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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Biomedicine & Bioengineering Research, Cancer, Health
Mission: The Foundation for the NIH is a not-for-profit organization that supports the mission of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) by accelerating biomedical discoveries that improve the quality of people’s lives. We do this by forging strategic alliances that: - Leverage the scientific and technical ingenuity of researchers across the public, private and not-for-profit sectors; - Coordinate and focus scientific efforts strategically to maximize their impact; - Marshal resources – including scientific creativity, technical expertise, money and political will – to build a better future, together.
Target demographics: Support Medical Research that Saves Lives
Programs: Cancer, cardiovascular disease, neurodegenerative diseases, psychiatric conditions and emerging infectious diseases are just some of the major health problems we face today. The cost is measured in years of life lost, in disability and decreased quality of life, in billions of dollars spent on healthcare and in the strain on families and communities supporting people affected by these terrible diseases. Biomedical research and innovation have delivered historic breakthroughs, including a vaccine that eradicated polio, antibiotics curing once-deadly infections, the artificial heart valve and many more. More recently, immunotherapy has transformed how certain cancers, such as melanoma, are treated, turning some cancer diagnoses from a death sentence into a potentially treatable chronic condition. And, currently, we are working to develop treatments and diagnostics to address the COVID-19 pandemic. Discovery and innovation must keep pace with ever-more pressing challenges in medicine and public health. The Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) welcomes new partners to add their support to existing efforts or work with us to build new programs and projects. Cancer, Alzheimer’s Disease, and COVID-19 are examples from three of the many disease areas where the FNIH is at work.