Requirements and Eligibility

Academic requirements

• Interest in the sciences
• Willingness to learn and to work hard and be a part of a team

Other requirements – must meet two of the following:

• Rural, frontier, or other targeted outreach schools
• Student is a dependent of a military service member or veteran
• Student is female in certain STEM fields, e.g., physical science, computer science, mathematics, or engineering
• Student is a minority historically under-represented in STEM (Alaskan Native, Native American, Black or African American, Hispanic, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander)
• Student qualifies for free or reduced lunch (or family income is less than 200% of federal poverty level)
• English as a second language for the student
• Student is a first-generation college student
• Military dependent, connected or affiliated
• Student has a disability (ADA)

Other considerations

• Students must be able to commute to/from Longwood every day
• Programs are from end of May to middle of July, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
• Students earn a stipend and a meal plan