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[FR Doc No: 94-13571]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
RIN: 0905-ZA65

 

Program Announcement and Proposed Project Requirements and Review 
Criteria for Grants for Chiropractic Demonstration Projects for Fiscal 
Year 1994

    The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announces 
that applications will be accepted for fiscal year (FY) 1994 grants for 
Chiropractic Demonstration Projects under the authority of section 782, 
title VII of the Public Health Service Act, as amended by the Health 
Professions Education Extension Amendments of 1992, Pub. L. 102-408, 
dated October 13, 1992. Comments are invited on the proposed project 
requirements and review criteria.
    Approximately $730,000 will be available in FY 1994 for this 
program. It is anticipated that $730,000 will be available to support 3 
to 4 competing awards averaging $182,500 to 243,333.

Purpose

    Section 782 of the Public Health Service Act authorizes the 
Secretary to carry out demonstration projects in which chiropractors 
and physicians collaborate to identify and provide effective treatment 
for spinal and lower-back conditions.
    The period of Federal support will not exceed 3 years.

Eligibility

    Entities eligible to apply for these grants are public or private 
nonprofit schools, colleges, and universities of chiropractic. Each 
applicant must enter into a formal agreement as necessary to ensure 
that a school of allopathic or osteopathic medicine will participate in 
the project.

Proposed Project Requirements

    The following project requirements are proposed:
    1. The project must address the identification and treatment of 
spinal and/or lower-back conditions.
    2. The project must represent collaborative efforts between schools 
of chiropractic and schools of allopathic or osteopathic medicine.
    3. Each project must include a strong research protocol which will 
result in a significant expansion of documented research in the area 
addressed and which is suitable for publication in refereed health 
professions journals, including research-oriented publications.
    4. The project must include an explicit strategy for case-finding 
and a strategy for making direct comparisons to other forms of 
treatment. The results must be generalizable to patients cared for in 
clinical practices addressing spinal and/or lower-back conditions.
    5. Whenever feasible, minorities and women should be included in 
study populations so that research findings can be of benefit to all 
persons at risk of the disease, disorder, or condition under study.

National Health Objectives for the Year 2000

    The Public Health Service urges applicants to submit work plans 
that address specific objectives of Healthy People 2000. Potential 
applicants may obtain a copy of Healthy People 2000 (Full Report; Stock 
No. 017-001-00474-0) or Healthy People 2000 (Summary Report; Stock No. 
017-001-00473-1) through the Superintendent of Documents, Government 
Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402-9325 (Telephone 202-783-3238).

Education and Service Linkage

    As part of its long-range planning, HRSA will be targeting its 
efforts to strengthening linkages between U.S. Public Health Service 
education programs and programs which provide comprehensive primary 
care services to the underserved.

Smoke-Free Workplace

    The Public Health Service strongly encourages all grant recipients 
to provide a smoke-free workplace and promote the non-use of all 
tobacco products. This is consistent with the PHS mission to protect 
and advance the physical and mental health of the American people.

Proposed Review Criteria

    It is proposed that the review of applications will take into 
consideration the following criteria and the quality of the supporting 
documentation for:
    (1) The strength of the rationale for the project;
    (2) The quality and clarity of the objectives to be achieved in 
relation to the stated statutory purposes of the program and the 
potential of the project for meeting them;
    (3) The strength of the applicant's institutional background in 
chiropractic training and research;
    (4) The competency of all faculty, both chiropractic and allopathic 
or osteopathic medicine, to be involved in the project, including past 
experience in chiropractic and/or chiropractic research and allopathic 
or osteopathic research;
    (5) The proposed methodology to be used in carrying out the goals 
and objectives of the project, including those pertaining to research 
and its outcomes;
    (6) The appropriateness of timelines to be used in achieving the 
project's goals and objectives;
    (7) The strength of the proposed evaluation methodology to be used 
in evaluating the accomplishments of the project, including those 
pertinent to research;
    (8) The strength of the evidence of the applicant institution's 
commitment, including letters of support, to carrying out the project 
successfully and the institutional commitment of the allopathic or 
osteopathic school of medicine collaborating in the project;
    (9) The suitability and availability of all proposed facilities and 
resources to be used in carrying out the project;
    (10) The appropriateness of the proposed budget and fiscal plan for 
carrying out the project and the administrative and management 
capability of the applicant to implement the project in a cost-
effective manner; and
    (11) The documentation, terms, and specificity of a formal 
agreement with a school of allopathic or osteopathic medicine for its 
collaboration in carrying out the goals, objectives, and evaluation of 
the project.
    The peer review group which reviews applications for this program 
will include no fewer than two, and no more than three, chiropractors.

Additional Information

    Interested persons are invited to comment on the proposed project 
requirements and review criteria. The comment period is 30 days. All 
comments received on or before July 5, 1994 will be considered before 
the final project requirements and review criteria are established. 
Written comments should be addressed to: Mr. Neil Sampson, Director, 
Division of Associated, Dental, and Public Health Professions, Bureau 
of Health Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration, 
Parklawn Building, Room 8-101, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 
20857.
    All comments received will be available for public inspection and 
copying at the Division of Associated, Dental, and Public Health 
Professions, Bureau of Health Professions, at the above address, 
weekdays (Federal holidays excepted) between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 
5:00 p.m.

Application Requests

    Requests for application materials and questions regarding grants 
policy and business management issues should be directed to: Ms. Brenda 
Selser, Grants Management Branch, Bureau of Health Professions, Health 
Resources and Services Administration, Parklawn Building, Room 8C-26, 
5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857; telephone: (301) 443-6960 
FAX: (301) 443-6343 Completed applications should be returned to the 
Grants Management Branch at the above address.
    If additional programmatic information is needed, please contact: 
Mr. Fred Paavola, Program Officer, Associated Health Professions 
Branch, Division of Associated, Dental and Public Health Professions, 
Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and Services 
Administration, Parklawn Building, Room 8C-02, 5600 Fishers Lane, 
Rockville, Maryland 20857; telephone : (301) 443-6763 FAX: (301) 443-
1164.
    The standard application form PHS 398, Competing Training Grant 
Application and General Instructions will be used for this program. 
This form has been approved by the Office of Management and Budget 
under the Paperwork Reduction Act. The OMB Clearance Number is 0925-
0001.
    The deadline date for receipt of applications is July 8, 1994. 
Applications will be considered to be ``on time'' if they are either:
    (1) Received on or before the established deadline date, or
    (2) Sent on or before the established deadline date and received in 
time for orderly processing. (Applicants should request a legibly dated 
U.S. Postal Service postmark or obtain a legibly dated receipt from a 
commercial carrier or U.S. Postal Service. Private metered postmarks 
shall not be acceptable as proof of timely mailing.)
    Late applications not accepted for processing will be returned to 
the applicant.
    This program, Chiropractic Demonstration Projects, is listed at 
93.212 in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance. It is not subject 
to the provisions of Executive Order 12372, Intergovernmental Review of 
Federal Programs (as implemented through 45 CFR part 100). This program 
is not subject to the Public Health System Reporting Requirements.

    Dated: May 12, 1994.
John H. Kelso,
Acting Administrator.
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