Institute Goals
Because scientific knowledge, research opportunities, and public health needs continue to evolve, the institute remains receptive to adapting the priorities outlined in the Plan and will continue to fund the best, most promising applications that it receives to advance knowledge of and treatment for diseases and conditions within its mission.
Priorities and examples are included to provide additional granularity, but NIAMS encourages readers to think creatively about needs that NIAMS could address related to the institute’s four goals.
Strategic Goals
All focus areas for the institute are expected to fall under at least one of the following four goals (as they pertain to NIAMS mission areas):
- Advancing therapy development for everyone by identifying human biological, behavioral, and environmental factors that affect health, disease, and the patient experience and testing interventions in people with arthritis, musculoskeletal, and skin diseases.
- Fostering discoveries to improve human health by developing resources, including relevant preclinical models, unbiased clinical data, and computational biology approaches.
- Supporting necessary infrastructure and a robust research workforce capable of conducting all types of studies, including interdisciplinary research and team science.
- Communicating timely and relevant advances to patients, communities, and scientists.
Research Priorities
- Priority 1: Studying Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Health and Disease and Understanding the Resulting Phenotypes and Endotypes
- Priority 2: Developing Regenerative Medicine Approaches to Facilitate Repair or Restoration of Tissue
- Priority 3: Using Data Science, Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning, and Computational Biology to Advance Knowledge and Treatments
- Priority 4: Understanding Behaviors and Environmental Exposures That Promote Health or Cause Disease
- Priority 5: Translating Findings into Interventions Through Clinical and Epidemiological Studies
- Priority 6: Conducting Research to Reduce Health Disparities
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