Activity Mentoring

Research Programs

Complete a guided research project with a specialist: question, literature, method, and a manuscript aimed at student journals or science competitions.

10–16 weeks · 1:1 research supervision

What the program includes

Fields include economics, public policy, computer science, biology, and engineering—matched to mentor expertise.
Integrity first: original analysis, proper citation, no ghost-written papers.

What you leave with

Working paper or extended abstractPresentation for fairs or symposiumsMentor letter describing the research contribution

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

Research Scientist

Background: Industry research labs

Published in applied ML venues. Supervises computational and data-driven student projects with an emphasis on reproducible methods.

Associate, Equity Research

Background: Public markets / investments

For economics and finance papers: identification strategy, data hygiene, and not over-claiming causality.

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.