Welcome to the UC Davis Young Scholars Program

Program Dates: June 25 – August 5, 2023

The UC Davis Young Scholars Program is a summer residential research program designed to expose approximately 40 high achieving high school students to the world of original research in the natural sciences with emphasis on the biological, environmental and agricultural sciences. To be eligible for the summer of 2023, students must be currently enrolled as sophomores or juniors in high school and be rising juniors or rising seniors during the program summer. UC Davis Young Scholars Program participation is not limited to California students. Participants in the 2023 UC Davis Young Scholars Program will work one-on-one with research faculty and research groups in state of the art laboratories for six weeks. Each student will work on an individual project and prepare a journal quality paper and symposium presentation about their work. In addition to scientific research, the UC Davis Young Scholars Program strives to introduce participants to the climate and culture of living and working on a university campus. Staff make every effort to model the experiences that participants will have during their first years of college.