• Postbaccalaureate training in the NIH Intramural Research Program provides recent college graduates who are planning to apply to graduate or professional (medical/dental/pharmacy/nursing/veterinary, etc.) school an opportunity to spend one or two years performing full-time research at the NIH. Postbac IRTAs work side-by-side with some of the leading scientists in the world, in an environment devoted exclusively to biomedical research. Program requirements and eligibility criteria can be found on the Postbaccalaureate Program webpage.
• Predoctoral training in the NIH Intramural Research Program gives graduate students the opportunity to conduct all or part of their dissertation research in the resource-rich NIH environment. Students come to NIEHS through individual agreements negotiated between their university mentor and an investigator at NIH. In all cases, degrees are granted by the university partner. Program requirements and eligibility criteria can be found on the Graduate Students webpage.
• Postdoctoral training in the NIH Intramural Research Program (IRP) provides the opportunity for recent doctoral degree recipients to enhance their research skills in the resource-rich NIH environment. Trainees explore areas such as bioinformatics, epidemiology, immunology, cell and molecular biology, neuroscience, developmental biology, structural biology, signal transduction and clinical research. Program requirements and eligibility criteria can be on the Postdoctoral Program webpage.