Intramural NIAID Research Opportunities (INRO)

Join the NIAID research community for four days in February to learn more about the research training experience at the National Institute of Allergy and infectious Diseases, a leader in global health research.

Applications Open August 15

Our research fellows are part of a group of committed scientists who are crossing traditional scientific boundaries to solve today's complex global health problems. You can be part of a diverse community of aspiring NIAID researchers. Join other dedicated science students like yourself for an all-expense-paid, four-day visit to our research facility in Bethesda, Maryland.

• Learn about our global health research from NIAID's premiere scientists.
• Interview with potential mentors.
• Tour research laboratories.
• Network with like-minded people interested in a career in biomedical research.

Outstanding undergraduate seniors, doctoral students, and medical students, find out what it is like to train as a researcher at a leading multi-disciplinary research facility. Expenses for travel, hotel accommodations, and meals will be paid.

What training opportunities will I learn about at INRO?

The INRO program seeks students interested in conducting research in allergy, immunology, or infectious diseases. Only those students actively pursuing a research training position at NIAID will be selected. At INRO, you will learn about the many training opportunities available to you, including the following:

• Postdoctoral Intramural Research Training
  Researchers spend a minimum of two to three years of research in one of the NIAID's labs to train in the basic and clinical sciences. Invest time in finding the right mentor and research fit for you. Learn all you can about NIAID's laboratories and investigators to determine which lab is conducting research in your area of interest.
• Graduate Partnerships Program
  Students spend their first year at the university while taking graduate-level courses. In the second year, students move partially or completely to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) campus for their research and continue in higher-level graduate courses. The following years are dedicated completely to research. Affiliation with the home university is maintained throughout the graduate program experience.
• Year-Off Training Program for Graduate and Medical Students
  These programs are designed to provide research training at NIAID for students who are enrolled in graduate or medical degree programs and have permission from their institution to interrupt their current education, with the understanding that they will return to their degree-granting institution within one year.
• Post-baccalaureate Intramural Research Training
  Recent college graduates will spend a year engaged in biomedical investigation at one of NIAID's research laboratories. In addition, during their tenure in the program, post-baccalaureate fellows also are expected to initiate the application process for graduate or medical school. Fellowship can be extended for an additional year, provided the performance of the trainee is satisfactory and continued support by the laboratory is available.
• Summer Internship Program
  Successful applicants will join one of NIAID's research laboratories for a minimum of eight consecutive weeks between late May and August. Some flexibility in scheduling exists to accommodate individual student needs.

INRO is intended to support students from populations underrepresented in the biomedical sciences interested in pursuing a research career in allergy, immunology, or infectious diseases. If your interests lie outside the biomedical research areas of NIAID, NIH offers a number of other training programs for which you may be eligible. For information on all NIH training programs, please visit Research and Training Opportunities.

Participation in INRO does not guarantee a training position at NIAID. Every effort will be made to identify laboratories within NIAID that would be a good match for INRO participants.

If I become an INRO-sponsored research trainee at NIAID, what will my responsibilities be?

As an INRO trainee, the Office of Training and Diversity ensures that you receive rigorous research training in the laboratory, complemented by career and professional mentoring and skills development to ensure your competitiveness in the field of biomedical research. As a trainee, you will do the following:

• Participate in an entrance interview with the OTD associate director upon arrival.
• Develop an individual development plan.
• Participate in monthly brown bag lunch seminars.
• Participate in an exit interview with the OTD associate director upon departure.
• Participate in the subsequent year's four-day INRO program as a trainee mentor.

Contact Information

For questions related to INRO, email the INRO program coordinator at INRO@niaid.nih.gov.

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This program offered by the Office of Training and Diversity, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health.