The National Institutes of Health (NIH), a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the nation’s medical research agency — making important discoveries that improve health and save lives.
The grant program aims to support basic research projects on chemical warfare agents, toxic industrial chemicals, and pesticides that affect the nervous system. It targets chemical threats potentially used in terrorism or accidentally released from industrial activities. The program's objectives include elucidating mechanisms of toxicity, identifying new manifestations of toxic exposures, and discovering new targets for therapeutic intervention. Projects are encouraged to foster collaborations and generate significant data towards these goals.