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NIH Tribal Consultations
Honoring Commitments, Building Relationships, Improving Health
With an emphasis on trust, respect, and shared responsibility, Tribal Consultation is a formal process for open and free exchange of information. At NIH, it’s a foundational opportunity for our scientific community to listen and learn from Tribal leaders, and respectfully consider the knowledge, priorities, concerns, history, and culture of Tribal Nations prior to developing NIH research priorities, policies, and programs.
About Tribal Consultation and NIH’s policy
NIH Tribal Consultation Policy
Presidential Memorandum on Tribal Consultation
Tribal Consultations
May 2026
NIH Tribal Consultation: Expansion of the Strong Heart Study
April 2026
The 28th HHS Tribal Budget Consultation, April 21-22, 2026
December 2024
NIH Disposition of Biospecimens Collected from Tribal Populations
May 2024
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) Initiative for Improving American Indian and Alaska Native Cancer Outcomes
January 2024
Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) and Other Types of Dementia Real-World Data Platform
September 2023
All of Us Research Program Update and Discussion on Integrating Self-Identified AI/AN Data into the All of Us Data Platform
June 2022
NIH IMPROVE Initiative Maternal Health Research Centers of Excellence
May 2022
NIH Strategic Plan for Tribal Health Research, FY2024–2028
March 2022
NIH Helping to End Addiction Long-term® Initiative (NIH HEAL Initiative®)
December 2021
National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C)
June 2021
Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) Tribal Data Repository
May 2021
Draft NIH Tribal Consultation Policy
February 2021
Native American Research Centers for Health (NARCH) Program Evaluation
May 2020
COVID-19 Research
May 2019
All of Us Research Program
April 2019
Data Sharing and Management
April 2019
Intellectual Property in Biomedical Research
May 2018
Opioid Crisis in Indian Country
June 2017
Biomedical Research and Tribal Communities
May 2017
2017ConsultationGuidanceFinal.pdf
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February 2017
Tribal Interests in Research Involving Human Participants
October 2016
NIHAnnualTribalConSummary10092016.pdf
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September 2015