Founded by Harvard & Oxford researchers, the Lumiere Research Scholar
Program is a mentored research program for talented students. In the
program, students work 1-1 with a researcher from a top university to
produce an independent research project.
Lumiere has 2200+ mentors from top universities
• Please check application form for updated list of topics for the topic-focused program
• Students will also be able to customize their own research topic, if not currently available in the above offerings
• We’re happy to support students on interdisciplinary research topics that combine one or more subjects as well!
Lumiere has 2200+ mentors from top universities
| PROGRAMS OFFERED | INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH PROGRAM | PREMIUM RESEARCH & PUBLICATION PROGRAM | LUMIERE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP | PROFESSOR PREMIUM PUBLICATION PROGRAM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual sessions with mentor | 9 | 15 | 30 | 10 |
| Individual sessions with writing coach | 2 | 4 | 6–8 | 4 |
| Individual sessions with publication specialist | - | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Program oversight from Lumiere program manager | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Mentor type | PhD fellow and post-doc | PhD fellow and post-doc | PhD fellow and post-doc | Professors from Top 20 universities |
| Goal output | College-level academic paper | Publication in high-school or college-level journal* | Highly selective research competition or publication* | Publication in high-school or college-level journal* |
| Cost & Duration *US Dollar |
$3190 USD 12 weeks |
$6450 USD 3–4 months research time, 1–4 months publication time |
$9900 USD 6–12 months |
$9900 USD 3–4 months research time, 1–4 months publication time |
*No academically rigorous program can or should promise publication. We provide support for 3 rounds of submission to
selective high-school or college-level journals.
This is the timeline for our Individual and Premium
Research programs. The Lumiere Fellowship will have a
distinct extended timeline.
Meet with mentor and align on a topic
Explore the topic and identify research question
Write research paper with support from research mentor and writing coach
Make Final Edits and submit paper for final evaluation.
Graduation ceremony and symposium! Students in the Premium Research and Publication Program will continue to meet with their mentor and submit their paper to a journal for publication
Opt to receive 3 units of post-baccalaureate credit from UCSD Extended Studies at the end of the program.
Lumiere alumni have been published in top high school and college-level
journals and excelled at competitions. Here are some of their successes!
"Exploring the role of humanin as a potential
preventative and therapeutic in Alzheimer's
disease”
Winner of MIT THINK competition
“To what extent have emerging social movements caused politicians to respond with effective social change?”
Winner of LSE Undergraduate Political Review's Annual Essay Competition
"Holding Transnational Corporations to
Account: A Comparative Analysis"
Published in The Yale Review of International Studies
“What public political attitudes make countries prone to democratic backsliding?”
Featured on the Brown Journal of World Affairs podcast
“How the CRISPR–Cas9 Gene Editing Complex Can Be Used to Treat Human Immunodeficiency Virus 1 and Sickle Cell Disease with Immune Cell Therapies and Genetic Engineering with Insight Into its Societal Impacts”
Published in Intersect: The Stanford Journal of Science, Technology, and Society
“"Using Neural Networks to Accurately predict
Electrical energy within Point-Absorbers”
ISEF Regeneron national finalist; first place in regional ISEF fair
In the class of 2023, Lumiere scholars had a college acceptance rate of 93%, while the overall acceptance rate was 12.4%. They received acceptances from 100+ universities, including:
We analyzed early admissions results from 379 Lumiere Research Scholar students—comparing their outcomes to the
general applicant pool to see how independent research helps students stand out in college applications. We found
that students who included their Lumiere research projects in their college applications were 2.9x more likely to
receive an acceptance!
Students that did the Lumiere Research Scholar Program through the help of our financial aid program got into Princeton, Dartmouth and the University of Pennsylvania (with significant financial aid offers).
Lumiere alumni received scholarships worth more than an estimated 1 million USD such as the Trustee Scholarship at the University of Southern California (full ride), full scholarships to the University of Toronto, the Zollman Scholarship at Smith College (college's highest scholarship), and the Presidential Scholarship at Bryn Mawr College.
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