Next cohort orientation · Sun Sep 6, 2026 · 10:00 AM PT

Real research, started as
early as high school.

Ex-Stanford · Ex-IISc · Ex-IIT Research Scientists

A mentored, six-to-nine-month research cohort where students use Applied Data Science and AI/ML techniques to take a genuine neuroscience and engineering research problem from first principles to a submitted manuscript — under the mentorship of senior research scientists.

75+Peer-reviewed papers behind the science
9,000+Citations of our lead scientist's work
~5Students per cohort — carefully curated
6–9Months, concept to manuscript
What this is

Not a summer camp. An apprenticeship on a live research agenda.

Most research programs for young students stop at exposure. We start students inside a real, active research program — the way research careers actually begin. Each student is assigned a well-scoped problem, learns the methods to attack it, produces and analyzes real data, and writes it up for submission. They learn to think like a researcher years before college.

Outcome

An honest promise.

What we guarantee

A real, citable research output.

Every student who completes the cohort finishes with a written manuscript submitted to a public preprint archive (such as arXiv) — a genuine piece of research, authored by them, that exists in the world and can be cited.

What we don't

We never promise acceptance.

Publication at peer-reviewed international conferences is competitive and never certain — no honest program can guarantee it. We aim high and prepare students for that bar, but the guaranteed floor is the archive submission above.

Seats are limited to about five per cohort.

Register for the free orientation to learn how the program works and whether it's the right fit for your student — no commitment required.