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Search the application database

NIH investigators and staff can recruit new postbac trainees and summer interns using the application database.

Find a trainee for an opening in your group

If you are looking for a summer intern, we encourage you to search the application database using the link below.

If you are looking for a postbac, we encourage you to search the application database using the link below.

If you are looking for a graduate student, you can list an open trainee position.

If you are looking for a postdoc, you can list an open trainee position.

Look for postbac and summer intern candidates

To hire a postbac or summer intern, authorized NIH investigators and staff must select from applicants in the Research & Training Opportunities (RTO) application system.

Get access to the application database

Access to the RTO application system is limited to NIH investigators and staff who have accounts.

To request permission to the OITE application system, contact your IC program coordinator. Your login credentials for the OITE application system are your NIH network login credentials.

Terms of use

You must agree to the RTO Applicant System ‘terms of use’ every time you use the system to search for applicants. These terms of use explicitly state that accessing the application of a friend, relative, or child of a friend for any reason represents unauthorized use of the system. Additionally, advocating on behalf of a relative violates the terms of use and cannot be tolerated. Such actions are a clear violation of the NIH Policy on Nepotism.

Search the application database

Search the Research & Training Opportunities (RTO) application system for postbac and summer applicants.

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Register a trainee for the Academic Internship Program

Register a trainee for the Academic Internship Program by filling out this survey: Register an Academic Internship Program participant

Contact us

Reach out to us with questions at OITE@nih.gov.