Scientific and Clinical Careers

The Principal Investigator in each laboratory is the lead member of his or her team, which, in addition to students and fellows, may include:

• Staff Scientists
• Staff Clinicians

Integral to the research enterprise are professionals in many permanent employment categories, including:

• Animal Care Assistants
• Biologists
• Chemists
• Clinical Nurses
• Dietitians
• Dentists
• Engineers
• Laboratory Technicians
• Microbiologists
• Pharmacists
• Veterinarians

The list is not exhaustive, but gives some idea of the range of professionals we recruit each year into the intramural program.

There are four main ways of searching for open National Institutes of Health (NIH) positions:

• Use the search box on the Jobs@NIH Web site to find all open positions at the NIH
• Search USAJOBS, the official job site of the US Federal Government
• Visit the Office of Intramural Training and Education’s Jobs Web page
• Visit the job-related Web sites of Individual Institutes and Centers