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The Assessment and Counseling Clinic serves high-ability and twice-exceptional students.
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Learn more about your child's academic abilities with an above-level test.
The Blast program is designed to challenge students in their areas of interest and strength. Students who are in grades 2-6 during the current academic year may attend.
The Blank Summer Institute for the Arts & Sciences is a one-week residential summer program held at The University of Iowa for 120 of Iowa’s gifted students who are currently in grades 7 & 8.
The Bucksbaum Early Entrance Academy empowers high-achieving students with a passion for STEM and the Arts/Humanities to begin full-time on-campus study at the University of Iowa after their sophomore year of high school.
Invent Iowa is a comprehensive, statewide program developed to support educators in promoting the invention process as part of their regular kindergarten through high school curriculum.
The Iowa Online Advanced Placement Academy (IOAPA) provides online learning opportunities for high-ability students.
The Junior Science and Humanities Symposia (JSHS) Program promotes and publicly recognizes students for outstanding achievement in original research and experimentation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) at the high school level.
Students who are currently in grades 6-8 may nominate themselves for the Junior Scholars Institute (JSI), a one-week residential summer academic program at The University of Iowa for Belin-Blank Center students.
Students in grades 8–10 may apply for the Perry Research Scholars Institute (PRSI), a two-week residential summer academic program at The University of Iowa’s Belin-Blank Center.
The Belin-Blank Center Recognition Ceremony is held each year and is an opportunity to acknowledge those students who earned top scores in the Belin-Blank Exceptional Student Talent Search (BESTS), were selected to one of our scholarship programs, or received special recognition in a Belin-Blank Center program.
The Summer Art Residency (SAR) is an immersive 3–week residency at The University of Iowa’s Belin-Blank Center. Learn from world-class faculty on one of the premier arts campuses in the US.
The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards program is the nation’s longest-running, largest, most prestigious recognition program for creative teens.
The Secondary Student Training Program (SSTP) is a 5-and-a-half-week residential summer research program at The University of Iowa’s Belin-Blank Center. Conduct research with world-class faculty at a research-intensive University.
The STEM Excellence and Leadership program aims to empower academically able students from under-resourced rural schools.
The Summer Writing Residency (SWR) is an immersive 3–week residency at The University of Iowa’s Belin-Blank Center. Participate in classes, workshops, evening tours, lectures, and events that will stretch you as a writer.
The Weekend Institute for Gifted Students (WINGS) consists of half day enrichment opportunities for elementary and junior high students (grades 2-8) that take place on the University of Iowa campus.