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NIDDK and NIH offer many programs for high school and undergraduate students to gain experience in biomedical research. Contact NIDDK training program staff with questions well in advance of deadlines.
NIH Summer Programs
NIDDK Intramural laboratories, located on NIH campuses, participate in the NIH summer programs for students.
Explore NIH summer programsNIDDK Diversity Research and Training Opportunities for Students
NIDDK supports programs that encourage a diverse workforce through our Office of Minority Health Research Coordination. These programs include:
- Short-Term Research Experience Program to Unlock Potential (STEP-UP)
- NIDDK Diversity Summer Research Training Program (DSRTP)
NIDDK Undergraduate Summer Research Programs in Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Diseases
The Division of Kidney, Urologic and Hematologic Diseases (KUH) supports summer research programs targeted to undergraduates. Please visit the individual programs for details:
- Mayo Clinic Nephrology and Urology SURF
- Yale Summer Undergraduate Medical Research
- Emory Summer Undergraduate Program in Renal Research
- University of Alabama, Birmingham KUH KURE
- University of Texas—San Antonio Health Sciences Center SPURRS
- University of Texas Southwestern (SURISKD)
- The Harvard Summer Research Program in Kidney Medicine
- Vanderbilt Undergraduate Discovery Science Experience in Renal Biology and Disease
- The University of Pittsburgh SRIP-Kid
- Loyola Undergraduate Research Experience in Transdisciplinary Benign Urologic Disease
- Stanford Pre-Renal Initiative: Undergraduate Training in Kidney Health
- Icahn SOM MERRIT
- The University of Virginia Kidney Technology Development Research Education Program
- Wake Forest Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Undergraduate Research Addressing Challenges in Kidney and Urologic Diseases
- University of North Carolina Transforming Kidney Care through Skill and Workforce Development: the North Carolina Kidney Technology Incubator (NC-KTI)
- Duke University Paired Undergraduate Mentoring Program in Uronephrology
- Ohio State Summer Nephrology and Urology Research Program
- Texas A&M College of Medicine DRUMR Summer Research Program
- Boston University Kidney and Medical Engineering Program
- Arizona Technology Development and Clinical Education Program for Students in Kidney Health (ADVANCE Kidney Health)
- Stanford Increasing Diversity in Hematology: Training for Underrepresented Students
- University of Wisconsin Madison Summer Program in Undergraduate Urology Research
- University of South Florida Research and Education in Nephrology for Undergraduate Medical Students
- Johns Hopkins Summer Undergraduate Program in Kidney Science
- University of Utah Pacific-islander-research-pilot-program-paves-way-more-diverse-future-healthcare
- University of Utah Haumana ‘O Pasifika Kidney Program
- Mount Desert Island Biological Lab Origins of Renal Physiology for Medical Students Treks
See About Funding Mechanisms for an overview of mechanisms commonly used by NIDDK to fund researchers.