Graduate Student Research Symposium

The NIH Graduate Student Research Symposium is the premier event for NIH graduate students to showcase their research to the NIH community.  All graduate students performing their Ph.D. dissertation research within the NIH Intramural Research Program are highly encouraged to present, and all members of the NIH community are invited to attend.

Join us for this exciting event and meet the faces of tomorrow's science.

• Poster presentations on the dissertation research of NIH graduate students.
• Oral presentations by current NIH graduate students selected based on their abstract submission.
• An elevator pitch competition by NIH Graduate Students.
• The NIH Graduate Student Research Awards (NGSRA) - travel/educational awards presented to the top poster presenters, judged by NIH Postdoctoral fellows, Staff Scientists, and Staff Clinicians. At least one of these awards will be reserved exclusively for a poster submitted in the "New Proposal" category.
• Graduation ceremony honoring students who have recently defended their dissertations.
• Presentation of the annual GPP Outstanding Mentor Awards.

The 2025 Graduate Student Research Symposium will take place on February 13, 2025.

Graduate students performing their PhD dissertation research at NIH are invited and highly encouraged to present at this event.

Attendance at this event is open to the NIH Intramural community.

Your poster should meet the guidelines outlined in our recommendations for creating a poster.

Register to receive your graduate certificate at the 2025 Graduate Research Symposium: GPP Award Certificate.

Each year, several graduate students, in conjunction with the GPP office, organize the symposium. Members of the symposium committee include:

Student Committee Members

• Federica Bichicchi, NIDCR and Universita di Bologna
• Leandro Coutinho, NCI and Universidade de Sao Paulo
• Artur Gevorgyan, NIDDK and Brown University
• Aurelia Moses, NCI and University of Maryland
• Jonathan Seaman, NCCIH and Johns Hopkins University
• Caitlin Tedesco, NIDA and University of New South Wales
• Quyan Zhang, NEI and Central South University
• Yizhen Zhang, NIDCR and Brown University

GPP Staff Members

• Phil Ryan, Director, Graduate Partnerships Program
• LaKeya Hardy, Deputy Director, Graduate Partnerships Program