[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 235 (Thursday, December 7, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62872-62873]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-29762]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of Science Education; Notice of Meeting

    Notice is hereby given that the Office of Science Education (OSE), 
Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health (NIH), will hold 
a public meeting on December 11, 1995, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., at 
the Hyatt Regency Bethesda Hotel, One Bethesda Metro Center, Bethesda, 
MD 20814. This meeting has been rescheduled from November 20, 1995, as 
published in the November 15, 1995, Federal Register.
    The purpose of this meeting is to give members of the public who 
are interested in the development of the NIH Undergraduate Scholarship 
Program for Individuals from Disadvantaged Backgrounds (UGSP) an 
opportunity to express their views on how that program should be 
implemented. The UGSP is authorized under Public Law 103-43, U.S. 
Public Health Service Act Section 487D. The UGSP will offer full-time 
undergraduate students enrolled or accepted for enrollment at 
accredited institutions of higher education, who are from disadvantaged 
backgrounds, scholarships of up to $20,000 per year, to pursue academic 
programs appropriate for careers in professions needed by the NIH. For 
each year of scholarship support, the recipient must serve at least 10 
consecutive weeks of service as an employee at the NIH, and, within 60 
days after obtaining the educational degree involved, the individual 
must begin serving full-time as an employee of the NIH. The service 
commitment will be one year of service for each academic year of 
support as outlined at U.S. Public Health Service Act Section 487D(c).
    Consultants to the OSE will be present to discuss the development 
of the UGSP. The information collected from these consultants, as well 
as any information collected from the public, will be used to assist 
the OSE to identify issues and strategies in the development of the 
UGSP.
    This meeting is open to the public. However, attendance will be 
limited by seat availability. Information to be offered at the public 
meeting should be confined to comments relating to the recruitment and 
retention of disadvantaged students for the UGSP, and the indicators of 
success for careers in biomedical research. If an individual is 
representing an organization, only one representative may present oral 
comments. Each speaker will be permitted 3-5 minutes for his/her 
presentation.
    Oral presenters and interested individuals wishing to provide only 

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    written statements must send a copy of such oral comments to the 
attention of Ms. Muriel Levin, EEI, 66 Canal Center Plaza, Suite 200, 
Alexandria, VA 22314-1538, 703-683-4915 (FAX) [email protected] (e-
mail). Correspondence must be received by EEI no later than 5:00 p.m. 
(EST) on Monday, December 4, 1995. The order of presentations during 
the meeting will be determined by the date and time letters of intent 
are received by EEI.
    Individuals who plan to attend the meeting and need special 
assistance, such as sign language interpretation or other special 
accommodations, should contact Ms. Kristin Kiser, NIH/OS/OSE, 7550 
Wisconsin Avenue, Room 102, Bethesda, MD 20892-9015, 301-402-6424 (not 
a toll-free number), 301-480-5481 (FAX) [email protected] (e-mail) in 
advance of 5:00 p.m., December 4, 1995.
    For additional information, contact Marc S. Horowitz, J.D., 
Director, NIH Undergraduate Scholarship Program, Office of Science 
Education, 7550 Wisconsin Avenue, Room 102, Bethesda, MD 20892-9015, 
301-402-5666 (not a toll-free number), 301-480-5481 (FAX), 
[email protected] (e-mail).

    Dated: November 28, 1995.
Ruth L. Kirschstein,
Deputy Director, NIH.
[FR Doc. 95-29762 Filed 12-6-95; 8:45 am]
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