Weeks 1 to 2
Question & Direction
Explore the literature, refine interests, and shape a focused, original research question grounded in the real world.
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The Scholar Program
Real research. Real support. Genuinely their own.
A selective one to one research mentorship for students in grades 8 to 12. Over eight to ten focused weeks, your child turns a subject they love into original, university level research, with a PhD mentor beside them at every step.
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A structured, mentor guided research process
Each stage builds the core research, writing, and analytical skills that top universities value. The work stays the student's own from the first session to the last.
Weeks 3 to 4
Design & Methodology
Build a rigorous research plan: methodology, sources, and a data strategy, to academic standards.
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Weeks 5 to 6
Research, Analysis & Writing
Conduct the research, analyse the findings, and draft the core of the paper with feedback at every step.
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Weeks 7 to 8
Manuscript & Review
Complete the full manuscript and strengthen every section through repeated review cycles.
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Weeks 9 to 10
Publication & Presentation
Prepare the finished paper for a journal, competition, or conference, and present the work.
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Along the way
What your child builds
Skills that outlast the paper by years:
- The ability to ask a precise, original research question
- Analysing data and evidence to form rigorous arguments
- Presenting complex ideas clearly, in academic writing
- Confidence from creating something unmistakably their own
Inside the program
One to one mentor sessionsA PhD in your field
Academic writing supportDraft reviews and iteration
Publication guidanceJournals, competitions, conferences
LengthEight to ten weeks, flexible start
DeliverableAn original research paper
Who it is for
Every curious student, and it is never too early
8–12
Start early and the work compounds
Beginning in grade 8 or 9 leaves room to go deeper, or to take on a second project, so the finished application shows a genuine body of work rather than a single artifact. Juniors and seniors: it is not too late, and one credible piece of original research still sets an application apart.
Subjects
Wherever your curiosity lives
Matched to a genuine interest, across STEM and the humanities and social sciences alike.
STEM
Data ScienceBiologyMathematicsComputer ScienceMedicinePhysics & AstrophysicsArchitectureNeuroscienceEngineeringChemistry
Humanities & Social Sciences
EconomicsPsychologyBusinessInternational RelationsEnvironmental StudiesGender StudiesSociologyHistoryPhilosophyEducationClassicsLawLinguistics
Recognition
Where the work can go
Respected journals, competitions, and conferences our scholars target.
Columbia Junior Science JournalIEEEThe Concord ReviewRegeneron ISEFJournal of Emerging InvestigatorsJournal of Student ResearchSpringer NatureJSHSNational HS Journal of Science
Ready to help your child stand out?
Tell us about the subject they love. Your first conversation is a free, no pressure consultation with a counselor, guidance, never a sales pitch.
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