Now in Beta

AI Research Mentor

Always available expert research guidance for high school, middle school, and homeschool students.

Launch Platform

Ready to Accelerate Your Research?

AI Research Mentor is included with SoTS membership (with no additional fees while in beta). Join our community of young scientists and get the support you need to do real research.

What It Does

Tools and capabilities to support end-to-end research projects.

Research Skill Mastery

Tracks and guides your development across multiple research skills — literature review, data analysis, experimental design, and more.

Adaptive Mentorship

Understands your project and adapts support to where you are — scaffolding early on, Socratic questioning as you grow toward independent thinking.

Question Workshop

Tools for guided craftsmanship of compelling research questions you can address as a teenager.

Expert Knowledge

Access deep expertise across every scientific field, from biology to physics to computer science.

Gap Identification

Helps pinpoint gaps in your knowledge and skills you need to close to move your project forward.

Real-World Research

Helps you design experiments, build apparatus, and collect authentic data — connecting you to hands-on scientific work.

Real Research Mentoring, Delivered at Scale

Built specifically for real scientific research conducted by high school, middle school, and homeschool students.

  • By Scientists, for Student Scientists

    Different from a generic AI chatbot. Built by scientists specifically for the research process and constantly refined based on real student needs.

  • Modern Research Pedagogy

    Grounded in proven educational methods that help students learn to think like scientists. Designed to elevate student thinking, not replace it.

  • Integrated Part of SoTS Ecosystem

    Works with Research Profile, Research Project Management, Research Club, Labs, and Educators Circle — as much or as little as you need.

  • Educator Interface Included

    Educators can invite students, monitor progress for projects and student skills — maximizing their ability to provide the right support at the right time.

Humans and Technology Acting Together

We know research is exciting, rewarding — and not easy. That's why human support is invaluable, whether in the form of community, guidance, feedback, challenge, or simply a shoulder beside you.

The right balance looks different for everyone. Some students thrive with AI Research Mentor alone — 24/7 expert guidance at their own pace. Others use it to extend support from teachers, mentors, or parents who may be too busy for every step and every question. And many find human connection essential — peers to work alongside, accountability to a group, ideas sharpened through debate.

Human support takes many forms at SoTS:

  • Research Club — Weekly gatherings where teen researchers share progress, trade ideas, and find their people.
  • Educators Circle — Independent research educators who share our philosophy, with full access to AI Research Mentor's educator tools.
  • Research Labs — Immersive research experience with direct mentorship and peer collaboration or feedback.
  • Research in Schools — Technology for teachers and administrators to scale research programs or establish new ones, with ethical AI integration. Reach out to bring it to your school.

AI Research Mentor makes real research possible for every curious teenager — with as much or as little human support as they have available.