The Fogarty International Center (FIC), part of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, supports basic, clinical and applied research and training for U.S. and foreign investigators working in the developing world. Since its formation, Fogarty has served as a bridge between NIH and the greater global health community - facilitating exchanges among investigators, providing training opportunities and supporting promising research initiatives in developing countries. Over the last four decades, about 5,000 scientists worldwide have received significant research training through Fogarty Programs. Today, Fogarty funds some 400 research and training projects involving more than 100 U.S. universities. View current Fogarty grants by program. The U.S. scientists, in turn, collaborate with colleagues in numerous foreign countries, most of them in the developing world. Fogarty also convenes the best scientific minds around the world to address critical global health research problems such as polio eradication, the impact of climate change on disease outbreaks and strengthening research capacity in Africa. Fogarty’s divisions work together to support global health research and training programs that improve health and generate data and concepts to guide national and international global health policies - including analyses of social, ethical and economic issues. Learn more about Fogarty's role in global health at http://www.fic.nih.gov/About/Pages/role-global-health.aspx.