For Administrators - Onboarding New Staff
If you are an administrative officer working to onboard a fellow, intern or student, we at DPSAC appreciate your help in onboarding them!
Individuals wishing to enter must either present an NIH ID badge or be checked in each day as Visitors. Therefore, individuals must go through the DPSAC Process in order to receive a badge in a timely manner before individuals can begin their fellowship or internship at the NIH.
Any fellowship or internship offer is contingent on the individual's ability to successfully pass a federal background check, which is required for logical and physical access to NIH facilities and systems. To find specific information for an individual's type of fellowship or internship, please look to the left. There are mainly two types of fellowships/internships:
1. Clinical or Graduate Medical Education (GME) Fellowships: Please read the full page for information on an individual who is applying to be a clinical fellow looking to train at the NIH Clinical Center or at Walter Reed. For further information on this type of fellowship, please visit the NIH Clinical Center website. 2. Intramural Research Training (IRTAs) Fellowships: IRTAs are held under the Office of Intramural Training & Education (OITE), allowing summer interns, postbacs, graduate students, and postdocs to apply to the NIH. Please visit the tabs on the left to better understand how an individual can receive a badge appropriate to their situation.
1. Clinical or Graduate Medical Education (GME) Fellowships: Please read the full page for information on an individual who is applying to be a clinical fellow looking to train at the NIH Clinical Center or at Walter Reed. For further information on this type of fellowship, please visit the NIH Clinical Center website.
2. Intramural Research Training (IRTAs) Fellowships: IRTAs are held under the Office of Intramural Training & Education (OITE), allowing summer interns, postbacs, graduate students, and postdocs to apply to the NIH. Please visit the tabs on the left to better understand how an individual can receive a badge appropriate to their situation.
Factors to Consider into the Badging Timeline:
1. Consider any additional processing time for Foreign Nationals.
2. Consider any additional processing time that is required for coordination of rotational duties.
Please note: DPSAC Prescreening process will not start until the AO completes registration and badge sponsorship in NED. Prescreening must be completed in order for the fellow to be authorized for EOD. Please look at the DPSAC Process Overview on our website for more information.
DPSAC will be reaching out to the fellow or intern when it is time for them to come in to complete their Badge Enrollment, so they can get their ID badge.