Designed specifically for talented high school students, COSMOS is a four-week summer residential program at four UC campuses that provides students with an unparalleled opportunity to work side-by-side with outstanding researchers and university faculty, covering topics that extend beyond the typical high school curriculum.

California Teach is a UC-wide program with the goal of increasing the number and retention of new, highly qualified secondary math and science teachers in California. Cal Teach offers paid K-12 internships and accompanying seminars, academic and career advising, professional development, a community of like-minded individuals, financial and practical support for passing required exams, and access to financial aid and scholarships.

Expanding Your Horizons (EYH) began over 30 years ago at Mills College, Oakland, California in order to encourage young women to study math and science by showing the benefits of such education to their lives and by stimulating their interest in STEM careers. The UC Santa Cruz EYH Program includes:

• An Annual daylong Conference for 8th – 12th grade girls.
• GROW (Graduates and Researchers offer Outreach Workshops) at local middle and high schools
• EYH-GROW Ambassadors for local EYH Alumnae
  

Inspiring students to envision themselves as future engineers and scientists, Girls in Engineering brings middle school girls with an interest in mathematics together for a unique, two-week introduction to engineering at the UCSC Jack Baskin School of Engineering during the summer.

MESA is a statewide program through the UC Office of the President, which provides academic development for middle and high school students to prepare for baccalaureate degree programs in mathematics and science and careers in engineering and other mathematics-based scientific fields.

Developed by the UC Office of the President, the Summer Algebra Academy initiative is a five-week program for rising ninth grade students centered around a college awareness theme, focusing on increasing student academic performance in mathematics, introducing families to higher education, initiating systemic change within high school, and creating a college-going culture.