NIH Office of the Director
NIH Office of the Director
The NIH is comprised of the Office of the Director and 27 Institutes and Centers. The Office of the Director is the central office at NIH, and is responsible for setting policy for NIH and for planning, managing, and coordinating the programs and activities of all the NIH components. More
- Organization chart (PDF - 52 KB)—for the major components listed below
- Mission Statements—for many of the major components
- NIH Deputy Directors—Leadership at NIH
The NIH Director
- Director's page—Dr. Francis S. Collins, NIH Director
- Advisory Committee —Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy (OFACP)
- Executive Secretariat (ES)
Research, Funding and Coordination
Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives (DPCPSI)
- AIDS Research—Office of AIDS Research (OAR)
- Behavioral and Social Sciences—Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR)
- Disease Prevention—Office
of Disease Prevention (ODP)
- Dietary Supplements—Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS)
- Strategic Coordination—Office of Strategic Coordination (OSC)
- Portfolio Analysis—Office of Portfolio Analysis (OPA)
- Program Evaluation—Office of Program Evaluation and Performance (OPEP)
- Infrastructure—Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (ORIP)
- Women's Health—Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH)
Extramural Research—Office of Extramural Research (OER)
- Oversees All OER Activities—Immediate Office of the Director (IMOD)
- Administrative Operations—Office of Administrative Operations (OAO)
- Animal Welfare—Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW)
- Extramural Programs—Office of Extramural Programs (OEP)
- Extramural Research Administration Policy—Office of Policy for Extramural Research Administration (OPERA)
- Planning and Communication—Office of Planning & Communication (OCP)
- Research Information Systems—Office of Research Information Systems (ORIS)
Intramural Research—Office of Intramural Research (OIR)
- Animal Care—Office of Animal Care and Use (OACU)
- History Museum—Office of NIH History (ONHM)
- Human Subjects Research—Office of Human Subjects Research (OHSR)
- Technology Transfer—Office of Technology Transfer (OTT)
- Education—Office
of Intramural Training and Education (OITE)
- Graduate Partnerships—Graduate Partnerships Program (GPP)
- NIH Division of Loan Repayment—Office
of Loan Repayment and Scholarship
- Undergraduate Scholarships—NIH Undergraduate Scholarship Program (UGSP)
- NIH Division of Loan Repayment—Intramural Loan Repayment and Scholarship Program (ILRSP)
Communications
Communications—Office of Communications & Public Liaison (OCPL)
Public Information—Public Information Office (PIO)
- News Media
- Editorial Operations
- Online Information
- Special Projects Branch and Visitor Services
- FOIA—Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Office
- Public Liaison—Offices of Public Liaison (OPL)
- NIH Plain Language/Clear Communication/Health Literacy Initiative
- Community Liaison—Office of Community Liaison (OCL)
Policy
Science Policy—Office of Science Policy (OSP)
- Biotechnology Activities—Office of Biotechnology Activities (OBA)
- Clinical Research Policy Analysis and Coordination Program (CRpac)—Office of Biotechnology Activities (OBA)
- Science Education—Office of Science Education (OSE)
- Science Policy Analysis—Office of Science Policy Analysis (OSPA)
Legislative Policy—Office of Legislative Policy and Analysis (OLPA)
Administration & Services
Executive Office (Public Access)—Office of the Director Executive Office (ODEO)
Executive Office—Office of the Director Executive Office (ODEO) (OD-only access)
Equal Opportunity—Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity Management (OEODM)
Ethics—NIH Ethics Office
NIH Information Technology—Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO)
Management—Office of Management (OM)
- Assessment—Office of Management Assessment (OMA)
- Acquisitions and
Logistics—Office of Acquisition and Logistics
Management (OALM)
- Acquisitions—Office of Acquisition Management and Policy (OAMP)
- Logistics—Office of Logistics and Acquisition Operations (OLAO)
- Budget—Office of Budget (OB)
- Financial Management—Office of Financial Management (OFM)
- Human Resources—Office of Human Resources (OHR)
- Development—NIH Training Center
- Research Facilities—Office of Research Facilities Development and Operations (ORF)
- Research
Services—Office of Research Services (ORS)
- Occupational Health—Division of Occupational Health and Safety (DOHS)
- Animal and Veterinary Services—Division of Veterinary Resources (DVR)
- Strategic Planning—Office of Strategic Planning for Administration (OSPA)
Conflict Resolution—Center for Cooperative Resolution (CCR)
Office of the General Counsel (OGC)
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