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Proper data management is crucial for maintaining scientific rigor and research integrity. Learn about best practices for scientific data management.

Gallstones and other gallbladder disorders rank among the most common and costly of all digestive system diseases.

NIH conducts clinical research trials for many diseases and conditions, including cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, allergy and infectious diseases, and neurological disorders.

You know that physical activity can help you live a longer, healthier life.

Researchers mapped different language impairments to specific brain regions to reveal the basic organization of our language system.

As you plan to write and submit an NIH application, it is important to know some important submission basics, such as what type of application will be needed (paper or electronic) and which forms are necessary, as well as links to contacts, important deadlines, a general timeline, and guidelines for tracking your application through the process. The following resources provide details on each of these elements:

NIH expects that sex as a biological variable will be factored into research designs, analyses, and reporting in vertebrate animal and human studies. Strong justification from the scientific literature, preliminary data, or other relevant considerations must be provided for applications proposing to study only one sex.

An administrative supplement is a noncompeting award that provides additional funding to a currently funded grant to meet increased costs that are within the scope of the approved project, but that were unforeseen when the new or competing renewal application was awarded.

Learn what happens once your application is received by NIH including how we determine which study section it will go to for peer review and how we assign it for funding consideration.