[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 80 (Thursday, April 25, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20539-20540]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-10231]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Fiscal Year 2003 Competitive Application Cycle for the National 
Research Service Award Program

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) 
announces that Fiscal Year 2003 applications will be accepted for the 
National Research Service Award Program administered by HRSA pending 
availability of funds. To administer this program, HRSA receives one 
percent of all NRSA funding provided to the National Institutes of 
Health.
    Authorizing Legislation: These applications are solicited under the 
National Research Service Awards (42 CFR part 66) and section 487(d)(3) 
of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, as amended, which provides 
funding to eligible institutions to develop or enhance research 
training opportunities in primary medical care for individuals selected 
by the institutions.
    Purpose of Award: To provide grants to institutional postdoctoral 
research training programs to train researchers in primary medical 
care.
    Eligible Applicants: An applicant must be an entity that has 
received Federal grant or contract support under sections 747 (Family 
Medicine Training), 748 (General Internal Medicine and General 
Pediatrics Training, revised in 1998 to section 747), or 749 (General 
Dentistry Training, revised in 1998 to section 747) of the PHS Act.
    Review Criteria: The review criteria are: (1) History of 
performance of faculty and trainees; (2) primary care research focus; 
and (3) trainee recruitment and retention. Additional information 
pertaining to the Review Criteria will be listed in the Supplement to 
Instructions for application form PHS-398.
    Estimated Amount of Available Funds: Pending final approval of the 
FY2003 budget, it is anticipated that $6,600,000 will be available in 
fiscal year 2003 for this program.
    Estimated Number of Awards: It is estimated that 25 awards will be 
made for fiscal year 2003.
    Application Requests, Availability, Dates and Addresses: The PHS 
398 application is currently available and may be downloaded via the 
web at http://www.hrsa.gov/bhpr/grants2002. The instructions for 
preparing the Institutional National Research Service Award 
Applications are contained within application form PHS 398. In addition 
to that material, it is also important to download and use the 
Supplement to Instructions for application form PHS 398, Application 
for Institutional National Research Service Awards Grant For Research 
Training In Primary Medical Care that will be posted on the Health 
Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Health Professions web 
site at http://www.hrsa.gov/bhpr/grants2002. The Supplement to 
Instructions for application form PHS 398 will be available for 
downloading via the Web on April 25, 2002. Hard copies of the 
application form PHS 398 and the Supplement to Instructions may be 
obtained by contacting the HRSA Grants Application Center at 901 
Russell Avenue, Suite 450, Gaithersburg, MD 20879, (877) 477-2123. To 
be considered for competition, applications must be postmarked or 
received on or before June 14, 2002 in the HRSA Grants Application 
Center.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shelby Biedenkapp or Marcia Britt, 
Division of Medicine and Dentistry, Bureau of Health Professions, HRSA, 
Room 9A-20, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 
20857, or e-mail address [email protected] or [email protected], 
telephone number is 301-443-1467 and fax number is 301-443-1945.
    Paperwork Reduction Act: The Application for the National Research 
Service Award Program has been approved by the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork

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Reduction Act. The OMB clearance number is 0925-0001.

    Dated: April 19, 2002.
Elizabeth M. Duke,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 02-10231 Filed 4-25-02; 8:45 am]
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