Watch for the Next 'IT" Contest, NIH Earth Day 2009

Join us in  for food, fun, activities, and informational displays to celebrate Earth Day. The Earth Day celebration is for all adults and also all children here for Take Your Child to Work Day. Detailed information will be available in April.

Earth Day Name "IT" Contest - NIH Employees, Contractors and Patients Only

The mystery plants in our previous contests were sources of potentially important medicines and were threatened in their native lands because of habitat destruction, over harvesting, poaching and other challenges stemming from human activities. Some  of our mystery plants also have important medicinal properties but may not be endangered. Some species have the potential to help reverse multiple major environmental problems and provide for many unmet human needs.