Helping students become researchers since 2010
We mentor motivated students in grades 6–12 to design an original research project, take it to local, state, national, and international science fairs, and build a portfolio for college applications.
Online · No experience required
Ardent Research Program
$2,450
Fall 2026
Spring 2027
Summer 2027
If none of these fits your schedule, or your student has been through the program before, One-on-One Research runs year-round at the same tuition.
Students in grades 6–12, from anywhere, are welcome to apply. All that is asked is motivation and commitment. No experience is required.
Apply nowOnce accepted and enrolled, your student meets the Program Director to talk through their research interests and the program, and to settle on a topic for a project of their own.
From there your student works with their mentor online, session by session, through the strategies and checkpoints that carry the project to completion.
Many Ardent Scholars begin with us on their first research project. Our research mentors teach students a structured methodology and guide them through each stage of developing and completing their own project.
Some students return for increasingly advanced projects, while others use what they have learned to pursue research independently, in university labs, or through selective summer programs.
The goal is not simply to finish one project. It is to build the foundation for the research that comes next.
Young and emerging scholars who have completed original research.
Winners at international, national, state, and county competitions.
Of Ardent Scholars go on to a top-30 university.
In merit scholarships and competition awards.
Marine Science · Computer Vision
Bradley built a two-phase system that grades coral bleaching across five levels of severity and forecasts reef health twelve weeks out, using free computational tools.
Marine Science · Climate Modeling
Interested in marine environments, Hailey used climate modeling to investigate how changing ocean conditions could affect future hypoxia and acidification.
Cognitive Science · Neuroscience
Inspired by her experience with virtual dance classes, Clara investigated brain activity during virtual and in-person learning.
Where Ardent Scholars went next