Graduate Student Research Symposium

The NIH Graduate Student Research Symposium is the premier event for NIH graduate students to showcase their research to the NIH community.  All graduate students performing their Ph.D. dissertation research within the NIH Intramural Research Program are highly encouraged to present, and all members of the NIH community are invited to attend.

Join us for this exciting event and meet the faces of tomorrow's science.

• Poster presentations on the dissertation research of NIH graduate students.
• Oral presentations by current NIH graduate students selected based on their abstract submission.
• An elevator pitch competition by NIH Graduate Students.
• The NIH Graduate Student Research Awards (NGSRA) - travel/educational awards presented to the top poster presenters, judged by NIH Postdoctoral fellows, Staff Scientists, and Staff Clinicians. At least one of these awards will be reserved exclusively for a poster submitted in the "New Proposal" category.
• Graduation ceremony honoring students who have recently defended their dissertations.
• Presentation of the annual GPP Outstanding Mentor Awards.

Graduate students performing their PhD dissertation research at NIH are invited and highly encouraged to present at this event.

Attendance at this event is open to the NIH Intramural community.

Your poster should meet the guidelines outlined in our recommendations for creating a poster.

Each year, several graduate students, in conjunction with the GPP office, organize the symposium. Members of the symposium committee include:

Student Committee Members

• Giulia Dalaty, NINDS, Karolinska Institutet
• Shakira Rodríguez González, NIDDK, Johns Hopkins University
• Kathy Li, NCI, Augusta University
• Carolyn Lomahan, NINDS, Karolinska Institutet
• Sabrina Mai, NEI, University of Rochester
• Grace Ratley, NIAID, Karolinska Institutet

GPP Staff Members

• Phil Ryan, Director, Graduate Partnerships Program
• Gail Seabold, Deputy Director, Graduate Partnerships Program