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	Organization chart - for the major components listed below
	Mission Statements - for many of the major components

The NIH Director

Director's page - Dr. Elias Zerhouni, Director

Advisory Committee - Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy (OFACP)

Executive Secretariat (ES)

Research Funding and Coordination

Extramural Research - Office of Extramural Research (OER)
	Bioinformatics Consortium (BISTIC)
	Bioengineering Consortium (BECON)
Intramural Research - Office of Intramural Research (OIR)
	Animal Care - Office of Animal Care and Use (OACU)
	Human Subjects Research - Office of Human Subjects Research (OHSR)
	Technology Transfer - Office of Technology Transfer (OTT)
	Graduate Partnerships - Graduate Partnerships Program (GPP)
	Education - Office of Intramural Training and Education (OITE)
	Loan Repayment - Office of Loan Repayment and Scholarship
		Undergraduate Scholarships - NIH Undergraduate Scholarship Program (UGSP)
		Loan Repayment - NIH Loan Repayment Program (LRP)

Policy & Communications

Science Policy - Office of Science Policy (OSP)
	Biotechnology Activities - Office of Biotechnology Activities (OBA)
	Science Education - Office of Science Education (OSE)
	Science Policy & Planning - Office of Science Policy & Planning (OSPP)
	Evaluation - Office of Evaluation
Legislative Policy - Office of Legislative Policy and Analysis (OLPA)
Communications - Office of Communications & Public Liaison (OCPL)
	History Museum - Dewitt Stetten, Jr., Museum of Medical Research
	FOIA - Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Office
	Public Liaison - Offices of Public Liaison (OPL)
Community Liaison - Office of Community Liaison (OCL)

Administration & Services

Executive Office - Office of the Director Executive Office (ODEO)
	Information Technology - Office of Information Technology (OIT)
Equal Opportunity - Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity Management (OEODM)
Ethics - NIH Ethics Office
Management - Office of Management (OM)
	Assessment - Office of Management Assessment (OMA)
	Administration - Office of Administration (OA)
		Acquisitions - Office of Acquisition Management and Policy (OAMP)
		Logistics - Office of Logistics and Acquisition Operations (OLAO)
	Budget - Office of Budget (OB)
	Financial Management - Office of Financial Management (OFM)
	Human Resources - Office of Human Resources (OHR)
		Development - NIH Training Center
	Research Facilities - Office of Research Facilities Development and Operations (ORF)
	Research Services - Office of Research Services (ORS)
	Service Centers - Competitive Service Center Program
	Strategic Planning - Office of Strategic Management Planning (OSMP)
Conflict Resolution - Center for Cooperative Resolution (CCR)
Office of the General Counsel (OGC)
	Legal - Office of the NIH Legal Advisor
	Ethics - Ethics Division at NIH

Program Coordination

Office of Disease Prevention
	Dietary Supplements - Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS)
	Medical Applications of Research - Office of Medical Applications of Research (OMAR)
	Rare Diseases - Office of Rare Diseases (ORD)
AIDS Research - Office of AIDS Research (OAR)
Behavioral and Social Sciences - Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR)
Women's Health - Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH)

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