S.O.L.A.R.-X™ Innovation Project Lab for Girls Scholarships
Camp S.W.A.G. (Students With Ambitions & Goals) is expanding access to a future-focused summer experience created specifically for girls who are ready to imagine, investigate, plan, create, problem-solve, collaborate, and bring a substantial innovation project to life. Eligible girls may be considered for either a 50% or full needs-based scholarship.
Opportunity should reach girls with potential.
Through its affiliation with Camp S.W.A.G. Academy™, Camp S.W.A.G. plans to provide a limited number of needs-based scholarships for eligible girls participating in the Summer 2027 S.O.L.A.R.-X™ Innovation Project Lab for Girls in Raleigh-Durham and Charlotte.
Four potential awards. At each location.
Camp S.W.A.G. plans to award up to three 50% scholarships and one full needs-based scholarship in each participating North Carolina location.
Raleigh-Durham
Charlotte
Two levels of financial support.
Scholarship awards are applied to the final published S.O.L.A.R.-X™ Innovation Project Lab for Girls program tuition for the girl’s participating location.
50% Needs-Based Scholarship
Camp S.W.A.G. covers 50% of the girl’s final published program tuition. The family is responsible for the remaining 50% and any applicable enrollment requirements.
Full Needs-Based Scholarship
Camp S.W.A.G. covers 100% of the girl’s final published program tuition, allowing the selected girl to participate without a remaining tuition balance.
Final Summer 2027 program tuition, dates, payment options, and enrollment details will be established by Camp S.W.A.G. Academy™.
More than a summer STEM program.
S.O.L.A.R.-X™ Innovation Project Lab for Girls is a Girls Are Phenomenal™ summer experience in which three teams of girls take on one confidential, future-focused innovation challenge. Over ten instructional project days, girls investigate possibilities, plan, design, integrate, test, improve, troubleshoot, collaborate, and defend a working solution.
Seven girls per team, with different strengths contributing to one shared project.
Approximately 50 hours of hands-on investigation, planning, building, testing, and project execution.
Girls explore solar energy, measurement, testing, performance, and approved low-voltage components.
Girls work with goals, responsibilities, deadlines, resources, risks, adjustments, and execution.
Communication, leadership, teamwork, judgment, accountability, and emotional awareness are part of the work.
Teams demonstrate and defend their completed solutions during a judged showcase and awards luncheon.
Scholarship recipient. Full experience.
Scholarship recipients are not placed in a reduced or separate version of the program. They participate in the same S.O.L.A.R.-X™ experience as every other enrolled girl.
Project Management
Plan work, manage responsibilities, track progress, respond to obstacles, and move a substantial project from concept toward completion.
Creativity & Design
Imagine possibilities, evaluate different approaches, make purposeful design decisions, and turn ideas into something tangible.
Applied STEM
Explore solar technology, energy use, testing, measurement, performance, and practical problem-solving.
Critical Thinking
Research, compare options, question assumptions, interpret results, troubleshoot, and improve ideas through evidence.
Leadership & Teamwork
Communicate, listen, take responsibility, navigate disagreements, make decisions, and contribute to a team.
Human & Emotional Intelligence
Strengthen judgment, self-awareness, adaptability, interpersonal awareness, accountability, and the human side of working with others.
Who are these scholarships intended for?
Scholarships are intended to help eligible families who need financial assistance access the complete program experience.
Participant Eligibility
- Entering grades 9–11 in Fall 2027
- Interested in hands-on projects, creativity, leadership, applied STEM, design, or problem-solving
- Prepared to collaborate as part of a project team
- Able to participate in the full instructional schedule and Saturday finale
- Willing to take responsibility for meaningful project work and participation
Financial Consideration
- 50% Scholarship: Household income generally above 200% and at or below 400% of the current Federal Poverty Guidelines, based on household size
- Full Scholarship: Household income generally at or below 200% of the current Federal Poverty Guidelines
- Families requesting a 50% scholarship must be able to satisfy the remaining family tuition responsibility
- Household circumstances and documented financial need may be considered
- Financial documentation may be required later as part of scholarship consideration
What the scholarship helps make possible.
Scholarship funding is applied toward the girl’s program tuition, which provides access to the standard S.O.L.A.R.-X™ for Girls experience and tuition-included program components.
Scholarship recipients receive the same tuition-included program experience associated with their enrollment level. A scholarship changes the family’s tuition responsibility; it does not reduce the girl’s participation.
Start with the Scholarship Interest List.
Scholarship applications are not open yet. The applicable Camp S.W.A.G. Academy™ program application must open first. For now, families can join the Camp S.W.A.G. Scholarship Interest List to receive updates when program applications and scholarship next steps become available.
Explore Program Opportunities
Review the Camp S.W.A.G. Academy™ S.O.L.A.R.-X™ Innovation Project Lab for Girls experience, schedule, and participation requirements.
Join the Interest List
Submit the Camp S.W.A.G. Scholarship Interest Form and identify the program opportunities your family would like to hear about.
Receive Opening Updates
Families on the interest list will receive updates when applicable Camp S.W.A.G. Academy™ program applications open and scholarship next steps are available.
Complete the Required Next Steps
Scholarship consideration follows the applicable Academy program application process. Joining the interest list does not reserve a program seat or scholarship.
Scholarship availability is limited.
Meeting the general income guidelines does not guarantee a scholarship. Awards depend on available scholarship funds, household circumstances, required documentation, participant eligibility, program fit, and the number of qualified applicants. Scholarship opportunities are limited. Once the applicable program and scholarship processes open, families should complete all required steps promptly; scholarship availability may change as qualified, complete applications are received. Scholarship selection by Camp S.W.A.G. does not replace Camp S.W.A.G. Academy™ enrollment requirements. Girls must satisfy applicable program eligibility, enrollment, attendance, conduct, and participation requirements.
Interested in future scholarship opportunities?
Camp S.W.A.G. (Students With Ambitions & Goals) plans to offer a limited number of needs-based scholarship opportunities for eligible girls participating in S.O.L.A.R.-X™ Innovation Project Lab for Girls in Raleigh-Durham and Charlotte. The form below is the Camp S.W.A.G. scholarship interest form used across select Academy programs. Families interested in this opportunity should select S.O.L.A.R.-X™ Innovation Project Lab for Girls when completing the form.
Camp S.W.A.G. Scholarship Interest Form
If your family is interested in scholarship support for S.O.L.A.R.-X™ Innovation Project Lab for Girls, complete this form to join the Camp S.W.A.G. Scholarship Interest List. Select this program on the form to receive updates when the applicable Academy program application and scholarship next steps become available.
This is an interest form, not a scholarship application. Submitting this form does not reserve a scholarship or program seat. Scholarship consideration will begin only after the applicable Camp S.W.A.G. Academy™ program application process opens and the required scholarship process becomes available.