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High school research programs

Summer lab placements, some paid, that often close in February for July.

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Conrad Challenge

Conrad Foundation
  • Several months (Oct–Apr)
  • Grades 9–12 (ages 13–18)
  • Virtual (fully accessible to Alberta students)
Oct 29, 1 day left
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Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP)

National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE)
  • Several months (proposal + ISS mission cycle)
  • High school
  • School-based (must be in a participating school district)
Nov 3, 6 days left
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Students on the Beamlines, Canadian Light Source

Canadian Light Source (CLS)
  • A school-year project with beamtime in Saskatoon
  • High school (14+)
  • Your school, plus beamtime at the Canadian Light Source in Saskatoon, SK
Free
Nov 15, 18 days left
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Students on Ice (SOI) Foundation Expeditions

Students on Ice Foundation
  • ~2 weeks (summer expedition)
  • High school
  • Arctic or Antarctic (in-person expedition)
Dec 10, 43 days left
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Canadian Chemistry Olympiad (CCO)

Canadian Society for Chemistry (CSC)
  • Self-study + Canadian Chemistry Contest (January) + national camp for finalists
  • Grades 11–12
  • Province-wide (school-based), with a national training camp for finalists
Dec 29, 62 days left
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Non-Trivial Fellowship

Non-Trivial
  • Online cohort program, part-time alongside school
  • Ages 14 to 20, before starting university
  • Online, open worldwide
Jan 4, 68 days left
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The Earth Prize

The Earth Prize Foundation
  • Registration to January 10, blueprint submission by January 31
  • Ages 13–19 (born 2007–2014)
  • Online (open worldwide)
Free
Jan 10, 74 days left
Details

Calgary Youth Science Fair (CYSF)

Calgary Youth Science Fair Society / Youth Science Canada
  • Year-long project, with the fair April 8-10, 2027
  • Grades 5-12
  • Calgary (in-person, University of Calgary Olympic Oval)
Feb 4, 99 days left
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Alberta Envirothon

Alberta Envirothon Society
  • 3-day provincial competition in early May
  • High school (grades 9–12)
  • University of Alberta Augustana Campus, Camrose (May 12 to 14, 2027)
Has a fee
Mar 12, 135 days left
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Central Alberta Regional Science Fair (CARSF)

Central Alberta Regional Science Fair / Youth Science Canada
  • Year-long project, with a one-day fair March 20, 2027
  • Grades 4-12
  • Red Deer (in-person, Red Deer Polytechnic)
Has a fee
Mar 13, 136 days left
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Chem 13 News Chemistry Exam

University of Waterloo, Centre for Advanced Science Education
  • 75 minutes, 40 multiple-choice questions
  • Grade 12
  • Online, written at your school
Has a fee
Apr 23, 177 days left
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Avogadro Chemistry Exam

University of Waterloo, Centre for Advanced Science Education
  • 75 minutes, 40 multiple-choice questions
  • Grade 11
  • Online, written at your school
Has a fee
Apr 30, 184 days left
Details

Blue Planet Awareness Contest (Bow Seat)

Bow Seat Creative Action for Conservation
  • One creative entry per year
  • Ages 11–18 (Junior 11–14, Senior 15–18)
  • Online (open worldwide)
Free
Jun 7, 222 days left
Details

Let's Talk Science, Tomatosphere

Let's Talk Science / Canadian Space Agency
  • Varies by initiative (ongoing through school year)
  • K-12 (teacher-led)
  • School-based across Alberta (national program)
Open now, no deadline
Details

Immerse Education Online Research Pathway

Immerse Education
  • 10 or 15 hours of one-on-one tuition, scheduled flexibly
  • Ages 13–18
  • Virtual (online)
Has a fee
Open now, no deadline
Details

Polygence Research Program

Polygence
  • 10 weeks (virtual, self-paced with mentor)
  • Grades 9–12
  • Virtual (online, open to Alberta students), with a tuition fee and need-based aid available
Has a fee
Open now, no deadline
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GreenLearning Innovation Challenges

GreenLearning Canada
  • Varies by challenge (weeks to months)
  • High school
  • School-based across Alberta (national program)
Open now, no deadline
Details

Alberta Junior Forest Wardens

Alberta Junior Forest Wardens Association
  • Year-round club meetings, camps and trips
  • Ages 6–17 (Challengers are 15–18)
  • Local clubs across Alberta
Open now, no deadline
Details

Alberta Youth Leaders for Environmental Education (AYLEE)

Alberta Council for Environmental Education (ABCEE)
  • School year, virtual meetings every second Wednesday, 5:30–7 pm
  • Grades 9–12
  • Online (Zoom), open across Alberta
Free
Open now, no deadline
Details

Journal of Emerging Investigators (JEI)

Journal of Emerging Investigators
  • Self-paced, and peer review and revision typically take several months
  • Ages 13+, middle and high school
  • Online submission, open internationally
Has a fee
Open now, no deadline
Details

Lumiere Research Scholar Program

Lumiere Education
  • Multi-month cohorts through the year
  • High school
  • Online, one-on-one
Has a fee
Open now, no deadline
Details

STEM Fellowship Journal

STEM Fellowship
  • Submit any time
  • High school and university
  • Online
Has a fee
Open now, no deadline
Details

Research Mentorship Program, UC Santa Barbara

UC Santa Barbara Summer Sessions
  • June 14 to July 30, 2027, starting online June 14 to 16
  • Grade 10-11
  • Santa Barbara, California (in-person, after three virtual days to start)
Has a fee
Opens Dec 15, due Mar 8
Details

WISEST Summer Research Program

WISEST, University of Alberta
  • 6 weeks (July 2 to Aug 13, 2026)
  • Grade 11
  • Edmonton (in-person)
Pays you
Opens later, date not posted
Details

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Halloween in Alberta

A crowd in evening dress under paper lanterns at a Halloween party in Edmonton in 1906
Edmonton, 1906 A Halloween party at the Prince Arthur Café
Guests in pointed witch hats with skull badges at a Halloween party in Wainwright in the 1920s
Wainwright, 1920s Witch hats and skull badges at a Halloween party
Four children in costumes standing among pine trees in Mountain Park in 1934
Mountain Park, 1934 Beulah Godby and friends in costume, in a coal town that is a ghost town now
A woman dressed as an angel and a man dressed as a devil with a pitchfork, standing in the snow in Claresholm in 1949
Claresholm, 1949 First place costumes at the skating carnival
Children in Halloween masks and a witch hat lined up against a wooden wall around 1950
Little Smoky River, About 1950 Animal masks and a witch hat
A pumpkin carved with a glowing bison head on a porch in Edmonton on Halloween 2024
Edmonton, 2024 A bison carved into a pumpkin on Halloween night Photo by Joli Rumi, CC BY-SA 4.0

From the Provincial Archives of Alberta, and one Edmonton porch. Photo credits