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NIH Clinical Research Training Program (CRTP)

Skip breadcrumb navigation This program is a residential one-year research training program at the National Institutes of Health is Bethesda, MD. It is for medical and dental students, but in its 10 year existence is has been dominated by the medical student population. Fellows live in fully-furnished NIH owned apartments in down-town Bethesda, within walking distance from the NIH. The program contains didactic (classroom) teaching components and the requirement that you play a role in either a clinical or translational research project. Types of research and projects are extremely flexible as almost anything is available at the NIH. You are not required to select a lab or a mentor before applying. You apply, interview, get accepted, and the first two weeks in Bethesda are spent meeting with potential mentors and labs. All interview costs are fully paid by the CRTP program. CRTP accepts 30 fellows per year. Perks include a stipend (nearly $30K), computer/laptop allowance, travel allowance, health insurance, NIH graduate course tuition allowance (if the fellow decides to take a graduate course at the NIH while you are there), book allowance, full relocation expenses (both to and from Washington, DC), free parking and paid educational trips throughout the year. The Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine has sent at least one student to this program. Deadlines for applications can be found on the website. Here is the link for CRTP:http://www.cc.nih.gov/training/crtp/crtp.html