Are there programs similar to NIH IRTA??

[libraryismyhome]

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Are their postbacc programs similar to NIH IRTA?? Though opportunities and financial aids offered by NIH IRTA seem very generous to postbacs, I would like to apply broadly.

Thank you in advance! 🙂

 

[Syxx]

There is one offered here at Hopkins. Have seen posters up about it but don't really know much about it. - http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/graduateprograms/prep.cfm

 

[ilikeargyle]

I know there are programs at some universities who have Postbaccalaureate Research Education Programs (PREPs) but I think these are catered toward minorities. It may be worthwhile to Google though, but I think the stipend is considerably lower. I think they're NIH-funded too.

 

[Anandamide]

I seriously considered applying for the NIH IRTA program, but in the end I went for research jobs at large universities associated with academic medical centers. I couldn't be happier with my decision. The pay and benefits are better (where I ended up anyway), and I appreciate the vibrancy of university life. It would have been much harder, for instance, for me to continue with my musical studies at the NIH. At a university, it's relatively easy for staff members to join the chorus/knitting club/etc. Most importantly, I'm getting great mentorship at the bench, and I have endless opportunities for clinical exposure over at the hospital.

There are definitely other ways to do research as a postbacc. You don't have to do the NIH IRTA or a specific postbacc program.