Welcome to PGSS

Offering opportunities rarely available
at even the best high schools

An annual program that fosters scientific thinking, scholarly collaboration, and interpersonal connections in our society while encouraging women and minority students to consider scientific careers. Find out more information about the PGSS program.

 

  • Admittance based on merit, at least one qualified student from each IU accepted
  • Students from under-represented minority communities encouraged to apply
  • Program expenses fully funded for all accepted students
  • Students live and study on the beautiful campus of Carnegie Mellon University
Check back for PGSS 2024 apps in October

Review of Applications – February and March
Accepted Applicants will be notified by April 15
Dates of PGSS 2023 – Move-in July 2/Move out August August 5

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our objective

Mission

Empower highly talented Pennsylvania high-school students to pursue lifelong STEM endeavors inspired by a rigorous academic summer program that nurtures scientific thinking, scholarly collaboration, and interpersonal connections.

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our commitment to education

Vision

PGSS Campaign, Inc. serves as a key financial supporter and advisor to the PGSS Program. As the premier STEM education experience for Pennsylvania’s brightest high school students, the Program provides college-level courses, hands-on laboratory experiments, and ...

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our sense of duty

Values

As the premier STEM education experience for Pennsylvania’s brightest high school students, the Pennsylvania Governor’s School for the Sciences Program (PGSS Program) provides college-level courses, hands-on laboratory experiments, and ...

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  • Program for Prospective Students
    • OUR PROGRAM ADMITTANCE IS BASED UPON MERIT

    PGSS Program for Prospective Students

    In this age of information explosion, scientific research is constantly developing new frontiers and the technology with which to conquer them.
    PGSS provides a program in mathematics, computer science, physics, chemistry, and biology that emphasized hands-on laboratory research and the sophisticated technology and facilities available at Carnegie Mellon University.
    About the PGSS Program
  • PGSS Campaign, Inc. Organization
    • THE PGSS CAMPAIGN, INC. IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION

    PGSS Campaign, Inc. Organization

    The organizations seeks to reinstate the Pennsylvania Governor’s School for the Sciences (PGSS) for future students and create a professional network for alumni.
    Through private and public funding, we seek to secure the future of PGSS as an annual program that fosters scientific thinking, scholarly collaboration, and interpersonal connections in our society while encouraging women and minority students to consider scientific careers.
    Mission

    PGSS Fun Facts

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    Earn Highest Degrees (PhD, MD, etc)