About Specialized Centers of Research on Sex Differences Research

The Specialized Centers of Research (SCOR) on Sex Differences program is an innovative interdisciplinary research program focusing on sex differences and major medical conditions affecting women. The SCOR program supports scientists conducting research that integrates basic, clinical, and translational research at P50 centers. ORWH provides major funding for SCORs. Additional funding is provided by five NIH Institutes: the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases; the Eunice Kennedy Shriver Institute of Child Health and Human Development; the National Institute on Drug Abuse; the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; and the National Institute of Mental Health; and the Food and Drug Administration. 

The NIH Institutes providing SCORs funding oversee the day-to-day programmatic management; ORWH coordinates the programs and monitors progress in advancing sex differences research across the centers.