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PUBMEDJR.
The World’s FIRSTPublic Research EcosystemExclusively Made for Children.
Where children are the researchers.
PubMed Jr. is United States University’s commitment to educational democracyfor every American child. Public research infrastructure transforms children’screative potential into meaningful innovation, science, education, and discovery.
“Children do not wait until adulthood to enter the scientific record. Their questions belong in science. Their ideas belong in the future we are creating.”
Always free to learn.Always free to research.Always free to publish.Always free to read.
EDUCATIONAL DEMOCRACY
From consequential questions to contributions others can build upon.
Children investigate the world, design experiments, examine evidence, collaborate, publish, replicate findings, and develop original ideas. Careful observation, useful datasets, replication, and unexpected or inconclusive findings are honored as meaningful scientific contributions.
INSTITUTIONAL COLLABORATION
Four USU institutes. One public commitment.
U.S. Institute of Public Libraries
Public discovery, research collections, librarianship, neighborhood access, and library-based research participation.
U.S. Institute of Research
Scientific methods, mentorship, peer review, integrity, replication, data stewardship, and invention pathways.
U.S. Institute of Public Education
Developmental learning, student and family participation, educator preparation, inclusion, and school integration.
THE AUTHENTIC RESEARCH JOURNEY
Curiosity becomes evidence. Evidence becomes contribution.
01Wonder02Search03Question04Design05Fund06Experiment07Analyze08Write09Review10Revise11Publish12Replicate13Cite14Extend
DEVELOPMENTAL PATHWAYS
Mastery grows with the young researcher.
Age guidance remains flexible. Advancement follows demonstrated understanding, communication preferences, and support needs.
Discover
“I noticed something.”
Drawings, photographs, observations, a question, and simple evidence.
Investigate
“I tested something.”
A prediction, method, measurements, figures, and conclusion.
Research
“I gathered evidence.”
Abstract, introduction, methods, results, discussion, and references.
Contribute
“I added knowledge.”
Developed manuscript, data, analysis, peer review, and replication pathway.
THE PUBLIC RESEARCH ECOSYSTEM
A lasting, cumulative scientific record of childhood discovery.
Global Journal Federation
Youth journals connected through shared editorial, access, metadata, and safeguarding standards.
Institutional component · In developmentYoung Science Index
Search youth research by subject, methods, pathway, language, datasets, and replication relationships.
Institutional component · In developmentOpen Research Archive
Preserve eligible articles, figures, protocols, datasets, versions, supplementary materials, and corrections.
Institutional component · In developmentYoung Researcher Identity
Record authentic contributions, collaborations, methods learned, and published work with protected visibility.
Institutional component · In developmentResearch Access Network
Connect libraries, schools, museums, universities, and laboratories to mentorship and resources.
Institutional component · In developmentYoung Science Fund
Support materials, replication microgrants, equipment access, and approved advanced analysis.
Institutional component · In developmentReplication Network
Repeat, compare, challenge, and extend the work of another young researcher.
Institutional component · In developmentGlobal Translation Layer
Make discovery multilingual while preserving original manuscripts and identifying translations.
Institutional component · In developmentKidGPT
Strengthen research thinking, intellectual independence, evidence use, and cognitive ownership.
Institutional component · In developmentRESEARCH STUDIOS AND CONNECTED TOOLS
Ask. Investigate. Collaborate. Publish. Reproduce. Innovate.
Each studio connects learning, supervision, accessible tools, research workspaces, and the scientific record.
OpenLab Junior™
Guided experimentation, digital lab notebooks, and simulation access.
Knowledge Junior™
Literature discovery, source evaluation, evidence synthesis, and research education.
Reproduce Junior™
Replication protocols, comparison of results, and linked follow-up studies.
Citizen Scientist Junior™
Supervised community observation and suitable scientific participation.
EarthLab Junior™
Ecology, water, climate, environmental observation, and planetary science.
BuildHub Junior™
Engineering, coding, robotics, design, fabrication, and prototypes.
Invent Junior™
Invention notebooks, prior-art literacy, authorship, and supported intellectual-property pathways.
Grants Junior™
Research budgets, materials requests, microgrant applications, and progress reporting.
Congress Junior™
Posters, moderated youth conferences, scientific presentation, and research exchange.
SolveLab™
Collaborative investigation of meaningful community and global challenges.
Trials Junior™
Experimental-design literacy, controlled comparisons, simulation, and reviewed research pathways.
KIDGPT · COGNITIVE OWNERSHIP
Research mentorship that strengthens the child’s own thinking.
KidGPT asks useful questions, teaches evidence quality, variables, controls, uncertainty, graphs, alternative explanations, and revision while preserving the child’s intellectual contribution.
- Grounded in approved sources and age-appropriate access
- Educator controls and clear AI labeling
- Meaningful assistance recorded transparently
- Human mentorship and equivalent non-AI pathways
- Private records excluded from general-purpose AI workflows
PARTICIPATE IN PUBMED JR.
Build the infrastructure that carries a child’s question into humanity’s shared knowledge.
Curiosity should never have a paywall.
Every child deserves a pathway from question to evidence to contribution.
PubMed Jr. advances a future in which children’s ideas become part of humanity’s shared scientific knowledge.