Over at The College Fix our old friend Greg Piper writes up the Discovery Institute Summer Seminars, acknowledging that meteorologically speaking Seattle in July is "gorgeous and just hot enough." And that is not controversial climate science. Greg gives a fair summary of what we do here:

For those unfamiliar with Discovery Institute (disclosure: I worked there right out of college), this free-market think tank is particularly interested in how science affects policy and culture.

It’s best known for advocating intelligent design, the theory that the universe displays purpose and that mainstream scientific opinion is unnecessarily entangled in a purely materialistic paradigm.

The Summer Seminars go along two concurrent tracks, July 10-18, the Seminar on Intelligent Design in the Natural Sciences and the C.S. Lewis Fellows Program on Science and Society. Those are nine intensive and stimulating days. More information is here.

The only problem is that the deadline, April 7, is drawing perilously close.

William Dembski — mathematician, philosopher, rock star among ID advocates, and author most recently of Being as Communion — teaches in the seminars. He has this to say:

Discovery Institute’s Summer Seminars are the program to beat if you are serious about getting up to speed with intelligent design in both its scientific development and cultural engagement. A who’s who list of speakers invariably provides an intellectual feast. Moreover, the participants, comprised of top-flight students, make for a stimulating atmosphere. The Summer Seminar is not an exercise in groupthink. Everyone is encouraged to ask difficult questions and put a premium on rigor and evidence.

Selected students will be provided with course materials, lodging, and most meals. Travel scholarships are available and will be awarded based upon need after acceptance into the program.

What’s the catch? The only one we’re aware of is a looming deadline. All applications must be submitted online by Tuesday, April 7. Any application components sent by mail must also arrive by this date.

The seminars are mainly for upper-division undergraduates and graduate students, but each year we include a special cohort of professors, scientists, teachers, pastors, and other professionals.

These are all folks that are supposed to be good with deadlines. Remember, April 7.