Lumiere Education
Lumiere Education, founded by Harvard & Oxford researchers, offers the Lumiere Research Scholar Program — 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.
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Why Lumiere Education?
Create an independent research paper
Stand out in the admissions process
Build relationships with PhD researchers from top universities
Receive credit from UC San Diego Extension
At Lumiere, we believe talent is best paired with rigor and passion. Because of this, we have certain expectations from the members of our academic community. Our academic principles:
- You need to have big-picture curiosity and a strong academic record.
- You need to have the ability to work independently.
- You do not need to know everything about your field or topic before you start your research.
Types of programs offered
- Individual sessions with mentor = 9
- Individual sessions with writing coach = 2
- Individual sessions with publication specialist = none
- Program oversight from Lumiere program manager = ✔
- Mentor type = PhD fellow & post-doc
- Goal output = College-level academic paper
- Duration = 12 weeks
- Individual sessions with mentor = 15
- Individual sessions with writing coach = 4
- Individual sessions with publication specialist = 4
- Program oversight from Lumiere program manager = ✔
- Mentor type = PhD fellow & post-doc
- Goal output = Publication in high school or college journal*
- Duration = 3-4 months research time, 1-4 months publication time
- Individual sessions with mentor = 30
- Individual sessions with writing coach = 6-8
- Individual sessions with publication specialist = 4
- Program oversight from Lumiere program manager = ✔
- Mentor type = PhD fellow & post-doc
- Goal output = Highly selective research competition or publication*
- Duration = 6-12 months
- Individual sessions with mentor = 15
- Individual sessions with writing coach = 4
- Individual sessions with publication specialist = 4
- Program oversight from Lumiere program manager = ✔
- Mentor type = Professors from top 20 universities
- Goal output = Publication in high school or college journal*
- Duration = 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.
Available areas of research
- Please check the application form for an updated list of topics for the topic-focused platform
- Students will also be able to customize their own research topic, if not available in the offerings
- Data Science
- Biology
- Mathematics
- Computer Science
- Physics & Astrophysics
- Neuroscience
- Medicine
- Chemistry
- Engineering
- Architecture
- Economics
- Psychology
- Business
- Gender Studies
- Philosophy
- International Relations
- Environmental Studies
- History
- Education
- Sociology
- Law
- Classics
- Linguistics
Lumiere’s impact
4,200+
Applications
1,400+
Mentors
22,000+
Mentoring hours
62
Countries
$390,000+
In financial aid
Lumiere’s mentors
Lumiere has 1,400+ mentors from top universities
