# National Institutes of Health

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/national-institutes-of-health/  
**Website:** https://www.nih.gov/  
**APIs profiled:** 2

The National Institutes of Health (NIH), a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the nation's medical research agency making important discoveries that improve health and save lives. NIH operates the RePORTER API for exposing data about NIH-funded research projects and the publications associated with them.

## Kin Score — 24.0 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 24.0).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 68.5 |
| Contract Quality | 49.7 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 10.5 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 9.5 |
| Commercial Clarity | 15.8 |
| Access Clarity | 15.8 |

Regulatory layer — **Health**: 7.5 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 20.5 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Freemium — onboarding: unknown, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (2)

- **National Institutes of Health Projects API** — The Projects API from National Institutes of Health — 1 operation(s) for projects.
- **National Institutes of Health Publications API** — The Publications API from National Institutes of Health — 1 operation(s) for publications.

## Agentic access (1)

- **National Institutes Of Health Agentic Access** — 2 operations · 2 acting

## Security (1)

- **National Institutes Of Health Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **National Institutes Of Health Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Federal-Government, Health, Research, Funding, Publications

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/national-institutes-of-health/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.