[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 79 (Monday, April 26, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 20309]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-10306]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of Public Health and Science


Withdrawal of Standing Announcement of Opportunities for Research 
on Adolescent Family Life; Investigator-Initiated Research Grants and 
New Investigator Research Awards

AGENCY: Office of Adolescent Pregnancy Programs, Office of Population 
Affairs, OPHS, DHHS.

ACTION: Notice--Withdrawal of standing announcement.

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SUMMARY: This notice withdraws the standing announcement of 
opportunities for research on adolescent family life made available 
through the Office of Adolescent Pregnancy Programs, Office of 
Population Affairs, OPHS, DHHS. The withdrawal is being done to permit 
re-evaluation of current program research priorities.

DATES: Effective April 26, 1999.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 2008 of Title XX of the Public 
Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 300z-7, authorizes the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services to make grants and enter into the contracts 
with public agencies or private organizations of higher education to 
support research and dissemination activities relating to adolescent 
premarital sexual relations and adolescent childbearing. This research 
program is described in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 
13.111, Adolescent Family Life Research Grants.
    A standing announcement providing detailed information and inviting 
research applications in six topical areas was published on November 
18, 1985. 50 FR 47502. The Office of Population Affairs is reviewing 
the AFL research priorities and may revise those priorities. 
Accordingly, the November 18, 1985 standing announcement is hereby 
withdrawn.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eugenia Eckard, (301) 594-6534.

    Dated: April 12, 1999.
Denese O. Shervington,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Population Affairs.
[FR Doc. 99-10306 Filed 4-23-99; 8:45 am]
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