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Work Group on Single and Multiple Project Grants (WGSMPG) Description
The NIDCD has established the Work Group on Single and Multiple Project
Grants (WGSMPG). This group will advise the National Deafness and
Other Communication Disorders (NDCD) Advisory Council, and through
it, the Director NIDCD, about the benefits and drawbacks (strengths/weaknesses,
advantages/ disadvantages) of single project (R01) grants in contrast
to multiple project (P01, P50 or P60) awards.
The charge to the WGSMPG
was outlined in a letter of invitation extended to 19 participants.
It asks them to provide an in-depth examination of the rationale
for the nurture, development and continuing support of multiple
project grants, and to define those kinds of research activities
and conditions for which multiple project grants may be essential.
We encourage community-wide
participation in this process. Based on your own experiences, you
may wish to comment on any of the various questions found in the
letter or to raise others. Please direct comments to the Executive
Secretary, Dr. Craig Jordan. All responses will be shared with the
WGSMPG before the face-to-face meeting on the NIH campus in August.
Work group members will be available from 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
EDT on August 13, 1998 to hear public testimony from persons wishing
to present their views and comments directly. In addition, written
comments will be summarized at that time before the WGSMPG enters
into closed session on August 14, 1998. Details regarding the open
session meeting site are available from Dr. Jordan.
The recommendations
of the WGSMPG will be presented, in draft form, to the NDCD Advisory
Council during the open session of their meeting on October 7, 1998.
Additional comments or recommendations agreed upon by the Council
will be incorporated into the final document before it is transmitted
to the Director, NIDCD, Dr. James Battey.
The completed WGSMPG
report will be available on the NIDCD Home Page in October. Additional
information will be provided to you as various recommendations are
implemented.
We greatly appreciate
the enthusiasm with which the community responded to previous NIDCD
initiatives and will value your input to the current process.
Donald H. Luecke, M.D.
Deputy Director, NIDCD
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