PLEASE NOTE: REGISTRATION IS CLOSED FOR SUMMER 2025

The Stanford EXPLORE Lecture Series is open to high school students (currently in 9th-12th grade at the time of registration) and must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents CURRENTLY LIVING in the U.S.  Students who would like to register for the series need to sign up for all 3 weeks (please follow the steps below).  After May 1st, if there are still slots remaining we will allow for the option to sign up for 1 week at a time.  If there are any issues with the registration, students will be contacted within a week.  In terms of academic preparedness, generally we expect all students to have taken at least one year of high school biology and generally have As/Bs for all science classes on their transcript.   The online registration begins on March 1st, 2025 (9am PST) on our website and will continue until all slots are filled.  

 

PLEASE NOTE: As of MAY 1st, 2025, students can register for 1, 2 or 3 weeks of the lecture series program.  Only one format can be selected (in-person or virtual).  The fee structure is $600 per week for the virtual series and $800 per week for the in-person series.

SUMMER 2025 PLANS (PLEASE READ):  We are planning to have a complete in-person option as well as a virtual zoom webinar program option for the summer of 2025 for 3 weeks (July 7-July 25th, 2025; 9am-12pm PST).  The zoom webinar format will be used for the lectures.  Webinars do not allow for student video/audio so questions during lectures will be submitted through the Q &A feature on zoom.   

  • July 7-11   Immunology/Neuroscience
  • July 14-18 Stem Cell/Cancer
  • July 21-25 Bioinformatics/Bioengineering
  • The fee is $1800 for the 3 week VIRTUAL program ($600/week) and $2400 for the 3 week IN-PERSON program ($800/week).

STEPS FOR REGISTRATION:

PLEASE NOTE: REGISTRATION IS CLOSED.

 

PLEASE NOTE: THE SUMMER 2025 LECTURE SERIES PROGRAM (July 7-25; 9am-12pm PST) WILL BE RUN WITH TWO FORMAT OPTIONS:

1) VIRTUAL PROGRAM AS A ZOOM SERIES ($1800 for the 3 week program)

2) IN PERSON PROGRAM ON STANFORD CAMPUS ($2400 for the 3 week program)

On May 1st, if there are still slots available, we will open up the option to sign up for 1 week at a time.  Before then, students must sign up for all 3 weeks.

 

STEP 1) ONLINE REGISTRATION ON THE SLIDEROOM SITE

HIGH SCHOOL TRANSCRIPT- For the online registration through Slideroom, you will need to upload a high school transcript issued by your high school on the registration portal so please have this ready to upload (please do not upload report card screen shots). Please make sure your full name and school name is on the transcript (and please make sure it includes all grades from 9th grade and on). 

  • BRIEF ESSAY- On the registration, you will also need to answer a short paragraph (a few sentences) on why you want to participate in the Explore series.  The registration will be on a first come, first served basis.  Many of the lectures will be at a high level so we strongly encourage students to have sufficient preparation in the sciences demonstrated by mostly As and Bs in their science courses and taking at least one year of high school biology before the program.
REFERENCE LETTER: The letter is only needed for those who will be asking for financial aid.  You can input the name of the teacher in the Slideroom registration portal (under the references section) and an email will be sent to the teacher.
  • Once you submit the Slideroom program registration form and payment form, you will receive a final confirmation email within a week confirming your spot. If there are any issues with your registration/payment, we will also let you know.  Please make sure you meet the eligibility requirements before submitting your registration/making the payment.

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STEP 2) PAYMENT (NO REFUNDS CAN BE REQUESTED)-  The fee is $1800 for the 3 week virtual program ($600 per week).  The fee is $2400 for the 3 week IN PERSON program ($800 per week).  A link to our Cardinal Pay system is provided below.  Parents/payee will need to create an account on our Cardinal Pay site.  Once you pay please provide the payment # to the student so that they can enter it on their registration.

Please note: once a payment is made there will be NO REFUNDS for any cancellations so please be sure you would like to participate before registering/paying.  IF for some reason (for example, not meeting the eligibility requirements) the registration is not approved by us, we will refund the payment.  We will only be able to accept credit card payments this year.  After you register, within a week you will receive a confirmation email from the program confirming that the payment and registration have been received and approved. 

PLEASE NOTE:  AFTER YOU SUBMIT YOUR REGISTRATION IT CAN TAKE UP TO A WEEK TO RECEIVE A RESPONSE.

 

FINANCIAL AID REQUEST (ONLY AVAILABLE FOR THE ONLINE PROGRAM): 

Please fill out the form that is provided in the Slideroom registration system and also request a letter of recommendation from a teacher.

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BEFORE THE PROGRAM STARTS:

We will email additional information to you in mid-June regarding other program details.

CONSENT/WAIVER FORM: For the participants in the program, there will be an electronic consent form sent to parents about 3 weeks (around mid-June) before the program start date.  This must be filled out in order for students to participate.

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