2025 Virginia Tech Explore Science Summer Camps

2025 Virginia Tech Explore Science Summer Camps Program Participant Application Part 1

Camp Dates: 

• Explore Life Sciences Camp (for rising 11th and 12th graders): June 22 - 27, 2025
• Explore Science Camp (for rising 7th and 8th graders): June 29 - July 3, 2025
• Data Science to Solve Real World Problems Camp (for rising 11th and 12th graders): July 6 - 12, 2025
• Explore Science Camp (for rising 9th and 10th graders): July 13 - 17, 2025
• Explore Physical Sciences Camp (for rising 11th and 12th graders): July 20 - 25, 2025

Application Components:

1. Participant Application including one short essay
2. Transcript (upload) and List of Current Classes 
3. Parent Form (Information submitted in this form will be used to determine fee waivers, if applicable)

Fees for the camps are:

• Explore Science Camps for rising 7th - 8th graders and for rising 9th - 10th graders are $1,100.
• Data Science to Solve Real World Problems Camp for rising 11^th and 12^th graders is $1,400.
• Explore Physical Sciences Camp and Explore Life Sciences Camp for rising 11th - 12th graders are $1,250.

Fees cover room, board, supplies, and instruction. We do not want our fees to keep otherwise deserving youth from attending our camps and you may apply for a need-based fee waiver in the Parent Form.

All camps will be held in-person on the Blacksburg campus. You are responsible for transportation to and from Virginia Tech.

After you submit this part of the application, you (the potential camper) and your parents/guardians will receive an email confirmation. The email will include a link to the Parent Form, which your parent/guardian must fill out in order to be considered for the camp. 

Completed applications are due on April 10, 2025, and decisions will be emailed on or before April 24. Camp fees will be due 2 weeks after the camper is admitted (minus any fee waiver). We will continue to accept applications for camps until June 1, 2025, or the camps are full, whichever comes first.

If you have any questions, please email explorescicamp@vt.edu.