For high school researchers
Research mentorship built to win.
A 16-phase pipeline from raw curiosity to an ISEF-ready paper — designed around what judges and admissions offices actually reward.
Method
From curiosity to college, in 16 guided phases.
Each phase has a single goal, an honest exit criterion, and a real artifact the student walks away with. We don't advance until you do.
- 01Interest discovery
- 02Testable hypothesis
- 03ISEF category selection
- 04Methodology draft
- 01Literature review
- 02Feasibility and budget
- 03ISEF ethics forms (4, 5, 6)
- 01Run experiment with lab-notebook discipline
- 02Clean and validate data
- 03Pre-specified statistical analysis
- 01IMRaD paper
- 02250-word abstract
- 03Tri-fold board
- 04Judging Q&A prep
- 05Admissions integration
Try it now
Paste a hypothesis. Watch the mentor tear it apart.
Not vague encouragement. Finalia interrogates your draft until it meets the standard an ISEF judge would apply — falsifiability, measurable variables, controls. No account needed to try.
Free, no account needed. This is a live response from the Finalia mentor.
Your critique will appear here — falsifiability check, the problems an ISEF judge would flag, and a sharper rewrite.
Founding rate
Lock in $99/month — for as long as you stay.
Traditional research mentorship programs charge $3,000 to $10,000 per student for a single project. Subscribe by August 31, 2026 and your rate stays $99/month for life — the price rises to $199/month for everyone after that.
- · All 16 phases unlocked
- · Unlimited projects
- · Admissions strategy included
- · Founding rate locked for life · cancel anytime
Questions
What students ask.
How is this different from just using ChatGPT?+
ChatGPT brainstorms in any direction you take it. Finalia runs a structured 16-phase pipeline with phase-specific system prompts encoding ISEF judging rubrics, IMRaD paper structure, and college-admissions counselor heuristics. It refuses to advance from one phase to the next until your artifact meets criteria a judge would apply. The difference is process discipline — not raw model capability.
Does Finalia write the paper for me?+
No. Finalia is a mentor, not a ghostwriter. It produces structure, critiques, falsifiability checks, and revision suggestions — you write the actual paper. Academic integrity is built into the system prompts; the AI declines to draft submission-ready text on your behalf.
What if I have no idea what to research?+
That's exactly Phase 1. Through guided conversation, Finalia surfaces a candidate research direction from your raw curiosity — no baseline expertise required. You typically walk away from Phase 1 with two or three viable research questions to choose from.
What grade level is Finalia designed for?+
High school students in grades 9–12 who want to compete in science research or strengthen their college applications with a research portfolio. The pipeline scales with you — a Grade 9 starting from scratch and a Grade 11 with prior lab experience both work through the same 16 phases, with the mentor adjusting depth and pace.
Is my data safe? Will it be used to train AI?+
No. Finalia uses Anthropic's Claude API under no-training contract terms — your research conversations are never used to train models. All data is stored in your private account on Supabase (US-hosted, row-level-security isolated per student). No data sharing with third parties.
What competitions does Finalia prepare you for?+
ISEF (International Science and Engineering Fair) is the primary target. The pipeline also supports Regeneron STS, JSHS, and regional/state science fairs. The underlying artifact — a paper with original data and a falsifiable hypothesis — is also what competitive college admissions offices evaluate, so the work compounds across your applications.
What if it doesn't work for me?+
Cancel anytime, no contracts. Month-to-month at the founding rate of $99/mo USD — and if you subscribe by August 31, 2026, that rate is locked for as long as you stay (it rises to $199/mo for new members after). End the subscription from your dashboard whenever you want — your projects and artifacts remain exportable for 30 days after cancellation.