The Hayes Foundation - Summer Study Grants

Summer Study Grants

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The Hayes Foundation’s Summer Study Grants are awarded to help highly capable students attend intensive and selective programs of summer study. Grant amounts vary according to program cost, family need, and the strength of the written application.

Programs and activities for which grants are requested should be rigorous learning experiences requiring study and performance. Programs must be willing to provide written evaluations of participants’ achievement in the program.

The Board considers all grant requests together, after the May deadline.

Some examples of Summer Study Grants awarded in past years include:

•     Attendance in selective and rigorous programs for the gifted (see examples below)

•     Green Across the Pacific, a U.S./Asian cultural exchange program

•   Domestic or foreign travel as part of approved formal study programs

•   Local or regional programs of study such as the summer Bread Loaf Young Writers Program for high school students

•   Individual instruction in specific skills for academically advanced students.

• Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth (CTY) summer programs

• The Summer Institute for the Gifted (SIG) at various campuses across the U.S

• Concordia Language Villages summer camp programs on Minnesota lakes

• The Phillips Exeter Academy Summer School in New Hampshire

• Village Harmony summer singing camps and workshops

• Kinhaven Music School

• The Great Books Summer Program at Amherst College

Other ideas for summer study programs can be found on our Links - Resources page.
Grant Applications can be found on our Applications Forms & Info page.