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—for the major components listed below (PDF - 52 KB)
• Mission Statements—for many of the major components
• NIH Deputy Directors—Leadership at NIH

• Director's page—Dr. Francis S. Collins, NIH 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)

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)
• Medical Applications of Research—Office of Medical Applications of Research (OMAR)
• Rare Diseases—Office of Rare Diseases Research (ORDR)

• Strategic Coordination—Office of Strategic Coordination (OSC)
• 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
• 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) Public Information—Public Information Office (PIO)

• News Media

• NIH Press Office
• NIH Radio/NIH Podcast
• NIH Vodcast

• Editorial Operations

• NIH Record
• NIH Publications Web site

• Online Information

• NIH Web site
• NIH News in Health
• NIH Research Matters
• NIH Calendar of Events
• Employee Information Web site
• NIH Almanac

• Special Projects Branch and Visitor Services

• NIH Visitor Information Center
• NIH Research Festival

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

• Director’s Council of Public Representatives (COPR)
• NIH Public Bulletin

• 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)
• 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)

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