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NIH and You: 2010 and BeyondBuilding Partnerships in Biomedical and Behavioral Research

Sally J. Rockey, Ph.D.Acting Director of Extramural Research

National Institutes of Health

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Science, The Endless Frontier

July 25, 1945: Question from President

Roosevelt to Vannevar Bush, Director, Office of Scientific Research and Development:

“With particular reference to the war of science against disease, what can be done now to organize a program for continuing in the future the work which has been done in medicine and related sciences?”

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Why Extramural Research?

“The responsibility for basic research in medicine and the underlying sciences, so essential to progress in the war against disease, falls primarily upon the medical schools and universities…the Government should extend financial support to basic medical research in the medical schools and universities.”

– Vannevar BushResponse to President Roosevelt, 1945

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Extramural: outside the walls or boundaries, as of a city or town or a university: extramural teaching; an extramural church . . . .

Or Extramural Research

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“Science in pursuit of fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior of living systems

and the application of that knowledge to extend healthy life and reduce the burdens of illness and disability

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NIH: Steward of Biomedical & Behavioral Research for the Nation

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NIH Campus -- 1947

NIH Campus 1948

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NIH Campus Today

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Understanding the Dual Nature of NIH

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Data: Assoc of University Technology Managers (AUTM) Survey 2004

Alaska

NIH supports institutions & people(Extramural Research)

>4,000 institutions>300,000 scientists & research personnel~Approx. 80% of the NIH budget

NIH is an institution(Intramural Research)

~Approx. 6,000 scientists~Approx. 10% of NIH budget