| NHLBI
Research and Policy Update
Number 50
February 2008
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 Funding Updates
 Please
Note: Links to RFAs, PAs, and Guide Notices will take you to
the NIH Web site. RFPs will take you to FedBizOpps. Links to RFPs
will not work past their proposal receipt date. Archived versions
of RFPs posted on FEDBIZOPPS can be found on the FedBizOpps site using
the FedBizOpps
search function. Under Document to Search, simply select Archived
Documents.
RFP
NHLBI-HC-09-05 Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT) Clinical
Center Networks
| RFP
Release Date: |
on
or about February 29, 2008 |
| Receipt
Dates: |
Letter
of Intent, April 30, 2008 |
|
Proposal, May 30, 2008 |
RFP
NHLBI-HC-09-04 Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT) Coordinating
Center
| RFP
Release Date: |
on
or about February 29, 2008 |
| Receipt
Dates: |
Letter
of Intent, April 30, 2008 |
|
Proposal, May 30, 2008 |
RFA-HL-08-008:
Small Grants for Lung Tissue Research (R03)
| Opening
Date: |
April
9, 2008 (Earliest date an application may be submitted to Grants.gov)
|
| Receipt
Dates: |
Letter
of Intent, April 9, 2008; September 22, 2008 |
| Application,
May 9, 2008; October 17, 2008 |
RFA-HL-08-006:
Molecular Phenotypes for Lung Diseases (R01)
| Opening
Date: |
April
5, 2008 (Earliest date an application may be submitted to Grants.gov)
|
| Receipt
Dates: |
Letter
of Intent, April 5, 2008 |
| Application,
May 5, 2008 |
RFA-OD-08-001:
Rare Diseases Clinical Research Consortia (RDCRC) for the Rare Diseases
Clinical Research Network (U54)
| Receipt
Dates: |
Letter
of Intent, July 20, 2008 |
| Application,
August 20, 2008 |
PA-08-092:
Novel Approaches To Study Polymicrobial Diseases (R21)
PA-08-091:
Novel Approaches to Study Polymicrobial Diseases (R01)
PA-08-084:
The Effect of Racial and Ethnic Discrimination/Bias on Health Care Delivery
(R21)
PA-08-083:
The Effect of Racial and Ethnic Discrimination/Bias on Health Care Delivery
(R01)
NOT-HL-08-112:
Sources Sought Notice For NHLBI-SSN-HP-08-20, Project for Ebstein's Anomaly
in Children (PEACE)
NOT-HG-08-002:
Administrative Supplements for Making Knockout Mice
NOT-HL-08-111:
Request for Information (RFI): NHLBI/NCI RAID Program for Heart, Lung,
and Blood Disorders
NOT-OD-08-049:
Update of Sample Animal Welfare Assurance
NOT-OD-08-043:
National Animal Welfare Education Program Workshops and Conferences for
2008
NOT-OD-08-041:
Notice of Legislative Mandates in Effect for FY 2008
NOT-OD-08-039:
Reminder: Letter Required for the Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA for Individual
Predoctoral Fellowships (F31) to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research
For
additional initiatives, please visit the following Web page:
NHLBI Grants and Contracts page: Funding
Opportunity Announcements (FOAs)
Policy Updates
FY
2008 Funding and Operating Guidelines (Update)
For additional
policy documents, please visit Funding /
Award Policy section on the following Web page:
Funding, Training, and Policies
Training Updates
Summer
Institute Program to Increase Diversity in Health-Related Research (SIPID)
For more information
on training and career development programs, please visit the following
Web page:
Training and Career Development
Meetings
List
of upcoming meetings
Symposium
on Mucolipin Function in Disease,
June 2-3, 2008
National
Heart, Lung, and Blood Advisory Council, June 11, 2008
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, February
13, 2008
Lymphatic
Research: Trans-NIH Working Group Meeting, Executive Summary, September
6-7, 2007
For more information
on past meetings, please visit the following Web page:
Workshop and Meeting Summaries,
and Other Scientific Reports
Press Releases
Panel
Finds Hydroxyurea Treatment is Underutilized for Sickle Cell Disease —
Improved access to care and education about the treatment are deemed
priorities, February 27, 2008
For
Safety, NHLBI Changes Intensive Blood Sugar Treatment Strategy in Clinical
Trial of Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease, February 6, 2008
Heart
Disease Deaths Continue to Decline in American Women—On National Wear
Red Day Heart Truth campaign continues to raise awareness, February
1, 2008
For additional
Press Releases, please visit the NHLBI
News Room
Selected NHLBI Vacancies
To
receive bi-weekly e-updates about NHLBI job opportunities, please e-mail
your request to Marianna Mertts, PhD, Office of Workforce Management.
(Links
to announcements will not work past their closing date.)
| Position
Title |
Location |
Salary
and Grade |
Closing
Date |
Bethesda,
MD |
$82,961
- $127,442
GS-0601-13/14 |
April
4, 2008 |
Bethesda,
MD |
$115,317
- $149,000
HSA:
GS-0601-15/15
Med.
Officer: GS-0602-15/15 |
March
28, 2008
|
| Bethesda,
MD |
$82,961
- $149,000
HSA: GS-0601-13/15
Med.
Officer: GS-0602- 13/15
|
March
11, 2008 |
| Bethesda,
MD |
$82,961
- $107,854
GS-0601-13/13 |
March
3, 2008 |
Note:
There are often changes and additions to the selected vacancy list. For
the most current information, please visit the NHLBI
Jobs Opportunities page
Other Items of Interest
 FY
2009 Congressional Budget Justification [450 K, 28 pages] and Screen-reader
friendly, Web version of the Congressional Budget Justification
Women's
Health Initiative Study (WHI-OS)
The Women's Health Initiative Observational Study limited access dataset
updated with additional follow-up questionnaires and outcomes collected
over an average follow-up of 4 years.
The
Women's Health Initiative: Clinical Trials (WHI-CT)
The Women's Health Initiative Clinical Trials limited access dataset updated with data from the Diet Modification and Calcium/Vitamin D trials and follow-up data collected through September 2005.
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