NHLBI
Research and Policy Update
Number 21
September 2005
This
electronic distribution list will provide updates from the
NHLBI Web Site for the research community. The updates will be
sent as needed, but no more than once a week.
Message from the Director, NHLBI, to Investigators Affected by Hurricane
Katrina
Hurricane Katrina: Resources to Help Respond to the Devastation
Funding Updates
Please
Note: Links to RFAs and PAs will take you to the NIH
Web site
NIH
Announces Plans to Eliminate Mailing of Paper Notifications: Summary
Statements (October 1, 2005) & Peer Review Outcome Letters (February1,
2006)
The
NIH continues towards its goal of a paperless grants process through
the elimination of the following notifications which are currently
sent in hard copy: Summary Statements and Peer Review Outcome
Letters. Instead, investigators are instructed to use the eRA
Commons, a Web interface where NIH and the applicant organizations
are able to conduct extramural research administration business
electronically.
RFA-HG-05-007: Completion of a Comprehensive Mouse Knockout Resource
Receipt
Dates: |
Letter
of Intent, October 20, 2005 |
Application,
November 22, 2005 |
RFA-DK-05-014: The Obese and Diabetic Intrauterine Environment: Long-term Metabolic or Cardiovascular Consequences in the Offspring
Receipt
Dates: |
Letter
of Intent, February 16, 2006 |
Application,
March 16, 2006 |
- NIH Guide Notices Related to Hurricane Katrina
-
NOT-HL-06-106: Notice of the NHLBI Program on Mechanisms Linking
Short Sleep Duration and Risk of Obesity or Overweight
NOT-HL-06-105:
New NHLBI Contact Information for PA-00-020 “Independent
Scientist Award (K02)”
NOT-HL-06-104:
Notice of Weight Loss in Obese Adults with Cardiovascular Risk
Factors: Clinical Interventions
NOT-DK-05-018:
Clarification of Foreign Eligibility for RFA-DK-05-008 Mouse Metabolic
Phenotyping Centers Consortium
NOT-RM-05-006:
Second Phase of the NIH Roadmap Exploratory Centers for Interdisciplinary
Research
For
additional initiatives, please visit the following Web page:
NHLBI Grants and Contracts
page
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Policy Updates
No
new or revised policies have been issued.
For
additional policy documents, please visit Funding
/ Award Policy section on the following Web
page:
Funding, Training, and Policies
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Training Updates
Helpful Hints for Competitive Renewal of the NHLBI Midcareer Investigator Award in Patient-Oriented Research (K24)
For
more information on training and career development programs,
please visit the following Web page:
Training and Career Development
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Meetings
List
of upcoming meetings
National Heart, Lung, and Blood
Advisory Council, October 26, 2005
Exploring
the Mysteries of Actin and Myosin: A Symposium to Honor
Edward D. Korn, October 17, 2005
For
more information, and the most current list of upcoming meetings,
please visit the following Web page:
Announcements of NHLBI Meetings,
Conferences, and Events
Reports
of past meetings
National
Heart, Lung, and Blood Advisory Council Meeting Summary
, September 16, 2005
Annual
Sickle Cell Disease Clinical Research Meetings (PDF, 545K,
85 pages), August 29-September 2, 2005
Workshop
on Adult Stem Cells, Lung Biology, and Lung Disease, Executive
Summary, July 25-27, 2005
Thrombophilia
and Thrombosis, Working Group Report, June 27, 2005
The
Next Step Population Studies in the "-OMIC" Age,
Working Group Summary, June 14, 2005
For more information
on past meetings, please visit the following Web page:
Workshop and Meeting Summaries,
and Other Scientific Reports
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Press Releases
NHLBI
Funds New Centers for Cell-Based Therapy—Program
Emphasizes Clinical Applications, September 29, 2005
September
is National Menopause Awareness Month: NHLBI Offers Comprehensive
Guidance for Women on Understanding Menopausal Hormone Therapy,
September 21, 2005
For
additional Press Releases, please visit the following Web page:
Current Press Releases
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Selected NHLBI Vacancies
(Links
to announcements will not work past their closing date.)
Note:
There are often changes and additions to this list, for the most
current information, please visit the NHLBI
Jobs Opportunities page
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Other Items of Interest
FYI
from the NHLBI—Public Interest News
Public
Health in Public Housing: Improving Health, Changing Lives Summary
Report
The purpose of the Workshop was to have both public health and
public housing professionals share intervention strategies they
have found to be successful in engaging public housing residents
in community-based activities for health and community development.
- AHA/NHLBI
Scientific Statement on Metabolic Syndrome
(Circulation 2005: Published online before print September
12, 2005)
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