Opportunities

Paid summer job placements and work experience

Career coaching, paid work experiences, training, internships and educational support

Paid professional internships, job skills and workplace mentorship

Paid STEM museum work, science communication, mentorship

Culinary skills, food entrepreneurship, teamwork, product design

Career mentors, workplace skills, college and career planning

School credit, work placements, paid career-readiness pathways

Tuition assistance at participating postsecondary institutions

College match tool, FAFSA help, college application support

Plan potential college or career-training aid; FAFSA-based eligibility

Identify potential tuition-assistance eligibility early

Apply for federal student aid and support state/college aid applications

Find geographically relevant scholarship opportunities

College prep, one-to-one mentoring, financial-aid guidance and life skills

Hands-on robotics, cybersecurity, AI, physics and engineering courses

Build competition robots with engineers and university mentors

Residential STEM college readiness and design-thinking experiences

Arduino invention projects, engineering design and career exploration

Coding, robotics, drones, game development and esports

School-year programming in AI, drones, coding and engineering

Front-end web development, design thinking and entrepreneurship

Use NASA software, create and present a planetarium show

STEM role models, workshops, career exploration

Makerspace, podcast studio, 3D printing, workshops and learning resources

Technology camp and tech-career mentorship

FIRST LEGO League, FIRST Tech Challenge and FIRST Robotics

Industry certifications, job shadowing, technical skills, paid-internship pathways

HVAC, electrical, carpentry, OSHA-10 and construction experience

Aviation/drone training, culinary arts, graphics and welding

Summer science academy and monthly STEM/medical workshops

Free writing mentorship, publication, performances and senior scholarship option

Theater, singing, performance and original artistic work

Create public art, work with teaching artists, earn service hours

Vocal training, staged performances, performance arts careers

Performances, dance/opera exploration and arts career exposure

Free beginning violin lessons with supplied instruments

Free story writing and early literacy workshops

Free medical-career immersion, research exposure and mentoring

Surgeon mentors, hands-on medical sessions and selected paid summer internship

Medical school visit, health learning, nutrition and STEM exploration

Hospital environment exposure and community service

Hospital volunteer experience and healthcare career exploration

Civic awareness, youth voice, leadership and financial literacy

Museum service, historical programs and event support

Pack and sort rescued food to support regional food access

Grow and harvest food, learn urban farming, community service

Museum education and nonprofit volunteer experience

Academic tutoring, mentoring, college/career preparation

Free tutoring, test prep, mentorship, sports and career support

Free squash, tutoring, college exposure and character building

Equine-assisted youth development, mentoring, leadership

Leadership, mentorship, youth council, outdoor learning

Golf plus mentorship, goal-setting, life skills and leadership

Six-month career economics, networking, interview skills and Young Leader mentoring

Simulated household budget, saving, debt, credit, careers and investing decisions

Introduces stock-market investing and investment risk; may lead to Stock Market Challenge

Competitive economics problem solving; 2027 state finals at Federal Reserve Detroit Branch

Case-study financial planning, expert judging and quiz-bowl competition

Invest a simulated $100,000 portfolio in a Michigan student stock-market competition

Government resource on budgeting, saving, investing and financial decision-making

Practice as attorneys and witnesses in courtroom competitions before lawyers and judges

Meet judges and attorneys; participate in essays, scholarships and mock oral arguments

Multi-year law pathway teaching legal skills with practitioner resources and mentorship

Constitutional research, simulated congressional hearings and civic competitions

Explore veterinary medicine, zoonotic disease, animal health and hands-on practice

Learn animal health, nutrition, disease, management and veterinary career fundamentals

Shelter operations, pet-care support, pet food distribution and supervised animal welfare service

Weekly shelter sessions including cat care, enrichment and animal shelter operations

Shelter volunteer orientation, animal welfare experience and structured service

Conservation, ecology interpretation, guest science activities and professional development

Microelectronics lab demonstrations, semiconductor engineering and hardware career exploration

Mechanical engineering, physics, drones, programming and engineering design

Seven-week materials-science research including semiconductors, 2D materials and polymers

CAD, robotics, machine control, mechanical and electrical systems, machining

Hands-on automotive systems, repair and technical workforce credentials

Six-week mentored laboratory research with covered housing/meals and a stipend

Eight-week biomedical research with faculty mentorship and $4,000 stipend

Six-week biomedical research with lab/clinical exposure and faculty mentorship

Eight-week biomedical bench research and lab safety training with scientist mentors

Biomedical research career exploration, medical physics, tours and hands-on learning

Full-time summer chemistry lab research and campus immersion

Train as online reading tutor supporting Detroit children during 2026–27 school year

Help younger children learn to read through weekly one-on-one literacy mentoring

Mentor younger students with structured literacy sessions and enrichment

Mentor elementary campers; practice lesson support, leadership and youth education

Career exploration, financial literacy, entrepreneurship and 6-week internship placements

Student water-quality field sampling and ecological investigation reported to watershed project

Search for aquatic macroinvertebrates and collect ecological indicators of river health

Hands-on urban agriculture, native plants, food systems and farm-to-table workshops

Real kitchen techniques, baking/pastry, commercial dining operations and ServSafe pathway

Two-year restaurant and culinary management pathway with food safety and industry learning

Create and operate a student business with coaching in planning and management

Paid summer internship on student-led community projects with GM retirees and career mentors

Shorter-format student-run business concept, launch and market experiment

Aerospace science and technology, aviation career exploration in formal secondary pathway

Research community policy problems and present evidence-based action plans