SoTS Club Network

Local research communities for homeschool and high school students

Research Is Better Together

SoTS gives you access to research labs, skills courses, AI Mentor, and publication options. These help you learn how to do research and guide you through it.

Add peers to the mix and everything accelerates.

You get people to present to. People to argue with. People who help you get unstuck. People who get excited about the same things you do.

SoTS clubs bring research community to homeschool co-ops, learning centers, and high schools - wherever students want to do real science together.

This is where you find your people.

What Club Members Do

  • Address real research problems across any field
  • Build research projects and science fair portfolios
  • Develop presentation and peer feedback skills
  • Explore what research is: see what others work on, ask questions, find direction
  • Get feedback on ideas: test project concepts, talk through problems, get unstuck
  • Connect with peers who care about science and discovery

Some members show up with projects already in progress. Others are exploring. Both are welcome.

Why Start a Club?

  • Find your people. Other teens who get excited about the same things you do.
  • Do real work together. Present findings, challenge each other's ideas, collaborate on projects.
  • Build something that matters for college and career. AI achieved gold-medal level at the 2025 International Math Olympiad. Competition skills are increasingly AI-replicable. Original research is not: asking new questions, collecting real data, defending findings. You can bet college admissions are adjusting.
  • Lead. Starting a club is documented leadership. Build a thriving club and you may qualify for a letter of recommendation from SoTS.

What You Get

For your club:

  • Official SoTS affiliation and recognition
  • A growing network of young researchers

For founders - two leadership tracks:

  • Club leaders discussion group: SoTS team access, peer collaboration with other founders
  • Research Leadership Program: structured program with certification

Both tracks offer documented leadership for college applications and letter of recommendation potential for leaders who build thriving clubs.

Club registration: $150/year

Start a Club

Email clubs@teenscientists.org to get started.

SoTS Research Clubs operate independently. Registration confirms active status and philosophy alignment only. Club founders are not employees, contractors, or representatives of Society of Teen Scientists. SoTS does not supervise, control, or assume responsibility for club activities, meetings, venues, instruction quality, or interactions between members. All liability rests with club organizers and participants. SoTS provides recognition, community, and limited support and resources, not oversight.