S.O.L.A.R.-X™ Innovation Project Lab Scholarships
Camp S.W.A.G. (Students With Ambitions & Goals) is expanding access to a future-focused summer experience where students imagine, investigate, plan, create, problem-solve, collaborate, and bring a substantial innovation project to life. Eligible students may be considered for either a 50% or full needs-based scholarship.
Opportunity should reach students 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 students participating in the Summer 2027 S.O.L.A.R.-X™ Innovation Project Lab 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™ program tuition for the student’s participating location.
50% Needs-Based Scholarship
Camp S.W.A.G. covers 50% of the student’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 student’s final published program tuition, allowing the selected student 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 STEM program.
S.O.L.A.R.-X™ Innovation Project Lab is a multidisciplinary summer experience in which three teams of students take on one confidential, future-focused innovation challenge. Over ten instructional project days, students investigate possibilities, plan, design, integrate, test, improve, troubleshoot, collaborate, and defend a working solution.
Seven students per team, with different strengths contributing to one shared project.
Approximately 50 hours of hands-on investigation, planning, building, testing, and project execution.
Students explore solar energy, measurement, testing, performance, and approved low-voltage components.
Students 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 student.
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.
Student 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 student’s program tuition, which provides access to the standard S.O.L.A.R.-X™ 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 student’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™ programs that may be of interest to your student and family.
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, student eligibility, program fit, and the number of qualified applicants. Scholarship selection by Camp S.W.A.G. does not replace Camp S.W.A.G. Academy™ enrollment requirements. Students 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) offers a limited number of needs-based scholarship opportunities for eligible students participating in select Camp S.W.A.G. Academy™ programs.
Camp S.W.A.G. Scholarship Interest Form
Complete this form to join the Camp S.W.A.G. Scholarship Interest List and receive updates when scholarship opportunities and applicable Camp S.W.A.G. Academy™ program applications open.
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.