With oversight by the NHLBI Bench to Bassinet Program Management Office and administrative support from the Coordinating Center (Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center), the Bench to Bassinet Program brings together a large and multidisciplinary community of nine research teams led by eighteen lead investigators across the United States. The Program supports excellence in pediatric heart disease research by anticipating and allowing fluidity to accommodate changes and progress in the field. Furthermore, with a common research infrastructure, the Program encourages and fosters a unique collaborative research community during the course of the funding years and in the years beyond.