The NIAID Introduction to Biomedical Research Program (IBRP) was
established in 1979 to inform academically talented college juniors,
graduating seniors, and first-year graduate or medical students
from underrepresented minority groups about career opportunities
in the broad field of biomedical research. This initiative grew
out of the need to increase the number of minority scientific researchers
in this country. The intramural arm of the IBRP is known as the
Introduction to NIAID Research Opportunities and is administered
through the Division of Intramural Research’s Office of Special
Emphasis.
