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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 239 (Thursday, December 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 100517-100518]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29269]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings

    Pursuant to section 1009 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 
amended, 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 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: Center for Scientific Review Special Emphasis 
Panel RFA Panel; Understanding Chronic Conditions Understudied Among 
Women.
    Date: December 13, 2024.
    Time: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
    Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications.
    Address: National Institutes of Health, Rockledge II, 6701 
Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892.
    Meeting Format: Virtual Meeting.
    Contact Person: Amy Kathleen Wernimont, Ph.D., Scientific Review 
Officer, Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of 
Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 6198, Bethesda, MD 20892, 301-
827-6427, [email protected].

    Name of Committee: Center for Scientific Review Special Emphasis 
Panel; Topics in Bacterial-Host Interactions.
    Date: December 13, 2024.
    Time: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
    Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications.
    Address: National Institutes of Health, Rockledge II, 6701 
Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892.
    Meeting Format: Virtual Meeting.
    Contact Person: Bakary Drammeh, Ph.D., Scientific Review 
Officer, Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of 
Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 805-P, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 
435-0000, [email protected].

    Name of Committee: Center for Scientific Review Special Emphasis 
Panel; Member Conflict: Topics in Disease Control and Applied 
Immunology.
    Date: December 13, 2024.
    Time: 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
    Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications.
    Address: National Institutes of Health, Rockledge II, 6701 
Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892.
    Meeting Format: Virtual Meeting.
    Contact Person: Jui Pandhare, Ph.D., Scientific Review Officer, 
Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of Health, 6701 
Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 594-7735, 
[email protected].

    Name of Committee: Center for Scientific Review Special Emphasis 
Panel; Small Business: Topics in Microbial Diagnostics and Anti-
Infective Prevention Measures.
    Date: December 13, 2024.
    Time: 12:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
    Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications.
    Address: National Institutes of Health, Rockledge II, 6701 
Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892.
    Meeting Format: Virtual Meeting.
    Contact Person: Bidyottam Mittra, Ph.D., Scientific Review 
Officer, Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of 
Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20894, (301) 435-4057, 
[email protected].

    Name of Committee: Center for Scientific Review Special Emphasis 
Panel; Topics in Health Services Research.
    Date: December 18, 2024.
    Time: 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
    Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications.
    Address: National Institutes of Health, Rockledge II, 6701 
Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892.
    Meeting Format: Virtual Meeting.
    Contact Person: Angela D. Thrasher, Ph.D., Scientific Review 
Officer, Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of 
Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 1000J, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 
480-6894, [email protected].

    Name of Committee: Center for Scientific Review Special Emphasis 
Panel; Member Conflict: Topics in HIV Virology, Immunopathogenesis, 
and Drug/Vaccine Development.
    Date: December 18, 2024.
    Time: 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
    Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications.
    Address: National Institutes of Health, Rockledge II, 6701 
Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892.
    Meeting Format: Virtual Meeting.
    Contact Person: Kenneth M Izumi, Ph.D., Scientific Review 
Officer, NIH Center for Scientific Review, 6701 Rockledge Drive, MSC 
7808, Bethesda, MD 20892, 301-496-6980, [email protected].

    This notice is being published less than 15 days from the 
meetings' dates due to exceptional circumstances. The technical and 
scientific peer review of applications assigned to the above 
meetings must take place urgently so that review evaluations of 
biomedical research applications addressing multiple major public 
health priorities, including women's health research, may be 
submitted to the national advisory councils to make timely funding 
recommendations. If the meetings are not held on the December 13, 
2024 and December 18, 2024 dates, committee members with the 
requisite scientific expertise will be unable to attend due to 
unresolvable scheduling conflicts. The result would be a 6-9 month 
delay in funding and a profound negative impact on health-related 
research.

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Comparative Medicine; 93.333, Clinical Research, 93.306, 93.333, 
93.337, 93.393-93.396, 93.837-93.844, 93.846-93.878, 93.892, 93.893, 
National Institutes of Health, HHS)

    Dated: December 9, 2024.
Lauren A. Fleck,
Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.
[FR Doc. 2024-29269 Filed 12-11-24; 8:45 am]
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