​The National Institutes of Health (NIH) developed the Green Labs Program (GLP), to increase the awareness and participation of laboratory personnel in sustainable laboratory practices, with the goal of protecting the environment and human health. The NIH GLP is an initiative of the Sustainability Management Team to recognize laboratories who choose to reduce their environmental footprint by participating in NIH environmental initiatives.

Take the 2024 Green Labs Program HERE!

The development of the program was a one-of-a-kind, collaborative initiative, which brought together NIH Environmental Management Program (EMP) Leads and Lab Managers to lay the groundwork in developing the GLP self-assessment form. After completing your lab's self-assessment, help promote the Green Labs Program using a virtual background: Option 1, Option 2, Option 3​!

The program attempts to make it easier for researchers to learn about environmental stewardship by providing one source of information about relevant programs, policies, regulations, and mandates within the GLP self-assessment form. Any NIH staff representing a laboratory can assess their labs commitment towards incorporating environmental initiatives in the following categories:

• Energy Conservation

• Freezer Management

• Water Conservation

• Chemical Waste

• Medical Pathological

• Radioactive Waste

• Waste reduction

• Recycling

• Green Chemistry

• Inventory Management

• Outreach​​

To view the NIH GLP self-assessment statements since 2018, please click on the links below:

​​20​24: Bethesda & Other Locations​	​ Rocky Mountain Labs​	​ Ft. Detrick & ATRF​	​ ​ ​Research Triangle Park​
​2023: Bethesda & Other Locations​	​ Rocky Mountain Labs​	​ Ft. Detrick & ATRF​	​
​2022: All Locations​	​	​	​
​2021: All Locations​	​	​	​
​2020: All Locations​	​	​	​
​2019: All Locations​	​	​	​
​2018: All Locations​	​	​	​

NIH Green Labs Program Results: 

Overall: 2018-2023 NIH Green Labs Program participation/awards data can be viewed here​. 

2024: The ongoing 2024 NIH Green Labs Program participation can be viewed here.

2023: The 2023 NIH Green Labs Program results can be viewed here​. To view the 2023 ​NIH GLP Results Dashboard for respective locations: Rocky Mountain Labs, Montana click here​; Ft. Detrick/Advanced Technology Reseach Facility, Maryland, click here; and Bethesda, Maryland; Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, and other locations, click here. 

2022: The 2022 NIH Green Labs Program results can be viewed he​re. Click here to view the 2022 NIH Green Labs Program Dashboard. ​ 

For additional information, please contact the Green Labs Program Manager, bani.bhattacharya@nih.gov. 

A note of appreciation: The NIH Green Labs Program is adapted from My Green Lab, a non-profit organization that has collaborated with many universities in California including UC Davis, UC Santa Barbara, UC Santa Cruz, UC San Francisco, and UC Los Angeles, to develop a Green Lab assessment tool.  The NIH Green Labs Program was developed to fit the circumstances and priorities of NIH laboratories.​
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