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The BETA Center is an NIH-wide resource housed by the NIBIB intramural research program and will serve as a new NIH campus model for accelerating technology-driven interdisciplinary research and clinical translation. The BETA Center community will bring researchers together with engineering and imaging expertise including biomedical imaging, biosensing, biomechanics, engineered/synthetic biology, nano/biomaterials, artificial intelligence, modeling, computation, and informatics.
Central to BETA Center’s mission is employing evidence-driven approaches within NIBIB’s Intramural Research Program and serving as a model for recruiting biomedical engineering talent to NIH.
This meeting facilitated meaningful research connections by introducing extramural investigators to NIH resources and IRP engineers, scientists, and clinicians. Recorded plenary sessions may be viewed at NIH videocast.
The NSF-NIBIB/BETA INTERN opportunity will support research experiences at BETA in areas of biomedical research. The opportunity seeks to fund approximately 8-10 internships in Fiscal Year 2024, providing up to $55,000 per student for a six-month period.
The Biomedical Engineering Summer Internship Program (BESIP) returns in 2026. BETA will bring 24 undergraduate researchers interested in biomedical engineering careers to the main campus and match them with cutting-edge research projects and world-class mentors.
Fill out a form letting us know who you are and a brief description of your research and the collaboration you are interested in.
The BETA Center offers resources to help IRP researchers pursue new directions, technologies, and experimental methods.
NSF/NIBIB INTERN program
The NSF INTERN program (formally known as Non-Academic Research Internships for Graduate Students) provides graduate students with six-month experiential learning opportunities through research internships where they acquire core professional competencies and skills. Through this collaboration, the internships will take place at the NIBIB Center for Biomedical Engineering Technology Acceleration (BETA) working with intramural researchers on NIH campus.
The NSF-NIBIB/BETA INTERN opportunity will support research experiences at BETA in areas of biomedical research. The opportunity seeks to fund approximately 8-10 internships in Fiscal Year 2024, providing up to $55,000 per student for a six-month period.
June 9, 2026: 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm
35A Room 620/630
July 16, 2026: 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
35A Room 620/630
September 22, 2026: 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
35A Room 640
November 12, 2026: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
35A Room 610
December 17, 2026: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
35A Room 620/630
Manu O. Platt , Ph.D.
Senior Investigator, MATRICESLabs/Section:Biomedical Engineering Technology Acceleration (BETA Center)
Section on Mechanics and Tissue Remodeling Integrating Computational & Experimental Systems (MATRICES)
Nicole Yen-i Morgan , Ph.D.
Deputy Director, Biomedical Engineering Technology Acceleration (BETA Center)Labs/Section:Biomedical Engineering Technology Acceleration (BETA Center)
Trans-NIH Shared Resource on Biomedical Engineering and Physical Science (BEPS)
Division:Labs at NIBIBLabs/Section:Section on Mechanics and Tissue Remodeling Integrating Computational & Experimental Systems (MATRICES)
Jacob Davis , Ph.D.
Division:Labs at NIBIBLabs/Section:Biomedical Engineering Technology Acceleration (BETA Center)
Section on Mechanics and Tissue Remodeling Integrating Computational & Experimental Systems (MATRICES)
Carey Dougan , Ph.D.
Division:Labs at NIBIBLabs/Section:Biomedical Engineering Technology Acceleration (BETA Center)
Section on Mechanics and Tissue Remodeling Integrating Computational & Experimental Systems (MATRICES)
Division:Labs at NIBIBLabs/Section:Biomedical Engineering Technology Acceleration (BETA Center)
Division:Labs at NIBIBLabs/Section:Biomedical Engineering Technology Acceleration (BETA Center)
Harshad Vishwasrao , Ph.D.
Division:Labs at NIBIBLabs/Section:Advanced Imaging and Microscopy (AIM) Resource
Biomedical Engineering Technology Acceleration (BETA Center)
