ICRC applications for the 2013 program will be accepted beginning in September 2012 and admission is highly competitive. Qualified applications will be reviewed and evaluated by a panel of NCI scientists.   Program participants will be selected and notified in December 2012.   NCI will sponsor a visit for ICRC participants to the NIH campus in February 2013 for an opportunity to learn about the research being conducted at the NCI. Participants may be scheduled for interviews with NCI Investigators recruiting summer or post-baccalaureate interns. Internship offers will be made by individual investigators.

Selection as a participant for the visit does not guarantee the candidate an internship at the NCI.

If a student is hired by an NCI investigator as an intern, he/she will work under their direction and in concert with other researchers, fellows, and technicians. Interns will have the option to attend seminars on topics related to basic, clinical, biomedical and behavioral research, human health, healthy lifestyles, and health disparities.

All interns are provided with travel expenses and summer housing.  Housing will be available from mid-May through late August.  Individual internship start and end dates are mutually agreed upon between intern and investigator.  If an intern elects to start before or after the period during which housing is available, he/she will be responsible for their own housing during those periods of time.  In addition, interns receive monthly stipends that are based on their educational level.  All interns are required to carry health insurance.  No-cost health insurance is available for interns who work a minimum of three months.  Interns who stay beyond the summer period for a post-baccalaureate position are responsible for housing costs for the remainder of their internship.

NCI has facilities in Bethesda, Rockville, Gaithersburg, and Fredrick, Maryland.  You may be matched with an investigator at any of the locations. Housing will be provided at a convenient location so that a car will not be required.