National Institutes of Health

Over the past few decades, NIH has developed a robust relationship with the Indian Government, and India's medical research community. NIH collaborations with India are focused in several high-priority areas for both countries, including research related to HIV/AIDS, maternal and child health, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, infectious disease, eye disease, hearing disorders, and mental health.

National Institutes of Health (NIH) Activities in India

NIH supports biomedical and behavioral health research collaborations in India through investigator-initiated grants, support for a non-human primate research center, nine current bilateral agreements, Joint Working Groups, targeted workshops, and research training activities.

In the past decade, Indian investigators have been increasingly successful in competing for NIH funds through a highly competitive NIH dual level peer-review process. NIH extramural funding to Indian scientists include a wide variety of priorities for the NIH, including research related to HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, cancers, maternal and child health, cardiac disease, diabetes, population aging, mental health, environmental health, and other chronic and infectious diseases.

Current NIH extramural research training programs in India focus on Bioethics, HIV/AIDS, infectious diseases, diabetes, environmental and occupational health, informatics, clinical research, and other areas. NIH's Intramural research programs also provide unique opportunities for Indian scientists to enhance skills in the 1200 NIH laboratories devoted exclusively to biomedical research. At any given time, there are over 300 Indian scientists conducting research in NIH's intramural laboratories.

Contact NIH:

The Fogarty International Center's Program Officer for South Asia is responsible for fostering research collaborations with India. The Program Officer for South Asia can provide additional information about current NIH activity in India and connectivity to the responsible NIH officials. Phone: 301-496-4784

For additional information, please visit NIH's Global Health website