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Browse NIH business process definitions, diagrams, and other models, based on the NIH business area. More models will be added in the future. So, check back often.

Acquire Goods and Services

This business area includes the processes for procurement planning, requirements determination, sourcing strategy and the solicitation of goods and services.

Administer Funded Project

This business area includes the processes to receive and review progress reports from the grantees for both the scientific and the financial aspects.

Aggregate Biomedical Data

This business area includes the processes to accumulate research results that can be translated into new medical knowledge or practices.

Align Organization Structure to Business Goals

This business area includes the processes to adjust NIH's composition, including people and assets, in response to changes to the NIH mission, management objectives, or other external or internal factors.

Assess Stakeholder Input

This business area includes the processes to receive and assess input from the NIH stakeholders.

Closeout Funded Project

This business area includes the processes to administer the finances and records at the completion of a grant.

Conduct Intramural Research

This business area includes the processes to conduct intramural research at the NIH. At the current time, support of these processes is out of scope for enterprise architecture.

Contract for Research

This business area includes the processes to acquire products and services to support, conduct and acquire both basic and applied behavioral and biomedical research.

Deliver Information

This business area includes the processes to deliver and support the NIH technical infrastructure for NIH people required to conduct NIH business. It includes the management and maintenance of internally and externally facing NIH information systems, databases, equipment, and associated networks.

Disseminate Knowledge

This business area includes processes to share knowledge from the research. Joint task forces, industry collaborative groups, or standards setting bodies are coordinated or lead to develop standards.

Establish External Business Relationships

This business area includes the processes to create mutually beneficial partnerships with non-NIH organizations to exchange services, resources, knowledge, or other assets.

Formulate Budget Request

This business area includes the processes necessary to identify the financial resources required to meet NIH financial obligations for the fiscal year.

Grants - Award

This business area includes the processes to notify the grant applicant of the outcome of the review.

Grants - Receive Applications

This business area includes the processes to receive electronic and paper grant applications and perform administrative review.

Grants - Refer

This business area includes the processes to assign the grant application to the appropriate NIH institute or center for review and evaluation.

Grants - Review

This business area includes the processes to evaluate the scientific merit of the grant application and the fit within the strategic plan.

Manage Finances

This business area includes the processes involved in financial management to execute the annual budget and monitor and control the income and disbursement of financial resources.

Manage Human Capital

This business area includes the processes to plan for, acquire and manage the staff necessary to support the activities at the NIH.

Plan Research Agenda

This business area includes the processes necessary to establish the NIH strategic research agenda. It includes NIH strategic plan development, grants portfolio evaluation, research needs identification and the issuance of requests for applications (RFAs) at the IC level.

Provide Facilities

This business area includes the processes to maintain NIH real property and facilities (buildings). It includes planning for facility requirements, acquiring needed facilities, managing and maintaining facilities, disposing of facilities, and providing facility access control and protection.

Supply Non-human Subject

This business area includes the processes to plan for, acquire and manage the non-human subjects (animals) necessary to support the research activities at the NIH.