NIH’s response plan includes five strategic priorities to guide COVID-19 programs and research.
A research funding agency that supports transformative biomedical and health breakthroughs to provide health solutions for all.
Accelerating COVID-19 Therapeutic Interventions and Vaccines (ACTIV)
Prioritizing and speeding development of the most promising treatments and vaccines.
Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx)
An initiative to speed innovation in the development, commercialization, and implementation of technologies for COVID-19 testing.
A new research initiative to understand, prevent, and treat the long-term effects of COVID-19.
Learn more about NIH research to address the rising U.S. rates of pregnancy-related deaths.
21st Century Cures Act
Providing NIH with critical tools to further advance biomedical research, promote innovation and speed development of new therapies.
Cancer MoonshotSM
Cancer prevention and detection, while making more therapies available to more patients.
Learn about an audacious initiative aimed at revolutionizing our understanding of the human brain.
Learn about shared areas of interest and challenges to advance ME/CFS research.
Learn about disease treatment and prevention that takes into account individual variability in genes, environment, and lifestyle.
Learn about new research to understand environmental influences on child health.
Rigor and Reproducibility
Information about the efforts underway by NIH to enhance rigor and reproducibility in scientific research.
Harnessing the potential of the computational and quantitative sciences to elevate the impact and efficiency of biomedical research.
Find out about the “Enhancing the Diversity of the NIH-funded Workforce” Program.
Trans-agency effort to speed scientific solutions to stem the national opioid crisis.
Agency-wide initiative on the critical health needs of individuals with Down syndrome.
Learn how NIH is accelerating discovery by supporting cross-cutting, trans-NIH programs.
Blueprint for Neuroscience Research
Learn how NIH is enhancing collaboration in support of research on the nervous system.
Sound Health: An NIH-Kennedy Center Partnership
Music can get you moving, lift your mood, and even help you recall a memory, but can it improve your health?
Environmental Justice (EJ) Initiative
Identify and implement transformative actions to advance environmental justice.
