High School

2023 MERITS Program is now OPEN!

NEWS FLASH!!!! We have extended our application due date – see below!!

Also, new this year, we are pleased to announce additional support will be provided by the NSF EPSCoR Maine-eDNA Project

APPLICATION DUE DATE IS NOW JANUARY 31, 2023

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 2023 MERITS Student application form and the 2023 MERITS Student Flyer NEW – check out our NEW program 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: