Office of Clinical Research Education & Collaboration Outreach (OCRECO) | OIR

The mission and vision of the NIH Office of Clinical Research Education & Collaboration Outreach (OCRECO) is to facilitate excellence in clinical research at the NIH and extramurally through the development of training and collaborations that optimize resource utilization and facilitate partnerships between the intramural and extramural communities.

To carry out this mission and vision, the NIH Office of Clinical Research Education & Collaboration Outreach (OCRECO) ensures high-quality science and clinical research through:

  • Development and maintenance of training programs to facilitate the performance of rigorous and reproducible clinical research;

  • Development and administration of funding opportunities for Intramural Research Program (IRP) investigators, and for intramural-extramural investigator collaborations; and

  • Collaborative partnerships to leverage NIH's special capabilities.

Clinical Research Education

Explore our portfolio of clinical research education programs, designed for the spectrum of investigators and others involved in clinical research.

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Funding Opportunities

Learn more about our office's two funding programs, the Bench-to-Bedside and Back Program (BtB) and the Opportunities for Collaborative Research (U01).

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Strategic Partnerships

Discover how we build collaborative partnerships between the intramural NIH and regional institutions to share resources and data to advance research initiatives.

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Office of Clinical Research Education & Collaboration Outreach

Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health
Shannon Building (Building 1), Room 201
1 Center Drive, MSC 0155
Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0155

Phone: 301-827-5428
Fax: 301-496-3561
eFax: 301-480-5150
Email: OCRECO@od.nih.gov