PROGRAM REGISTRATION
PLEASE NOTE: REGISTRATION WILL OPEN FOR THE SUMMER 2024 PROGRAM ON MARCH 1, 2024.
Our summer 2024 program will be run as a virtual program for the summer as a zoom series. Please read through this entire page before registering.
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). If there are any issues with the registration, students will be contacted within a week. In terms of academic preparedness, 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, 2024 (9am PST) on our website and will continue until all slots are filled. When the slots are filled, this will be noted on our website.
SUMMER 2024 PLANS (PLEASE READ): We are planning to have a virtual zoom webinar program for the summer of 2024 for 3 weeks (July 8-July 26th, 2024; 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. In addition to the lectures, there will also be a couple zoom breakout sessions each week using regular zoom.
- July 8-12 Immunology/Neuroscience
- July 15-19 Stem Cell/Cancer
- July 22-26 Bioinformatics/Bioengineering
- The fee is $1500 for the 3 week program.
STEPS FOR REGISTRATION:
PLEASE NOTE: THE SUMMER 2024 LECTURE SERIES PROGRAM WILL BE RUN AS VIRTUAL PROGRAM AS A ZOOM SERIES.
1) ONLINE REGISTRATION- REGISTRATION WILL OPEN ON MARCH 1, 2024 FOR THE SUMMER 2024 PROGRAM. THE STUDENT WILL NEED TO CREATE A SLIDEROOM ACCOUNT FIRST USING THIS LINK.
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 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.
- Once you submit the Slideroom program registration form and payment form, you will receive a confirmation email within a couple days confirming your spot. If there are any issues with your registration, we will also let you know. We will email additional information to you in mid-June regarding other program details.
2) PAYMENT (NO REFUNDS WILL BE ALLOWED)- The fee is $1500 for the 3 week morning series. A link will be provided when registration opens on March 1st to make the credit card payment. 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.
CARDINAL PAY PAYMENT LINK:
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. 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.
3) CONSENT 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.