Central NIH Office Contacts

Scope Note

Most inquiries can be answered by your organization's Office of Sponsored Programs; the resources available on the NIH Grants & Funding site; or by contacting NIH institute or center (IC) staff. If you've tried these resources and still have questions, these central NIH office contacts are available to help.

Quick Links

Policy & Compliance

Office of Policy for Extramural Research Administration (OPERA)
Division of Grants Policy

6705 Rockledge Drive
Rockledge I, 8th Floor
Bethesda, MD 20892-7974

301-435-0949
Division of Grants Compliance and Oversight

6705 Rockledge Drive
Rockledge I, 8th Floor
Bethesda, MD 20892-7974

301-435-0938
Systems Policy Branch

6705 Rockledge Drive
Rockledge I, 8th Floor
Bethesda, MD 20892-7974

301-435-0949
Other Transactions Branch

6705 Rockledge Drive
Rockledge I, 8th Floor
Bethesda, MD 20892-7974

Direct your OPERA inquiries through your organization's authorized organizational representative (AOR). (See NOT-OD-21-151.)

Scientific Data & Resource Sharing

Review Policy

Review Policy Officer

6705 Rockledge Drive
Rockledge I, 8th Floor
Bethesda, MD 20892-7974

Human Subjects

Division of Human Subjects Research (DHSR)
Human Subjects

6705 Rockledge Drive
Rockledge I, 8th Floor
Bethesda, MD 20892-7974

Inclusion

6705 Rockledge Drive
Rockledge I, 8th Floor
Bethesda, MD 20892-7974

Single Institutional Review Board (IRB)

6705 Rockledge Drive
Rockledge I, 8th Floor
Bethesda, MD 20892-7974

Certificates of Confidentiality (CoC)

6705 Rockledge Drive
Rockledge I, 8th Floor
Bethesda, MD 20892-7974

Animal Welfare

Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW)

6700B Rockledge Drive, Suite 2500, MSC 6910
Bethesda, MD 20892
(20817 zip code for delivery service or hand delivery)

301-496-7163

Research Training

Division of Biomedical Research Workforce (DBRW)

6705 Rockledge Drive
Rockledge I, 8th Floor
Bethesda, MD 20892-7974

Financial - NIH

Office of Financial Management (OFM)

6701 Rockledge Drive, 3rd Floor Bethesda
MD 20892-7784​

301-496-6088
Office of Acquisition Management and Policy (OAMP) Division of Financial Advisory Services (DFAS)

6011 Executive Boulevard, Room 549C
MSC-7663
Bethesda, MD 20892-7663

301-496-4401

Financial - HHS

Payment Management System (PMS)

PMS Program Support Center (PSC)
P.O. Box 6021
Rockville, MD 20852

877-614-5533

Small Businesses

Small business Education & Entrepreneurial Development (SEED)

6705 Rockledge Drive
Rockledge 1, 8th floor
Bethesda, MD 20892-7974

Small Businesses

Reporting Concerns

Since NIH is not a law enforcement agency, we strongly encourage people to report allegations of harassment or assault to the appropriate authorities.

If there are concerns that harassment, including sexual harassment, discrimination, or other forms of inappropriate conduct that can result in a hostile work environment is affecting an NIH-funded project, we want to know about it. Notification may be done anonymously. Learn what to expect when notifying NIH.

301-480-6701

NIH supports safe and respectful work environments that are free from harassment, including sexual harassment, discrimination, or other forms of inappropriate conduct that can result in a hostile work environment.

Supporting a Safe and Respectful Workplace at Institutions that Receive NIH Funding

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