The NIH Clinical Center (CC) Summer Internship Program offers summer internships to students who are U.S citizens or permanent residents and are currently enrolled in high school, college, graduate programs, and health professional schools including nursing and medicine.

Each year, more than 7,000 students apply to the National Institutes of Health Summer Internship Program. From this pool, approximately 50 students are selected to participate in the Clinical Center's internship experience. At the Clinical Center— the nation's largest hospital devoted entirely to clinical research—students work with mentors who are researchers and health professionals; participate in the NIH Research Poster Day with results generated by their work in this summer program; and attend weekly lectures presented by NIH investigators.

2016 Summer Internship Experience
The start date for the 2016 program is June 13, 2016. The summer internship is 40 hours a week for 8 weeks. Selected students must participate in the program for eight, uninterrupted weeks, leaving no earlier than August 5, 2016.

Apply to the NIH Summer Internship Program: November-March 1
Applications are accepted from late-November through March 1 each year. Apply on-line using the NIH-wide application and specify your interest in the 'Clinical Center.' Students will receive notice of application acceptance by early April.

For more information, please email the CC Summer Internship Program staff.