NIH Career Symposium
The Annual NIH Career Symposium aims to highlight the diversity of career choices available to your generation of biomedical researchers. Whether you are a new graduate student, postdoc, or clinical fellow just beginning to consider career options or a senior student/fellow ready to look for a job, the NIH Career Symposium is for you.
The Annual NIH Career Symposium is usually scheduled for May.
The Symposium includes panels and workshops with over 75 speakers. There are typically 12-16 Panel sessions covering a spectrum of careers including; academics, industry, government, patents/tech transfer, policy, and communications. The end of the day finishes with Skill Blitzes: Twenty minute sessions to help you gather the tools and resources critical for your job search. The goal is to give you skills you can use immediately to act upon the information that you learned in the Symposium.
Please note: This is NOT a job fair; it is a place for you to gain information about your next step in your career. There are NO recruiting tables.
While the NIH Career Symposium is planned for intramural trainees, we welcome graduate students and postdocs from outside of the NIH Intramural Research Program to attend.
13th Annual NIH Career Symposium
12th Annual Career Symposium
- Career Symposium 2019 Newsletter
- Career Symposium 2019 Program
- Career Symposium 2019 Speaker Bios
- Career Symposium 2019 Skill Blitz slides
11th Annual Career Symposium
- Career Symposium 2018 Newsletter
- Career Symposium 2018 Speaker Bios
- Career Symposium Skill Blitz Slides
- Career Symposium 2018 Program
Highlights from past NIH Career Symposiums
10th Annual Career Symposium - 2017
- Career Symposium 2017 Newsletter
- Career Symposium 2017 Speaker Bios
- Career Symposium Skill Blitz Slides
- Career Symposium 2017 Program
9th Annual NIH Career Symposium - 2016
- Career Symposium 2016 Newsletter
- Career Symposium 2016 Program
- Career Symposium 2016 Speaker Bios
- Career Symposium 2016 Skill Blitz slides
8th Annual NIH Career Symposium - 2015
7th Annual NIH Career Symposium - 2014
- 2014 Career Symposium Synopsis/Newsletter
- 2014 CAREER SYMPOSIUM SKILL BLITZ SLIDES
- 2014 Career Resource Guide
6th Annual NIH Career Symposium - 2013
5th Annual NIH Career Symposium - 2012
4th Annual NIH Career Symposium - 2011
- 2011 Career Symposium Program
- 2011 Career Symposium Synopsis
- 2011 Career Symposium Synopsis
- 2011 Handout: Planning for Career Satisfaction and Success
- 2011 Slides: Planning for Career Satisfaction and Success BLITZ
- 2011 Slides: CV and Resume Writing BLITZ
3rd Annual NIH Career Symposium - 2010
2nd Annual NIH Career Symposium - 2009
- 2009 Career Symposium Synopsis
- 2009 Slides: Academic Careers
- 2009 Slides: Industry Careers
- 2009 Slides: Job Search 101
- 2009 Slides: Negotiation Skills
- 2009 Slides: US Job Interview Skills for International Trainees
- 2009 Slides: Job Search Resources for International Trainees