Career Opportunities at NIHNHGRI

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Career Opportunities at NIH/NHGRI

• Christiane M. Robbins
• DNA Day
• April 23, 2003

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Brief History of NIH

• On May 26, 1930 the Hygienic Laboratory became
  the National Institutes of Health in Washington,
  D.C.
• In 1938 the NIH moved to Bethesda, Maryland which
  today consists of 306.4 acres.
• In 1940 President Roosevelt dedicated the grounds
  and the buildings at the NIH.
• The first patient was admitted to the NIH
  Clinical Center July 6, 1953.
• In 1954 NIH Graduate School Program began.
• In 2000 the International Human Genome Project
  public Consortium assembled a working draft of
  the Sequence of the Human Genome. The information
  from the project was released to the world with
  no restrictions.

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National Institutes of Health

• NIH is currently comprised of 28 Institutes and
  Centers.
• The well-known ones include the National Cancer
  Institute, National Institutes of Allergy and
  Infectious Diseases,National Institute of Mental
  Health as well as the National Human Genome
  Research Institute.

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National Human Genome Research Institute

• There is an Extramural and Intramural Division
  within NHGRI.
• The Extramural Division entails the ELSI program
  as well as the Grant Applications and Oversight
  of the Grants to the sources outside of the NIH.
• The Intramural Division is where actual research
  is conducted at NIH.

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Division of Intramural ResearchNHGRI

• There are six branches within the Intramural
  program at NHGRI
• Cancer Genetics Branch
• Medical Genetics Branch
• Genome Technology Branch
• Genetic Disease Research Branch
• Genetics and Molecular Biology Branch
• Inherited Disease Research Branch

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Job Opportunities at NIH

• Summer Internship Program in Biomedical Research
  Program ( SIP).
• The NIH Undergraduate Scholarship Program.
• The NIH Administrative Summer Program,
  non-scientific positions.
• The Postbaccalaureate IRTA Fellowship Program.
• The Graduate Partnership Program (GPP).
• The NIH Academy for Graduate, Medical, and PhD
  students, this is a very competitive program.

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Summer Internship Program

• SIP is open to full-time students in high school,
  college, and graduate school.
• Participation in Biomedical Research in the
  Intramural laboratories at NHGRI and other NIH
  Institutes.
• The goal of this program is to expose students to
  research procedures in a unique environment.
• Stipend dependent on educational level, ranging
  from 1300 - 2400
• Application process opens November 03.
• On average there are anywhere between 600 - 1800
  applications for 35 positions at NHGRI each year.

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NIH Undergraduate Scholarship Program

• This is a competitive program open to students
  from disadvantaged backgrounds who wish to pursue
  careers in biomedical, behavioral, and social
  science health related research.
• Scholarships are provided up to 20,000 per year
  which must be used for tuition, educational or
  living expenses.
• Students must have a GPA of 3.5 or higher and be
  able to spend 10 weeks during the summer at NIH.
• 15 scholarships are awarded per year.
• More information www.training.nih.gov

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Postbaccalaureate IRTA Fellowship Program

• Recent college graduate (within one year of
  applying).
• It is renewable up to three years.
• Stipend of 20,500/ year.
• Students work in Intramural labs at the NIH.
• Application can be found at www.training.nih.gov

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The Graduate Partnership Program

• The Graduate Program Partnerships (GPP)
  initiative links the National Institutes of
  Health (NIH) with universities in the graduate
  level training of students.
• Students in the Graduate Program Partnerships
  spend their first year at the university while
  studying graduate level courses.
• In the second year, students move partially or
  completely to the NIH campus for their research
  and continue in higher-level graduate courses.
• The following years are dedicated completely to
  research
• Partnership programs are now available with Johns
  Hopkins University, George Washington University,
  the University of Maryland, and Duke University.
  Many other NIH-University Partnership programs
  will be available in the future.
• Stipend is 20,500/year
• Additional information is available
  _at_gppinfo_at_nih.gov

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NIH Academy

• The NIH Academy is a postbaccalaureate program
  that provides opportunities for recent college
  graduates to spend a year engaged in biomedical
  investigation at the National Institutes of
  Health (NIH).
• The NIH Academy is only able to accept about ten
  trainees a year.
• Participants work side-by-side with some of the
  leading scientists in the world in an environment
  devoted exclusively to biomedical research.
• NIH Academy fellows are expected to initiate the
  application process for graduate and/or medical
  school during their term at the NIH.
• The stipend for NIH Academy fellows is 23,800.
• Prospective candidates must apply electronically
  by March 15, _at_ www.training.nih.gov

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Other Training Opportunities

• NHGRI ELSI Training Opportunities
• NHGRI ELSI Funding Opportunities
• NHGRI Minority Travel Award in Genomic and ELSI
  Research
• More information elsi_at_nhgri.nih.gov
• Training grants are available at Training Grant
  Centers found throughout the US Mainland.
• www.ugsp.info.nih.gov