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Complete guide to research programs for high school students in Washington DC. Compare NIH, Smithsonian, Georgetown, George Washington, and Howard programs, NIST research, DC-area science fairs, and remote options.

Doha College student Suriya Dev Saravanakumar builds eye-tracking ML framework for early Alzheimer's detection, accepted at the world's top biomedical engineering conference.

See real research papers published by high school students in IEEE, Springer Nature, and more. Examples from AI, biology, environmental science, and neuroscience with analysis of what made each paper successful.

Step-by-step guide to starting your first research project as a high school student. From choosing a topic to finding a mentor to writing your first paper, even with zero experience.

Complete guide to qualifying for ISEF 2026. Timeline, eligibility, what judges look for, winning strategies, and how YRI Fellowship students became ISEF finalists.

A research mentor's letter of recommendation can transform your college application. Learn how to earn one, what makes it powerful, and why PhD mentor letters stand out to admissions officers.

Cupertino High School student Aditya Singla won the Best Oral Presentation award at IEEE AAIML 2026 in Tokyo for his research on neural network-based anomaly detection in cloud systems.

Complete guide to AI and machine learning research programs for high school students. Find the best AI research opportunities, project ideas, tools, and publication venues for 2025.

Avyay Gupta had zero research background. Within months, he built AI models predicting respiratory disease risk using genetic and pollution data—and won 1st place at his science fair, qualifying for state. Here's his story.