What Neoscholar Education Group does

Neoscholar Education Group is a private, for-profit research education company founded around 2012-2013 and headquartered in the Los Angeles metropolitan area with regional headquarters in Singapore and a main training campus in Shanghai. The company operates four core products: the CIS Summer Research Program (in-person summer research camps at university campuses in the US, UK, Singapore, Korea, and China), the CIS Online Research Lecture Program (a 12-week online course series), the One-on-One Personalized Research Mentorship (individualized faculty-guided research), and the NeoSchool learning management platform. Its underlying technology stack is the proprietary NeoSchool platform, which provides AI-enabled course management, smart communication among students/professors/TAs, and real-time feedback systems to deliver research-oriented learning experiences across regions and languages.

Neoscholar serves two primary customer segments: ambitious high school and university students seeking research mentorship and college admissions differentiation, and educational institutions (300+ high schools and universities across the US, Singapore, China, Indonesia, Korea, and Japan) that integrate its programs as enrichment or elective offerings. Its core competitive positioning rests on a curated network of 400+ world-class professors from top universities who provide direct mentorship, yielding reported outcomes of a 25.7% Ivy-Plus/G5 acceptance rate among alumni and a 5x admission advantage. The company cites 100,000+ students served annually and 200+ higher education institution partners.

The business model is a professional services / tuition-fee model with quote-based, non-publicly-disclosed pricing across multi-week programs. Go-to-market is sales-led, combining direct-to-student online applications (with academic advisory committee review), institutional school partnerships, and in-person summer campus programs. Revenue streams are diversified across program types, and the company has expanded its partnership footprint since 2022-2023 through free-admission university-nominated cohorts, nonprofit scholarship collaborations, and tailored institutional programs. The company has raised at least $10 million in a 2019 funding round and maintains 51-100 employees.

Name

Neoscholar Education Group

Legal name

Neoscholar Education

Website

https://neoscholar.us

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Neoscholar Education Group is a private research education company that pairs ambitious high school and university students with 400+ world-class professors for in-person summer research camps, online lectures, and one-on-one mentorship, delivered via its proprietary NeoSchool platform across 8 countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Research Education Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (61171), Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Experiential & Field-Based Study Abroad (Research, Field Schools, Practicums) (EDAIAAAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Research & Lab-Based Short-Term Programs (Undergraduate/Graduate) (EDAIAIAF), Field Schools & Experiential Academic Programs (Archaeology, Ecology, etc.) (EDAIAIAG), Under-18 / High School-to-University Foundation Pathways (EDAIAJAI)

Keywords

• Research mentorship programs
• Online research education
• College admissions preparation
• Academic research training
• AI-enabled learning platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Angeles

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Research Program Fees: Neoscholar generates revenue through fees for its research mentorship programs including the CIS Summer Research Camp, Online Research Lecture programs, and One-on-One Personalized Research Mentorship. Programs are offered as multi-week courses with tuition fees. Additional revenue may come from school partnership programs and customized academic offerings.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Neoscholar Education Group provides research-based learning experiences by pairing ambitious high school and university students with world-class faculty from top universities through three core offerings: the CIS Summer Research Program (in-person summer research camps at university campuses), the CIS Online Research Lecture Program (12-week online research methodology courses), and One-on-One Research Mentorship (personalized faculty-guided research projects). These programs are delivered via the proprietary AI-enabled NeoSchool learning platform and through institutional school and university partnerships across the US, UK, Canada, China, Singapore, Korea, Indonesia, and Japan.

Product overview

Neoscholar Education Group operates as a research education platform offering three core programs: the CIS Summer Research Program (in-person intensive research camps at university campuses worldwide), the CIS Online Research Lecture Program (12-week virtual courses), and the One-on-One Research Mentorship (individualized faculty-guided research). The NeoSchool Education Platform serves as the proprietary digital learning infrastructure powering the online components, featuring AI-enabled communication and course management capabilities. The programs collectively support over 200 higher education institutions and 100,000 students annually.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• NeoSchool: In-house learning management platform that delivers a seamless learning experience across regions and languages through AI while strengthening digital connection between instructors and students.

Products and services

• CIS Summer Research Program An in-person summer research camp where students work alongside distinguished professors from top universities in collaborative research teams of 3-5 members to develop research theses, conduct data collection, and draft complete research papers. The program runs during July and August at university campuses across the US, UK, Singapore, Korea, and China, targeting ambitious high school and university students seeking authentic academic research immersion. In 2025, 38,000+ online participants and 6,500 students (15% selection rate) participated in hands-on summer research.
• CIS Online Research Lecture Program A 12-week online course series led by university professors and academic writing instructors, designed to equip students with research skills. The program integrates professor-led core research instruction, academic writing development, and personalized instructor-guided sessions. Since 2017, it has expanded to serve more than 200 higher education institutions worldwide and over 80,000 students annually.
• One-on-One Research Mentorship A personalized 1-on-1 research mentorship where students are paired directly with world-class scholars to conduct original research. The 10-week program typically includes 10 hours of professor mentorship and 15 hours of teaching assistant sessions, culminating in faculty recognition and recommendation letters, targeting students seeking individualized guidance to develop independent research capabilities.

Quantifiable outcome

• 25.7% Ivy-Plus and G5 acceptance rate among program alumni
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

• International Education Organizations, Universities, and NonprofitscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Since 2023, Neoscholar has partnered with international education organizations, universities, and nonprofits to create tailored programs and scholarships for deserving students. These partnerships focus on expanding access to research education and creating merit-based scholarship opportunities.
• University Partners (Free Admissions Program)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022By 2022, Neoscholar expanded access by offering free admissions to students nominated by university partners, recognizing their academic excellence and passion for research. These partnerships enable identification and support of high-potential students.
• SixThirty GroupflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerSixThirty Group is a leading education nonprofit that partnered with Neoscholar to develop the CIS Summer Research Program as Neoscholar's signature program. This fully-immersive program brings together distinguished professors from the world's top universities to guide students through transformative research experiences. The partnership represents Neoscholar's core flagship offering.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Polygence: Polygence pairs high school students with PhD-level mentors for personalized research projects, directly competing with Neoscholar's One-on-One Research Mentorship and Online Lecture programs in the US and globally.
• Lumiere Education: Lumiere offers 1-on-1 research mentorship and cohort-based programs with top university mentors, overlapping closely with Neoscholar's personalized research mentorship and summer research offerings.
• Aralia Education: Aralia provides research mentorship, humanities/science competition coaching, and online courses for ambitious high schoolers, directly competing with Neoscholar's research-skills and admissions-outcome programs.
• Pioneer Academics: Pioneer offers fully-immersive online research programs for high schoolers with university mentors, directly comparable to Neoscholar's Online Lecture and Summer Research formats in target customer and program structure.
• Horizon Academic Research Program (HARP): HARP delivers online research seminars and 1-on-1 mentorship tracks in humanities, sciences, and social sciences with university-level instructors, mirroring Neoscholar's program format and target audience.

Broad incumbents

• Crimson Education: Crimson is a global admissions consulting and tutoring incumbent offering holistic US/UK admissions support including research mentorship, broader in scope than Neoscholar but targeting the same elite-outcome-driven customer.
• Varsity Tutors: Varsity Tutors is a large incumbent in online tutoring and test prep with broader offerings than Neoscholar; competes indirectly at the lower end of Neoscholar's academic-enrichment funnel.
• CollegeVine: CollegeVine provides admissions consulting, essay editing, and tutoring with broader scope than Neoscholar; competes for the same outcome-driven parent and student buyer even though it does not specialize in research mentorship.

Emerging players

• Veritas AI: Veritas AI focuses specifically on AI/ML research mentorship for high school students, an emerging niche that intersects with Neoscholar's broader research-mentorship platform and NeoSchool AI capabilities.
• Scholarly: Scholarly offers online 1-on-1 research mentorship with expert mentors for high schoolers, an emerging direct competitor targeting the same admissions-outcome-driven student segment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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