can yourancis collins, give us in a nutshell what nih is? every year ofdget approximately $30 billion. -- $30 million. half of that goes out to grants in every state of the nation. when you hear about a breakthrough that has happened in diabetes research or autism or alzheimer's, it is very likely that it came from a university or institute somewhere that was supported by nih. that is what we do. we support the best and brightest to chase after their visionary ideas, and we think we are good at that. >> what is the influence? how do you influence what goes on? >> it is a very big place. it has 27 institutes and centers. they are various diseases- or focused.tance each of these is led by remarkable, world-class scientists. they work across the landscape to try to identify what has to happen next in order to advance human health. my role as nih director is to look across the entire landscape and particularly to identify things that may not be specific to one disease or organ system but could benefit everything, new ways of doing science. since