A complete application consists of: An online application form from the student’s Zintellect account.

*IMPORTANT NOTE: On the question asking about your degree, it is assumed a middle school student is pursuing a high school diploma. Please enter the following on the indicated questions*

• Education Status - enter "In Progress" 
• Degree - enter "High School Diploma/GED"
• Institution - enter your current school name without any abbreviations
• Dates - enter the approximate dates you began and will finish at your current school
• GPA - enter your current GPA

*If you are homeschooled: For any question asking for your school name, please enter "Homeschool" or the name of your homeschool organization or co-op. 

If you have any questions, please contact us at K12@orau.org.

The ORISE Boe Bots Mini-Academy is a five-day program for rising 7th, 8th, and 9th grade students filled with exciting and challenging activities. Working in small teams, students will design, build, and program a robot. This is an introductory program, and no prior experience is needed.

Each day from June 9-13, 2025, students will report to the ORAU classroom at ORAU in Oak Ridge. Drop off is at 8:30am and pick up is at 3:30pm. Students should bring a sack lunch.

Participants must be willing to participate all five days of the program and must be a rising 7th, 8th, or 9th grade student at the time of the program.  (This is the grade level the student will be during the 2025-2026 school year).

• 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 (51 )
  • Mathematics and Statistics (11 )
  • Other Non-Science & Engineering (13 )
  • Physics (16 )
  • Science & Engineering-related (2 )
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences (30 )

I affirm that I am a rising 7^th, 8^th, or 9^th grade student and am available to participate the entire five days of the program from June 9-13, 2025.