From zero to published,
in 10 weeks.
No research experience required. A PhD mentor, a weekly cadence, and a process that has carried Fellows to IEEE, Springer, and the ISEF stage.
Six steps, from a 10-minute application to a submitted paper and a competition entry.
Six steps, one outcome
Apply
10 minutes. No research experience required.
Get matched
1-on-1 with a PhD researcher in your exact field.
Research
An original project, guided in weekly 1:1 sessions.
Write
You write every draft; your mentor and editors give feedback at each pass.
Publish
You submit to peer-reviewed venues, with our team guiding every step.
Compete
Poster, coaching, and mock judging for the fairs.
A published first-author paper.
And a competition season built on it.
87%
One weekly 1:1 mentor session, five to eight hours of work a week around school.
Week by week
Discovery
Find the research question with your mentor, in the field your child actually cares about.
Research
Design the study and collect original data, held to peer-review standards from day one.
Write
Write the manuscript yourself, with structured feedback from your mentor and editors.
Publish
Submit to the venue, prepare the science fair entry, rehearse the defense.
Full-time PhDs across every domain, matched to the research question after we know what your child wants to work on.
Whatever your child wants to research, we can staff it
Every Fellow works with a full-time PhD mentor, not a graduate student filling a summer slot. Behind them sits a network of over 1,000 researchers covering every domain we have been asked for, so there is no research question we have to turn away for lack of a supervisor.
Artificial intelligence and machine learning
Model design, computer vision, natural language, and applied ML across other disciplines.
Biology, medicine, and public health
Genomics, immunology, oncology, neuroscience, epidemiology, and clinical research.
Physics, astronomy, and engineering
Astrophysics, gravitational-wave analysis, robotics, mechanical and electrical engineering.
Chemistry, materials, and environmental science
Synthesis, materials characterisation, climate modelling, and sustainability research.
Economics, psychology, and social science
Behavioural study design, econometrics, survey methodology, and quantitative social research.
Humanities and interdisciplinary work
History, literature, philosophy, ethics, and projects that sit between two fields.
From STEM to the humanities. Your child’s match is made on the research question itself, so the person supervising the work has published in that area themselves.
Where Fellows started, and where the 10 weeks took them.
The before and the after
Mubashir SuhailNo research experience, unsure how to startISEF qualifier with ML research on gravitational-wave detection
Jayant KumarPassionate about physics but lacked research directionISEF qualifier with gravitational-wave detection research
Nidhi KulkarniStruggling to find mentorship opportunitiesPublished in IEEE with original biomedical research
Ruthwik DhamaHad ideas but no guidance on executionIEEE publication with novel AI research, multiple awards