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1So in law. There are two sections 487F. Section 

1002(b) of Public Law 106–310 (114 Stat. 1129), 

inserted section 487F above. Subsequently, section 

205 of Public Law 106–505 (114 Stat. 2329), which 

relates to a Loan Repayment Program for Clinical 

Researchers, inserted a section 487F after section 

487E.

• Physicians Shortage Area 

Scholarship Program (Federal or State);

• Primary Care Loan (PCL) Program; 

and 

• Public Health Service (PHS) and 

National Health Service Corps (NHSC) 

Scholarship Program; 

(6) Delinquent loans, loans in default, 

or loans not current in their payment 

schedule; 

(7) PLUS Loans; 

(8) Loans that have been paid in full; 

and 

(9) Loans obtained after the execution 

of the NIH Loan Repayment Program 

Contract (e.g., promissory note signed 

after the LRP contract has been 

awarded) (this provision does not apply 

to qualifying loan consolidations). 

Before the commencement of loan 

repayment, or during lapses in loan 

repayments, due to NIH administrative 

complications, Leave Without Pay 

(LWOP), or a break in service, LRP 

participants are wholly responsible for 

making payments or other arrangements 

that maintain loans current, such that 

increases in either principal or interest 

do not occur. The LRP contract period 

will not be modified or extended as a 

result of Leave Without Pay (LWOP) or 

a break in service. Penalties assessed 

participants as a result of NIH 

administrative complications to 

maintain a current payment status may 

not be considered for reimbursement. 

LRP payments are NOT retroactive. 

Loan repayment for Fiscal Year 2005 

will commence after a loan repayment 

contract has been executed, which is 

expected to be no earlier than July 2005. 

Additional Program Information 

This program is not subject to the 

provisions of Executive Order 12372, 

Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs. 

This program is subject to OMB 

clearance under the requirements of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The 

OMB approval of the information 

collection associated with the Loan 

Repayment Program for Clinical 

Researchers expires on December 31, 

2004. The Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance number for the Loan 

Repayment Program for Clinical 

Researchers is 93.280.

Dated: September 21, 2004. 

Elias A. Zerhouni, 

Director, National Institutes of Health.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

National Institutes of Health Pediatric 

Research Loan Repayment Program

AGENCY: National Institutes of Health, 

HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The National Institutes of 

Health (NIH) announces the availability 

of educational loan repayment under 

the NIH Pediatric Research Loan 

Repayment Program (PR–LRP). The 

Pediatric Research Loan Repayment 

Program, which is authorized by Section 

487F 1 of the Public Health Service 

(PHS) Act (42 U.S.C. 288–6), as added 

by the Children’s Health Act of 2000 

(Pub. L. 106–310), provides for the 

repayment of educational loan debt of 

qualified health professionals who agree 

to conduct pediatric research. Pediatric 

research is research that is directly 

related to diseases, disorders, and other 

conditions in children. The Pediatric 

Research Loan Repayment Program 

provides for the repayment of up to 

$35,000 of the principal and interest of 

the extant educational loans of such 

health professionals for each year of 

obligated service. Payments equal to 39 

percent of total loan repayments are 

issued to the Internal Revenue Service 

on behalf of program participants to 

offset Federal tax liabilities incurred. 

The purpose of the Pediatric Research 

Loan Repayment Program is the 

recruitment and retention of highly 

qualified health professionals as 

pediatric investigators. Through this 

notice, the NIH invites qualified health 

professionals who contractually agree to 

engage in pediatric research for at least 

two years, and who agree to engage in 

such research for at least 50 percent of 

their time, i.e., not less than 20 hours 

per week, to apply for participation in 

the NIH Pediatric Research Loan 

Repayment Program.

DATES: Interested persons may request 

information about the Pediatric 

Research Loan Repayment Program on 

September 30, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry 

Moore, NIH Regulations Officer, Office 

of Management Assessment, NIH, 6011 

Executive Blvd., Room 601, MSC 7669, 

Rockville, MD 20892, by e-mail 

(MooreJ@mail.nih.gov), by fax (301) 

402–0169, or by telephone (301) 496–

4607 (not a toll-free number). For 

program information contact Marc S. 

Horowitz, e-mail lrp@nih.gov, or 

telephone (301) 402–5666 (not a toll free 

number). Information regarding the 

requirements, the application deadline 

dates, and an online application for the 

Loan Repayment Program for Pediatric 

Researchers may be obtained at the NIH 

Loan Repayment Program Web site, 

http://www.lrp.nih.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Pediatric Research Enhancement Act, 

which is contained in the Public Health 

Improvement Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106–

505), was enacted on November 13, 

2000, adding section 487F of the PHS 

Act (42 U.S.C. 288–5a). Section 487F 

authorizes the Secretary, acting through 

the Director of the NIH, to carry out a 

program of entering into contracts with 

appropriately qualified health 

professionals. Under such contracts, 

qualified health professionals agree to 

conduct pediatric research for at least 

two years in consideration of the 

Federal Government agreeing to repay, 

for each year of research service, not 

more than $35,000 of the principal and 

interest of the extant qualified 

educational loans of such health 

professionals. Payments equal to 39 

percent of total loan repayments are 

issued to the Internal Revenue Service 

on behalf of program participants to 

offset Federal tax liabilities incurred. 

This program is known as the NIH 

Extramural Pediatric Research Loan 

Repayment Program (PR–LRP). 

Eligibility Criteria 

Specific eligibility criteria with regard 

to participation in the Pediatric 

Research Loan Repayment Program 

include the following: 

(1) Applicants must be a U.S. citizen, 

U.S. national, or permanent resident of 

the United States; 

(2) Applicants must have an M.D., 

Ph.D., Pharm. D., Psy.D., D.O., D.D.S., 

D.M.D., D.P.M., D.V.M., D.C., N.D., or 

equivalent doctoral degree from an 

accredited institution; 

(3) Applicants must have total 

qualifying educational loan debt equal 

to or in excess of 20 percent of their 

institutional base salary on the date of 

program eligibility (the effective date 

that a loan repayment contract has been 

executed by the Secretary of Health and 

Human Services or designee), expected 

to be between July 1 and September 1, 

2005. Institutional base salary is the 

annual amount that the organization 

pays for the participant’s appointment, 

whether the time is spent in research, 

teaching, patient care, or other 

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activities. Institutional base salary 

excludes any income that a participant 

may earn outside the duties of the 

organization. Institutional base salary 

may not include or comprise any 

income (salary or wages) earned as a 

Federal employee;

(4) Applicants must conduct 

qualifying research supported by a 

domestic non-profit foundation, nonprofit professional association, or other 

non-profit institution, or a U.S. or other 

government agency (Federal, State, or 

local). A domestic foundation, 

professional association, or institution is 

considered to be non-profit if exempt 

from Federal tax under the provisions of 

Section 501 of the Internal Revenue 

Code (26 U.S.C. 501); 

(5) Applicants must engage in 

qualified pediatric research. Pediatric 

research is defined as research that is 

directly related to diseases, disorders, 

and other conditions in children; 

(6) Applicants must engage in 

qualified pediatric research for at least 

50 percent of their time, i.e., not less 

than 20 hours per week; 

(7) Full-time employees of Federal 

Government agencies are ineligible to 

apply for LRP benefits. Part-time 

Federal employees who engage in 

qualifying research as part of their nonFederal duties for at least 20 hours per 

week, and whose funding source is from 

a non-profit source as defined in 

number 4 of this section, are eligible to 

apply for loan repayment if they meet 

all other eligibility requirements; 

(8) Applicants must agree to conduct 

research for which funding is not 

prohibited by Federal law, regulation, or 

HHS/NIH policy. Recipients who 

receive LRP awards must conduct their 

research in accordance with applicable 

Federal, State, and local law (e.g., 

applicable human subject protection 

regulations); 

(9) Applicants will not be excluded 

from consideration under the Pediatric 

Research Loan Repayment Program on 

the basis of age, race, culture, religion, 

gender, sexual orientation, disability, or 

other non-merit factors; and 

(10) No individual may submit more 

than one LRP application to the NIH in 

any fiscal year. Individuals who have 

applied previously for the PR-LRP but 

did not receive an award are eligible to 

submit a new application if they meet 

all of the above eligibility criteria. 

The following individuals are 

ineligible for participation in the 

Pediatric Research Loan Repayment 

Program: 

(1) Persons who are not United States 

citizens, nationals, or permanent 

residents; 

(2) Any individual who has a Federal 

judgment lien against his/her property 

arising from a Federal debt is barred 

from receiving Federal funds until the 

judgment is paid in full or satisfied; 

(3) Any individual who owes an 

obligation of health professional service 

to the Federal Government, a State, or 

other entity, unless deferrals or 

extensions are granted for the length of 

their Extramural Loan Repayment 

Program service obligation. The 

following are examples of programs 

with service obligations that disqualify 

an applicant from consideration, unless 

a deferral for the length of participation 

in the Loan Repayment Program for 

Pediatric Researchers is obtained:

Armed Forces (Army, Navy, or Air 

Force) Professions Scholarship 

Program, 

Exceptional Financial Need (EFN) 

Scholarship Program, 

Financial Assistance for Disadvantaged 

Health Professions Students 

(FADHPS), 

Indian Health Service (IHS) Scholarship 

Program, 

National Health Service Corps (NHSC) 

Scholarship Program, 

National Institutes of Health 

Undergraduate Scholarship Program 

(UGSP), 

Physicians Shortage Area Scholarship 

Program, 

Primary Care Loan (PCL) Program, 

Public Health Service (PHS) Scholarship 

Program, and 

National Research Service Award 

(NRSA) Program;

(4) Full-time employees of Federal 

Government agencies. Part-time Federal 

employees who engage in qualifying 

research supported by a domestic nonprofit institution, as part of their nonFederal duties, for an outside entity for 

at least 20 hours per week, based on a 

40-hour week, are eligible to apply for 

the PR-LRP if they meet all other 

eligibility requirements; 

(5) Current recipients of NIH 

Intramural Research Training Awards 

(IRTA) or Cancer Research Training 

Awards (CRTA); 

(6) Individuals conducting research 

for which funding is precluded by 

Federal law, regulations or HHS/NIH 

policy, or that does not comply with 

applicable Federal, State, and local law 

regarding the conduct of the research 

(e.g., applicable human subject 

protection regulations); and 

(7) Individuals with ineligible loans, 

which include loans that have been 

consolidated with a loan of another 

individual (including spouses or 

children), or loans that are not 

educational, such as home equity loans. 

Selection Process 

Upon receipt, applications for the 

Pediatric Research Loan Repayment 

Program will be reviewed for eligibility 

and completeness by the NIH Office of 

Loan Repayment. Incomplete or 

ineligible applications will not be 

processed for review. Applications that 

are complete and eligible will be 

referred to the appropriate NIH Institute 

or Center for peer review by the NIH 

Center for Scientific Review (CSR). In 

evaluating the application, reviewers 

will be directed to consider the 

following components as they relate to 

the likelihood that the applicant will 

continue in a pediatric research career: 

(a) Potential of the applicant to pursue 

a career in pediatric research. 

• Appropriateness of the applicant’s 

previous training and experience to 

prepare him/her for a pediatric research 

career. 

• Suitability of the applicant’s 

proposed pediatric research activities in 

the two-year loan repayment period to 

foster a research career. 

• Assessment of the applicant’s 

commitment to a research career as 

reflected by the personal statement of 

long-term career goals and the plan 

outlined to achieve those goals. 

• Strength of recommendations 

attesting to the applicant’s potential for 

a research career. 

(b) Quality of the overall environment 

to prepare the applicant for a pediatric 

research career. 

• Availability of appropriate 

scientific colleagues to achieve and/or 

enhance the applicant’s research 

independence. 

• Quality and appropriateness of 

institutional resources and facilities. 

Renewal applications are competitive 

and will be evaluated using the same 

criteria as new applications plus two 

additional criteria—an assessment of 

research accomplishments and 

development of an individual as an 

independent investigator. 

The following information is 

furnished by the applicant or others on 

behalf of the applicant (forms are 

completed electronically at the NIH LRP 

Web site, http://www.lrp.nih.gov): 

Applicants electronically transmit the 

following to the NIH Office of Loan 

Repayment: 

(1) Applicant Information Statement. 

(2) Biosketch. 

(3) Personal Statement, which 

includes a discussion of career goals 

and academic objectives. 

(4) Description of Research Activities, 

which describes the current or proposed 

research project including the specific 

responsibilities and role of the applicant 

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in conducting the research. The research 

supervisor or mentor will be asked to 

concur in the research project 

description provided by the applicant. 

(5) Identification of three 

Recommenders (one of whom is 

identified as research supervisor or 

mentor). 

(6) Identification of Institutional 

Contact.

(7) On-line Certification. 

(8) Current account statement(s) and 

promissory note(s) or disclosure 

statement(s) obtained from lending 

institution(s), submitted via facsimile to 

(866) 849–4046. 

(9) If applying based on NIH support, 

Notice of Grant/Award (or PHS Form 

Number 2271 for T32 recipients). 

Research supervisors or mentors 

electronically transmit the following to 

the NIH Office of Loan Repayment: 

(1) Recommendation. 

(2) Biosketch. 

(3) Assessment of the Research 

Activities Statement submitted by the 

applicant. 

(4) Description of the Research 

Environment, which provides detailed 

information about the lab where the 

applicant is or will be conducting 

research, including funding, lab space, 

and major areas under investigation. 

(5) Training or Mentoring Plan, which 

includes a detailed discussion of the 

training or mentoring plan, including a 

discussion of the research methods and 

scientific techniques to be taught. This 

document is completed by the research 

supervisor or mentor and is submitted 

for all applicants (except for applicants 

with an NIH R01 or equivalent grant). 

(6) Biosketch of a laboratory staff 

member if involved in training or 

mentoring the applicant. 

The other two Recommenders 

electronically transmit 

recommendations to the NIH Office of 

Loan Repayment. 

Institutional Contacts electronically 

transmit the following to the NIH Office 

of Loan Repayment: 

(1) A certification that: (a) Assures the 

applicant will be provided the necessary 

time and resources to engage in the 

research project for two years from the 

date a Loan Repayment Program 

Contract is executed; (b) assures that the 

applicant is or will be engaged in 

qualifying research for 50 percent of his/

her time, i.e., not less than 20 hours per 

week; (c) certifies that the institution is 

a domestic non-profit institution 

(exempt from tax under 26 U.S.C. 501) 

or is a U.S. Government or other 

government agency (Federal, State, 

local); and (d) provides the applicant’s 

institutional base salary. 

Program Administration and Details 

Under the Pediatric Research Loan 

Repayment Program, the NIH will repay 

a portion of the extant qualified 

educational loan debt incurred to pay 

for the researcher’s undergraduate, 

graduate, and/or health professional 

school educational expenses. 

Individuals must have total qualified 

educational debt that equals or exceeds 

20 percent of their institutional base 

salary on the date of program eligibility. 

This is called the debt threshold. The 

formula used to calculate the potential 

annual loan repayment amount is total 

educational debt less the participant 

obligation (an amount equal to 10 

percent of institutional base salary), 

which yields the total repayable debt; 

the total repayable debt is divided by 25 

percent, which yields the potential 

annual repayment amount (up to 

$35,000). Participants are encouraged to 

pay the participant obligation during the 

contract period. 

Following is an example of loan 

repayment calculations: An applicant 

has a loan debt of $100,000 and a 

university compensation of $40,000. 

Since the loan debt exceeds the debt 

threshold (20 percent of university 

compensation = $8,000), the applicant 

has sufficient debt for loan repayment 

consideration. The participant 

obligation is 10 percent of the 

institutional base salary, in this case 

$4,000. Thus, repayment of the $4,000 

debt is the applicant’s responsibility. 

The remaining amount, in this example 

$96,000 (total repayable debt), will be 

considered for repayment on a 

graduated basis. In this case, the 

maximum to be repaid in the initial 

two-year contract is $48,000 or $24,000 

per year, plus tax reimbursement 

benefits.

The total repayable debt will be paid 

at the rate of one-quarter per year, 

subject to a statutory limit of $35,000 

per year for each year of obligated 

service. Individuals are required to 

initially engage in 2 years of qualified 

pediatric research. 

Following conclusion of the initial 

two-year contract, participants may 

competitively apply for renewal 

contracts if they continue to engage in 

qualified pediatric research. These 

continuation contracts may be approved 

on a year-to-year basis, subject to a 

finding by NIH that the applicant’s 

pediatric research accomplishments are 

acceptable, qualified pediatric research 

continues, and domestic non-profit 

institutional or U.S. or other 

government agency (Federal, State, or 

local) support has been assured. 

Renewal applications are competitively 

reviewed and the submission of a 

renewal application does not ensure the 

award of benefits. Renewal applications 

will be reviewed using the same criteria 

as new applications plus two additional 

criteria—an assessment of research 

accomplishments and development of 

an individual as an independent 

investigator. Funding of renewal 

contracts is also contingent upon an 

appropriation and/or allocation of funds 

from the U.S. Congress and/or the NIH 

or the NIH Institutes and Centers. 

In return for the repayment of their 

educational loans, participants must 

agree to: (1) Engage in qualified 

pediatric research for a minimum period 

of two years; (2) engage in such research 

for at least 50 percent of their time, i.e., 

not less than 20 hours per week based 

on a 40-hour week; (3) make payments 

to lenders on their own behalf for 

periods of Leave Without Pay (LWOP); 

(4) pay monetary damages as required 

for breach of contract; and (5) satisfy 

other terms and conditions of the LRP 

contract. Applicants must submit a 

signed contract, prepared by the NIH, 

agreeing to engage in qualified pediatric 

research at the time they submit an 

application. Substantial monetary 

penalties will be imposed for breach of 

contract. 

The NIH will repay lenders for the 

extant principal, interest, and related 

expenses (such as the required 

insurance premiums on the unpaid 

balances of some loans) of educational 

loans from a U.S. Government entity, 

academic institution, or a commercial or 

other chartered U.S. lending institution, 

such as banks, credit unions, savings 

and loan associations, not-for-profit 

organizations, insurance companies, 

and other financial or credit institutions 

that are subject to examination and 

supervision in their capacity as lending 

institutions by an agency of the United 

States or of the State in which the 

lender has its principal place of 

business, obtained by participants for 

the following: 

(1) Undergraduate, graduate, and 

health professional school tuition 

expenses; 

(2) Other reasonable educational 

expenses required by the school(s) 

attended, including fees, books, 

supplies, educational equipment and 

materials, and laboratory expenses; and 

(3) Reasonable living expenses, 

including the cost of room and board, 

transportation and commuting costs, 

and other living expenses as determined 

by the Secretary. 

Repayments are made directly to 

lenders, following receipt of: (1) The 

Principal Investigator, Program Director, 

or Research Supervisor’s verification of 

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completion of the prior period of 

research; and (2) lender verification of 

the crediting of prior loan repayments, 

including the resulting account balances 

and current account status. The NIH 

will repay loans in the following order, 

unless the Secretary determines that 

significant savings would result from a 

different order of priority: 

(1) Loans guaranteed by the U.S. 

Department of Health and Human 

Services: 

• Health Education Assistance Loan 

(HEAL); 

• Health Professions Student Loan 

(HPSL); 

• Loans for Disadvantaged Students 

(LDS); and 

• Nursing Student Loan Program 

(NSL); 

(2) Loans guaranteed by the U.S. 

Department of Education: 

• Direct Subsidized Stafford Loan; 

• Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan; 

• Direct Consolidation Loan; 

• Perkins Loan; 

• FFEL Subsidized Stafford Loan; 

• FFEL Unsubsidized Stafford Loan; 

and 

• FFEL Consolidation Loan;

(3) Loans made or guaranteed by a 

State, the District of Columbia, the 

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a 

territory or possession of the United 

States; 

(4) Loans made by academic 

institutions; and 

(5) Private (‘‘Alternative’’) 

Educational Loans: 

• MEDLOANS; and 

• Private (non-guaranteed) 

Consolidation Loans. 

The following loans are not repayable 

under the Loan Repayment Program for 

Pediatric researchers: 

(1) Loans not obtained from a U.S. or 

other domestic government entity, 

domestic academic institution, or a 

commercial or other chartered U.S. 

lending institution, such as loans from 

friends, relatives, or other individuals, 

and non-educational loans, such as 

home equity loans; 

(2) Loans for which contemporaneous 

documentation (current account 

statement, and promissory note or 

lender disclosure statement) is not 

available; 

(3) Loans that have been consolidated 

with loans of other individuals, such as 

a spouse or child; 

(4) Loans or portions of loans 

obtained for educational or living 

expenses, which exceed a reasonable 

level, as determined by the standard 

school budget for the year in which the 

loan was made, and are not determined 

by the LRP to be reasonable based on 

additional contemporaneous 

documentation provided by the 

applicant; 

(5) Loans, financial debts, or service 

obligations incurred under the following 

programs, or other programs that incur 

a service obligation that converts to a 

loan on failure to satisfy the service 

obligation: 

• Armed Forces (Army, Navy, or Air 

Force) Health Professions Scholarship 

Program; 

• Indian Health Service (IHS) 

Scholarship Program; 

• National Institutes of Health 

Undergraduate Scholarship Program 

(UGSP); 

• National Research Service Award 

(NRSA) Program; 

• Physicians Shortage Area 

Scholarship Program (Federal or State); 

• Primary Care Loan (PCL) Program; 

and 

• Public Health Service (PHS) and 

National Health Service Corps (NHSC) 

Scholarship Program; 

(6) Delinquent loans, loans in default, 

or loans not current in their payment 

schedule; 

(7) PLUS Loans; 

(8) Loans that have been paid in full; 

and 

(9) Loans obtained after the execution 

of the NIH Loan Repayment Program 

Contract (e.g., promissory note signed 

after the LRP contract has been 

awarded) (this provision does not apply 

to qualifying loan consolidations). 

Before the commencement of loan 

repayment, or during lapses in loan 

repayments, due to NIH administrative 

complications, Leave Without Pay 

(LWOP), or a break in service, LRP 

participants are wholly responsible for 

making payments or other arrangements 

that maintain loans current, such that 

increases in either principal or interest 

do not occur. The LRP contract period 

will not be modified or extended as a 

result of Leave Without Pay (LWOP) or 

a break in service. Penalties assessed 

participants as a result of NIH 

administrative complications to 

maintain a current payment status may 

not be considered for reimbursement. 

LRP payments are NOT retroactive. 

Loan repayment for Fiscal Year 2005 

will commence after a loan repayment 

contract has been executed, which is 

expected to be no earlier than July 2005. 

Additional Program Information 

This program is not subject to the 

provisions of Executive Order 12372, 

Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs. 

This program is subject to OMB 

clearance under the requirements of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The 

OMB approval of the information 

collection associated with the Loan 

Repayment Program for Pediatric 

Researchers expires on December 31, 

2004. The Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance number for the Loan 

Repayment Program for Pediatric 

Researchers is 93.285.

Dated: September 21, 2004. 

Elias A. Zerhouni, 

Director, National Institutes of Health.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

National Heart, Lung, and Blood 

Institute; 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: Heart, Lung, and 

Blood Initial Review Group; Clinical Trials 

Review Committee. 

Date: October 25–26, 2004. 

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: Ritz-Carlton Hotel at Pentagon City, 

1250 South Hayes Street, Arlington, VA 

22202. 

Contact Person: Patricia A Haggerty, 

Scientific Review Administrator, Review 

Branch, Division of Extramural Affairs, 

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, 

NIH, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 7194, MSC 

7924, Bethesda, MD 20892, 301/435–0288, 

haggertp@nhlbi.nih.gov.

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Nos. 93.233, National Center for 

Sleep Disorders Research; 93.837, Heat and 

Vascular Diseases Research; 93.838, Lung 

Diseases Research; 93.839, Blood Diseases 

and Resources Research, National Institutes 

of Health, HHS)

Dated: September 23, 2004. 

LaVerne Y. Stringfield, 

Director, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy.

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