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RECOVER Initiative

The NIH Researching COVID to Enhance Recovery (RECOVER) Initiative aims to understand, prevent, and treat long-term effects of COVID-19.

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Antiviral Program for Pandemics

HHS invests $3 billion to spur development of antiviral treatments for COVID-19 and future viral threats.

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Advancing Health Equity and Researcher Diversity

Learn about the NIH’s new, collaborative effort to use artificial intelligence to advance health equity and increase researcher diversity in the field.

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September is Pain Awareness Month

Learn how the NIH Pain Research Community is working to improve the understanding and treatment of pain.

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Progress In Sickle Cell Disease Research

Learn about efforts to find new treatments, cures, and personalized care for people with sickle cell disease.

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In the News

Aging

Certain brain functions may improve, not decline, over time.

Robotic Cane

Modern cane can guide user to chosen location, avoiding obstacles.

Covid Vaccines

Breakthrough infections in vaccinated people less likely to develop symptoms.

Neurofibromatosis type 1

Blood test reveals when benign tumors turn cancerous.

NIH at a Glance

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Who We Are

NIH is the nation’s medical research agency, supporting scientific studies that turn discovery into health.

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The NIH Director

The NIH Director

Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., provides leadership for the 27 institutes and centers that make up the NIH.

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Funding for Research

Funding for Research

NIH is the largest source of funding for medical research in the world, creating hundreds of thousands of high-quality jobs.

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Labs at NIH

Scientists conduct research on NIH campuses across the U.S., as part of our Intramural Research Program.

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Training at NIH

Training at NIH

NIH provides training opportunities internally, as well as at universities and other institutions across the U.S.

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Researcher holding a petri dish.

Jobs at NIH

The central recruitment point of access to all NIH jobs and training opportunities

Featured Resources & Initiatives

ACTIV

A public-private partnership to develop a coordinated research strategy to speed the most promising COVID-19 vaccines and treatments.

Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx)

An initiative to speed innovation in the development, commercialization, and implementation of technologies for COVID-19 testing.

RECOVER

A new research initiative to understand, prevent, and treat the long-term effects of COVID-19.

ARPA-H

A new science agency proposed by President Joseph Biden as part of NIH to drive biomedical breakthroughs and provide transformative solutions for all patients.

Anti-Sexual Harassment

NIH does not tolerate pervasive or severe harassment of any kind, including sexual harassment.

Ending Structural Racism

Learn more about NIH’s efforts to end structural racism in biomedical research through the UNITE initiative.

All of Us Research Program

A research effort to revolutionize how we improve health and treat disease.

NIH HEAL Initiative

Trans-agency effort to speed scientific solutions to stem the national opioid crisis.

Clinical Trials

Learn about participating in clinical trials and where to find them.

Accelerating Medicines Partnership

A bold venture to help identify new treatments and cures for diseases.

Impact of NIH Research

NIH-supported research has had a major positive impact on nearly all of our lives.

Medical Research Initiatives

Important initiatives aimed at improving medical research.

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