Research programs offer residential students the opportunity to conduct in-depth research in a single discipline, under the guidance of an NCSSM faculty member. The Entrepreneurship program provides the necessary background material and a structured opportunity for students with ideas for products or services to bring their ideas from conception to market through the real-life activity of entrepreneurship.

Work with NCSSM faculty on-campus or with volunteer mentors off-campus for full days over 1-5 weeks of the summer while living at NCSSM at no cost. Students can expect to engage in independent or ongoing projects that develop both personal and professional skills that will have a long lasting impact on their paths to become leaders and engaged citizens.

The required junior meeting is followed by the Research & Innovation Fair (optional). Both events serve to introduce juniors to the various research and innovation opportunities available as a residential junior. In particular, juniors attending the Research & Innovation Fair can ask participants and instructors of the various programs/courses/etc. to learn more about what it is like to engage as a thinker, maker, doer and how to get involved in the available opportunities.