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General Information The nation's medical research agency - the National Institutes of Health (NIH) - has a massive campus running cutting edge research and development, supported heavily by advanced technology and innovation. With this comes a unique audience of scientists and personnel with special applications.

Reach them face-to-face at NIH Innovation Day! All personnel on the NIH campus receive FBC's wide-reaching promotions for this exciting event. Now's the time to show them that your product or service is what they've been missing. This is the first of three events to be held at NIH in 2025.

NIH Mission and Goals:
NIH’s mission is to seek fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior of living systems and to apply that knowledge to enhance health, lengthen life and reduce illness and disability. To carry out this mission, NIH’s goals are:

to foster fundamental creative discoveries, innovative research strategies and their applications as a basis for ultimately protecting and improving health
to develop, maintain and renew scientific human and physical resources that will ensure the nation’s capability to prevent disease
to expand the knowledge base in medical science and associated sciences in order to enhance the nation’s economic well-being and ensure a continued high return on the public investment in research
to exemplify and promote the highest level of scientific integrity, public accountability and social responsibility in the conduct of science.

Organization:
NIH is an operating division of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), responsible for helping the Department realize its strategic goal of advancing scientific knowledge and innovation.

To accomplish this, NIH consists of 27 Institutes and Centers (ICs), along with Program Offices, which collectively are referred to as ICOs. These ICOs have individual strategic plans and specific research agendas, which are aligned with the legislative mandates that are often related to specific diseases or body systems. To support these missions, most of NIH’s ICOs receive a specific appropriation from Congress, and support research and research training through extramural funding awarded to universities, academic health centers and other research institutions. Most also conduct research and research training in their own intramural laboratories, the majority of which are located on the NIH’s main campus in Bethesda, MD.

From the NIH Strategic Plan:
NIH will support a broad, balanced portfolio of basic research across a wide range of scientific disciplines, a portfolio that will be complemented by vigorous support of innovations in technology and data science. By maintaining and strengthening its already impressive foundation of fundamental science, biomedical research will be poised to identify and capitalize upon potential opportunities for revolutionary breakthroughs with the potential for preventing, treating and curing disease.

Read the full NIH-Wide Strategic Plan

Pricing Marketing Services Package Fee:

$1,295 Standard Marketing Package
$1,695 Premium Marketing Package (5 available)
$2,495 Event Sponsor (Sold Out)

$1,295 Standard Marketing Package

$1,695 Premium Marketing Package (5 available)

$2,495 Event Sponsor (Sold Out)

The Standard Marketing Package Includes:

Increased brand awareness through face-to-face interaction with agency attendees
Company description and contact info in the Exhibitor Guide handed to all attendees
Pre-event promotional activity handled by FBC and our event hosts at NIH
Admission to exhibit hall for 2 company reps at expo
Table, 2 chairs and standard electricity

The Premium Marketing Package Includes:

All the Standard Marketing Service Package items
Half-page full-color ad in the Exhibitor Guide
Logo in the Exhibit Guide next to your company listing
Company included on the "Thank You to Our Sponsors" signage

Due to ongoing privacy policy updates and concerns, the agency may disallow the attendee list at a later date. You may collect any names and POC information at your booth.

Sponsorships

Enhance your exposure with this exclusive opportunity:

Event Sponsor (Exclusive)

Everything included with Premium Marketing Package (reserved table with highest visibility, 2 reps, etc).
Two additional company reps
Company logo on pre-event promotions to agency personnel (emails, flyers, etc.)
Social media posts announcing your company as the Event Sponsor
Full-page ad in the Event Guide
Highlighted recognition on posters as a sponsor (posters displayed at the registration area)
Logo on the attendee on-line pre-registration page

Location

Please make sure to review the Security Requirements for this event

FAES Terrace, Building 10
Setup time: 8 – 9:30 AM
Exposition: 9:30am – 1:30pm
Teardown: 1:30 – 2 AM
The Expo will be located on the 1st Floor FAES Terrace in Building 10 (Clinical Center) around the corner from the Masur Auditorium (adjacent to the Book Store). Click here for a map of Building 10

Exhibit and Sponsor Staff Security Information MUST BE A US CITIZEN TO ATTEND
You must complete an FBC Security Form and submit to FBC by the due date given below. Please click the link below to go to our Essential SSL® secured on-line security information form. You will also have the option of downloading our printable security form and submitting the information by fax. Admittance to the event cannot be guaranteed if we do not receive the information by the due date.

Go to Security Form

Security Procedures for Entering the NIH Campus:

• All visitors and patients — please be aware: Federal law prohibits the following items on Federal property: firearms, explosives, archery equipment, dangerous weapons, knives with blades over 2 ½ inches, alcoholic beverages and open containers of alcohol.

• The NIH has implemented security measures to help ensure the safety of our patients, employees, guests and facilities. All visitors must enter through the NIH Gateway Center at Metro or the West Gateway Center. You will be asked to submit to a vehicle or personal inspection.

• Visitors over 15 years of age must provide a form of government-issued ID such as a driver's license or passport. Visitors under 16 years of age must be accompanied by an adult.

Vehicle Inspections – All vehicles and their contents will be inspected upon entering the campus. Additionally, all vehicles entering certain parking areas will be inspected, regardless of any prior inspection. Drivers will be required to present their driver’s license and may be asked to open the trunk and hood. If you are physically unable to perform this function, please inform the inspector and they will assist you.

Vehicle inspection may consist of any combination of the following: Detection Dogs Teams (K-9), Electronic Detection Devices and Manual Inspection.

After inspection, you will be issued a vehicle inspection pass. It must be displayed on your vehicle’s dashboard while you are on campus. The inspection pass is not a "parking permit." It only grants your vehicle access to enter the campus. You can only park in designated parking areas.

Personal Inspections – All visitors should be prepared to submit to a personal inspection prior to entering the campus. These inspections may be conducted with a handheld monitoring device, a metal detector and by visible inspection. Additionally, your personal belongings may be inspected and passed through an x-ray machine.

Visitor passes must be prominently displayed at all times while on the NIH campus.

SECURITY DUE DATE: Monday, May 5, 2025 by 4:30 PM EDT

IMPORTANT NOTICE

Exhibitors who fail to comply with the security requirements may be denied access to the event site by the hosting agency.
FBC will not be responsible and will not provide refunds to exhibitors who are denied admission to or dismissed from the event site due to failure to comply with the security instructions. Purchase Additional Exhibit Staff Exhibiting companies may bring 2 on-site representative(s) to staff their exhibit space. No additional reps are permitted for this event.

Directions Driving Directions from Baltimore and all points North of Washington DC:

Take I-95 south toward Washington, DC. At I-495 (Capital Beltway), head west toward Silver Spring/Bethesda. From the Beltway (I-495), take Exit 34, which is Rt. 355 (Wisconsin Ave./Rockville Pike) and head south toward Washington/Bethesda.
To reach the NIH Gateway Center, stay on Route 355, pass South Drive, and turn right at NIH Gateway Drive.

Driving Directions from Virginia and all points South of Washington DC:

Take I-95 north toward Washington, DC. At I-495 (Capital Beltway), head north toward Silver Spring/Bethesda. From the Beltway (I-495), take Exit 34, which is Rt. 355 (Wisconsin Ave./Rockville Pike) and head south toward Washington/Bethesda.
To reach the NIH Gateway Center, stay on Route 355 (Rockville Pike), pass South Drive, and turn right at NIH Gateway Drive.

Public Transportation The NIH is accessible via the Red Line to the Medical Center Station stop.

Parking and Equipment

From the NIH Gateway Center:

Proceed through the vehicle inspection; this will require you to exit your vehicle and enter the badging facility. You will be required to show one form of government-issued photo ID (for example: driver's license, passport, green card) in order to receive a "one-day security pass" which will allow you onto campus.

Once you go through the vehicle inspection, follow the driveway until you reach Center Drive and make a right turn. Continue on Center Drive and follow signs to the "Clinical Center." The main entrance to the hospital will be to your left on Center Drive. You may valet park at the front of the Clinical Center, or self-park in the P1 Patient Parking garage (parking is $12/day), as indicated on the NIH Campus Map.

Hotel Information

American Inn of Bethesda
8130 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda, MD
(301) 656-9300, 1-800-323-7081
• Includes continental breakfast

Bethesda Marriott
5151 Pooks Hill Road, Bethesda, MD
(301) 897-9400
• Complimentary shuttle directly to the NIH Clinical Center

Doubletree Hotel Bethesda
8120 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda, MD
(301) 652-2000
• Parking fee

Marriott Residence Inn
7335 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda, MD
(301) 718-0200, 1-800-331-3131
• Includes continental breakfast
• Includes internet access
• All-suites hotel

Hyatt Regency Bethesda (directly above Metro)
One Bethesda Metro Center, Bethesda, MD
Wisconsin Ave. at Old Georgetown Road
(301) 657-1234, 1-800-233-1234

Additional Information You can download the NIH Take Me There App to get around the NIH Campus here

You can download the NIH Campus Map with Security Procedures here

Promotional Supplies

Have you ordered your show supplies yet? To order event giveaway items, logo'd wearables, trade show materials or show printing, please contact Tricia Snyder at tricia.snyder@proforma.com or call (240) 841-2203. For ideas please visit www.proforma.com/promolink. FBC has a special arrangement with Promolink to provide the highest levels of customer service, including special shipping to the show and discounts. A full array of government-friendly and green giveaway products are available.

Contact Prior to the start of the event, please direct any questions to your FBC Account representative at (800) 878-2940. The Event Manager contact information will be posted here the day of the event for event logistical support or issues.

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