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Gifted and Distractible Course

Supporting Parents of Twice-Exceptional Children Julie Skolnick is launching a new Gifted & Distractible Parent Course cohort for parents of twice-exceptional children beginning January 15. This eight-week course, built around her award-winning book, Gifted and Distractible, helps…

Application season begins for Epsilon Camp

Application season has begun for Epsilon Camp, a two-week summer residential camp for young students who show exceptional promise in mathematics. Epsilon connects profoundly gifted children (ages 7-12) with professional mathematicians and fosters a…

2026 Davidson Summer Programs Application Available

The 2026 Davidson Summer Programs application is now available! The Davidson Institute has had the privilege of serving profoundly gifted students through our summer programs since 2004. Davidson Summer Programs allows Young Scholars the…

2026-2027 Davidson Explore application now available

Designed to be different than other online courses, Explore offers rigorous, advanced, full-year middle school courses that are modeled off of expectations at middle school courses at Davidson Academy Online. Students will be expected to work…

Explore applications available

New Book Explores the Lives of Highly-Profoundly Gifted Individuals

November 2025 — The International Gifted Consortium (IGC), Research Center for Highly–Profoundly Gifted, has announced the upcoming release of Highly-Profoundly Gifted: Universal Understandings and Holistic Approaches, edited by Els De Wit and Vanessa Wood,…

2025 Davidson Fellow James Gu Featured in the Tri-City Voice

2025 Davidson Fellow James Gu was recently featured in the Tri-City Voice for being named a Davidson Fellow and receiving a $25,000 scholarship. The article highlights James’ achievement and discusses his project and inspirations. Read the…

Portrait of James

2026 Davidson Fellows Application Now Available

The 2026 Fellows Scholarship application is now available online. Young people 18 and younger have the opportunity to earn a $100,000, $50,000 or $25,000 scholarship in recognition of a significant piece of work in…

2026 Davidson Fellows Scholarship Information Session

Update – View the video here:  The Davidson Fellows Scholarship is dedicated to honoring young people for their work in the STEM and Humanities fields, as well as Outside the Box.  Recognized by Forbes as “one…

Young Talents Lab: First Steps in Mathematics Series

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…