Alabama Chemitry Olympiad is sponsored by the Alabama Section of American Chemical Society (ACS), CORD and the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). High School chemistry students will compete in local (preliminary) testing at their high school. On the basis of the test results, the top 10 students will be invited to compete in the National Chemistry Olympiad Examination at UAB. The 20 highest scoring students on the National Exam will be invited to a paid, 2-week training session at the US Air Force Academy and a chance to represent the US in the International Chemistry Olympiad. 

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Alabama Math, Science, and Technology Initiative was designed by a Blue Ribbon Committee comprised of lead teachers, administrators, higher education representatives and business leaders. The Initiative was based on research of best practices for math and science and strongly supports National and State standards. 

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Central Alabama Regional Science and Engineering Fair (CARESF) is hosted by the UAB Center for Community OutReach Development (CORD). The Fair is open to all middle and high school students in Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Dekalb, Etowah, Jefferson, Randolph, St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega, and Walker counties. Typically, students must win 1st – 3rd place in their school or district Science and Engineering Fair. However, if your school does not have a fair, you may compete in the UAB Fair by recommendation from your science teacher.

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ChemBridge is a non-residential summer program designed for rising 9th grade students. It is a two-week, five-day per week (8am-5pm) introductory hands-on laboratory and seminar course in Chemistry. 

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GENEius is a laboratory experience in Molecular Biology and Genetics at McWane Science Center designed for high school biology students. 

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HudsonAlpha High School Students Education experiences allow students to work closely with scientists and educators in a hands-on, technique-based environment. The HudsonAlpha Biotech Academy and Summer Short Course opportunities are open and ready for students to dig into some science. Please contact Breanna Ruhlman at bruhlman@hudsonalpa.org. 

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Institute for Broadening Participation (IBP) increases diversity in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) workforce. IBP designs and implements strategies to increase access to STEM education, funding, and careers, with special emphasis on reaching and supporting individuals from underserved communities and underrepresented groups.

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Pre-College Research Internship for Students from Minority (PRISM) program offered by the UAB Department of Surgery aims to provide underrepresented high school students with an understanding and appreciation of the research process and how discoveries lead to improved patient care and patient outcomes. Over the 8-week summer experience, students complete a mentored research project. 

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Summer Science Institute is a multi-summer research experience for high school students interested in learning what it is like to do "real" science. During the first summer in Fundamentals of Cellular and Molecular Biology (formerly Student BioTeach), students are offered a "smorgasbord" of short, 2-3 day, introductory molecular biology experiments. The following summer in Advanced Principles of Biology and Neurobiology (formerly ChemTeach) these same students are invited back to participate in extended, 5-6 day, more focused biochemical investigations on different aspects of a specific, biologically important protein. Finally, during the last summer as Student Research Interns, students are placed in a research laboratory to work on their own original project under the supervision of premier UAB faculty and staff. 

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