title: Thinking outside the box: fostering innovation and non-hypothesis-driven research at NIH.
abstract: The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has long been known as an institution that supports biomedical advances through hypothesis-driven research. Another aspect of NIH, however, has received comparatively little attention and may be critical to advancing translational science beyond its current limitations. Specifically, this aspect of NIH focuses on supporting innovation through the development of high-risk technologies that have the potential to empower research.
authors.affiliation: Office of Biorepositories and Biospecimen Research, Center for Strategic Scientific Initiatives, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. Richard.Aragon@hhs.gov
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Aragon
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.); D012109:Research Support as Topic / Q000191:economics*; D057170:Translational Research, Biomedical / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States