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One program, many people, infinite possibilities

A premier environment where creative scientists conduct fundamental biomedical research for the betterment of human health—we are the IRP.

Scientific Focus Areas

We group our investigators into Institutes and Centers, but nature does not confine itself to institutional boundaries—and that is a wonderful thing.

Nurturing the Next Generation

A historic "intramural-extramural" partnership between the IRP and the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation has begun, with the aim of funding top-notch clinical researchers for up to 11 years each.

Commercializing Inventions

The office of Technology Transfer connects the inventive discoveries made in the Intramural Research Program to commercial partners that develop these technologies into products and services to benefit public health.

Commercializing Inventions

Clinical Center

America’s Clinical Research Hospital

The Clinical Center is home to the National Institutes of Health intramural clinical research program. Located on the NIH Bethesda, Maryland campus, the Clinical Center complex is where clinical biomedical research occurs.

The NIH Clinical Center
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Quick Links

  • Bench-to-Bedside: The IRP is committed to advancing translational research.
  • Commercializing Inventions: Learn how our discoveries become medical advances.

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in the news

NIH Medical Research Scholars Program Announces First Class, May 8, 2012

Scientists find that chromosomal abnormalities are associated with aging and cancer, May 7, 2012

Anti-HIV drug use during pregnancy does not affect infant size, birth weight, May 1, 2012

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events

WALS: The Mouse Ultrasonic Song System, May 16, 2012, 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Impact of Ethnicity on Lupus, May 17, 2012, 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

5th Annual NIH Career Symposium, May 18, 2012, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

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research in action

  • Bechara Kachar uses high-tech imaging to understand the cell biology of hearing
  • Caroline Fox investigates risk factors associated with cardiovascular disease.
  • Michael Collins cures a teenager of a debilitating bone disorder.
  • Jerrel Yakel studies the neural circuits that underlie learning and memory.
  • Christina Annunziata on the problem of ovarian cancer.
  • Gary Felsenfeld celebrates 50 years at the NIH.
  • Bibiana Bielekova takes her work from the bench to the bedside.
  • Tongqing Zhou uses structural biology tools in search for an HIV vaccine.
  • Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz peers into the life and death of cells.
  • William Gahl searches for answers to confounding undiagnosed diseases.
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Learn about our researchers, their goals, achievements, inspirational moments, and most of all, why they are passionate about the research that they do here.