The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) was established as a component of the National Institutes of Health (NI H) in 1962. The NICHD mission Is substantially devoted to the many facets of human development - with the broad goal to ensure, through research, the birth of healthy and wanted babies that have the opportunity to reach adulthood unimpaired by physical or mental disabilities and able to achieve their full potential. The NICHD supports and conducts research in many areas including but not limited to reproductive, neurobiological and developmental science. NICHD with its own intramural laboratories and clinics, assists in this research. The Chief Information Officer and the Information Resources Management Branch (IRMB) are located in the Office of the Director of the NICHD. The CIO and IRMB perform the following functions in support of NICHD information technology (IT) activities: Objective NICHD requires contractor support for IT planning and technical support for IT system development, operations, maintenance, security, user support and other on-site technical services for NICHD staff.
