Activity Mentoring
Online research program for high school students
1:1 Activity Mentoring until your research question, analysis, and manuscript are finished—with integrity and proper citations. Distinct from host-team research internships.
10–16 weeks · 1:1 research supervision
About the research program track
The research program track is 1:1 Activity Mentoring until your research draft, methodology, and submission package is finished—not a lecture series. Competition calendars change each season. Check the host organization’s official site for registration windows, submission deadlines, and eligibility rules before you commit to a timeline.
Who should enter
High school and early-college students pursuing independent research, paper competitions, or research programs.
What Actify helps you produce
Through Match → Plan → Build → Submit, you complete research draft, methodology, and submission package aligned to official rules and judging criteria—from outline through submission-ready draft.
Mentor background categories
We match from the homepage mentor categories: Policy, economics, and research writing, STEM research and science-fair coaching. Specific mentor profiles are shared after you apply and we confirm fit.
Timeline
Research tracks often require several months of focused work aligned to competition or journal deadlines. Competition calendars change each season. Check the host organization’s official site for registration windows, submission deadlines, and eligibility rules before you commit to a timeline.
Coaching vs internship placement
This track is Activity Mentoring to finish a submission. If you need a remote live project placement with a certificate and supervisor recommendation letter, see /internships instead.
What the program includes
- Original analysis with proper citations—mentors coach question, method, and revision.
- Match → Plan → Build → Submit toward fairs, student journals, or symposium deadlines.
- Not a ghost-written paper: your work with specialist feedback.
- Students from 30+ countries have joined research and internship tracks.
What you leave with
Competitions you can enter
Regeneron Science Talent Search (prep)
Team / individual: Individual
Overview
The US high-school research competition. We help structure a year-long project into a competitive research report.
Requirements
- Sustained lab or computational access
- Junior-year timing typical
Highlights
- Report architecture
- Statistics review
- Interview practice
Timeline
- Spring–summerQuestion and data
- FallWrite-up and figures
- DeadlineApplication package QA
What you submit
- Research report
- Recommendation coordination
- Application essays
Activity mentors
We match specialists from these homepage mentor background categories—not fabricated individual bios:
- Policy, economics, and research writing
- STEM research and science-fair coaching
Program schedule
Frame
A question that can be answered
Narrow until the method fits the time and data you actually have.
Execute
Analysis
Weekly research meetings and a living methods appendix.
Write
Manuscript
Internal peer review, then target venue.
Further reading
FAQ
Common questions
Frequently asked questions about Actify programs, internships, and Activity Mentoring.