Welcome to the NIH Common Fund
Bold science, catalyzing discoveries
What is the NIH Common Fund?
Our Mission
The NIH Common Fund is a funding entity within NIH that supports bold scientific programs that catalyze discovery across all biomedical and behavioral research. These programs create a space where investigators and multiple NIH Institutes and Centers collaborate on innovative research expected to address high priority challenges for the NIH as a whole and make a broader impact in the scientific community.
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Science Highlights
Researchers Break New Ground Treating Gut Inflammation with Designer Bacteria
Trillions of microbes live in our gut, helping to digest food, supporting the immune system, and fighting disease-causing bacteria.
New isolation method yields greater capture of small biological particles outside cells
The new isolation process is conducted on a microscopic device...
Researchers Expand Resource to Map Communication Between Cells
Providing new information about interactions between exRNA and certain proteins that carry exRNA in biofluids known as RNA binding proteins (RBPs)...
New Database Supports Open Science in Study of Particles That Exist Outside Cells
The NanoFlow Repository is established to provide a place for researchers to share their extracellular particle data...
Modeling the Keys to Cellular Memory
4D Nucleome researchers discover the requirements for persistent cellular memory with an epigenetic model
Prize Challenge Seeking Ideas for New Approach Methodologies to Transform Biomedical Research
The Common Fund has issued a prize competition for the Complement-Animal Research in Experimentation Challenge.