Lab notebooks can’t communicate your research findings to the world—but you can. As an NICHD trainee, you have access to an abundance of opportunities to practice sharing your project ideas, results, and conclusions with your NIH colleagues. For your convenience, we’ve listed many of those opportunities below!
NICHD Intramural Annual Scientific Retreat
Every year, the NICHD intramural program organizes an annual retreat for intramural researchers—PIs and lab members—to celebrate achievements and spark new collaborations. In recent years, many of the Scientific Retreat presenters have been NICHD fellows!
NICHD Annual Meeting for Postdoctoral, Clinical and Visiting Fellows, Graduate Students and Postbacs
The main feature of the annual fellows' retreat is YOU! There are several formats to share your research findings and ideas—such as poster sessions, feature oral presentations, and short five-minute talks.
SciBites
Want to talk about your research in a professionally produced short video? Check out SciBites, a series of easily digestible, “bite-size” videos about NIH Intramural Research Program (IRP) research. For example, former NICHD graduate student Dr. Jeremie Oliver Piña (D’Souza lab) made this short video about his research on “cultivating clues to combat cleft palates.”
Three-minute-Talk (TmT) Competition
The TmT competition is an annual science communication program at the NIH. The competition fosters an environment for fellows to convey their research in a concise way to a broad scientific audience. This is a terrific opportunity for you to learn (and practice!) how to explain your research in a way that’s meaningful to scientists outside your specialized field—a skill that’s become increasingly important.
Summer Poster Day
Summer Poster Day is a chance for summer interns at NIH to present their research to a broad scientific audience. This exciting day offers an excellent opportunity for networking with colleagues and building critical science communication skills.
Postbac Poster Day
Postbac Poster Day is an opportunity for early-career trainees to share their NIH research projects and at the same time develop communication and networking skills. All NICHD postbacs are encouraged to present at this annual event!
Graduate Student Research Symposium
All graduate students performing their doctoral dissertation research at NIH are eligible and encouraged to participate in this annual event that showcases graduate student research through talks, posters, and networking.
NIH Research Festival
The Research Festival is an annual showcase of NIH intramural research. This event brings together researchers from across all NIH institutes for a multi-day opportunity to share research findings and form new collaborations. All members of the NIH Intramural Research Program are encouraged to participate.