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Spotlight Apply Now: NLM Data Science Informatics Scholars Program

The NLM Data Science Informatics (DSI) Scholars Program is now accepting applications! This summer internship supports and engages undergraduate and graduate students who have an interest in careers in computational biology and biomedical informatics. Interns will contribute their skills perspectives to computational research projects in the biological sciences.

Potential applicants are invited to join information sessions to learn more about the program. The NLM Data Science and Informatics Scholars (DSI Scholars) Program: Information Session and Q A is on December 5 at 3pm ET. The NIH Summer Internship Program (SIP) Application Webinar is on December 12 at 3pm ET.

Learn more about the DSI program

Efficient health care information exchange in the US and worldwide is made possible by NLM’s work with IT Data Standards.

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This set of tooling services brings together many health and biomedical vocabularies and standards to enable interoperability between computer systems.

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This training program provides biomedical and clinical informatics training and research opportunities for individuals at various stages in their career.

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The Library started as a shelf of books in the Surgeon General’s office in 1836 but has grown to a collection of millions of print and electronic resources.

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The diverse centers, divisions, advisory bodies and other organizational units that make up NLM contribute in myriad ways to the Library’s mission.

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This ten year plan outlines NLM's role in a future where data and information transform and accelerate biomedical discovery and improve health and health care.

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