Overview
Leading educators and corporate executives in the US continue to express concern that our students are not receiving the instruction and encouragement they need to become tomorrow's leaders in science and technology. The National Youth Science Foundation, with support from the state of West Virginia, has been active in this area since 1963, when the first National Youth Science Camp was held.
Since then, more than 4,400 of the nation's top high school science students -- about 100 each year -- have been selected to attend the NYSC, free of charge, and to learn from a nationally preeminent faculty the excitement and social significance of careers in science.
NYSC is recognized as the nation's premier science leadership program for college bound students, in part due to the extraordinary natural setting in the wilds of West Virginia combined with a program that is uniquely effective in instilling scientific curiosity, personal confidence, and an enduring sense of responsibility regarding the role of science in society.
America has much to lose if we cannot nurture young scientists who have the skills, vision, and enthusiasm to lead us into the future. With this concern in mind, the Foundation has developed a plan for expanded programs in science education that can reach many more bright young people each year from across the nation and around the globe, to encourage them to become leaders in science and technology.
These programs, with sufficient added financial and in-kind support, will build liaisons among promising science-interested young people throughout the world, change countless lives and motivate talented young people to become the science professionals of tomorrow. The Foundation proposes bold and effective programming that can help meet the need for global scientific leadership for generations. Standing behind these programs is nearly a half century of success of the National Youth Science Camp.