NIH FOIA Library

On-Site Records

The NIH On-Site FOIA Library (FL) contains a variety of records that come from several of the Institutes and Centers at the NIH. The records are indexed with an identifying number to assist users in locating the record(s) of interest. The Index of Records is available at this site for your convenience. The records are available for reviewing in the FL, which is located in Building 31, Room 5B-35. The hours of operation are 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday (closed on Federal holidays). A copy machine is available for users to duplicate records of particular interest. Please contact the FOIA Office to make arrangements to view one or more of these records. 

• Index of Records

Electronic Records

In addition, the following records are available in electronic format at this site:

• NIH Response to Murray and DeLauro Letters regarding Sexual Harassment
• Listing of Firearm Related Research Supported by NIH from Fiscal Years 1996-2015 (One-Time Analysis)
• ​Letter from Senior Clinical Center Department Heads and Distinguished Senior Scientist regarding the Red Team Report
• Memorandum of Understanding between the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health, Inc, and the NIH Office of the Director for the Sports and Health Research Program
• Report on Investigation of Allegations of Noncompliance with the Public Health Service Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory animals at Primate Products Inc.
• NIH’s Response to the April 7, 2015, letter from Chairman Bryant of the National Capital Planning Commission regarding the NIH Master Plan
• NIH’s Response to the March 12, 2015, letter from Councilmember Roger Berliner regarding the NIH Master Plan
• NIH Quality Audit Report of University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, February 20, 2015, Study Number STDY-13-0005-TG, “Infectivity and Lethality of Marburg Virus Angola in Non-human Primates Following Intramuscular Challenge
• Animal Welfare Investigation — Animal Welfare Assurance A4149-01 [Case 9Y] (nonhuman primate studies conducted at an NIH intramural lab)
• Letters from Francis S. Collins, Director, NIH, to Representatives Lucille Roybal-Allard, Dina Titus, Eliot Engel and Sam Farr regarding the Animal Welfare Investigation — Animal Welfare Assurance A4149-01[Case 9Y] (nonhuman primate studies conducted at an NIH intramural lab)
• Report on Investigation of Allegations of Noncompliance with the Public Health Service Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Report on Investigation of Allegations of Noncompliance with the Public Health Service Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals at the University of Texas Medical Branch
• Records related to the HeLa Genome
  • Data Use Agreement
  • Summary of the Data Use Agreement
  • HeLa Genome Access Working Group
• Letter from Dr. Francis S. Collins, Director, NIH, to Chairman, Committee on Energy and Commerce regarding NIH’s communications and public education efforts (June 24, 2013)
• Records regarding certain studies being conducted by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development’s Neonatal Research Network
• NIH's Response to the February 14, 2012, letter from Representatives Henry Waxman, Edward Markey and Dianna DeGette regarding the Reporting of Phase IV Trial Results in clinicaltrials.gov
• PWG Reports for Ramazzini Institute Studies:
  • Pathology QA Review and PWG Coordinator's Report for Ramazzini Institute Acrylonitrile Studies
  • Pathology QA Review and PWG Coordinator's Report for Ramazzini Institute Ethyl-tertiary-butyl Ether
  • Pathology QA Review and PWG Coordinator's Report for Ramazzini Institute Vinyl Chloride
  • Pathology QA Review and PWG Coordinator's Report for Ramazzini Institute Methyl-tertiary-butyl Ether Studies
  • Pathology QA Review and PWG Coordinator’s Report for Ramazzini Institute Methyl Alcohol Studies
• NIH Diversity Report — Public Dataset
• NIH Stem Cell Funding Information
• Organization Charts
• March-in Determination in The Case of Fabrazyme®
• Conflict of Interest Information and Resources
• Historical Documents Related to the Council of Public Representatives
• FOIA Annual Reports

Administrative Staff Manuals

• NIH Manual Chapters

Frequently Requested Records

• NIH FOIA Log
• NIH Procurement-Related Information
• Selected Institute and Center Directors' Meeting Highlights
• CellPro Documents
• Contact Information for NIH-Supported Principal Investigators
• NIH Telephone Directory

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