The general purpose of the John E. Fogarty International Center for Advanced Study in the Health Sciences is to⁠—

(1)  facilitate the assembly of scientists and others in the biomedical, behavioral, and related fields for discussion, study, and research relating to the development of health science internationally;

(2)  provide research programs, conferences, and seminars to further international cooperation and collaboration in the life sciences;

(3)  provide postdoctorate fellowships for research training in the United States and abroad and promote exchanges of senior scientists between the United States and other countries;

(4)  coordinate the activities of the National Institutes of Health concerned with the health sciences internationally; and

(5)  receive foreign visitors to the National Institutes of Health.