Incentivize research that crosses Institute boundaries The National Institute (singular) of Health was founded in 1930. In 1937, Congress created the National Cancer Institute and located it on the new NIH campus in Bethesda – the first in what would become a steady stream of Congressionally-created institutes, typically promoted by patient advocacy organizations, leading in 1948 to the name change, National Institutes of Health. By 1960, there were ten Institutes and Centers (ICs); there are now 27.
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