Amgen Scholars

The Amgen Scholars Program at NIH is a partnership between the Amgen Foundation, the Foundation for the NIH, and the NIH Office of Intramural Training & Education. Amgen Scholars at NIH spend the summer working at NIH's main campus in Bethesda, Maryland side-by-side with some of the world's leading scientists, in an environment devoted exclusively to biomedical research. During their internships at NIH, scholars will be matched with research mentors in the NIH Intramural Research Program (IRP) where they will be immersed in a culture of translational science and will explore important elements of the basic, translational, and clinical research enterprise. (To get an idea of the types of research conducted in the 27 Institutes and Centers that make up the NIH, visit https://www.nih.gov/institutes-nih).

In addition to performing full-time research, scholars will:

• Participate in a customized curriculum that will use journal clubs, case studies, writing projects, and group activities to develop communication, career readiness, and critical thinking skills
• Explore the relationship between science and society in evening roundtables that examine the role of science, policy, and community engagement in the elimination of health disparities
• Participate in a leadership development program focused on self-exploration, building resiliency, understanding conflict, finding mentors, and understanding emotional intelligence
• Attend the Amgen Scholars US Symposium to interact with top industry and academic scientists and to network with other Amgen Scholars
• Present at the NIH Summer Poster Day at the beginning of August
• Establish an individualized development plan to take advantage of the many workshops and seminars offered for all NIH summer interns (These include our summer lecture series, "Going to Graduate School" series, communication skills workshops, and the NIH Graduate & Professional School Fair)

For more information, visit the Amgen Scholars Program FAQs.