Appalachian STEM Academy at Oak Ridge - High School

Target Audience: 9th-12th Grade Students

Appalachian STEM Academy at Oak Ridge is a two-week, residential, hands-on institute sponsored by the Appalachian Regional Commission and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).

Students conduct short-term research projects under the guidance or ORNL and ORAU mentor scientists. The culmination of this experience is a poster session where the groups present their research posters and answer questions from federal and state ARC dignitaries, ORNL and ORAU dignitaries, parents, and friends.

Students attend from a dozen states within the Appalachian region. Team members generally do not know each other initially, but friendships are established over the two-week research experience.