VERMONT –Vermont high school students currently in grades 9-11 may apply for a career-focused summer learning experiences held on Vermont college campuses. Applications are due by March 31 for the Governor’s Institutes of Vermont (GIV) Summer 2026 residential programs.
GIV Institutes run for one to two weeks and allow students to explore a topic of interest through hands-on projects, expert instruction and peer collaboration. Institute areas include arts, engineering, entrepreneurship, global issues and youth action, health and medicine, mathematical sciences, technology and design, and weather and climate science.
New in 2026, GIV is partnering with UVM to bring the Health and Medicine Institute to Burlington to work with professors and healthcare professionals. Alongside learning about careers from nursing to respiratory therapy, biomedical research to dentistry and surgery to psychology, students will have the opportunity to earn a Vermont Emergency First Responder (VEFR) certification, which allows them to work on local ambulance crews.
Programs are designed to be accessible to all Vermont families, with sliding scale tuition.
Learn more and apply at www.giv.org.
