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2026 Davidson Fellow Hitaishi Chillara Featured in Austin Today

2026 Davidson Fellow Hitaishi Chillara was featured by CBS Austin after receiving a $50,000 scholarship through the Davidson Fellows Scholarship Program. The article highlights Hitaishi’s innovative research on supermassive black holes, including the computational…

2027-2028 Davidson Academy Online Application Available

The 2027-2028 Davidson Academy Online application is now open! See updated information on admissions, including: Eligibility Accepted Tests How to Apply Application Review Process Davidson Academy Online is a dynamic, flexible option for profoundly gifted students…

Pioneer Academics 2026 Co-Curricular Summit

Please see below for a message from Pioneer Academics: —————– Hello Davidson Institute Community, Greetings from Pioneer Academics – we hope you are having a great beginning to a new school year! We are…

2026 Davidson Fellows Announced

The Davidson Fellows scholarship awards $100,000, $50,000 and $25,000 scholarships to gifted and high-achieving students, 18 years old or under, who have completed a significant piece of work. We’re thrilled to announce the 2026…

The 2026 Fellows

Davidson Explore Virtual Open Houses

Davidson Explore is an online program for gifted middle school students to take à la carte courses in math, science, and humanities. Throughout the academic year, we offer online information sessions focused on Explore.…

Davidson Academy 2027-2028 Application Now Available

Applications are now open for the Davidson Academy’s 2027–2028 school year. Based at the University of Nevada, Reno, the Academy provides an advanced, personalized learning experience created specifically for profoundly gifted students. Families are…

Davidson Academy Growth and Davidson Academy Online Updates

Davidson Institute programs and services are designed to support the intellectual and interpersonal development of profoundly gifted young people and their families. As part of that ongoing work, Davidson Academy and Davidson Academy Online…

Byrdseed.com: On Differentiation

Ian Byrd of Byrdseed.com has written extensively on the topic of differentiation. Ian’s posts are a useful reminder that “differentiation” is often labeled too broadly and too casually. In one post, he shows how…

Giftedness Isn’t a Mirage: Exploring Counterviews

A recent New York Magazine article questioned whether “giftedness” is a real concept and whether gifted programs are necessary. Many experts see it differently. Below are a few thoughtful counterviews that affirm giftedness as a real learning…