NHLBI
Research and Policy Update
Number 48
December 2007
This electronic
distribution list provides updates from the NHLBI Web Site for the
research community. The updates will be sent as needed, but no more than
once a week.
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.
NOT-HL-08-108:
Request for Information (RFI): Defining a Research Agenda for Sickle Cell
Disease and Other Hemoglobinopathies
NHLBI
version with a link to an online form to submit your comments electronically.
Response Date: January 14, 2008
NOT-OD-08-019:
Delays in Grant Application Submission due to Winter Storms – December
2007
NOT-OD-08-018:
NIH Reduces Temporary “Error Correction Window” for Electronic
Grant Applications from Five Business Days to Two
NOT-OD-08-017:
Notice Regarding Authentication of Cultured Cell Lines
NOT-MH-08-005:
Notice of Intent to Publish a Request for Applications for Probes and
Instrumentation for Monitoring and Manipulating Nervous System Plasticity
(Neuroscience Blueprint)
PA-08-053:
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in Biology and Medicine (R21)
PA-08-052:
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in Biology and Medicine (R01)
PA-08-044:
Human Pluripotent Stem Cell (hPSC) Research Using Non-Embryonic Sources
(R21)
PA-08-043:
Human Pluripotent Stem Cell (hPSC) Research Using Non-Embryonic Sources
(R01)
RFA-RM-08-012:
Human Microbiome Demonstration Projects (UH2/UH3)
Opening
Date: |
April
22, 2008 (Earliest date an application may be submitted to Grants.gov)
|
Receipt
Dates: |
Letter
of Intent, April 22, 2008 |
Application,
May 22, 2008 |
RFP
NHLBI-DE-08-16: Clinical Research Operations and Management Support (CROMS)
RFP
Release Date: |
December
3, 2007 |
Receipt
Dates: |
Questions:
December 17, 2007
Letter of Intent, January 25, 2008 |
Proposal, February 8, 2008 |
For
additional initiatives, please visit the following Web page:
NHLBI Grants and Contracts page: Funding
Opportunity Announcements (FOAs)
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
Training Updates
No updates
or new training documents have been issued.
For more information
on training and career development programs, please visit the following
Web page:
Training and Career Development
Meetings
List
of upcoming meetings
National
Heart, Lung, and Blood Advisory Council, February 13, 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, January 16, 2007
Reports
of past meetings
Expert
Panel on a Hypertension Treatment Trial Initiative Meeting, Working Group
Report (Executive Summary and Full Report),
January 16, 2007
Recognition
and Treatment of Rare Inherited Arrhythmias, NHLBI/ORD Workshop Executive
Summary, September 14-15, 2006
Omega-3
Fatty Acids and Their Role in Cardiac Arrhythmogenesis: Research Challenges
and Opportunities, Workshop Exective Summary, August 29-30, 2005
For more
information on past meetings, please visit the following Web page:
Workshop and Meeting Summaries, and
Other Scientific Reports
Press Releases
Heart Attack Symptoms in Women – Are they Different? December 10,
2007
National
Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health
Announces New Strategic Plan: Institute that coined “risk factor”
and pioneered modern cardiovascular, pulmonary, and hematological medicine
sets a course for improved public health in the age of personalized medicine,
December 3, 2007
For additional
Press Releases, please visit the NHLBI
News Room
Selected NHLBI Vacancies
Position
Title |
Location |
Grade
and Salary |
Closing
Date |
Director,
Division of Blood Diseases & Resources
NHLBI-08-236193 |
Bethesda,
MD |
AD-0602,0601-0/0
$180,000 - $212,000 |
February
1, 2008 |
Director,
Office of Communications
NHLBI-08-228537-DE |
Bethesda,
MD |
GS-1001-15
$110,363 - $143,471 |
February
1, 2008 |
Chief,
Research Translation Branch
listed in USAJobs as:
Supervisory Medical Officer (Research)
NHLBI-08-237555-DH |
Bethesda,
MD |
$110,363
- $143,471
Physicians may be eligible for a Physician's Comparability Allowance
(PCA) up to $30,000/year. Recruitment Bonus may be considered. |
January
31, 2008 |
Medical
Officer (Branch Chief)
NHLBI-07-214889 DH |
Bethesda,
MD |
GS-602-15
$110,363 - $143,471 |
January
10, 2008 |
Health
Scientist Administrator
NHLBI-07-209149 MP |
Bethesda,
MD |
GS-601-13/14
$79,397 - $121,967 |
January
10, 2008 |
Health
Scientist Administrator
NHLBI-07-209149 DE |
Bethesda,
MD |
GS-601-13/14
$79,397 - $121,967 |
January
10, 2008 |
Medical
Officer
NHLBI-07-209905-DH |
Bethesda,
MD |
GS-601-13/14
$79,397 - $121,967 |
January
10, 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
- Call
for Nominations to Expert Panels
The NHLBI invites nominations to the following expert panels:
- Cardiovascular
Disease Risk Reduction, Adults (40 members)
- Cholesterol
Guidelines Update, ATP IV (15 members)
- JNC
8 Hypertension Guidelines Update (15 members)
- Obesity
Guidelines Update, Adults (15 members)
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