Build Your Skills Through Hands-On Research
Investigate and publish under expert supervision with microscopIA. Our Research Group was recognized by the Colombian Ministry of Science, Research, and Innovation under Call 894 of 2021.
Biomedical and Clinical Research
Observational Studies · Clinical Trials · Case Reports and Series · Digital Health · AI and Devices
Health Systems and Services
Geospatial · Workforce · Utilization · Referral · Care Pathways · Quality
Epidemiology and Population Health
Descriptive · Analytical · Surveillance · Risk factors · Community Health Pilots
Health Economics and Policy
Cost-Effectiveness · Cost–Utility · Cost–Benefit · Budget Impact · Resource Allocation
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Choose Your Projects, Build Your Experience
Explore clinical research, artificial intelligence, epidemiology, and other healthcare research opportunities. Depending on your membership, you may participate in one or two projects simultaneously.
Apply to projects matching your interests and qualifications. Each project has specific eligibility requirements, available positions, responsibilities, and timelines. Selection for a particular project is not guaranteed.
Turn your research contributions into meaningful academic achievements. microscopIA provides expert scientific supervision and covers approved publication fees for the resulting manuscripts. Besides working in a real project, you will be an author of the resulting manuscripts.
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Your Place in Research, Every Month
Your membership guarantees at least one active, supervised research assignment during each membership month. You can enroll and participate actively in up to two projects simultaneously, based on your membership type. Some projects last several months, allowing you to develop meaningful scientific contributions.
If you are not selected for an available project, microscopIA will assign you a supervised scientific review suited to your qualifications and interests.
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Training, Participation, and Time Commitment
Selected participants will receive structured training in the specific tasks required for the study. Participation is remote and does not require a fixed working schedule. Participants should expect to contribute approximately 3–7 hours per week, depending on the project stage and assigned responsibilities.
microscopIA will keep mandatory meetings to a minimum. The research team may organize additional meetings when necessary to review progress, coordinate activities, or address operational needs.
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Learn Alongside Experienced Researchers and Clinicians
Develop practical research skills with guidance from qualified clinicians, scientists, and principal investigators. Every project includes defined responsibilities, appropriate training, scientific supervision, and clear deliverables.
Join the microscopIA Research Group, recognized by Colombia's Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation under Call 894 of 2021, and contribute to research with real academic objectives.
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Affiliations, Authorship, and Publication
After more than three consecutive months of active membership, members enrolled in a research project who demonstrate satisfactory performance may request a microscopIA Research Associate certificate.
The certificate may document the member’s research projects, responsibilities, principal investigators, participation dates, verified scientific contributions, and other relevant roles. Approved Research Associates will join microscopIA’s internal researcher database and may also be included in its public researcher directory. Eligible researchers may receive assistance with formal research-group affiliation through Colombia’s Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation.
Whenever scientifically and contractually feasible, microscopIA will seek to make a preprint available before or during journal peer review. This may be particularly valuable for participants applying to clinical or surgical residencies, fellowships, Master’s programs, PhD programs, or other academic and professional opportunities.
When a preprint cannot be made available because of journal policies, investigator agreements, confidentiality requirements, collaborative arrangements, or other project-specific restrictions, microscopIA may instead provide a detailed participation certificate while peer review is ongoing. This certificate may state the participant’s role, dates of enrollment, verified contributions, principal investigator, project title, manuscript status, and authorship status, where appropriate.
Letters of recommendation may be provided at the discretion of the project’s principal investigators and will depend on the member’s performance, scientific contributions, reliability, and professional conduct. Letters are not guaranteed.