National Institute of General Medical Sciences

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United States National Institutes of Health institute biomedical research funding agency

The National Institute of General Medical Sciences is a U.S. government biomedical research institute that supports fundamental, non-disease-specific science and training to advance understanding of biological processes and lay the groundwork for medical advances.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States National Institutes of Health institute ⓘ biomedical research funding agency ⓘ
abbreviation	National Institute of General Medical Sciences self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: NIGMS
country	United States of America ⓘ
field	basic biomedical science ⓘ biological sciences ⓘ biomedical research ⓘ
focus	fundamental, non-disease-specific research ⓘ understanding of biological processes ⓘ
foundedBy	United States Congress ⓘ surface form: U.S. Congress
fundingSource	U.S. federal budget ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Bethesda, Maryland ⓘ surface form: Bethesda, Maryland, United States
inception	1962 ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: Federal government of the United States
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Bethesda, Maryland ⓘ Maryland ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
mission	to support fundamental research that increases understanding of biological processes and lays the foundation for advances in disease diagnosis, treatment, and prevention ⓘ
objective	to enhance the diversity of the biomedical research workforce ⓘ to lay the groundwork for medical advances ⓘ to support research capacity building in under-resourced institutions ⓘ
parentOrganization	National Institutes of Health ⓘ United States Department of Health and Human Services ⓘ surface form: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
partOf	National Institutes of Health ⓘ
regulates	none (primarily a funding and support agency rather than a regulatory body) ⓘ
researchArea	biochemistry ⓘ biophysics ⓘ cell biology ⓘ computational biology ⓘ genetics ⓘ pharmacology ⓘ physiology ⓘ structural biology ⓘ systems biology ⓘ technology development for biomedical research ⓘ
sector	public sector ⓘ
supports	career development awards ⓘ centers of biomedical research excellence ⓘ graduate research training ⓘ institutional training grants ⓘ investigator-initiated research grants ⓘ postdoctoral research training ⓘ research training programs ⓘ shared instrumentation grants ⓘ undergraduate research programs ⓘ
typeOfOrganization	government research funding organization ⓘ
website	https://www.nigms.nih.gov ⓘ

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