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Caregiving and Dementia
Millions of people care for someone with Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia. Find resources for caregivers.
OBSSR Strategic Plan 2025–2029
Accelerating scientific discovery through the integration of behavioral and social sciences
Monica M. Bertagnolli, M.D., is the NIH Director and provides leadership for the 27 Institutes and Centers that make up NIH.
NIH is the largest source of funding for medical research in the world, creating hundreds of thousands of high-quality jobs.
Scientists conduct research on NIH campuses across the U.S., as part of our Intramural Research Program.
NIH-supported research has had a major positive impact on nearly all of our lives.
The central recruitment point of access to all NIH jobs and training opportunities
A new science agency proposed by President Joseph Biden as part of NIH to drive biomedical breakthroughs and provide transformative solutions for all patients.
NIH does not tolerate pervasive or severe harassment of any kind, including sexual harassment.
Trans-agency effort to speed scientific solutions to stem the national opioid crisis.
Accelerating Medicines Partnership
A bold venture to help identify new treatments and cures for diseases.
Medical Research Initiatives
Important initiatives aimed at improving medical research.
NIH provides training opportunities internally, as well as at universities and other institutions across the U.S.
A new research initiative to understand, prevent, and treat the long-term effects of COVID-19.
