Research Links - Government Sites

 

National Institute of Child Health & Human Development

 

The NICHD conducts and supports research at all stages of human and non-human development, from preconception to adulthood, with extramural programs on developmental biology, genetics and teratology; pregnancy and perinatology; reproductive sciences; mental retardation and developmental disabilities; endocrinology, nutrition and growth; child development and behavior, etc.

National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)

The NIGMS is one of the National Institutes of Health. NIGMS supports basic biomedical research that is not targeted to specific diseases, but that increases understanding of life processes and lays the foundation for advances in disease diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.

National Institutes of Health (NIH) 

The NIH is one of eight health agencies of the Public Health Service which, in turn, is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The NIH mission is to uncover new knowledge that will lead to better health for everyone. NIH works toward that mission by: conducting research in its own laboratories; supporting the research of non-Federal scientists in universities, medical schools, hospitals, and research institutions throughout the country and abroad; helping in the training of research investigators; and fostering communication of biomedical information.

National Institutes of Health Special Interest Groups

NIH Inter-Institute Interest Groups are assemblies of scientists with common research interests. These groups are divided into seven broad, process oriented parent groups, or faculties, and more than 30 smaller, more focused groups centered on particular research models, subjects, or techniques.

National Science Foundation (NSF)

The NSF is an independent agency of the U.S. Government; its mission is to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; and to secure the national defense.