[UCM LIST: Healthprofadvising-l] National Eye Institute Summer Intern Program - Deadline: 2/18/2026

[Noreen Balos]

National Eye Institute Summer Intern Program<https://www.nei.nih.gov/grants-and-training/training-nei/internships-and-student-programs/nei-summer-intern-program> - at National Institute of Health campus in Bethesda, Maryland or at The Twinbrook facility at Fishers Lane in Rockville, Maryland (8-12 weeks, monthly stipend).
Application deadline: February 18, 2026
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The NEI Summer Intern Program<https://www.nei.nih.gov/research-and-training/training-opportunities/internships-and-student-programs/nei-summer-intern-program> is part of the NIH Summer Internship Program (SIP)<https://www.training.nih.gov/research-training/pb/sip/>, which gives college, graduate, and professional school (medical, optometry, veterinary) students a chance to spend the summer working with some of the world's leading scientists in an environment devoted to biomedical research.

Summer interns participate in cutting-edge research projects that investigate new ways to prevent, treat, or even reverse vision loss - including topics such as:

  *   Age-related macular degeneration and other eye diseases
  *   Ophthalmic genetics
  *   Retinal cell biology
  *   Visual neurobiology
  *   Immunology of the eye

Summer interns have the chance to go to seminars and workshops hosted by NEI and the NIH Office of Intramural Training and Education (OITE). Interns may also present at the NIH Summer Intern Poster Day on August 2026 with their mentor's permission.
NEI summer internships take place in Maryland and last anywhere from 8 to 12 weeks.

The application opened December 8, 2025.


  *   Application deadline: February 18, 2026
  *   To apply: Apply online through the NIH OITE Summer Internship Program<https://www.training.nih.gov/programs/sip>[This link is external to nei.nih.gov and will open in a new browser window or tab.]<https://www.training.nih.gov/programs/sip>

CONTACT
If you have questions or want to learn more about labs that would be a good fit with your interests, contact Dr. Cesar Perez-Gonzalez at cesarp at nei.nih.gov<mailto:cesarp at nei.nih.gov>.
Principal investigators (also known as the section heads or chiefs) select interns who are in college, graduate, medical, optometry, or other professional school to work in their labs. Learn more about labs at NEI<https://www.nei.nih.gov/research/research-labs-and-branches>.


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