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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.
NIDDK Intramural laboratories, located on NIH campuses, participate in the NIH summer programs for students.
Explore NIH summer programsThe 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 External link
- Yale Summer Undergraduate Medical Research External link
- Emory Summer Undergraduate Program in Renal Research External link
- University of Alabama, Birmingham KUH KURE External link
- University of Texas—San Antonio Health Sciences Center SPURRS External link
- University of Texas Southwestern (SURISKD) External link
- The Harvard Summer Research Program in Kidney Medicine External link
- Vanderbilt Undergraduate Discovery Science Experience in Renal Biology and Disease External link
- The University of Pittsburgh SRIP-Kid External link
- Loyola Undergraduate Research Experience in Transdisciplinary Benign Urologic Disease External link
- Stanford Pre-Renal Initiative: Undergraduate Training in Kidney Health External link
- Icahn SOM MERRIT External link
- The University of Virginia Kidney Technology Development Research Education Program External link
- Wake Forest Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Undergraduate Research Addressing Challenges in Kidney and Urologic Diseases External link
- 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 External link
- Ohio State Summer Nephrology and Urology Research Program External link
- Texas A&M College of Medicine DRUMR Summer Research Program External link
- Boston University Kidney and Medical Engineering Program External link
- Arizona Technology Development and Clinical Education Program for Students in Kidney Health (ADVANCE Kidney Health)
- Stanford Increasing Diversity in Hematology: Training for Underrepresented Students External link
- University of Wisconsin Madison Summer Program in Undergraduate Urology Research External link
- University of South Florida Research and Education in Nephrology for Undergraduate Medical Students
- Johns Hopkins Summer Undergraduate Program in Kidney Science External link
- University of Utah Pacific-islander-research-pilot-program-paves-way-more-diverse-future-healthcare External link
- University of Utah Haumana ‘O Pasifika Kidney Program External link
- Mount Desert Island Biological Lab Origins of Renal Physiology for Medical Students Treks External link
See About Funding Mechanisms for an overview of mechanisms commonly used by NIDDK to fund researchers.
Last Reviewed November 2024