Summer Medical Internship Program

Program overview

The SIR Foundation Summer Medical Internship Program introduces medical students to interventional radiology research and medical device development. The goal of this program is to foster an interest in research by funding a summer research project conducted by a medical student. Students applying for the program must show strong potential for a career in IR with proven academic success. Selected students will have an opportunity to intern with an interventional radiologist research mentor or corporate research and development mentor for 8-weeks during the summer. SIR Foundation will provide a $6,000 stipend to help ease the financial burdens throughout their internship experience.

Eligibility

Applicants must be recommended by one of the following members of their faculty:
- Director of the Radiology Residency Program
- Director of the IR Fellowship
- Interventional radiologist on the faculty
Applicants should be a student in good standing, actively enrolled in an allopathic or osteopathic medical school and must be available to be on-site at the host location for the entire duration of the internship
The medical student must be a member in good standing of the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR)
The student must be a U.S. citizen or have permanent U.S. resident status. Permanent residents must submit documentation of this status.

How to apply

Applications for the 2025 Summer Medical Internship Program opens on Oct. 1, 2024, and will close on Jan. 15, 2025.

Medical students interested in applying for the 2024 Summer Medical Internship Program must submit the following:

1. The application document
2. A letter of recommendation

The application will be considered incomplete until SIR Foundation receives a letter of recommendation from one of the following members of the applicant's faculty:

Director of the radiology residency program
Director of the IR fellowship
An interventional radiologist on the faculty

Note: If you wish to submit a letter of recommendation from another IR because your faculty does not have a residency or fellowship program, please contact the Associate of Clinical Research and Grants for an exception.

Please review the guidelines for more information about eligibility and application requirements. For any additional questions regarding the application, please email the Associate of Clinical Research and Grants.

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2025 Summer Medical Internship Program

Academic internship host sites:

Childrens National/George Washington

Medical College of Wisconsin

Johns Hopkins University

Northwestern University

Emory University School of Medicine

University of Arizona

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Stanford Health Care and Palo Alto VA Medical Center

University of California, San Francisco

Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology

Corporate host site:

Becton Dickinson (BD)

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Meet the 2024 Summer Medical Internship Program recipients

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Note: Starting in August 2024, the SMIP recipients will be taking over SIR's Instagram to share their experiences. Visit SIR's Instagram to get a glimpse of a day in the life of a SMIP recipient. Please visit Instagram to see the 2023 SMIP recipients' experience.

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