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 - 61 KB) —for the major components listed below
• Mission Statements—for many of the major components

• Director's page—Dr. Elias Zerhouni, Director
• Advisory Committee—Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy (OFACP)
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• Advisory Committee—Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy (OFACP)
  
• Executive Secretariat (ES)

Strategic Planning

• The Office of Portfolio Analysis and Strategic Initiatives (OPASI)

Extramural Research—Office of Extramural Research (OER)

• Bioinformatics Consortium (BISTIC)
• Bioengineering Consortium (BECON)

Intramural Research—Office of Intramural Research (OIR)

• Animal Care—Office of Animal Care and Use (OACU)
• History Museum—Dewitt Stetten, Jr., Museum of Medical Research
• Human Subjects Research—Office of Human Subjects Research (OHSR)
• Technology Transfer—Office of Technology Transfer (OTT)
• Graduate Partnerships—Graduate Partnerships Program (GPP)
• Education—Office of Intramural Training and Education
• Loan Repayment—Office of Loan Repayment and Scholarship
  • Undergraduate Scholarships—NIH Undergraduate Scholarship Program (UGSP)
  • Loan Repayment—Intramural Loan Repayment and Scholarship Program (ILRSP)

Communications—Office of Communications & Public Liaison (OCPL)

• FOIA—Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Office
• Public Liaison—Offices of Public Liaison (OPL)
• Community Liaison—Office of Community Liaison (OCL)

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)
Executive Office—Office of the Director Executive Office (ODEO)
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)
• Administration—Office of Administration (OA) 
  • 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)
• Service Centers—Competitive Service Center Program
• Strategic Planning—Office of Strategic Management Planning (OSMP)

Conflict Resolution—Center for Cooperative Resolution (CCR)
Office of the General Counsel (OGC)

• Legal—Office of the NIH Legal Advisor
• Ethics—Ethics Division at NIH

Office of Disease Prevention

• Dietary Supplements—Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS)
• Medical Applications of Research—Office of Medical Applications of Research (OMAR)
• Rare Diseases—Office of Rare Diseases (ORD)

AIDS Research—Office of AIDS Research (OAR)
Behavioral and Social Sciences—Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR)
Women's Health—Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH)