Photonics Leaders is a year-round science and information technology program for tenth and eleventh grade students from across North Carolina. The program goal is to guide and prepare minority students for success in STEM higher education programs and careers. In three years, nearly 80 underrepresented students of diverse backgrounds have participated in 300 hours of investigations and internships focused on electronics, optics, computer hardware and software at North Carolina State University and the Research Triangle Park.

The Ocean Institute (OI), in partnership with Scripps Institution of Oceanography (Scripps), Capistrano Valley Boys & Girls Clubs (B&GC) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), is developing "SeaTech," a multi–year, Youth–based ITEST program providing 120 female and minority middle and high school students from underserved populations with 391 contact hours of information technology (IT)–intensive oceanographic research experiences.

The program will serve up to 180 minority high school youth from the South Bronx in a project–based, design–centered program. The goals are to develop the participants' technological fluidity within the context of the local urban environment and to broaden the entry points to IT–related careers for these minority and low-income participants through exposure to IT applications in professional and creative settings (not mutually exclusive). This three–year program consists of a series of after school, semester–length modules and a summer program.

The SUCCEED Apprenticeship Program is an opportunity for students excited about science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) to gain the experience and expertise they will need to pursue a technology-intensive career path. The overall goal of this program is to provide students with authentic experiences in the techniques and tools of information technology with a particular focus on computational science.

XTech has developed a working prototype of a student production laboratory at the Exploratorium where middle school students have access to the tools, technology, and staff that will enable them to explore, create, and produce innovative and engaging technology-based projects. The Exploratorium partners on XTech with two community-based organizations – Aim High and First Graduate. During the intensive summer months, some XTech programming takes place at these partner organizations as well as at the Exploratorium.

American Museum of Natural History ITEST High School Science Research Program (AMNH) is a Youth-based project that targets 120 urban high school youth (grades 9-11) in IT-based research in genetics and astrophysics, using the resources of the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH, public), Rockefeller University (private) and other institutions in the five boroughs of New York City. The recruitment plan targets cohort groups of 40 students per year including females and minorities with the physically challenged students as a special target population.

"Building IT Skills among Inner City Youth in North Philadelphia through Development of a Community Geographic Information System" is a three-year, youth-based ITEST project proposed by Temple University. The project will provide 90 at-risk high school students, including women, Hispanic and African Americans, with 120 contact hours of instruction per year in information technology, spatial analysis and cartographic and design skills through their creative involvement in developing a community-based Geographic Information System.

The Museum Tech Academy provides enrichment in archaeology, natural sciences, and information technology for 90 low-income Springfield-area students in grades 7 through 12. This three-year, after-school and summer program engages students in the full process of scientific research from problem formulation to the presentation of results in a variety of media.

Technology at the Crossroads" is a youth-based program that will engage middle school youth (with particular emphasis on girls) in the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Geographic Positioning Systems (GPS) and HTML programming for use in conducting environmental research in Boston. The program will be comprised of a spring after-school component, three-week summer camp (held on the campus of Simmons College) and a fall after-school component. Science skills to be learned include posing questions, making observations, collecting, and analyzing and interpreting data.

UMBC's Center for Women and Information Technology, the Shriver Center, and the Chabot Space and Science Center have partnered to implement and beta test Chabot's TechBridge curriculum in six middle schools over three years to increase the number and diversity of students, and particularly girls, pursuing an interest in IT. Activities will include an after-school program, weekend fieldtrips, and a two two-week summer program. Over three years, Project ESTEEM will directly impact 336 7th and 8th grade students with each student receiving over 120 hours of program contact.