Our Programs

The NIH is composed of 27 Institutes and Centers. Each Institute or Center has its own specific research agenda and administrates its own budget. All but three receive their funding directly from Congress. The NIH Intramural Research Program (IRP) comprises intramural programs embedded in 23 of the NIH Institutes and Centers and located on one or more of the NIH campuses.

Learn more about the IRP components and their individual mandates by clicking on the links below.

In This Section

• National Cancer Institute (NCI)

  • Center for Cancer Research (CCR)
  • Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (DCEG)

• National Eye Institute (NEI)

• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

• National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)

• National Institute on Aging (NIA)

• National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

  • Division of Intramural Research
  • Vaccine Research Center (VRC)

• National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)

• National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)

• Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

• National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)

• National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)

• National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

• National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

• National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)

• National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

• National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)

• National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

• National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)

• National Library of Medicine (NLM)

• NIH Clinical Center (CC)

• National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)

• National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)