The United States Department of the Army has sponsored the Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS) program since its inception in 1958. The Departments of the Navy and the Air Force joined the sponsorship in 1995. Specific cooperating organizations include:

• Army Research Laboratory's Army Research Office, Research Triangle Park, NC;
• Office of Naval Research, Arlington, VA;
• Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio; and
• Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Arlington, VA.
• NASA
• APL