Cancellation of NIH summer internships disrupts 'vital' training program for U.S. scientists

Satchel Bell, an aspiring molecular biologist, was hoping to spend his summer in a research lab. But he won’t be doing it at the National Institutes of Health. 

The NIH last week abruptly cancelled an internship program that for decades has given more than 1,000 college students hands-on research training each summer — a step many current scientists say was critical to embarking on a biomedical career. The termination comes as the National Science Foundation is also defunding many sites in its Research Experiences for Undergraduates program, which for 40 years has offered paid research positions to college students, many from groups underrepresented in science. 

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