Do you Play? We do in the modeling, simulation, and training (MS&T) workforce! Our play saves time, money and lives! Join us this summer for serious play and learn more.

The GEMS Summer program at U.S. Army Simulation and Training Technology Center (STTC) in Central Florida, inspires rising 6th-10th grade students to take the challenge and explore the high-wage MS&T careers found within their community. Together with our collaborators we work closely with subject matter experts across careers in the MS&T Industry. We invite near-peer-mentors from previous camps who show exceptional leadership to help engage current GEMS campers.  If you enjoy hands-on activities and want to learn about science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) subjects and careers in the MS&T Industry, apply to GEMS Central Florida!

To ensure all students have the opportunity to grow their STEM skills GEMS programs are free of charge to all families. As part of career explorations, each student will be treated as a young professional and be paid $ 125.00 for completing five days of serious play as a MS&T future leader!

The GEMS Summer Program in San Antonio provides students who are going into 6th through 12th grades the opportunity to learn more about U.S. Army medical science and STEM. Programs are free of charge. If you enjoy hands-on activities and want to learn about science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) subjects and careers, apply to GEMS in San Antonio!

About the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research

The United States U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research is the proud host of Gains in the Education of Mathematics and Science (GEMS)!

Welcoming middle and high school students, our summer program exposes student to laboratory-based experiments and encourages the development of teamwork and leadership skills. It is a four day camp with three sessions to choose from.

The GEMS programs at White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), New Mexico are a joint/collaborative effort between the Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM)/Data and Analysis Center (D&AC) and the U.S. Army Test & Evaluation Command (ATEC). 

Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM)/Data and Analysis Center’s (D&AC) mission is to ensure that U.S. military personnel and equipment survive and function effectively in hostile circumstances. ATEC’s mission is to provide the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Department of Defense, and other customers with high-quality resources and services for experimentation, test, research, assessment, development, and training in support of the Nation at war. DEVCOM, D&AC & ATEC both employ many engineers, scientists, physicists and military personnel to accomplish their missions.  These same employees coordinate and conduct our GEMS programs.

Our U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command – Armaments Center (CCDC-AC) GEMS program at the Picatinny Arsenal is based on joint, multi-disciplinary collaborations between STEM educators and our engineers and scientists.

ARDEC GEMS is uniquely focused on forming the type of hands-on, real-world activities; that are relevant to the state-of-the-art armaments work our labs strive to develop, design and produce for the warfighter.  Since 2017, our program strives to offer STEM areas such as: physics and chemistry, applied science, engineering & technology, mathematics, and computer science; focused along select competencies unique to our armaments science and technologies.

ARDEC GEMS 2018 advances and sustains our program, fostering STEM-based scientific and engineering fields, within the context of our ARDEC subject matter competencies, where enabling technologies and state-of-the-art facilities are applied and demonstrated, through real world problem-solving and activity-based projects, lessons and experiments.

  • The Physics of Guidance and Trajectory
  • Material Design of Armaments
  • Aeroballistics & Motion Dynamics
  • Strength of Materials
  • Chemistry of ArmamentsDesign of Experiments – Game Theory & Statistics
  • The Mechanics of Robotics and Autonomy
  • Programming…Building an App for That
  • Computer Science and Cybertechnologies
  • Demil Technologies in Environmental Science
  • Non-Destructive Tools of the Trade & Analysis
  • Optics & Photonics Explained
  • Polymers and Ceramics in 3D Applications

*NOTE: There will be no stipends for students who participate in GEMS virtually in summer 2021. 

The Gains in the Education of Mathematics and Science (GEMS) program at the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine (USARIEM) and Natick Soldier Systems Center (NSSC) is designed for rising 5th to 9th graders of all academic abilities.

The program offers three different curricula: GEMS I (rising 5th-7th graders), GEMS II (rising 6th-8th graders), and GEMS III (rising 7th-9th graders). The GEMS program is open to the public and aims to reach students who are historically underrepresented in STEM. In GEMS, students will learn about neuroscience, biochemistry, biomechanics, and physics. Sample classes include making bottle rockets and understanding physics, conducting fun physical training to understand biomechanics, and isolating DNA.

GEMS I: Rising Grades 5-7

GEMS II: Rising Grades 6-8

GEMS III: Rising Grades 7-9

The Gains in the Education of Mathematics and Science (GEMS) Summer Program at the U.S. Combat Capabilities Development Command U.S. Army Research Laboratory (DEVCOM ARL) in Adelphi, MD, provides rising 5th – 12th grade students the opportunity to interact with scientists and engineers to explore essential research areas related to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects and careers.  If you enjoy hands-on activities and want to learn more about STEM topics and careers, apply to GEMS-Adelphi!

About DEVCOM ARL – Adelphi

Research at the Adelphi Laboratory Center focuses on many technological areas to include:  Electronics, Biotechnology, Photoelectric Chemistry, Computer Science, Renewable/Reusable Energy, and Robotics. GEMS participants will be engaged in hands-on activities, work in collaborative groups and interact with scientists and engineers to explore STEM subjects and careers.