National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Summary of the 98th Meeting
September 20, 2001
The National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism convened for its ninety-eighth meeting at 1 p.m., on September 20, via telephone conference, in Conference room 400 at the Willco Building, 6000 Executive Boulevard, Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Enoch Gordis, Director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) presided during the closed session.
In accordance with the provisions of Sections 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5, U.S.C. and Section 10(d) of Public Law 92-463, the meeting was closed to the public from 1- 3 p.m., on September 20 for the review, discussion, and evaluation of individual applications for Federal grant-in-aid funds. Due to the tragic events of September 11, the open meeting was canceled.
Council Members Participating in the Telephone Conference:
Dr. Marilyn Aguirre-Molina
Dr. Alpha Estes Brown
Dr. Sandra Brown
Dr. Richard Deitrich
Dr. Anna Mae Diehl
Dr. Rueben Gonzales
Dr. Harold Holder
Ms. Linda Kaplan
Dr. George Koob
Dr. Barbara Mason
Dr. Matthew McGue
Dr. Steve Mirin
Council Members Absent:
Ms. Sheryl Ramstad Hvass
Mr. Paul Samuels
Call to Order of the Closed Session
Dr. Enoch Gordis, Director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), called to order the closed session of the ninety-eighth meeting of the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism at 1 p.m., September 20, for the consideration of grant applications.
Review of Grant Applications
Dr. Kenneth Warren, Director, Office of Scientific Affairs, reviewed the procedures for the conduct of grant application review, and reminded the Council members of the regulations pertaining to conflict of interest and confidentiality.
Members absented themselves from the discussion and evaluation of applications from their own institutions, or in situations in which a potential conflict of interest, real or apparent, might occur.
Council members concurred with all initial review committee recommendations for all grant applications available to them. One application from the Division of Basic Research Branch was recommended for high program priority. Council members also concurred with one MERIT extension. Applications which were "Not Scored" or with a percentile score of 40 or higher were not reviewed by Council.
CERTIFICATION
I hereby certify that, to the best of my knowledge, the foregoing minutes are accurate and complete.
| /s/
Enoch Gordis, M.D.
Chairperson
National Advisory Council on
Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism |
/s/
Kenneth R. Warren, Ph.D.
Director
Office of Scientific Affairs
and Acting Executive Secretary
National Advisory Council on
Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism |
Posted: October 19, 2001