Medical Library Assistance

Program Objectives

To improve health information services by providing funds to train professional personnel; to conduct research in biomedical informatics, bioinformatics and related computer and information sciences; to facilitate management of electronic health science information; to plan, develop and test feasibility of advanced information tools; to prepare certain kinds of biomedical publications; to advance biocomputing and bioinformatics through participation in the Biomedical Information Science and Technology Initiative (BISTI), and NIH Roadmap Initiatives relating to biomedical informatics, bioinformatics and biomedical computing; to stimulate and foster scientific and technological innovation through cooperative research development carried out between small business concerns and research institutions, through Small Business Research Innovation (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grants.