Experiences at NIH are lab and mentor specific, but beware of overall lack of transparency in processes - Research Fellow NIH Employee Review

2.0
Jan 11, 2010
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Pros

better pay than postdoctoral fellowships elsewhere decent resources in most labs access to many leaders in the field full access to most medical journals and books good health benefits

Cons

leadership often does not have recent experience with grant writing--so you will need outside help to write grants many processes for obtaining resources, travel, etc are not transparent some of the ethics requirements for outside activities hinder professional development mentor quality can be very poor

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5.0
Jun 26, 2026
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Pros

Not stressful, science based, not profit.

Cons

Slow processes, too many meetings.

4.0
Jun 25, 2026
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Pros

Working with the some of the smartest scientists and clinicians in the world. So many learning opportunities. Kind patients. Allowed time to care for patients as there is no pressure of quotas by health insurance.

Cons

Nursing management can be verbally abusive with frequent retaliation and intimidation. As most older nurses have worked there for most of their career, they are dismissive of new perspectives and resistant to evidence-based practice.

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