Research Science Institute (RSI)
The hardest STEM summer research programme to get into. Six weeks of full-time research with a mentor, ending in a paper and a talk.
- Natural Sciences
- Engineering
- Medicine & Health
- Computer Science
- Who can enter
- Age 16+ by July 1 · apply the year before your last year of school
- What it costs
- Free once you are in: RSI charges no tuition and covers room and board for the six weeks. Two things are still on you: a $65 application fee, and travel to the US.
- When it closes
- Dec 9, 2026 · Application deadline in early-to-mid December
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