Graduate Student Research Symposium
The premier full-day event showcasing graduate student research through talks, posters and networking.
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About the 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.
Symposium features
- 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.
Symposium dates and schedule
The 2025 Graduate Student Research Symposium will take place on February 13, 2025.
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9:00 - 10:00am Lower level rooms |
Elevator pitch competition Registration in the lower lobby |
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10:00 - 11:30am E1/E2 |
Welcome by Dr. Sharon Milgram, Director, OITE Student oral presentations
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11:45am - 12:45pm Atrium |
Poster session I Odd numbered posters presenting |
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12:45 - 1:15pm Room A/B |
Lunch Break |
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1:15 - 2:15pm Atrium |
Poster session II Even numbered posters presenting |
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2:30 - 3:45pm Ruth L Kirschstein Auditorium |
Keynote Presentation: “The Body Brain Axis” by Charles S. Zuker, Ph.D., Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics and of Neuroscience, Principal Investigator at Columbia’s Zuckerman Institute, Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Moderated by Yizhen Zhang, Brown University GPP Fellow, NIDCR |
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4:00 - 5:00pm Ruth L Kirschstein Auditorium |
Awards ceremony
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How to attend
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.
Information for poster presenters
Your poster should meet the guidelines outlined in our recommendations for creating a poster.
For graduating GPP students
Register to receive your graduate certificate at the 2025 Graduate Research Symposium: GPP Award Certificate.
Organizing committee
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
- 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
Show your gratitude for mentors
GPP Outstanding Mentor Award
Nominate your mentorContact
Reach out to us with questions at GSCsymposium@od.nih.gov.
