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All NIEHS research activities depend on robust investments in capacity and infrastructure to ensure readiness for their success. This section focuses on NIEHS priorities and approaches for building and maintaining scientific capacity in environmental health sciences, including workforce, resources, and infrastructure.

Capacity and Infrastructure - Scientific Workforce and Development Training

Area 1: Scientific Workforce Development and Training

NIEHS is committed to supporting training and workforce development across the environmental health sciences and all Research Areas of Emphasis.
Capacity and Infrastructure - Data Infrastructure and Management

Area 2: Data Infrastructure and Management

The progress we expect to make in our Research Areas of Emphasis is highly dependent on data-driven discovery.
Capacity and Infrastructure - Human Studies and Community-Engaged Research

Area 3: Human Studies and Community-Engaged Research

Human studies represent a major ongoing investment for NIEHS.
Capacity and Infrastructure - Exposure Measurement

Area 4: Exposure Measurement

Advancing NIEHS’ primary goal of integrating the environment more fully into the biomedical research enterprise requires investment in improved methods and technology for measurement of a wide variety of environmental agents and factors utilizing the exposome framework, as well as the ability to derive actionable meaning from research results.
Capacity and Infrastructure - Communication and Dissemination

Area 5: Communication and Dissemination

Communication infrastructure and resources encompass a wide variety of activities.

Other Strategic Plan Sections

Crosscutting Themes Framework Card

Crosscutting Themes

NIEHS is committed to a diverse workplace environment where the talents of all individuals are valued and their viewpoints acknowledged, empowering them to successfully contribute to the critical work of NIEHS.
Research Areas of Emphasis Framework Card

Research Areas of Emphasis

NIEHS will conduct high-quality, innovative environmental health sciences research on the effects of the environment on biological systems and processes.
Scientific Management and Stewardship Framework Card

Scientific Management and Stewardship

NIEHS prioritizes scientific stewardship and operational principles that align with the institute’s commitment to advancing human health and understanding the environment’s impacts on human health.