NIH Postbac IRTA Program

The NIH Postbac IRTA program (CRTA, Cancer Research Training Award, in the National Cancer Institute) provides recent college graduates who are planning to apply to graduate or professional (medical/dental/pharmacy) school an opportunity to spend one or two years performing full-time research at the NIH.

Eligibility: The Postbac IRTA/CRTA Program is for individuals who meet any ONE of the following criteria:

• college graduates who received their bachelor's degrees less than THREE years prior to the date they begin the program,
• individuals who are more than 3 years past the receipt of their bachelor's degree but received a master's degree less than SIX MONTHS before they begin the program, OR
• students who have been accepted into graduate, other doctoral, or medical school programs and who have written permission from their school to delay entrance for up to one year to pursue a biomedical research project at the NIH.

https://www.training.nih.gov/programs/postbac_irta