U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
NIH HEAL Initiative Annual Report and Budget
The NIH HEAL Initiative is committed to an aggressive research timeline and maximal transparency based upon the urgency of the opioid crisis. Initiative research is funded by NIH Institutes and Centers. Research results are shared immediately and broadly, according to the HEAL Public Access and Data Sharing Policy.
HEAL Annual Report
The NIH HEAL Initiative Annual Report details high-level areas of progress to the evolving opioid crisis and accomplishments achieved each fiscal year.
NIH HEAL Initiative 2023 Annual Report
Now in its fifth year of funding, the NIH Helping to End Addiction Long-term® Initiative, or NIH HEAL Initiative®, continues to seek urgent answers to the nation’s evolving pain and opioid crises. This past year saw some noteworthy accomplishments with direct implications for policy and practice:
- Defining a new standard of care for soothing infants born with neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome
- Delivery of nearly 1,000 evidence-based interventions into U.S. communities hit hard by the crisis
- Reduced re-arrest among incarcerated individuals who received opioid treatment in jail
- Advanced cutting-edge technologies for identifying new pain therapeutics
Read the 2023 report
- 2023 Annual Report pdf 1.3 MB
Previous Annual Reports
- 2022 Annual Report pdf 834.35 KB
- 2021 Annual Report pdf 985.26 KB