National Institute of General Medical Sciences

The NIGMS supports basic research that increases understanding of biological processes and lays the foundation for advances in disease diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.

[1] All NIH Institutes and Centers support basic research that is relevant to the diseases, organ systems, stages of life, or populations within their mission areas.

NIGMS-supported research may utilize specific cells or organ systems if they serve as models for understanding general principles.

[1] NIGMS also supports research in specific clinical areas that affect multiple organ systems: anesthesiology and peri-operative pain; sepsis; clinical pharmacology that is common to multiple drugs and treatments; and trauma, burn injury, and wound healing.

The vast majority of this money funds grants to scientists at universities, medical schools, hospitals, and other research institutions throughout the country.