NIH Awards

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Introduction to NIH Awards

NIH Awards

The NIH is comprised of the Office of the Director and 27 Institutes and Centers.

21 – NIH Institutes
6 – NIH Centers

The Office of the Director is the central office at NIH. The OD is responsible for setting policy for NIH and for planning, managing, and coordinating the programs and activities of all the NIH components.

NIH Institutes

National Cancer Institute (NCI) — Est. 1937
National Institute on Aging (NIA) — Est. 1974
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) — Est. 1970
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) — Est. 1948
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) — Est. 1986
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) — Est. 2000
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) — Est. 1962
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) — Est. 1988
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) — Est. 1948
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) — Est. 1950
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) — Est. 1974
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) — Est. 1969
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) — Est. 1962
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) — Est. 194
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) — Est. in 1993
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) — Est. 1950
National Library of Medicine (NLM) — Est. 1956

NIH Centers

Center for Information Technology (CIT) — Est. in 1964
Center for Scientific Review (CSR) — Est. in 1946
Fogarty International Center (FIC) — Est. in 1968
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) — Est. in 1999
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) — Est. in 2011
NIH Clinical Center (CC) — Est. in 1953

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