High School

Congratulations to our MERITS class of 2024 – see latest class picture below.

Applications for the summer of 2025 will be available later this year.

2024 MERITS Program is now CLOSED

APPLICATION DUE DATE IS JANUARY 31, 2024

Our Maine Research Internships for Teachers and Students (MERITS) Program provides summer (six weeks) research opportunities to Maine high school juniors in host institutions across the state. Students who are interested in STEM fields and would like to experience “real-time” applications of STEM in a research-focused work world conducting research and technology development should apply.

Due to potential COVID-19 restrictions, internships may either be in-person or virtual/remote and will be dependent on host organization’s ability to accommodate either scenario.

Our MERITS interns are paid a stipend for their six-week summer research experience.

Students must be U.S citizens, residents of Maine and must be enrolled at a Maine school to apply to this program.

Download 2024 MERITS Student application form and the 2024 MERITS Student Flyer.

For TEACHERS:

MERITS Teacher Recommendation Form

We thank our host participants for many years of continued support of our program! Below is a list of some host organizations who have participated in our program since 2008, when we took the program under our wing!

List of MERITS host participants since 2008

SAMPLES of final reports from past students: