The Science Internship Program was designed to increase high school students' interest and literacy in science by expanding their learning experiences beyond the classroom. This nine-week, paid internship provides top science students throughout Northeast Ohio with the opportunity to work and learn alongside nationally renowned physicians and researchers from Cleveland Clinic, its community hospitals and family health centers. The program's goal is to inspire students to not only embrace science and math as keys to success, but to also encourage them to continue scientific studies throughout their academic careers and the rest of their lives. Interns have garnered and accepted considerable scholarship awards at top universities and institutions such as Boston, Princeton, Case Western and Northeast Ohio University College of Medicine (NEOUCOM).