Graduate Funding Information Service

January 14, 2026

Application Open – ABIM Summer 2026 Psychometric Internship

Deadline to Apply: Monday, February 2, 2026

The American Board of Internal Medicine is pleased to announce its summer psychometric internship program for 2026. The ABIM psychometric internship program is an eight-week summer internship running from Monday, June 8th to Friday, July 31st in Philadelphia. During the program, each intern will take primary ownership of an applied psychometric research project under the guidance of one of the ABIM’s psychometricians. In addition, the internship curriculum includes instructional lectures and opportunities for the interns to gain applied operational experience. As ABIM is the nation’s largest physician certification organization, interns will gain experience with issues unique to professional testing organizations.

Qualifications

  • Doctoral student in an educational measurement (or related field) program with at least two years of coursework completed by the start of the internship
  • Preference will be given to applicants who have experience with item response theory
  • Ideal candidates will have experience with programming in SAS or R
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Interest in certification testing
  • Eligible to be legally employed in the United States

 

The ABIM will provide up to $15,000 for the eight-week internship program. This total includes a $10,000 stipend as well as up to $5,000 in housing reimbursement.

Please submit your curriculum vitae and a letter of interest to Michele Johnson, Research Program Manager (researchintern@abim.org) by Monday, February 2, 2026

For more information, check out the pdf here.