Research with PowerNotes.
Win a $1,000 scholarship.
The PowerNotes Summer Beta is open to students and researchers working on a real project this summer. Get full access to PowerNotes, use it on your project, and you might win a $1,000 scholarship award. No purchase necessary.
Free for Summer Scholars.
We've rebuilt PowerNotes to help you do serious research. The Summer Scholar Beta gives you full access to the platform all summer long — no credit card, no commitment — plus a shot at $5,000 in scholarship awards.
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Apply Today
Whether you're working on a dissertation, law review article, thesis, or independent research project, PowerNotes can help you get your summer research done. Fill out our application form and we'll follow up with instructions and access to PowerNotes. -
Research with PowerNotes this Summer
Use our extensions to capture sources, highlights, and annotations. Manage sources, outlines, and exports in our web app, and try our grounded AI integration. -
Win from $5,000 in scholarships
Applications will be reviewed toward the end of summer. Students and researchers with projects managed in PowerNotes will be eligible to win from 5 awards of $1,000. Read our terms.
Built for the work
you're actually doing this summer.
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Dissertation & Thesis Research
When your argument has to hold up across months of sources.
Your dissertation doesn't care about your summer. Annotations need to stay connected to the original, your outline needs to build as your argument develops, and your notes can't disappear between sessions. PowerNotes keeps everything organized in one workspace, so when you sit down to write, the thinking is already there.Works forDissertation chapters, thesis research, literature reviews, annotated bibliographies -
Legal Research
Case research that holds up in the memo and cites itself.
Law review, judicial externships, moot court prep, summer associate work. Legal research means tracking arguments across cases, statutes, and secondary sources simultaneously. PowerNotes organizes your sources, builds your outline as you research, and handles Bluebook citations automatically so you can focus on the analysis.Works forLaw review notes, moot court prep, seminar papers, summer associate work -
REU & Independent Research
Ten weeks. A real project. A lit review that doesn't eat your summer.
REU programs are serious research — and the literature review is where most students lose time. PowerNotes captures sources as you find them, keeps your annotations organized by topic, and gives you an outline that builds from your actual reading rather than from memory.Works forREU literature reviews, research posters, independent study projects -
IB Extended Essay & Internal Assessment
Your supervisor sees the process. The work speaks for itself.
The IB expects you to think independently and document that thinking. PowerNotes gives you the structure to actually do it: organize your sources, build your argument across your annotations, and arrive at your submission with a clear record of how your thinking developed.Works forExtended Essay, Internal Assessment, Theory of Knowledge -
Graduate Seminars & Early Research
Your argument compounds as you read, instead of starting over.
From seminar papers to the first chapters of a dissertation, graduate research means managing more sources than any one conversation can hold. PowerNotes keeps your annotations, notes, and outline connected across every source — so you can build your argument as you read rather than starting fresh every session.Works forSeminar papers, dissertation proposals, qualifying exam prep -
Undergraduate Research & Writing Samples
Whether it's a thesis or a writing sample, the stakes are real.
Honors thesis, law school writing sample, summer research position. The work is real and the stakes are real. PowerNotes organizes your research from first source to final draft, so the argument you submit actually reflects the thinking you did.Works forHonors theses, writing samples, undergraduate research positions
Your research might live in 47 tabs.
Your argument doesn't.
You don't need more information. You need a place where what you find connects to what you're building. PowerNotes gives every source, note, and highlight a home — and turns your reading into a structure you can actually write from.
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Find and capture sources easily
Highlight and annotate across any website, PDF, or database. Your highlights and notes stay attached to the source, organized and accessible whenever you need them.
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Stop highlighting into the void
Organize your captures by argument, issue, or topic. When you're writing, you already know what you read and where it came from.
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Build your outline. Write with confidence.
Your annotated sources organize into a project outline automatically. By the time you start writing, a grounded structure is already there — built from your own research, in your own words.
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Proof that the thinking is yours.
PowerNotes documents your research process from first source to final submission. In an AI era, showing how you arrived at your thinking matters as much as the thinking itself.
When your research is organized,
AI actually works.
Use AI on your PowerNotes sources, highlights, and annotations — and every conversation starts grounded in your actual research. Not a blank prompt. Your annotated sources and notes are available as context in every conversation — so the AI helps you think, not think for you.
Every source you save, every note you write, every highlight you make builds on what came before. When your sources and notes are structured, AI conversations are grounded in your research.
We don't look for patterns to flag your writing. We help you show your work — your annotations, your outline, your step-by-step methods all speak for themselves.
PowerNotes integrates directly with AI assistants. Used on an organized research foundation, these tools amplify your thinking. Your conversations are grounded in your sources — not a blank prompt.
In their own words.
"I use PowerNotes mainly when conducting research for literature reviews because it allows me to compare information across sources easily."
"I use PowerNotes to organize and write research papers for classes and Law Review. I don't know how I would have gotten through law school without it."
"It allowed me to keep my notes organized when I was working with over 20 different sources, including case law and secondary sources — I was able to annotate and preview information as I read it."
Free all summer.
Win a $1,000 scholarship.
Use PowerNotes on your summer research project and apply for a $1,000 scholarship award. No credit card required. Application deadline August 30, 2026.
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