Originally founded in 1956 as the Division of Research Services, the Office of Research Services (ORS) has evolved from a small office providing limited resources exclusively to NIH employees into a 1,971-person organization delivering hundreds of products and services to a myriad of partners.
Today, ORS services directly and indirectly impact organizations and people across the entire NIH including: scientific and administrative support staff; patients and volunteers; visitors, contractors and vendors; public transportation and other municipal service providers; external government organizations and entities such as regulatory agencies, federal, state, and local governments; and the surrounding neighborhood and business community.
The complex and diverse organizational structure of ORS allows us to effectively support new scientific challenges to further the NIH mission, strengthen the unique NIH research environment, and enhance the quality of life for all who engage with the NIH.
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