1995: PACTS students host the first "Meet the Scientists" forum, which has become an annual event for area high school students to engage the renowned scientists who are named Franklin Award laureates. More than 1,600 students have participated in "Meet the Scientists."

1995: PACTS students present their science research at the cocktail party preceding the Franklin Awards Ceremony and Dinner, in what has become an annual celebration of student science investigation.

1996: The first PACTS students graduate from high school. Today, there are 95 PACTS "graduates," who have matriculated at colleges and universities which include the following: Arcadia University, Bryn Mawr College, Community College of Philadelphia, Delaware State University, Drexel University, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Florida A&M University, George Washington University, Hampton University, Hofstra University, Howard University, LaSalle University, Lincoln University, Lock Haven University, MCP Hahnemann Medical School, Morgan State University, North Carolina A&T University, Pennsylvania State University, Rowan University, Temple University, Temple University Medical School, Thomas Jefferson University, Tuskegee University, University of the Arts, University of Pennsylvania, University of Pittsburgh, University of the Sciences, and Widener University.

1996: NSF funding ends, and PACTS becomes the ongoing youth leadership program of The Franklin Institute. A key new feature of PACTS is the Explainer Program, which recognizes outstanding junior and senior students with paid positions in the Museum. A total of 142 students have served as Explainers.

1996: Unisys Corporation begins awarding one-year scholarships for post secondary education to outstanding graduating seniors. A total of 35 students have received scholarships from Unisys.

1997: PACTS receives a four-year grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute for environmental research at Centennial Lake in Fairmount Park.

1997: A group of funders, headed by Bryn Mawr Trust, requests that PACTS open a site for students in Ardmore at Zion Baptist Church. This site continues with annual funding from Ardmore Affordable Housing.

1997: PACTS receives funding from Unisys Corporation, Glaxo SmithKline, and the Dr. William King Foundation that is sustained year after year.

1998: PACTS develops a web presence available from the Institute website, www.fi.edu.

1999: PACTS develops a terrarium that represents student research at Centennial Lake as a permanent exhibit in the Institute's Changing Earth exhibit.

1999: PACTS initiates Earth Day as a presentation of student research at Centennial Lake and environmental awareness for the visiting public to the Museum.

2000: Dr. Elaine Simon of the Center for Urban Studies at the University of Pennsylvania publishes a study of the PACTS students who have remained in the program through high school graduation. She concludes:
The program was extremely influential to the post-secondary achievement and personal development of sustained participants, especially those who stayed in the program over time and achieved the goals of becoming Explainers or involvement in the Franklin Awards ceremony…Nonetheless, the research also shows that Philadelphia students benefit from participating in any of the components of PACTS.

2000: In collaboration with Network Arts, PACTS students develop a (dimensions) mosaic of the work at Centennial Lake for the hallway leading to the Changing Earth exhibit.

2000: PACTS hosts the first regional LEGO Challenge robot competition for teams in the region. In 2003, 1,000 people representing 47 teams statewide participate in the competition at the Institute.

2001: 1997 PACTS graduate, Sabryia Scott—now a graduate of Florida A&M University, and an M.D./Ph.D. candidate at Hahnemann University, is the featured presenter at the Franklin Awards gala.

2002: Dr. Daisy Century, teacher at Sulzberger Middle School and PACTS Partner, is the featured presenter at the Franklin Awards gala.

2002: PACTS is awarded a three-year grant by the National Science Foundation for PACTS Environmental Education, Service, and Research (PEERS), a program of student research, service learning, and public engagement. The PACTS lab at the Institute undergoes a major renovation, in order to support the requirements of the PEERS grant research.

2003: In collaboration with Fairmount Park and the Philadelphia Water Commission, PACTS conducts the first "fish assessment" at Centennial Lake to determine the health of the fish and the potential for restocking it as a fishing site.

2004: In celebration of Black History Month, PACTS and the Institute's Interpretive Services mount the first "Careers in Science Day" for visiting high school students.