NIH Scientific, Operations, and Administrative Resources (SOAR)

Support a full-range of activities, including new and in-progress research projects, program deployment and implementation, and other activities necessary to conduct the business and fulfill the mission of NIH’s biomedical research program.

Task areas encompass and provide the following:
• clinical, basic, and translational research support;
• professional administrative support to research efforts involving human subjects, non-human subjects, and, non-living subjects; and
• facility operations, maintenance, engineering, and architecture support.

Support includes:
• directly assisting in an experiment, laboratory, or a clinical setting, obtaining, compiling, or organizing data and writing reports;
• providing scientific or other professional analysis and advice;
• conducting or assisting in all publishing or other communications efforts related to the research;
• providing highly technical scientific IT services;
• management assistance;
• furnishing logistical or operational support or assistance; and
• With the exception of clerical level administrative support, any task which the agency requires to support research involving human subjects, non- human subjects, and, non-living subjects may be obtained under the contract.