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Our Mission
NIAID conducts and supports basic and applied research to better understand, treat, and ultimately prevent infectious, immunologic, and allergic diseases. NIAID's vision is to improve human health through an integrated, holistic approach to immune-mediated and infectious disease research.
Who We Are
Our organization
As NIAID continues to pursue progress in understanding, treating, and preventing infectious, immunologic, and allergic diseases, it recognizes that new challenges to public health continue to emerge. NIAID will continue its tradition of supporting innovative scientific approaches to address the causes of these diseases and find better ways to prevent, diagnose, and treat them.
Leadership
NIAID's leadership guides the work that advances its mission and supports biomedical research and discovery. Meet the leaders behind the mission and learn more about their careers and contributions.
Research and funding
Our research
For more than 60 years, NIAID research has led to new therapies, vaccines, diagnostic tests, and other technologies that have improved the health of millions of people in the United States and around the world. NIAID is one of the 27 Institutes and Centers of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Funding
Stay abreast of NIAID-relevant funding opportunities, updates to policy, and other announcements of interest to potential grant and award seekers. A program officer in your area of science can give you application advice, NIAID's perspective on your research, and confirmation that your proposed research fits within NIAID’s mission.
Budget
NIAID research has led to new therapies, vaccines, diagnostic tests, and other technologies that have improved the health of millions of people in the United States and around the world. The scope of the NIAID research portfolio has expanded considerably in recent years in response to new challenges such as emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases, and the increase in asthma prevalence among children in the United States.
The growth of NIAID programs has also been driven by unprecedented scientific opportunities in the core NIAID scientific disciplines of microbiology, immunology, and infectious diseases. Advances in these key fields have led to a better understanding of the human immune system and the mechanisms of infectious and immune-mediated diseases.
History
NIAID was established in 1948. Explore significant events and legislative milestones that shaped the institute, its work, and its continuing role in advancing NIH’s mission.