A complete application consists of:

• An online application form

• A reference form from your teacher

If you have any questions, send an email to K12@orau.org.

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Robotics Academy is a week-long day camp for rising 7th, 8th, and 9th grade students filled with exciting and challenging activities. This introductory camp provides students the opportunity to work in small teams to design, build, and program a robot. Students will be introduced to Vex coding and will enhance engineering and programming skills throughout the week while developing skills and mindsets to help them to grow into engineers, computer programmers, and technology leaders of the future.

Students will report to the Hunter McDaniel Building at Virginia State University in Petersburg, VA on July 31-August 4 from 8:30am - 4:30pm.

This program is made possible through a sponsorship from the Central Intelligence Agency.

Participants must be rising 7th, 8th, or 9th grade students and must be U.S. citizens. U.S. citizenship of those selected to participate will be verified through submission of a birth certificate or passport.

Students will be selected for this program by a committee based on their responses on the application as well as on the responses from their reference. A reference form will be sent to the teacher indicated on the application form.

• Citizenship: U.S. Citizen Only
• Degree: Any degree .
• Discipline(s):
  • Business (11 )
  • Chemistry and Materials Sciences (12 )
  • Communications and Graphics Design (6 )
  • Computer, Information, and Data Sciences (17 )
  • Earth and Geosciences (21 )
  • Engineering (27 )
  • Environmental and Marine Sciences (14 )
  • Life Health and Medical Sciences (48 )
  • Mathematics and Statistics (11 )
  • Physics (16 )
  • Science & Engineering-related (2 )
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences (29 )

I affirm that I am a rising 7th, 8th, or 9th grade student and a U.S. citizen.