Find Internships, Competitions & Research Opportunities to Stand Out

Some high school students are publishing research, winning competitions, working with professors, landing unique internships, and getting into remarkable summer programs.

The frustrating question for most families is:

Where are they even finding these opportunities?

Your student may be completely capable of doing something ambitious but never encounter the opportunity that could take them there.

There are thousands of research programs, competitions, journals, internships, awards, grants, and summer opportunities available to high school students.

But they are scattered across university websites, organizations, application portals, newsletters, and corners of the internet most families would never think to search.

And finding an opportunity is only the beginning.

You still have to know:

Is it legitimate? Is it actually worthwhile? Is my child a good fit? Are they competitive for it? And what do they need to do next?

That is what we’ll help you answer in this event.

You’ll get a live look at The FlightPlan’s opportunity engine and see how it surfaces opportunities based on a student’s actual interests, grade level, experience, projects, and goals.

We’ll show you how to:

Find research, internships, competitions, publications, awards, grants, and summer programs Discover opportunities beyond the same generic lists everyone else is searching Separate meaningful opportunities from expensive résumé filler Find options for 9th and 10th graders, not just rising seniors Match an existing interest or project with the right journal, competition, conference, internship, or award Understand what could make your student a stronger candidate Turn “we should apply to this” into a real plan with deadlines and next steps

You’ll also see why personalization matters.

A student interested in biomechanics after a sports injury should see very different opportunities from a 9th grader building rockets or an 11th grader developing an app.

The “best” opportunity is not necessarily the one with the most prestigious name. It is the one that gives that particular student somewhere meaningful to take their work next.

Curious Cardinals students have used opportunities like these to publish research, win the Congressional App Challenge, present work to NASA, enter major competitions, and bring ambitious projects into the real world.

By the end of the event, you’ll know where to look, what is worth pursuing, and how The FlightPlan can help turn a student’s interests into a personalized pipeline of opportunities and next steps.

Bring your student if you can. You’ll leave knowing how you can start exploring opportunities together.