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INTRAMURAL NIAID RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
INRO 2005
FEBRUARY 610, 2005
Application Deadline Extended to October
25th, 2004
All letters of reference must be received by October 29th, 2004
for your application to be considered.
A Program Offered by the
DIVISION OF INTRAMURAL RESEARCH
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
takes pride in offering its annual program for underrepresented
minority students interested in exploring career opportunities in
allergy, immunology, and infectious diseases. The Intramural
NIAID Research Opportunities program, or INRO, will introduce
students to research and training opportunities in NIAID's Division
of Intramural Research and the Vaccine Research Center.
Students participating in the 5-day INRO program will learn about
some of today's hottest biomedical topicsHIV, SARS, West Nile
virus, and biodefensefrom some of the world's premier scientists.
Each student will explore training opportunities, such as summer
internship or postbaccalaureate, predoctoral, or postdoctoral programs,
to identify the experience that best meets the participant's career goals.
What will the INRO 2005 program include?
The INRO 2005 program will include the following:
- Scientific lectures by premier scientists
- Tours of NIAID laboratories
- Opportunities to engage in interviews with NIAID principal investigators
seeking to fill both summer and 1- to 2-year research internship positions
- Expenses covered include
- Transportation and airfare to and from Bethesda, MD
- Hotel accommodations
- Meals
What training opportunities will participants
learn about at INRO 2005?
The INRO program seeks students desiring placements at the NIAID
to conduct research in allergy, immunology, or infectious diseases.
Students selected to attend INRO 2005 will learn about the various
training opportunities available to them at NIAID. These training
programs include
- Summer Internship Program
Successful applicants will join one of NIAID's research laboratories
for a minimum of 8 weeks between late May and August. Some flexibility
in scheduling exists to accommodate individual student needs.
- Postbaccalaureate 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, postbaccalaureate fellows
also are expected to initiate the application process for graduate
or medical school. The duration of the program is normally 1 year,
but the fellowship can be extended for an additional year provided
the performance of the trainee is satisfactory and continued support
by the laboratory is available.
- Postdoctoral Intramural Research Training
Various training opportunities are available in NIAID's intramural
laboratories and at the NIH's research hospital, the Warren Grant
Magnuson Clinical Center. These opportunities include training
in the basic sciences as well as subspecialty and fellowship training
for physicians and dentists.
- Graduate Partnerships Program
Students spend their first year at the university taking graduate-level
courses. In the second year, students move partially or completely
to the NIH campus for their research while continuing 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 1 year.
INRO 2005 is intended to support underrepresented minority students
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 of NIH's training
programs, please visit www.training.nih.gov.
Participation in INRO does not guarantee a training position at
NIAID. Every effort will be made to identify laboratories within
the NIAID that would be a good match for INRO participants.
Contact Information
Logistical information for INRO 2005 is handled by IQ Solutions.
For questions related to INRO, please e-mail or call
IQ Solutions
INRO 2005 Program Coordinator
INRO2005@iqsolutions.com
240-221-4279
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