Biomedical Engineering Summer Internship Program (BESIP)

About the Program

The NIBIB-sponsored Biomedical Engineering Summer Internship Program (BESIP) is for undergraduate biomedical engineering students who have completed their junior year of college. This ten-week program, under the leadership of BESIP Director, Dr. Robert Lutz, is scheduled from June 2 through August 10, 2013. The internship will allow rising senior biomedical engineering students to participate in cutting-edge biomedical research projects under the mentorship of world-class scientists in NIH laboratories in Bethesda, Maryland. Please note: the BESIP is a separate program from the NIH Summer Internship Program (SIP) in Biomedical Research.

Selected by a nationwide competition, the interns will have the opportunity to indicate preferences from a list of available NIH projects that involve areas of engineering or physical science expertise. The students will participate in group meetings, attend planned lectures and laboratory visits, and be encouraged to submit posters to the NIH Poster Day where summer interns from all disciplines present their projects.

• Application Information - eligibility, stipends, and deadlines
• Online Application NOTE: The online application site will be reactivated on or about December 1, 2012.
• Modify Existing Application
• The Projects list for 2012 can be found at this link. The Projects list for 2013 will be similar to 2012. The list will be updated in January 2013.
• Browse previous project descriptions from 2008 through 2011
• Resources - Local information and maps
• Program Director - Dr. Robert Lutz

The BESIP Experience: Former interns

2012 Intern Roster
2011 Intern Roster
2010 Intern Roster
2009 Intern Roster

See the videos!!! 2008 BESIP intern, Will Sipprell, participates as a subject in research in the NIH Clinical Center Gait Analysis Lab!

• Meet Will Sipprell: Introduction (9 MB)

2008 BESIP Intern Ludovic Vincent takes his skills to the next level in the BIMI Lab

2007 BESIP Intern Steven Lee tells about his internship project

2006 BESIP Intern, Turan Kayagil, Publishes Brain Computer Interface Research

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