FoNIBIB convenes meetings between its member representatives and NIBIB to discuss the latest advances in biomedical imaging and bioengineering research, upcoming research priority areas, and future initiatives.
2025 FoNIBIB/NIBIB Leadership Meeting
On July 18, 2025, our FoNIBIB coalition members met with NIBIB staff and leadership. This meeting provided a forum to discuss NIBIB funding opportunities, training grants, and strategic initiatives along with an overview of FoNIBIB objectives, planned activities, and avenues for future collaboration.
These discussions underscored NIBIB’s unique position in leading partnerships with other NIH Institutes and Centers (ICs) given their role in improving population health, ensuring reliability and reproducibility of research, and fostering technological advances. FoNIBIB affirmed its dedication to advocating for NIBIB as a standalone IC in light of proposed NIH reorganization plans.
NIBIB emphasized the need for sustained information sharing between their staff and the bioengineering community, especially with the rapidly evolving policy landscape. The meeting concluded with an important conversation around NIBIB’s continued efforts to build a STEM workforce to reflect the communities it serves.
2024 NIBIB Leadership Meeting
On August 7, 2024, AIMBE President Lola Eniola-Adefeso, along with other AIMBE Board members and Fellows, met with NIBIB leadership. The meeting provided a platform to discuss current challenges, opportunities, and avenues for future collaboration between the two organizations. Key topics included funding initiatives, training grants, diversity and inclusion efforts, appropriations, and the proposed NIH reorganization framework.
The discussions underscored a mutual commitment to advancing biomedical engineering and ensuring that research in this field continues to drive innovation in healthcare. NIBIB leadership emphasized the Institute’s critical partnerships with other NIH Institutes and Centers, which enhance technology development across a broad spectrum of medical research.
The meeting also explored potential collaborative initiatives, with AIMBE offering to mobilize its Fellows – who are leading researchers across academia, industry, and government – to support NIBIB’s objectives. AIMBE reaffirmed its dedication to advocating for NIBIB’s independence and ensuring robust funding in light of the proposed changes.
The meeting concluded with a shared agreement on the importance of continued communication and collaboration to ensure that biomedical engineering remains at the forefront of healthcare innovation.
