Resources
Contents
Online Resources from OITE
Resources for Prospective Applicants
NIH Resources
Resources for Current Trainees
Educational Resources
Fellowships and Additional Training Opportunities
Contact Information
Finding Funding
Community Resources
Resources for Women
Resources for Visiting Fellows
Career Development Workshops for Staff Scientists/Staff Clinicians
Health and Wellness Resources
- Medical School Application Schedule for Admission in August 2014
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OITE Webinar: Keeping a Lab Notebook (View the Webinar; Download the slides and a written transcript)
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OITE Webinar: Attending Your First Scientific Meeting (View the Webinar; Download the slides and a written transcript)
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OITE Webinar: Lab Math I: Exponents, Units, and Scientific Notation (View the Webinar; Download the slides and a written transcript)
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OITE Webinar: Lab Math II: Solutions and Dilutions (Download the Webinar; Download a written transcript)
RESOURCES FOR PROSPECTIVE APPLICANTS
- The NIH Office of Intramural Training & Education: Contact Us
- Writing Successful Applications for Biomedical Research Programs
- Putting Your Best Foot Forward: Self-advocacy for Scientists
- The OITE Moving Guide: Moving to the National Institutes of Health
- NIH Web site
- Visiting the NIH: directions to the NIH, campus maps, and security information
- NIH Enterprise Directory (NED): contact information for everyone at the NIH
- NIH Annual Reports: a searchable database containing project descriptions for all work conducted at the NIH. NOTE: unless you want to search only one Institute/Center (IC) for some specific reason, search across the entire NIH; projects are often located in an IC one might not have expected.
- NIH Scientific Interest Groups (SIGS): inter-Institute assemblies of investigators with common research interests; SIGS foster collaboration and information sharing; there are dozens.
- IT Help Desk
- NIH Shuttle Services: shuttles run regularly between the main NIH campus in Bethesda and satellite campuses at Executive Boulevard and Rockville. There is also a shuttle to the Frederick campus.
- Index of NIH Manual Chapters: manual chapters describe the rules and procedures for virtually everything at the NIH. Some that are particularly relevant to trainees are:
- The NIH Sourcebook: a wealth of information on how the NIH Intramural Research Program works.
- A Guide to Training and Mentoring in the Intramural Research Program
- Guidelines for the Conduct of Research at the NIH
- Guidelines for Scientific Record Keeping in the Intramural Research Program at the NIH
RESOURCES FOR CURRENT TRAINEES
- 2011 Summer Orientation Webinar (Download the Webinar; Download a written transcript)
- 2012 Summer Handbook
- Program Coordinators
- Summer Poster Day Program (2012)
- SIP FAQs
- Read the new 2012 Postbac Handbook on your IPad or Kindle or download the PDF
- Postbac Poster Day Program (2012)
- Educational Loan Deferments: available for fellows who are appointed as IRTA/CRTAs, i.e., those not considered employees.
- Postbac FAQs
- Medical School Application Schedule for Admission in August 2014
Graduate Partnerships Program Resources
- Graduate Partnerships Program Handbook NEW 2012 Edition
- Grants and Fellowships for Graduate and Medical Students at the NIH
- GPP FAQs
- Careerwise, an online resource from Arizona State University, that aims to help women graduate students develop the resilience they need to complete that degree and move forward successfully. The sections, on dealing with adviser issues, balancing career and personal demands, handling an unwelcoming environment, and surviving delays and setbacks, should be useful to all graduate students.
- 2012 Postdoc Handbook: PDF; Ipad/Nook version; Kindle version
- NIH Fellows Committee (FelCom): this organization, with members from each of the Institutes/Centers, represents postdoc interests to the NIH administration and works to improve the postdoc environment at the NIH. FelCom sponsors career exploration workshops, contributes to the organization of major events like the Career Symposium, and plans social and community outreach events.
- Visiting Fellows Subcommittee: a subcommittee of FelCom that works to enrich the experience of international scholars training at the NIH
- FARE (Fellows Award for Research Excellence)
- Fellows Editorial Board: The NCI/CCR Fellows Editorial Board offers NIH and FDA trainees a free, confidential scientific document-editing service.
- Educational Loan Deferments: available for fellows who are appointed as IRTA/CRTAs or Visiting Fellows, i.e., those not considered employees.
- Intramural Loan Repayment Program: for those appointed as NIH employees; this includes Research and Clinical Fellows
- National Postdoctoral Association
- Grants and Fellowships for Postdocs at the NIH
- Postdoc FAQs
- "Keep the Thread" program: The Committee on the NIH Intramural Research Program of the NIH Working Group on Women in Biomedical Careers has launched a new, three-year pilot program to increase flexibility for NIH intramural fellows who need alternative career development schedules. This "Keep the Thread" program is an accommodation and reentry program open to all IRTA postdoctoral fellows, with the approval of their principal investigator and Scientific Director. Emphasizing flexibility, the program offers an array of options ranging from alternative work schedules to temporary part-time work options. The goal of the Keep the Thread program is to encourage trainees to stay connected to the NIH community during times of intense personal or caregiving needs in order to facilitate eventual reentry into full-time research. The program encourages fellows and their PIs to work together to design an accommodation and reentry plan that meets the needs of both the fellow and the laboratory.
- Courses at the NIH
- The NIH Library
- Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences (FAES) Graduate School
FELLOWSHIPs AND ADDITIONAL TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
- NIH Office of Extramural Research
- Extramural Training Awards: Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Training Awards (NRSAs), Training Grants, K Awards, Extramural Loan Repayment
- K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Awards
- Additional Grant-related Resources
- Grants and Fellowships for Postdocs at the NIH
- Grants and Fellowships for Graduate and Medical Students at the NIH
- Global Research Initiative Program (GRIP Grants) for New Foreign Investigators
- EU Marie Curie Program, 400 awards to new investigators at EU research institutes in 2011, application deadline: March 8, 2011.
- Tell the OITE about a grant/fellowship that should be added to our list
- GrantsNet, a free, one-stop resource to finding funding for research and training in the sciences
- NIH Black Scientists and Friends Network, an informal group dedicated to the mentoring and career enhancement of Black scientists at NIH. Activities, which are open to all who share the group's goals, regardless of race, include a monthly networking dinner in Bethesda and the dissemination of information of potential interest to Black scientists. For more information, contact Dr. Roland Owens.
- LGBT-Fellows and Friends was created to increase the visibility of the invisible minority. The group exists to help its members thrive in their professional and personal lives by addressing issues unique to the LGBT community. The LGBT Fellows and Friends group will organize throughout the year various seminars to educate the general public on LGBT issues and issues of interest for LGBT individuals, as well as organize regular social and networking events to develop professional and personal networks. LGBT-Fellows and Friends also aims to provide professional and personal mentoring and career enhancement for LGBT identified individuals. LGBT- Fellows and Friends is open to the entire NIH community from postdocs to staff scientists, from graduate students to postbacs, from faculty to administrative staff, and from straight to LGBT identified individuals. If you would like more information about LGBT-Fellows and Friends, contact Julien Senac or Christiane Kuschal . Join the LGBT-FF listserv to learn about up-coming LGBT-FF seminars, professional development activities and networking opportunities.
- The NIH SACNAS (Society for Advancing Hispanics/Chicanos & Native American in Science) chapter provides a trans-NIH resource, spanning all NIH Institutes and Centers, in both the intramural and extramural communities. Our goal is to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and a place where NIH trainees and staff can meet to network, share successes and strategize about future goals. THE NIH SACNAS chapter also provides a forum for cultural exchange as members from other racial and ethnic backgrounds engage the SACNAS community. The NIH SACNAS chapter is open to all who are interested in the overall mission of SACNAS.For more information and to learn about upcoming events, join the NIH-SACNAS listserv. For additional questions, please contact Erika Barr. Read more about the national organization.
- The Women of Color Research Network supports all scientists interested in raising the voice and visibility of Women of Color (WOC) in biomedical and behavioral research. This new social media site is for women of color and everybody interested in diversity in the scientific workforce. Visit the Web site to join.
- Ph.D. FIRST Conference Focusing on Industrial Recruitment of Scientific Talent (FIRST). Procter & Gamble's FIRST conference, is the premier recruiting event for outstanding African American, Hispanic, Native American and other doctoral and postdoctoral scientists interested in a career in industry. FIRST is a 3-day, all expenses paid, program for top Ph.D. students who are looking to gain exposure to the future of technology from an industry-leading company. Meet and learn from some of our nationally awarded scientists and engage in real-world discussions on what companies are looking for in new employees, cultural and workforce diversity, and future innovation.
- French Postdocs at the NIH (Fr@NIH):
RESOURCES FOR WOMEN
- AWIS, Association for Women in Science (national)
- AWIS, Bethesda
- AWIS, Washington, DC
- International Women's Group
- Careerwise, an online resource from Arizona State University, that aims to help women graduate students develop the resilience they need to complete that degree and move forward successfully
- Mentoring Recommendations from the NIH Office of Research on Women's Health, for women who hope to be mentored and women who plan to be mentors
- Women in Science at the National Institutes of Health, 2007 - 2008, a snapshot of the careers of doctoral-level women at the NIH, in which each discusses her research interests, pivotal life events, work-life balance, and insights
- The NIH Working Group on Women in Biomedical Careers, established in 2007, projects have included extending paid parental leave for NIH trainees to eight weeks and active participation in the Mid-Atlantic Higher Education Recruitment Consortium, which assists dual-career couples with finding positions near each other
- The NIH Women of Color Research Network, dedicated to enhancing the inclusion of women of color in the NIH research enterprise and throughout the scientific community.
- Always There: The Remarkable Life of Ruth Lillian Kirschstein, MD, a new biography of the "medical scientist, classical pianist, physician, art lover, humanitarian, and research administrator" who served as Acting Director of the NIH.
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Can We Talk? How Gender and Culture Affect Who Gets Heard, Who Gets Ahead, and What Gets Done at Work(Deborah Tannen (NIH only) (4/19/2012)
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Why Women Should Stop Trying to Be Perfect, a hard look at work-life balance by the President of Barnard College
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Disruptive Women in Health Care blog: The mission of this group is "to serve as a platform for provocative ideas, thoughts, and solutions in the health sphere." It believes it has become has become an online destination for innovative thinking on exciting health trends and current health policy issues.
RESOURCES FOR VISITING FELLOWS
- NIH Division of International Services
- US English and Culture programs
- Visiting Fellows Manual Chapter
- FelCom Visiting Fellows Subcommittee
- EU Marie Curie Program, 400 awards to new investigators at EU research institutes in 2011, application deadline: March 8, 2011.
Career Development Workshops for Staff Scientists/Staff Clinicians
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for assistance with any concerns that may affect the quality of your work and family lives
- The NIH Office of the Ombudsman and Center for Cooperative Resolution: a neutral, independent, and confidential resource providing informal assistance to NIH scientists, administrators, and support staff in addressing work-related issues
- Recreation and Welfare (R & W)
- Incorporating Mindfulness into Your Life, a videocast
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New NIH Back-up Care Program: Care for your child or elder when your regular caregiver is unavailable and you MUST be at work. Incorporating Mindfulness into Your Life, a videocast