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FDA Annual Student Scientific Research Day 2024

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FDA Student Scientific Research Day

Organized By:
Office of Scientific Professional Development (OSPD)

Each year, FDA gives high school, college, and graduate students from different backgrounds and scientific disciplines, the opportunity to train with mentors from across FDA on regulatory science research projects. 

Students are exposed to the broad expanse of regulatory science activities underway Agency-wide, as well as the range of scientific disciplines they call on.

Students also learn first-hand about FDA’s domestic and global impact and attend FDA regulatory science trainings that integrate science, law and policy. With this knowledge, the students are able to complete research projects.

After their FDA training program concludes, students are encouraged to explore careers in public health and STEM.

Program Goals

  1. Recognize FDA student research and contributions to FDA.
  2. Present FDA student research on a public website annually.
  3. Support STEM education for students in FDA scientific priority areas.

This website highlights the importance of FDA student programs and the direct impact that their research projects have on advancing regulatory science at FDA.

Annually, the Agency collects abstracts from the FDA summer students. In 2024, there were 108 total public abstract submissions, and of those, 55% of the students were females and 45% of the students were male.

13 student submissions were received from the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER), 47 submissions from the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), 20 from the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH), 14 from the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN), 3 from the Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM), 10 from the National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR), and 1 from the Office of the Commissioner (OC) /Office of Digital Transformation.

There were 108 total public abstract submissions. Of the 108 total student abstract submissions, FDA’s strategic initiatives below were supported with: 

  • 28 student projects related to Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response. 
  • 22 student projects related to Increasing Choice and Competition through Innovation
  • 51 student projects related to Unleashing the Power of Data. 
  • 7 student projects related to Empowering patients and consumers.

Access the student abstract book.

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