[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 129 (Wednesday, July 6, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 44026]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-15931]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Board of Scientific Counselors, National Center for Injury
Prevention and Control (BSC, NCIPC)
In accordance with Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) announces, the following meeting of the aforementioned
committee:
Time and Date: 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m., August 1, 2016 (CLOSED).
Place: Teleconference.
Status: The meeting as designated above will be closed to the
public in accordance with provisions set forth in Section 552b(c)(4)
and (6), Title 5, U.S.C., and the Determination of the Director,
Management Analysis and Services Office.
Purpose: The Board of Scientific Counselors makes recommendations
regarding policies, strategies, objectives, and priorities; and reviews
progress toward injury prevention goals and provides evidence in injury
prevention-related research and programs. The Board also provides
advice on the appropriate balance of intramural and extramural
research, the structure, progress, and performance of intramural
programs. The Board is designed to provide guidance on extramural
scientific program matters, including the: (1) Review of extramural
research concepts for funding opportunity announcements; (2) conduct of
Secondary Peer Review of extramural research grants, cooperative
agreements, and contracts applications received in response to the
funding opportunity announcements as it relates to the Center's
programmatic balance and mission; (3) submission of secondary review
recommendations to the Center Director of applications to be considered
for funding support; (4) review of research portfolios, and (5) review
of program proposals. The board shall provide guidance on the National
Center for Injury Prevention and Control's programs and research
activities by conducting scientific peer review of intramural research
and programs within the National Center for Injury Prevention and
Control; by ensuring adherence to Office of Management and Budget
requirements for intramural peer review; and by monitoring the overall
direction, focus, and success of the National Center for Injury
Prevention and Control.
Matters for Discussion: The BSC, NCIPC will meet to conduct a
Secondary Peer Review of extramural research grant applications
received in response to two (2) Funding Opportunity Announcements
(FOAs): Evaluation of Practice-based Strategies from CDC's Rape
Prevention and Education (RPE) Program to Build Evidence for Primary
Prevention of Sexual Violence, FOA RFA-CE-16-005; PHS 2014-02 Omnibus
Solicitation of the NIH, CDC, FDA and ACF for Small Business Innovation
Research Grant Applications (Parent SBIR [R43/R44]), FOA PA-14-071.
Applications will be assessed for applicability to the Center's mission
and programmatic balance. Recommendations from the secondary review
will be voted upon and the applications will be forwarded to the Center
Director for consideration for funding support.
Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
Contact Person for More Information: Gwendolyn H. Cattledge, Ph.D.,
M.S.E.H., Deputy Associate Director for Science, NCIPC, CDC, 4770
Buford Highway NE., Mailstop F-63, Atlanta, GA 30341, Telephone (770)
488-1430.
The Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, has been
delegated the authority to sign Federal Register notices pertaining to
announcements of meetings and other committee management activities,
for both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2016-15931 Filed 7-5-16; 8:45 am]
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