Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
Areas of Focus: Healthcare, Public Health, Food and Drug Safety, Medical Devices, Radiation, Vaccines, Biological Sciences, Global Health, Oncology, Translational Sciences, Integrative Health, Opthamology/Optometry, Cardiology, Nephrology, Hematology, Sleep Disorders, Genetics, Geriatrics, Substance Abuse, Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Arthritis, Musculoskeletal Diseases, Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, Deafness and Communication Disorders, Dental, Diabetes, Environmental Health, Mental Health, Health Disparities, Minority Health, Neurology, Nursing, Biomedical Informatics, Data Science
DHHS Includes:
- Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research (AHRQ): supports research and training to improve the quality, effectiveness, accessibility, and cost effectiveness of health care.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): funds research and non-research public health programs that advance the Agency’s public health mission domestically and abroad.
- Food and Drug Administration (FDA): supports grants, cooperative agreements and contracts to support mission-specific issues on food and drug safety, including medical devices, radiation-emitting products, vaccines, blood and biologics, animal and veterinary medicines, cosmetics, and tobacco products.
- National Institutes of Health (NIH): is the world's largest funder of biomedical research. It is composed of 27 seperate institutes and centers (ICs), including 24 that award extramural grants and contracts:
The NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts weekly publishes funding opportunity announcements and notices, and the NIH Grants Policy Statement, published annually, provides policy guidance for NIH grants and cooperative agreements. Prepared annually, the NIH Data Book (NDB) provides basic summary statistics on extramural grants and contract awards, grant applications, the organizations that NIH supports, the trainees and fellows supported through NIH programs, and the national biomedical workforce.