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Photo by Jude Gustafson Suit up! 2008 BESIP intern, Will Sipprell, dons gear for participation in Dr. Maria Lebiedowska's Cerebral Palsy research in the Clinical Center Gait Analysis Lab.

Biomedical Engineering Summer Internship Program (BESIP)

2010 APPLICATIONS: The BESIP online application will be available by December 1, 2009!

The BESIP Experience: See the video of 2008 Intern Will Sipprell

• Meet Will Sipprell: Introduction (9 MB)
• Suit Up!: Study Preparation (13 MB)
• The Experiment: Participation and Debriefing (19 MB)

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

2007 Intern Steven Lee tells the inside story! Read about his BESIP project

Application Information - Eligibility, stipends, deadlines

• Online Application
• Modify Existing Application
• Projects - See descriptions for 2007, 2008, and 2009
• Resources - Local information and maps
• Program Director - Dr. Robert Lutz

About the Program

The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) sponsors a Biomedical Engineering Summer Internship Program (BESIP) for undergraduate biomedical engineering students who have completed their junior year of college. This ten week program, from June 7 through August 13, 2010, allows rising senior biomedical engineering students to participate under the mentorship of world class scientists in cutting-edge biomedical research projects 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 sixteen 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.

A listing of recent projects can be found at: BESIP Projects.

Moving Science Forward: 2006 BESIP Intern, Turan Kayagil, Publishes Brain Computer Interface Research

Read our Featured Biosketches about NIBIB staff and collaborators and learn about the path they took to careers in bioengineering and research support