Access to some of the websites listed is limited to NIH employees. Site also links to information on the growing network of individuals and organizations interested in NIH extramural research and research training programs. Links provide information about NCRR's current activities, grants, research resources, publications and current issues. It links to special database services, diverse research projects, seminar schedules, other resources and services, and the NCBI newsletter. GrantsNet website is sponsored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to provide a searchable database of funding opportunities in the biological and medical sciences.
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This contains a vast collection of published medical information from scientific and medical journals. The website contains information about OOPD activities, funding, related sources of information and an extensive list of orphan products approved by the FDA and under scientific investigation or review. Links to other pertinent sites. A list of diseases and conditions defined as having a prevalence of no more than 200,000 affected individuals in the United States. Certain diseases with more than 200,000 affected individuals are included because subpopulations of these conditions do meet the definition of a rare disease.