High School Apprenticeship Challenge

High School Apprenticeship Challenge is sponsored by Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC). This statewide program facilitates and funds paid life-sciences internships for underrepresented and low-income Massachusetts high school students by subsidizing intern wages at research institutions and small life-sciences companies.

High School Apprenticeship Challenge - MLSC High School Apprenticeship Challenge Application, Eligibility, & Resources Pre Internship Training Programs Applications are now open for the 2026-27 High School Apprenticeship Challenge program. The High School Apprenticeship Challenge facilitates and funds paid internships for underrepresented and low-income high school students throughout Massachusetts.

The program creates more than 150 new internship opportunities each year by subsidizing intern wages for research institutions and small life sciences companies to enable them to hire paid interns. The program also offers pre-internship training programs that provides rigorous biotechnology/biomedical and professional skills development.

The MLSC reimburses eligible host organizations up to $4,080 per intern, based on $17 per hour for six weeks of full-time work. Internships can be part-time or full-time and must take place between May 1, 2026 and April 30, 2027.

The program seeks to create paid work-based learning opportunities for underrepresented youth, supplement life science education with pre-internship training, foster relationships between economically disadvantaged schools and life sciences employers, develop students’ professional workplace skills, increase awareness of life sciences careers, and build a diverse STEM workforce pipeline.

Funding is available on a first-come first-served basis, and allocated only after offer requests are approved by the MLSC within the organization application. The High School Apprenticeship Challenge facilitates and funds paid internships for underrepresented and low-income high school students throughout Massachusetts.

The program creates more than 150 new internship opportunities each year by subsidizing intern wages for research institutions and small life sciences companies to enable them to hire paid interns. The program also offers pre-internship training programs that provides rigorous biotechnology/biomedical and professional skills development.

The MLSC reimburses eligible host organizations up to $4,080 per intern, based on $17 per hour for six weeks of full-time work. Internships can be part-time or full-time and must take place between May 1, 2026 and April 30, 2027.

The program seeks to create paid work-based learning opportunities for underrepresented youth, supplement life science education with pre-internship training, foster relationships between economically disadvantaged schools and life sciences employers, develop students’ professional workplace skills, increase awareness of life sciences careers, and build a diverse STEM workforce pipeline.

Funding is available on a first-come first-served basis, and allocated only after offer requests are approved by the MLSC within the organization application. Program Application, Eligibility Requirements, Resources and FAQs: View The High School Apprenticeship Challenge program’s eligibility requirements, access resources, read frequently asked questions, and start the application process.

View The High School Apprenticeship Challenge program’s eligibility requirements, access resources, read frequently asked questions, and start the application process. View and Download Program Handout Pre Internship Training Programs: The after-school/summer training program provides rigorous pre-internship biotechnology/biomedical and professional skills development for underrepresented and/or low income students.

The program has been offered in Brockton, New Bedford, Worcester, and Cambridge (serving Greater Boston students). Students at Brockton High School and New Bedford High School should ask their Biology teachers about application information.

For students enrolled in Worcester or the Greater Boston area (Boston, Cambridge, Everett, Revere, Chelsea, etc.), please visit the respective websites of our training partners to learn more and apply: LEAH Project , BioBuilder , WPI MeDHigh , or Digital Ready . Since the program launched in 2016, the MLSC has supported over 950 internships at more than 120 organizations.

Interns have represented nearly 200 Massachusetts high schools and over 500 students have participated in MLSC-sponsored lab training programs designed to better prepare them for internships. Interns have represented nearly Massachusetts high schools &...

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