The OMSI/NSF Young Scholars Research Participation Program

Since 1989, 120 promising high school science students from throughout the U.S. have engaged in an intensive six-week residential summer program of research in geology, archaeology, or ecology as participants in the OMSI-NSF Young Scholars Research Participation Program, conducted by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry with funding from the National Science Foundation (Grant ESI-9452688). Based upon a demonstrated interest in science, an essay, recommendations from teachers and others, Young Scholars are selected from a pool of applicants nationwide. OMSI Young Scholars conduct research as members of a research team and as individuals and write a research paper, under the guidance of a research leader, an instructor, and logistic specialist