Your generous donation will help keep this life-changing opportunity open to tomorrow’s leaders from all family backgrounds.
Unlike most colleges, our admissions process is completely need-blind. We admit applicants who will benefit from an intense immersion in collaborative science research.
Providing that experience costs approximately $8,000 each. These brilliant, hard-working young people are worth the investment! Some parents can afford to make it. But many cannot, especially with college looming.
Your Annual Fund donation allows us to keep SSP affordable for all. We guarantee to meet the demonstrated need of every admitted applicant with generous financial aid grants. Every summer, those from low income families pay only what they can afford. In 2022, 67 deserving participants received financial aid. Net of financial aid, program fees cover only about half of our budget.
Sponsorship is a direct connection between a corporation or foundation and SSP’s talented young participants. Interested in sponsoring? Find out more here.
Check with your HR department and apply if available!
The IRS has designated SSP as a 501(c)(3) educational nonprofit, EIN 94-3341965. Your contributions are deductible as provided by law. SSP has earned the Gold Seal of Transparency from Guidestar, and the top rating each year from GreatNonProfits, based on anonymous alumni reviews.
The Summer Science Program is an independent non-profit 501(c)3, operated in cooperation with its host campuses and affiliates California Institute of Technology, Harvey Mudd College, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.