Become apublished researcher.
Publish a research paper. Win a major science fair. Stand out to top colleges. 10 weeks, 1:1 with a PhD mentor.
HARVARD
Congratulations!It is a pleasure to inform you that you have been admitted to Harvard College, Class of 2030.
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87%of Fellows get published
NatureIEEESpringerElsevierACMCellScience
Every paper is public. Pick one and check.
Published papers. Science fair wins.Then into top universities.
Acceptance letters from Brown, Johns Hopkins, Stanford, Caltech and Harvard.
73%place at science competitionsRegeneron ISEF finalist. Best Oral, IEEE Tokyo.
87%get publishedYoungest author was 14.
Your child does the research.
We walk them through everything else.
A PhD mentor
Meets 1:1 every week and walks them through every step of the research.
A publishing team
Edits every draft with them, then gets it into a top journal.
A competition coach
Preps them for every major competition and rehearses every judge question.
A published paper.An award atRegeneron ISEF
87% of Fellows publish.
Aditya walked into IEEE Tokyo a 17-year-old.He walked out with Best Oral Presentation.
Every Fellow gets the same 1:1 PhD mentorship that put him on that stage.
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Published. On stage. Admitted.
Fellows and parents on the fellowship, in their own words.
Fellows and parents, on camera
Suriya's Father
“As a parent, seeing your child accomplish something this meaningful is incredible.”
Most Fellows arrive with nothing on their CV. Here is what they say about what changed.
Most YRI Fellows start at zero
“I joined YRI as a 9th grader with zero research experience. Within months, my eye-tracking Alzheimer's detection research was accepted at IEEE EMBC.”
Suriya D.“I went from no plan to a week-by-week roadmap. We scoped a real study, drafted my first manuscript, and got published in IEEE.”
Ishaan M.“I wanted to prove you could do real ML research without a GPU cluster. My mentor helped me scope it to something achievable. Presenting at ISEF felt like validation that the idea had legs.”
Jayant K.“My research won 1st place at my science fair and I qualified for state. I never imagined achieving that in 9th grade.”
Avyay G.“My mentor helped me develop a novel ECG analysis algorithm that got published in IEEE. The structured research process transformed my understanding of what is possible.”
Devansh G.“The best part of YRI was the positive attitude of the mentors as they guided me to finish my research paper. The program creates a space where you can learn and succeed.”
Neil V.“I designed a novel drug candidate for Tardive Dyskinesia using AI-augmented molecular modeling. YRI's mentorship helped me publish computational pharmacology research.”
Aaryan S.“I built an AI-powered anomaly detection system for cloud computing. YRI's structured approach helped me get my paper accepted to the IEEE Advanced AI and ML Conference.”
Aditya S.“I applied astronomy techniques like pulsar timing to detect Alzheimer’s from brain scans, achieving 88.9% accuracy. YRI helped me bridge astrobiology and neuroscience.”
Ayaan R.“Selected as 1 of 14 global finalists from 8,000+ participants, and secured 3rd place with a cash award.”
Aarush M.“Publishing medical research as a high schooler seemed impossible. YRI helped me co-author a computational drug discovery study.”
Lyudong Y.“YRI helped me apply machine learning to public health research. My work was accepted to the IEEE International Conference on Public Health.”
Diya A.“I analyzed 132 immune escape mutations in Omicron variants using genomic surveillance. YRI helped me get published at IEEE RCSM 2025.”
Sai P.“I wanted to create something that not only detects traffic, but also uses the information to predict future problems.”
Aarav B.The same 10 weeks, the same 1:1 PhD mentorship, are waiting for your child.
For students who want to stand out.No experience needed.
- A spot at Harvard, Stanford or the Ivy League
- A published paper with their name on it
- A win at ISEF and the top science fairs
- Research experience
- A perfect GPA or test scores
- A research idea. We find one together
- More than 5 to 8 hours a week
- Sessions set around school
- A weekly 1:1, with a summary sent to you
- Free help until the paper is published
My son published research in IEEE and presented at an international medical conference, only in 9th grade. As a parent, seeing your child accomplish something this meaningful is incredible.
Suriya’s father
Calibration Reliability of Eye-Tracking-Based Alzheimer’s Disease Models Under Signal Degradation
Suriya D., YRI FellowAbstract
IEEEBacked by a full-time team of PhD mentors, research writers, and journal submission specialists.
Ishan Jain
Regeneron ISEF finalist. Published in JAMA Cardiology. Conrad Challenge Top 5 worldwide. Author of ten peer-reviewed papers, presented at IEEE, ACM, and Stanford.
A full-time team of scientists and mentors.
One-on-one, matched by field: AI, medicine, physics, chemistry, economics, psychology and more.
Edit every paper to the standard a peer reviewer expects before it is submitted.
Pick the venue, handle the journal and conference process, and prepare the competition entry.
No. Most Fellows start with zero experience. The program is designed to take curious students and hold their work to professional standards through structured mentorship.
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- A PhD mentor, 1:1 every week
- Our team edits every draft with you
- We get it published in IEEE, Springer or Elsevier
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