The Pearl Divers is a nationwide talent discovery program implemented since 2006. Jagiellonian University Extension, training and consulting center operating at the Jagiellonian University, which has been organizing summer camps science (so-called Summer School) for gifted high school students from the communities at risk of social exclusion (the low economic status of the rural areas and small towns, with families with no tradition of studying).
The project is implemented in cooperation with local government units, which - in agreement with the subordinate schools - are responsible for the recruitment of students that meet certain criteria. By building a nationwide network of "pearl divers", the organizers also invited to collaborate socially responsible companies and institutions.
