NIH Historical Data

All information is from the NIH Almanac and is updated annually. For more information on the NIH Almanac, contact the Office of Communications and Public Liaison, Online Information Branch.

 

	Photo Gallery High resolution photos of past presidential visits and NIH campus buildings.
	Chronology of Events Significant events and major research advances in NIH history, from 1798 to the present.
	Legislative Chronology Federal legislation that had a major influence on the growth of the NIH, from its beginning as the Marine Hospital Service in 1798, to the present.
	Staff
	Appropriations
	Directors of the NIH
	Deputy Directors of the NIH
	Associate Directors of the NIH
	Secretaries of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
	Surgeons General of the Public Health Service (PHS)
	NIH Budget information

Almanac Archive

The Office of NIH History holds hard copies of the NIH Almanac going back to the 1960s. Please make an appointment if you would like to look through them.

Online copies of the NIH Almanac from 1996-2003 are available here:

NIH Almanac 1996

NIH Almanac 1997

NIH Almanac 1998

NIH Almanac 1999

NIH Almanac 2000

NIH Almanac 2001

NIH Almanac 2002

NIH Almanac 2003

NIH Almanac 2005

NIH Almanac 2006-2007