Operation
In 2006, the NICHD issued US $903 million in grants and spent US$359 million on direct operations, which includes intramural research conducted on NIH campuses. As of July 2012, the director of the NICHD is Alan E. Guttmacher, M.D., who has held this position since 2010.
The NICHD supports extramural research at research institutions,universities, and other organizations and conducts research through its intramural research program on the NIH campus, in Bethesda, Maryland and at other affiliated facilities.
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