NIH Institutes’ Concepts Webpages

Concepts are areas of research that individual institutes are considering for future funding. Identifying concepts in your area is an excellent way to strategize ahead of the release of RFAs and PAs.

• National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• National Center for Complementary and Integrative Medicine (NCCIH)
• National Eye Institute (NEI)
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
• National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
• National Institute on Aging (NIA)
• National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
• National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
• National institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)
• National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
• National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
• National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
• National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
• National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
• National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
• National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
• National Institutes of Health-Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives (DPCPSI) -DPCPSI’s mission includes identifying emerging scientific opportunities, rising public health challenges, and scientific knowledge gaps that merit further research. DPCPSI Program Offices:
  • NIH Office of AIDS Research (OAR)
  • NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR)
  • NIH Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS)
  • NIH Office of Disease Prevention (ODP)
  • NIH Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (ORIP)
  • NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH)
  • NIH Office of Strategic Coordination (OSC) – The Common Fund -NIH Common Fund program is designed to provide strategic and nimble approaches to address key roadblocks that impede biomedical research.
• National Institute of Health Fogarty International Center 
• National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
• National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
• National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
• National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)