NIEHS Funding Priorities 2025 – 2029

NIEHS Mission
The mission of the NIEHS is to research how the environment affects biological systems across the lifespan and to translate this knowledge to reduce disease and promote human health.

NIEHS Vision
The vision of the NIEHS is to provide global leadership for innovative research that improves the health of people and communities.

In May 2025, NIEHS released its 2025-2029 strategic plan setting forth the research priorities of the Institute.

The Institute defined the major themes of its mission and a number of specific priorities within those themes. Although these are not the only areas of research supported by the Institute, they demarcate research priorities and represent strategic opportunities for Emory Investigators to consider within their own research programs, as well as being priorities for consideration in the review of HERCULES pilots.

This mission statement underlies the major research priorities of NIEHS, and thus the major research interests of HERCULES. The Institute provides investigators with a comprehensive and searchable database of their funded research that investigators should consider when planning their research proposals.