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The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering and NIH Grant Process: An Overview¹

¹ From the Department of Diagnostic Radiology, College of Medicine, and Division of Radiation Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky (A.B.W.); and the Departments of Radiology, Radiation Oncology, Biophysics, and Community and Public Health, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Rd, Milwaukee, WI 53226 (W.R.H.). Received July 13, 2005; revision requested September 19; revision received October 27; accepted November 23; final version accepted March 2, 2006; final review and update by W.R.H. July 20. Address correspondence to W.R.H. (e-mail: whendee{at}mcw.edu).

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) comprise the largest single source of funding in the world for the support of biomedical research. Much of the work of the NIH focuses on the elucidation of fundamental biophysical, biochemical, and biologic aspects of the molecular, cellular, and tissue processes underlying both healthy and diseased states of biologic systems and on the development of cures for the latter. In 2000, the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) was created with a somewhat different focus: Rather than concentration on a specific organ system or category of disease, the primary objective of the NIBIB is the advancement of technologies and tools that contribute to all aspects of biomedical research and health care delivery, especially in the imaging sciences and bioengineering. This article provides an overview of the ways in which NIH funds research, with an emphasis on NIBIB support of biomedical imaging. It is intended for radiologists, radiation oncologists, medical physicists, and other readers of this journal, especially those with limited experience in the complex process of obtaining NIH grant support.

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