Scientific and Financial Contacts for NIH Bioengineering Program Announcements
Inquiries regarding scientific and management issues, or other concerns related
to the EBRG, BRG, or BRP funding announcements at specific NIH Institutes or Centers can be directed to the scientific
contacts. Budgetary questions can be directed to the financial contacts.
Not all NIH Institutes and Centers participate in the all the bioengineering funding
announcements, and some have differing policies. Please see the EBRG, BRG, or BRP
announcement for a list of the participating Institutes and Centers. The Institutes
listed below with special links under the scientific contact have additional information
regarding their particular procedures, programs, and priorities.
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Scientific Contact
Houston Baker, Ph.D.
Program Director, Imaging Technology Development Branch
NCI
6130 Executive Boulevard, Rm. 6060
Rockville, MD 20892-7412
TEL: 301-594-9117
FAX: 301-480-3507
Email: bakerhou@mail.nih.gov
Financial Contact
Sean Hine
Team Leader - Cancer Prevention Grants Branch
Office of Grants Administration
NCI
6120 Executive Blvd., Suite 243
Rockville, MD 20852
TEL: 301-846-1005
FAX: 301-846-5720
Email: seanhine@nih.gov
National Eye Institute (NEI)
Scientific Contact
Jerome Wujek, Ph.D.
Research Resources Officer
NEI
5635 Fishers Lane, Ste. 1300
Bethesda, MD 20892-9300
TEL: 301-451-2020
FAX: 301-402-0528
E-Mail: wujekjer@mail.nih.gov
Financial Contact
William Darby
Chief, Grants Management Branch
NEI
5635 Fishers Lane, Ste. 1300
Bethesda, MD 20892-9300
TEL: 301-451-2020
FAX: 301-496-9997
Email: darbyw@mail.nih.gov
National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
Scientific Contact
Dr. Michael W. Smith
Program Director
NHGRI
5635 Fishers Lane, Ste. 4076
Bethesda, MD 20892-9305
TEL: 301-402-1114
Email: Michael.Smith@nih.gov
Courier services should use: Rockville, MD 20852
Financial Contact
Cheryl Chick
Chief Grants Management Officer
Grants Administration Branch, DER
NHGRI
5635 Fishers Lane, Ste. 4076
Bethesda, MD 20892-9306
TEL: 301-435-7858
FAX: 301-402-1951
Email: ChickC@mail.nih.gov
Courier services should use: Rockville, MD 20852
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Scientific Contact
Martha Lundberg, Ph.D.
Program Director, Advanced Technologies and Surgery Branch
NHLBI
6701 Rockledge Drive - Room 9146
Bethesda, MD 20892-7940
TEL: 301-435-0513
FAX: 301-480-1335
Email: lundberm@nhlbi.nih.gov
Please see
NHLBI’s focus areas for BRP applications. For requests of $500,000
or more in direct costs in any one year, please read
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/funding/policies/500kweb.htm before contacting
Dr. Lundberg.
Financial Contact
Tony Agresti
Grants Management Specialist, Office of Management
NHLBI
6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 7138
Bethesda, MD 20892-7926
TEL: 301-435-0186
FAX: 301-480-3310
Email: agrestia@mail.nih.gov
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Scientific Contact
Winifred Rossi, M.A.
Deputy Director, Division of Geriatrics and Clinical Gerontology
NIA
7201 Wisconsin Avenue, Ste. 3C307
Bethesda, MD 20892-9205
TEL: 301-496-3836
FAX: 301-402-1784
Email: rossiw@nia.nih.gov
Financial Contact
Linda Whipp
Grants Management Officer
NIA
Gateway Building, Suite 2N212
Bethesda, MD 20892
TEL: 301-496-1472
FAX: 301-402-3672
Email: lw17m@nih.gov
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) -
BRG & EBRG only
Scientific Contact
Gary J. Murray, Ph.D.
Program Director, Division of Metabolism and Health Effects
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda MD 20892
Office Phone: (301) 443-9940
Cell Phone: (301) 538-8485
Email: murrayg@mail.nih.gov
Financial Contact
Judy Fox
Chief, Grants Management Branch
NIAAA
5636 Fishers Lane, Rm. 3023
Rockville, MD 20892-9304
TEL: 301-443-4704
FAX: 301-443-3891
Email: jfox@mail.nih.gov
For Express Mail: Rockville, MD 20852-1705
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Scientific Contact
Alan Embry, Ph.D.
Program Officer
Pathogenesis & Basic Research Branch, Basic Sciences Program
Division of AIDS, NIAID, NIH
6700-B Rockledge Drive
Bethesda, MD 20892
Phone: 301-435-3751
Email: embrya@niaid.nih.gov
Financial Contact
Ann Devine
Division of Extramural Activities
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
6700-B Rockledge Drive
Bethesda, MD 20892-7614
Telephone (301) 402-5601
Email: adevine@niaid.nih.gov
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin
Diseases (NIAMS)
Scientific Contact
James Panagis, M.D., M.P.H.
Director, Orthopaedics Program
NIAMS
6701 Democracy Blvd., Ste. 800
Bethesda, MD 20892-4872
TEL: 301-594-5055
FAX: 301-480-1284
Email: panagisj@mail.nih.gov
Financial Contact
Melinda Nelson
Chief Grants Management Officer
Grants Management Branch
NIAMS
6701 Democracy Boulevard – Ste. 800
Bethesda, MD 20892-4872
Email: mn23z@nih.gov
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
(NIBIB)
Scientific Contact
Christine Kelley, Ph.D.
Director, Division of Discovery Science and Technology
NIBIB
6707 Democracy Boulevard – Ste. 200
Bethesda, MD 20892-5477
TEL: 301-451-4778
FAX: 301-480-1614
Email: kelleyc@mail.nih.gov
Please see NIBIB’s Guidelines
on BRP applications.
Financial Contact
Nancy Curling
Director, Office of Grants Management
NIBIB
6707 Democracy Boulevard – Ste. 900
Bethesda, MD 20892-5469
TEL: 301-496-9315
FAX: 301-480-4515
Email: curlingn@mail.nih.gov
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and
Human Development (NICHD)
Scientific Contact
Louis Quatrano, Ph.D.
Program Director, Behavioral Science & Rehabilitation, and National Center for
Medical Rehabilitation Research
Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD
6100 Executive Boulevard, Rm. 2A03
Rockville, MD 20892-7510
TEL: 301-402-4221
FAX: 301-402-0832
Email: lq2n@mail.nih.gov
For Express Mail: Rockville, MD 20852
Financial Contact
Bryan Clark, M.B.A.
Chief, Grants Management Branch
Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD
6100 Executive Boulevard
Rockville, MD 20892-7510
TEL: 301-435-6975
FAX: 301-402-0915
Email: clarkb1@mail.nih.gov
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
(NIDCD)
Scientific Contact
Nancy Freeman, Ph.D.
Hearing and Balance/Vestibular Branch
NIDCD
6120 Executive Blvd, MSC 7180
Rockville, MD 20892-7180
TEL: 301-402-3458
FAX: 301-402-6251
Email: freemann@nidcd.nih.gov
Financial Contact
Christopher Myers
Division of Extramural Activities
NIDCD
6120 Executive Boulevard, MSC 7180
Rockville, MD 20892-7180
TEL: 301-435-0713
FAX: 301-402-1758
Email: myersc@mail.nih.gov
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
Scientific Contact
Nadya Lumelsky, Ph.D.
Director, Tissue Engineering and Dental and Craniofacial Regenerative Medicine Program
NIDCR
6701 Democracy Boulevard, Ste. 618
Bethesda, MD 20892-4878
TEL: 301-594-7703
FAX: 301-480-8319
Email: nadyal@nidcr.nih.gov
Please visit the following NIDCR page on specific bioengineering program interests:
http://www.nidcr.nih.gov/GrantsAndFunding/FundingOpportunityAnnouncements/ByTopic.htm
Financial Contact
Mary Daley
Chief Grants Management Officer
NIDCR
6701 Democracy Boulevard, Ste. 658
Bethesda, MD 20892-4878
TEL: 301-594-4808
FAX: 301-480-3562
Email: md74u@nih.gov
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Scientific Contact
Thomas Aigner, Ph.D.
Division of Neuroscience and Behavioral Research
NIDA
6001 Executive Boulevard, Rm. 4282
Rockville, MD 20892-9555
TEL: 301-435-1314
FAX: 301-594-6043
Email: ta17r@nih.gov
Financial Contact
Pamela Fleming
Chief, Grants Management Branch
NIDA
6101 Executive Boulevard, Rm. 270
Rockville, MD 20852
TEL: 301-443-6710
FAX: 301-594-6849
Email: pfleming@mail.nih.gov
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Scientific Contact
David M. Balshaw, Ph.D.
Program Director, Emerging Technologies
Division of Extramural Research and Training - K3-04
NIEHS
P.O. Box 12233
530 Davis Dr., Rm 3088
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
TEL: 919-541-2448
FAX: 919-541-4937
Email: balshaw@nih.gov
Financial Contact
James R. Williams
Grants Management Specialist
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Division of Extramural Research and Training
Keystone Office Park
530 Davis Drive, Room 3059 (MD K3-11)
Research Triangle Park, NC 27713
TEL: 919-541-1403
FAX: 919-541-2860
Email: williamsjr@niehs.nih.gov
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) - BRG
only
Scientific Contact
Warren Jones, Ph.D.
Chief, Biochemistry and Biorelated Chemistry Branch
Division of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biological Chemistry
NIGMS
45 Center Drive, MSC 6200
Bethesda, MD 20892-6200
TEL: 301-594-3827
FAX: 301-480-2802
Email: jonesw@nigms.nih.gov
Financial Contact
Earl C. Melvin
Grants Management Specialist
NIGMS
45 Center Drive, MSC 6200
Bethesda, MD 20892-6200
TEL: 301-594-3912
FAX: 301-480-2554
Email: melvine@nigms.nih.gov
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) - EBRG and BRG only
Scientific Contact
German Cavelier, Ph.D.
Office of Technology Development and Coordination
Office of the Director
NIMH
Neuroscience Center Building, Room 7200, MSC 9645
6001 Executive Boulevard
Bethesda, MD 20892-9645
TEL: 301-443-1815
FAX: 301-443-1731
Email: gcavelier@mail.nih.gov
Financial Contact
Rebecca Claycamp, M.S., C.R.A.
Chief Grants Management Officer
NIMH
Neurosciences Building, Rm 6122
6001 Executive Blvd, MSC 9605
Bethesda, MD 20892-9605
TEL: 301-443-2811
FAX: 301-443-6885
Email: rclaycam@mail.nih.gov
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Scientific Contact
Kip Ludwig, Ph.D.
Program Director
NIH/NINDS
Neuroscience Center, Room 2192
6001 Executive Blvd MSC Bethesda, MD 20892
TEL: 301-496-1447
FAX: 301-402-2060
Email: ludwigka@ninds.nih.gov
Financial Contact
Tijuanna DeCoster, M.P.A.
Chief Grants Management Officer
Grants Management Branch
NINDS
6001 Executive Boulevard, Ste. 3290
Rockville, MD 20892-9537
TEL: 301-496-9231
FAX: 301-402-0219
Email: decostert@mail.nih.gov
Please visit the following NINDS page for specific bioengineering program interests:
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/research/bioengineering/index.htm.
Office of Research on Women’s Health
Scientific Contact
Susan E. Maier, Ph.D.
Associate Director for Special Projects
Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH)
DHHS/NIH/OD/DPCPSI
Democracy II, Suite 400
6707 Democracy Blvd
Bethesda, MD 20892-5484
TEL: 301-435-1573
FAX: 301-402-1798
Email: Susan.Maier@nih.gov
Last Updated On 03/13/2013