National Human Genome Research Institute

National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) as a follow-on to the Human Genome Project (HGP; 1990–2003), which had produced a massive amount of DNA sequence data but had not involved comprehensive analysis of specific genomic elements.

…to become head of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) of the NIH, which had begun work on the HGP three years earlier with a stated goal of completing the sequencing project in 15 years at a cost of $3 billion by coordinating the work of a number of…