National Institute of Allergy And Infectious Diseases; Notice of Closed Meeting, 61463-61464 [05-21131]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 204 / Monday, October 24, 2005 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES National Institutes of Health National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research; Notice of Closed Meetings Pursuant to section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice is hereby given of the following meetings. The meetings will be closed to the public in accordance with the provisions set forth in sections 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., as amended. The grant applications and discussions could disclose confidential trade secrets or commercial property such as patentable material, and personal information concerning individuals associated with the grant applications, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. Name of Committee: National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research Special Emphasis Panel 06–13, Review R01 Date: November 10, 2005. Time: 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications. Place: National Institutes of Health, Natcher Building, 45 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, (Telephone Conference Call). Contact Person: Lynn M. King, PhD, Scientific Review Administrator, Scientific Review Branch, 45 Center Dr., Rm 4AN–32F, National Inst. of Dental & Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892–6402, 301–594–5006, lynn.king@nih.gov. Name of Committee: National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research Special Emphasis Panel 06–03, Review PAR–04–091, R03s Date: November 16, 2005. Time: 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications. Place: National Institutes of Health, Natcher Building, 45 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, (Telephone Conference Call). Contact Person: Lynn M. King, PhD, Scientific Review Administrator, Scientific Review Branch, 45 Center Dr., Rm 4AN–32F, National Inst. of Dental & Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892–6402, 301–594–5006, lynn.king@nih.gov. Name of Committee: National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research Special Emphasis Panel 06–08, Review R21s (Pain) Date: November 29, 2005. Time: 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications. Place: National Institutes of Health, Natcher Building, 45 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, (Telephone Conference Call). Contact Person: H. George Hausch, PhD, Acting Director, Scientific Review Branch, 45 VerDate Aug<31>2005 15:19 Oct 21, 2005 Jkt 208001 Center Drive, Natcher Building, Rm. 4AN44F, National Inst. of Dental & Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 594–2904, george_hausch@nih.gov. Name of Committee: National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research Special Emphasis Panel 06–29, Review PAR–04–091, R03s Date: December 5, 2005. Time: 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications. Place: National Institutes of Health, Natcher Building, 45 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, (Telephone Conference Call). Contact Person: Lynn M. King, Ph.D., Scientific Review Administrator, Scientific Review Branch, 45 Center Dr., Rm. 4AN–32F, National Inst. of Dental & Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892–6402, (301) 594–5006, lynn.king@nih.gov. Name of Committee: National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research Special Emphasis Panel 06–09, Review R21s (Health Care) Date: December 7, 2005. Time: 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications. Place: National Institutes of Health, Natcher Building, 45 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, (Telephone Conference Call). Contact Person: H. George Hausch, PhD, Acting Director, Scientific Review Branch, 45 Center Drive, Natcher Building, Rm. 4AN44F, National Inst. of Dental & Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 594–2904, george_hausch@nih.gov. Name of Committee: National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research Special Emphasis Panel 06–10, Review R21s (Cranio) Date: December 8, 2005. Time: 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications. Place: National Institutes of Health, Natcher Building, 45 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, (Telephone Conference Call). Contact Person: H. George Hausch, PhD, Acting Director, Scientific Review Branch, 45 Center Drive, Natcher Building, Rm. 4AN44F, National Inst. of Dental & Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 594–2904, george_ hausch@nih.gov. Name of Committee: National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research Special Emphasis Panel 06–23, Review RFA DE06– 001, Protein Profiles Oral Tissue HIV/AID Date: December 8, 2005. Time: 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications. Place: National Institutes of Health, Natcher Building, 45 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, (Telephone Conference Call). Contact Person: Peter Zelazowski, PhD, Scientific Review Administrator, Scientific Review Branch, Division of Extramural Activities, National Inst. of Dental & Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892–6402, (301) 593–4861, peter.zelazowski@nih.gov. PO 00000 Frm 00041 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 61463 (Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Nos. 93.121, Oral Diseases and Disorders Research, National Institutes of Health, HHS) Dated: October 13, 2005. Anthony M. Coelho, Jr., Acting Director, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy. [FR Doc. 05–21129 Filed 10–21–05; 8:45am] BILLING CODE 4140–01–M DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES National Institutes of Health National Institute of Allergy And Infectious Diseases; Notice of Closed Meeting Pursuant to section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice is hereby given of the following meeting. The meeting will be closed to the public in accordance with the provisions set forth in sections 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., as amended. The grant applications and the discussions could disclose confidential trade secrets or commercial property such as patentable material, and personal information concerning individuals associated with the grant applications, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. Name of Committee: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Special Emphasis Panel Hyperaccelerated Award/ Mechanisms in Immunomodulation Trials (November, 2005) Date: November 1, 2005. Time: 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications. Place: National Institutes of Health, 6705 Rockledge Drive, 3256, Bethesda, MD 20817, (Telephone Conference Call). Contact Person: Mercy R. PrabhuDas, PhD, Scientific Review Administrator, Scientific Review Program, Division of Extramural Activities, NIAID/NIH/DHHS, 6700B Rockledge Drive, MSC 7616, Bethesda, MD 20892–7616, 301–451–2615, mp457n@nih.gov. This notice is being published less than 15 days prior to the meeting due to the timing limitations imposed by the review and funding cycle. (Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Nos. 93.855, Allergy, Immunology, and Transplantation Research; 93.856, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Research, National Institutes of Health, HHS) E:\FR\FM\24OCN1.SGM 24OCN1 61464 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 204 / Monday, October 24, 2005 / Notices Dated: October 14, 2005. Anthony M. Coelho, Jr., Acting Director, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy. [FR Doc. 05–21131 Filed 10–21–05; 8:45 am] Dated: October 14, 2005. Anthony M. Coelho, Jr., Acting Director, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy. [FR Doc. 05–21132 Filed 10–21–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4140–01–M BILLING CODE 4140–01–M DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES National Institutes of Health National Institutes of Health National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institutes of Health Town Hall Meeting on Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Tuition, Fees and Health Insurance Policies Pursuant to section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice is hereby given of the following meeting. The meeting will be closed to the public in accordance with the provisions set forth in sections 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., as amended. The grant applications and the discussions could disclose confidential trade secrets or commercial property such as patentable material, and personal information concerning individuals associated with the grant applications, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. Name of Committee: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Special Emphasis Panel Review of Institutional National Research Service Award (T32) and NRSA Short-Term Research Training (T35) Date: November 15, 2005 Time: 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications. Place: Nat. Inst. of Environmental Health Sciences, Building 101, Rodbell Auditorium, 111 T. W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, (Telephone Conference Call). Contact Person: Leroy Worth, PhD, Scientific Review Administrator, Scientific Review Branch, Division of Extramural Research and Training, Nat. Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, P.O. Box 12233, MD EC–30/Room 3171, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, 919/541–0670, worth@niehs.nih.gov. (Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Nos. 90.115, Biometry and Risk Estimation-Health Risks from Environmental Exposures; 93.142, NIEHS Hazardous Waste Worker Health and Safety Training; 93.143, NIEHS Superfund Hazardous SubstancesBasic Research and Education; 93.894, Resources and Manpower Development in the Environmental Health Sciences; 93.113, Biological Response in Environmental Health Hazards; 93.114, Applied Toxicological Research and Testing; National Institutes of Health, HHS) VerDate Aug<31>2005 15:19 Oct 21, 2005 Jkt 208001 ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is to announce that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will hold a Town Hall meeting to hear comments and insights concerning possible revisions to certain fiscal policies that govern the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards (NRSA), which comprise institutional training grants (T32 and T34s) and individual fellowships (F30, F31, F32, F33). The meeting which is open to the public will focus primarily on the funding of educational costs such as tuition, fees and health insurance provided through institutional training grants. The meeting will be held November 30, 2005 in the Natcher Conference Center, Room E1/E2 on the NIH campus in Bethesda, Maryland. Background: NRSA programs currently support over 17,000 predoctoral and postdoctoral research training positions mostly in the nation’s academic laboratories. While the budget for the NRSA programs grew smartly during the five years in which the overall appropriation for the NIH was doubled, since fiscal 2003, the last of the growth years, the appropriation for NRSA training programs has grown rather modestly. Given this reality, the NIH must re-examine aspects of its NRSA policies that may not be sustainable in a period of limited budget expansion. The largest of the NRSA programs funds institutional training grants that use the T32 mechanism to support both pre- and post-doctoral research training. Currently, the direct cost funding of these programs is segmented into four categories: stipend, tuition/fees/health insurance (referred to collectively as tuition), travel, and training related expenses. The funding levels for three of these (stipend, travel, and training related expenses) are stipulated and controlled by NIH, although each can be adjusted as fiscal circumstances and PO 00000 Frm 00042 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 program needs evolve. The funding for tuition, on the other hand, is not fully controlled by NIH; the funding for tuition is governed by a formula tied to the amount each institution requests for this expense. The formula provides for each T32 trainee the sum of $3,000 plus sixty percent of the requested tuition in excess of $3,000. This formula is used to determine the tuition level provided via each competing grant; that level, once established for a given competing grant, is used for the subsequent noncompeting renewal awards during the project period. This formula has been employed since fiscal 1996 and has been modified once. During the five year growth period, the increased funding devoted to NRSA activities was used for meaningful, and long overdue, trainee stipend increases and for covering some of the escalating requests in the tuition category of training grants. However, in fiscal 2004 and 2005, when there was limited NRSA budget growth, the requests and outlays for tuition continued to rise substantially. Barring other adjustments, the continuation of this trend in tuition growth will result in a significant annual decrease in the number of NRSA trainee positions, and to fewer programs supported by T32 training grants. Since these outcomes could have a substantial disruptive effect on biomedical research training, NIH has frozen the tuition expenses on competing renewals of T32 awards in fiscal 2006. (See https:// grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/ NOT-OD–05–059.html) Moreover, NIH training officials have decided to study various options for handling the funding of trainee tuition in the future. The goal of this effort is to find an approach that equips the agency both to adjust to budgetary challenges and to continue to provide appropriate support to institutions to help defray the educational costs of NRSA trainees. This town hall meeting is being held to gather the views of the training community on this issue. Among the options that will be studied are the following: 1. The current tuition formula could be applied in conjunction with a ceiling; the funds provided would be the amount dictated by the currently-used formula or the amount dictated by the ceiling, whichever is less. The magnitude of the ceiling would be based on the fiscal resources available as well as on applicable data. For the sake of discussion, those offering comments may assume the ceiling could be in the range of $16,000 to $18,000. 2. A fixed allowance could be provided for tuition; the same allowance per trainee would be provided to each E:\FR\FM\24OCN1.SGM 24OCN1

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[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 204 (Monday, October 24, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61463-61464]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-21131]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


National Institute of Allergy And Infectious Diseases; Notice of 
Closed Meeting

    Pursuant to section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 
amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice is hereby given of the following 
meeting.
    The meeting will be closed to the public in accordance with the 
provisions set forth in sections 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 
U.S.C., as amended. The grant applications and the discussions could 
disclose confidential trade secrets or commercial property such as 
patentable material, and personal information concerning individuals 
associated with the grant applications, the disclosure of which would 
constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.

    Name of Committee: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious 
Diseases Special Emphasis Panel Hyperaccelerated Award/Mechanisms in 
Immunomodulation Trials (November, 2005)
    Date: November 1, 2005.
    Time: 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
    Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications.
    Place: National Institutes of Health, 6705 Rockledge Drive, 
3256, Bethesda, MD 20817, (Telephone Conference Call).
    Contact Person: Mercy R. PrabhuDas, PhD, Scientific Review 
Administrator, Scientific Review Program, Division of Extramural 
Activities, NIAID/NIH/DHHS, 6700B Rockledge Drive, MSC 7616, 
Bethesda, MD 20892-7616, 301-451-2615, mp457n@nih.gov.
    This notice is being published less than 15 days prior to the 
meeting due to the timing limitations imposed by the review and 
funding cycle.

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Nos. 93.855, 
Allergy, Immunology, and Transplantation Research; 93.856, 
Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Research, National Institutes 
of Health, HHS)


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    Dated: October 14, 2005.
Anthony M. Coelho, Jr.,
Acting Director, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.
[FR Doc. 05-21131 Filed 10-21-05; 8:45 am]
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