills


    For additional program and contact information, visit the program's website.