High School and Undergraduate Students
Training at the NHLBI
- Training and Career DevelopmentTraining and career development opportunities at the NHLBI in Bethesda, Maryland cover a broad spectrum of disciplines for individuals at career stages ranging from high school students, graduate students, scientists, clinicians, and healthcare professionals. Click on the program names below for detailed descriptions and information on how to apply.
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Summer Internship Program (SIP)
The Summer Internship Program provides high school, college, medical and graduate students the opportunity to conduct intramural research in NIH laboratories in Bethesda, Maryland and Framingham, Massachusetts. Summer interns spend six - eight weeks working in basic and clinical research areas under the mentorship of an NHLBI principal investigator. Students also participate in an array of professional development events and have mentorship opportunities.
Funding for Training
- Training and Career DevelopmentThe NHLBI supports fellowships, research career development awards, and training/education research for those pursuing biomedical or behavioral research careers in cardiovascular, pulmonary, or hematologic health and disease, sleep disorders, or transfusion medicine, at universities and institutions across the country. Click on the program names below for detailed descriptions and information on how to apply.
Individual
Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (Admin Supp)
- Admin Supp - Clinical Trial Not Allowed (PA-21-071)
Provides administrative supplements to currently active NIH research grants to enhance the diversity of the research workforce.
Institution
Short-Term Research Education Program to Increase Diversity in Health-Related Research
- Clinical Trial Not Allowed (RFA-HL-22-012)
Supports research education activities that: (a) Complement and/or enhance the training of a workforce to meet the nation’s biomedical, behavioral and clinical research needs; (b) Enhance the diversity of the biomedical, behavioral and clinical research workforce; (c) Help recruit individuals with specific specialty or disciplinary backgrounds to research careers in biomedical, behavioral and clinical sciences; or (d) Foster a better understanding of biomedical, behavioral and clinical research and its implications.
Summer Institute in Biostatistics
Offers a comprehensive six to seven week summer training course on biostatistics at six supported institutions using data collected in studies of heart, lung, blood, and sleep disorders.