Summer Research Camp for High School Students

Targeted Students: High School Students in the USA.

Goal: Team-based projects advised by one faculty mentor.

Meeting time: We have twice per week for meetings. Each meeting will have 2-3 hours. It is the minimum meeting hours. Each faculty mentor will set up their meeting hours with the group together.

Camp Fee: $2,500 (When your application is accepted, you can pay the camp fee by May 20, 2023. For low-income families (less than 70K per year), there are no camp fees. Please contact us at "event DOT manager AT svcsi DOT org"

If you have a question, please contact us at "event DOT manager AT svcsi DOT org" with the email title [Summer Camp]

Registration Deadline: Feb. 25, 2024

Estimate Notification: From March 20 to May 10, 2023

You can keep submitting your application by May 10, 2023. Until filled, we keep reviewing your applications.

Requirements for campers:

• Time Commitment: 20 hours per week during the 5 weeks
• Team research meetings at least twice per week (2-3 hours per meeting)
• Must attend weekly meetings with respective faculty mentors and report progress
• Final research posters for poster presentations with your team.
• Students should show appropriate progress to learn a research project weekly. Without your time commitment and effort, you cannot learn anything. Note that we cannot gurantee outcomes without your full commitment for 5 weeks. 
• Basic coding skills are preferable. 

Application Eligibility:

• Above 3.0 GPA
• Full-time high school students in the USA

Benefits:

• A student will gain experience in cybersecurity research with hands-on projects.
• Students will receive mentoring from experienced research faculty mentors who voluntarily provide their advice.
• Students will be informed about future SVCSI activities for high school students. For example, we will select cybersecurity student ambassadors who can continuously work with SVCSI after this summer.
• Please check the past summer camps in our blog. https://www.svcsi.org/news
• All campers must attend the opening meeting on the first day of the summer camp. The detailed information will be announced in May.
• Each group needs to meet your faculty mentor or undergraduate student every week.
• The camp fee is non-refundable after you register.
• During this summer camp, we also encourage you to submit a research student poster with your team to conferences.