Summer Research Camp for High School Students in 2023

Detailed Description:

When: June 19 – July 31, 2022 (6 weeks)

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: $2,000 (When your application is accepted, you can pay the camp fee by May 20, 2023. For low-income families (less than 80K per year), there is a discount for the camp fee. 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: April 10, 2023 

Estimate Notification: From March 10 to May 10, 2023

You can fill out the following Google Form with your resume and your unofficial transcript. 

To register go to: https://forms.gle/druVwXSB65QENCru7

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

Requirements for campers:

• Time Commitment: 15 hours per week during the 6 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. With your time commitment and effort, you cannot learn anything.

Application Eligibility:

• U.S Citizenship or Permanent Residents
• Above 3.0 GPA
• Full-time high school students in the USA

Benefits:

• A student will gain experience in cybersecurity research with hands-on work
• 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 camp here.
• Also, check out the Posters made by students at SVCSI Summer Camp.
• The camp will start from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. (PST) from Monday to Thursday.
• All campers must attend the opening meeting on the first day of the summer camp on 6/19/2023.
• Each group needs to meet your faculty mentor or undergraduate student every week.
• The camp fee is non-refundable after the camp starts.
• During this summer camp, we also encourage you to submit a research student poster with your team to SVCC (Silicon Valley Cybersecurity Conference) 2023. Here is the SVCC 2022 website for the last year for reference: http://svcc2022.svcsi.org/

To view poster go to: https://www.svcsi.org/post/summer-research-camp-high-school-students-2023