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The Davidson Institute team is deeply saddened by the passing of Dr. Jim Delisle, a remarkable educator, author, and steadfast advocate for gifted youth. For decades, Jim was not only a respected voice in…
The First Steps in Mathematics book series from Young Talents Lab is designed to nurture reasoning, creativity, and intellectual curiosity in bright young minds. From early numeracy to algebra, logic, and pattern recognition, these…
WordWise Instruction is offering a special December mini course led by Amanda Yskamp, who has taught gifted students through programs such as Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Talented Youth and Northwestern’s Gifted Learning Links. In…
The 2025 Davidson Fellows Awards Ceremony is now available! Fellows scholarships recognize young people 18 and under for completing a significant piece of work that has the potential to make a positive contribution to…
The annual EngineerGirl/EngineerTeen Writing Contest from the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) is now open and accepting submissions. The 2026 Writing Contest is co-hosted by the NAE’s EngineerGirl and EngineerTeen programs. The theme this…
The Davidson Institute was featured in The Hill in a national piece on gifted education in early grades. Megan Cannella, the Davidson Institute’s Director of Outreach, spoke on the limits of testing and the…
2025 Davidson Fellow Huxley Westemeier was featured on Fox 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul for receiving a $25,000 scholarship. Huxley developed software that can better detect AI-generated images.
Summit Center is a California-based organization offering educational, psychological, and counseling services for children, adults, and families, with a focus on supporting gifted individuals, those with learning differences, and twice-exceptional (2e) learners. Join Summit…
2025 Davidson Fellow Joe Smith was featured in the San Diego Union-Tribune for receiving a $25,000 scholarship for his project “Astrometric Binary Classification via Artificial Neural Networks.” The work applies machine-learning techniques to distinguish…
2025 Davidson Fellow Laureate Elizabeth “Eli” Hanechak was recently featured in MassLive for being awarded a $100,000 scholarship in recognition of her project, “Solving the Plastic Problem: Developing a Microbial System for the Bioremediation…
Davidson Young Scholar Pranshi M. has been selected as a Top 30 Finalist in the 2025 Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge. Out of tens of thousands of students nationwide, she is one of…
Big applause for Davidson Young Scholar Kaia, who recently took the stage to give a TEDx Talk! What if the world’s most creative problem-solvers are being overlooked simply because they’re too polite to interrupt?…