[Federal Register: April 26, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 79)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of Public Health and Science

 
Withdrawal of Standing Announcement of Opportunities for Research 
in Family Planning Service Delivery Improvement; Investigator-Initiated 
Research Grants and New Investigator Research Awards

AGENCY: Office of Family Planning, Office of Population Affairs, OPHS, 
DHHS.

ACTION: Notice--withdrawl of standing announcement.

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SUMMARY: This notice withdraws the standing announcement of 
opportunities for research in family planning services delivery 
improvement (SDI) made available through the Office of Family Planning, 
Office of Population Affairs, OPHS, DHHS. The withdrawal is being done 
to permit a re-evaluation of current program research priorities.

DATES: Effective April 26, 1999.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 1004 of Title X of the Public Health 
Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 300a-2, authorizes the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services to make grants and enter into contracts with public or 
non-profit private entities for projects for research in the 
biomedical, contraceptive development, behavioral and program 
implementation fields related to family planning and population. The 
services delivery research grants are described in the Catalog of 
Federal Domestic Assistance No. 13.974, Family Planning--Services 
Delivery Improvement Research Grants.
    A standing announcement soliciting applications for services 
delivery improvement research in ten identified research problem areas 
was published on November 18, 1985. 50 FR 47506.

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The Office of Population Affairs is reviewing the family planning 
services delivery improvement research priorities and may revise those 
priorities. Accordingly, the November 18, 1985 standing announcement is 
hereby withdrawn.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eugenia Eckard, (301) 594-6534.

    Dated: April 12, 1999.
Denese O. Shervington,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Population Affairs.
[FR Doc. 99-10305 Filed 4-23-99; 8:45 am]
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