Summer Internship
NIH
Application closes February 18th, 2026 at noon ET
Letters of reference deadline is February 25th, 2026 at noon ET.
The summer internship is an opportunity for students in college, graduate, and professional school to perform a summer research internship and explore careers in research and healthcare. These are full-time research positions within one of the NIH Institutes and Centers (IC) in the NIH Intramural Research Program (IRP). Research groups are located on all NIH campuses, including the main campus in Bethesda, MD.
Summer interns work in a research group directed by a Principal Investigator (PI). We offer research opportunities in the biomedical, behavioral, and social sciences with opportunities to explore basic, translational, and clinical research. Students interested in biology, engineering, epidemiology, psychology, mathematics, chemistry, pharmaceutical sciences, nursing, physics, computer science, bioinformatics, and other health-related fields are invited to apply.
To find a summer mentor, please review this page https://www.training.nih.gov/mentoring/home_sip_aip/ If you are interested in the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), please review the list of PIs and mentors within the institute https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/about/intramural-research/dir-investigators
Please read the eligibility criteria very carefully in the link above and feel free to reach out to me with any questions.