Blank Summer Institute for the Arts & Sciences (BSI)

The Blank Summer Institute for the Arts & Sciences (BSI) is a one-week residential summer program for talented 7th- and 8th-grade students in Iowa. Students must be nominated by their schools to apply. The program is run by the Belin-Blank Center at the University of Iowa and takes place on the University of Iowa campus; the listed cost is $400 and participants live in a university residence hall.

Participation in an intensive one-week residential program on the University of Iowa campus; living in a residence hall as part of the program

Open to current 7th- and 8th-grade students in Iowa who are nominated by a school official.

Nominations open December 1, 2026; all application materials are due online by February 2, 2027