Programs for High School Students

Applications for Summer 2025 programs are now closed.
If you’re interested in applying, please fill out the interest form below to be notified when our applications open. 
SEP’s high school programs are only open to students from SFUSD and SF charter schools

For rising seniors

High School Intern Program

Through SEP’s High School Intern Program, SFUSD high school students learn how to conduct biomedical research during an 8-week paid summer internship at UC San Francisco. Students are matched with a scientist mentor who guides their learning of science content and skills to complete a unique research project.

Spring Event

Teen Wellness Summit

Join 150 high school students to gain knowledge, learn new skills, reduce stigma around mental health, get helpful resources, and have FUN!

Teen Wellness Connection

The Teen Wellness Connection empowers teen leaders to understand and communicate about teen health issues. This 9-month program connects high school students with UCSF scientists and experts around health issues that directly affect teens. Under the guidance of UCSF staff, program participants plan and host a Teen Wellness Summit to inform and engage with their high school student peers. 2025-26 is the final year of this program, there will not be a summer internship for 2026.

UCSF does not use race, gender, sex, or other protected categories or proxies for protected categories in the selection process of our programs.​

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All of SEP’s programs are offered free-of-charge. To do this work, SEP must annually raise nearly $2 million. Every donation brings us closer to that goal and helps to make this important work possible.

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