The NIDA Summer Research Internship
Program introduces undergraduate students to substance abuse and
addiction research through internships with NIDA grantees at
universities across the United States and Puerto Rico, with a goal
of enhancing the number of underrepresented minorities in
biomedical research. Students intern with NIDA principal
investigators for eight weeks during the summer. For many of these
interns, it was their first research experience and the exposure to
novel and state-of-the-art science was invaluable. This opportunity
has served as an introduction to the research process for many STEM
students and provided the hands-on experience needed when
considering a career in biomedical research.
The program no longer accepts
high school students due to the new NIH High School Summer
Internship Program Policy (see Attachment 2), so the minimum age
requirement had to be adjusted to 18 years old. The new policy
requires an on-site coordinator as well as other requirements in
order to provide internships to minors, which we cannot guarantee,
thus the minimum age requirement for program eligibility program
has been adjusted to 18 years old.
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