<p>How do all you guys seem to have done some type of research and be published by the time you go to college?? I've tried to help out with research before and I got turned down becuase I was too young or didn't have a college degree. A little help people??</p>
<p>This website will help you find some summer research programs. Most of them are residential.<br>
<a href="http://www.sciserv.org/stp/%5B/url%5D">http://www.sciserv.org/stp/</a></p>
<p>If you want to do research at a local hospitial/university - read the websites to see if any researcher is working on an area that interests you and contact the professor/doctor directly. </p>
<p>Here are some programs that I like . These programs also require applications, essays and teachers recs. Some are more selective than others. RSI is the most competitive to get into. RSI and Texas Tech are fully funded, meaning that regardless of need, it is free to go. UC Santa Barbara and Boston University are very expensive. </p>
<p>RSI
<a href="http://www.cee.org/rsi/%5B/url%5D">http://www.cee.org/rsi/</a></p>
<p>University of Florida SSTP
<a href="http://www.cpet.ufl.edu/SSTP/%5B/url%5D">http://www.cpet.ufl.edu/SSTP/</a></p>
<p>High School Science/Mathematics Program
Michigan State University
<a href="http://www.msu.edu/%7Ehshsp/%5B/url%5D">http://www.msu.edu/~hshsp/</a></p>
<p>University of Iowa
<a href="http://www.uiowa.edu/%7Eprovost/oi/sstp/%5B/url%5D">http://www.uiowa.edu/~provost/oi/sstp/</a> </p>
<p>UC Davis Young Scholars Program
<a href="http://ysp.ucdavis.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://ysp.ucdavis.edu/</a></p>
<p>Texas Tech/ Clark Scholars
<a href="http://www.clarkscholars.ttu.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://www.clarkscholars.ttu.edu/</a></p>
<p>UC Santa Barbara
<a href="http://www.summer.ucsb.edu/rmp.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.summer.ucsb.edu/rmp.html</a></p>
<p>Boston University
<a href="http://physics.bu.edu/BU/hsprograms/rip.html%5B/url%5D">http://physics.bu.edu/BU/hsprograms/rip.html</a></p>
<p>Washington University St. Louis
<a href="http://www.umsl.edu/%7Esep/stars.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.umsl.edu/~sep/stars.htm</a></p>
<p>Just looked at your previous posts and noticed that you were a high school junior. I thought you were younger. If you want to apply to a program for this summer, the only program still accepting applications (from my list, above) is BU, I believe.</p>
<p>I also noticed that you are from PA. If you live near Drexel, this program might interest you (Deadline, May 19th). <a href="http://www.drexelmed.edu/med/biograd/hiintern.asp%5B/url%5D">http://www.drexelmed.edu/med/biograd/hiintern.asp</a></p>
<p>how about if I live in california, are there still any research opportunites avaliable or do i have to go out of state.</p>
<p>Try calling UC Santa Barbara to see if the deadline has passed. It's quite a distance from LA, so you'll have to chose the residential option.</p>
<p>tahoe--thanks so much </p>
<p>checked on the drexel program...said that was last year's page and program for this year had a deadline of March sumthing</p>
<p>I will check on the other programs</p>
<p>Programs, in my opinion, unless quite amazing aren't worth the time and effort. Yes, RSI and SSTP are well-respected and VERY helpful; but some of the others, I'm not sure of their levels of caliber. If you want to do research do it for the love of research, not to padd your resume. With that said, the greatest, though most arduous, way of getting into a lab is simply asking. Go onto local university's websites and email, email, email the professors and researchers. Ask PIs to Graduate students, until someone accepts you. They don't reply? Email again. It's been three days? Email again. Don't be rude, but humbled; and someone will pick you up. Everyone has a pet project they want to do, appeal to that. Find a niche, and they'll let you come in, regardless of age. People go into the lab as 14 year olds, simply cleaning glassware. However, they grow to become great researchers by simply experiencing, learning, and vicariously understanding the procedures. So, get in, THEN do the research.</p>
<p>thanks for the advice Jabez. I really do love research and want to do it, but it's definitely true that you have to start at the bottom and work your way up.</p>
<p>Just a question, when I'm emailing these people what, along the lines, am I asking? Do I say that I'm interested in what they are researching (which I will be but will that make a difference to them)? Or do I say I just want to help you research in any way possible? </p>
<p>Thanks again for the info/insight</p>
<p>How "respected" or selective is SSTP? I've always been curious.</p>