Revolutionizing Science

NIH fuels the biomedical research enterprise—cultivating world-class scientists and catalyzing new scientific fields, tools, and resources that have changed how science is done.

Explore the sections below to discover more about how NIH revolutionizes science.

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Female patient and female nurse sit looking at each other while the patient has an IV in her hand.

Research for All

Learn how NIH broadens the impact of research findings by making research more inclusive and applicable to all

Researchers from the NIH talk with a study participant at the NIH Clinical Center.

Research Approaches

A yellow robotic arm that can be programmed by scientists to conduct high-throughput small molecule screening.

Research Tools

An incoming ReBUILDetroit trainee practices her pipetting during the Summer Enrichment Program for incoming students at the University of Detroit, Mercy.

Partnerships

Learn how NIH catalyzes the research enterprise by fostering partnerships to advance research fields in new ways and new directions
 

A circular cluster of cells colored in red, green, and blue to indicate specific proteins and cell components

Resource Sharing

Learn how NIH spearheads the sharing of resources across the research enterprise

The output from an automated DNA sequencer that the Human Genome Project used to determine the complete human DNA sequence. Sequence is shown by columns of colored rectangles in shades of blue and green.

Scientific Breakthroughs

Learn how NIH supports pivotal research breakthroughs