Faculty & Staff

The National Institutes of Health (NIH), part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), is the primary federal funding agency for biomedical (including public health) research.

Visitors can access the NIH homepage or find information on NIH format changes for applications due on or after January 25, 2010.  

Other Useful NIH Sites

Office of Extramural Research (OER)

Extramural grants account for approximately 83% of NIH's $30 billion budget. For more information on the NIH Office of Extramural Research, including information about NIH grants and funding, application basics, and current funding opportunities, please visit the OER website.

NIH OER: News Flashes

Stay up-to-date with research-related news and announcements from the NIH at their OER News Flashes page.

Current and Future Funding Opportunities at NIH

Search a database of all active funding opportunities (RFAs & PAs). Results can be sorted by the following: announcement number, related announcements, issuing organization, release date, opening date, expiration date, activity code(s), or title. The database of current funding opportunities can also be searched by keyword.

NIH Institutes and Centers

The NIH is comprised of 27 institutes and centers. Learn about the NIH’s institutes, centers, and offices.

NIH RePORT

The NIH RePORT (Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tool) website offers a repository of reports, data, and analyses of past and present NIH research activities, as well as several tools to perform database searches. Visit the RePORT website. RePORT also enables users to access the following items:

• Strategic Plans and Visions for both the overall NIH and for each of its Institutes and Centers.
• Success rates for research projects and training and research career development programs by institute, type, and activity code.
• Data on institutions/organizations that have received grants from NIH.

NIH RePORTER (RePORT Expenditures and Results)

RePORTER is an electronic tool within the NIH RePORT system that enables database searches of NIH-funded research projects. Use RePORTER to access project information (including abstracts), as well as information about research funded by other government agencies, including:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC);
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ);
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA);
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA);
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA); 

To access abstracts using RePORTER:

1. Enter the desired search criteria (i.e., agency/institute/center, funding mechanism, activity code, etc.).
2. Click “submit query.”
3. Click on a project title to retrieve the abstract for a particular project.