National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) "is a part of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH). It conducts and funds research on brain and nervous system disorders." Walter J. Koroshetz, M.D. was selected as director of NINDS in 2011.

ME/CFS research
On October 29, 2015, the Director of the National Institutes of Health, Francis Collins, announced "launching a research protocol at the NIH Clinical Center to intensely study individuals with ME/CFS and re-invigorating the efforts of the long-standing Trans-NIH ME/CFS Research Working Group with the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) as the lead of a multi-institute research effort."

CFSAC
The NIH sends a member of NINDS to the Health and Human Services Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Advisory Committee meetings.