[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 199 (Tuesday, October 15, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63664-63665]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-26065]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


National Health And Nutrition Examination Survey III (NHANES)DNA 
Specimens: Guidelines for Proposals To Use Samples and Proposed Cost 
Schedule; Amendment

    A notice announcing the availability of DNA Specimens from the 
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III (NHANES) with 
guidelines for proposals to use samples and a proposed cost schedule 
was published in the Federal Register on August 8, 2002, [Vol.67 Number 
153, Pages 51585-51589]. The notice is amended as follows:
    (1) On page 51585,second column under Summary: replace the first 
sentence of the last paragraph with: Although all researchers are 
encouraged to submit letters of intent, proposals will be accepted 
without a letter of intent. If a researcher wishes to submit

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a letter of intent the deadline (third column) will be extended to 
October 18, 2002. The NHANES program will review letters of intent to 
clarify any issues that may help in proposal development. Proposal 
application receipt deadline is November 18,2002. All other dates are 
not changed.
    (2) On page 51585, third column under Dates: delete the second 
bullet, Submission of Proposals: October 7, 2002.
    (3) The following clarifications are added to the potential 
research proposals section: page 51586, first column, under the heading 
Potential Research Proposals: insert the following as paragraph 1:
    If several researchers submit proposals for the same genetic 
assessments, they may be asked to collaborate in the publication of the 
estimates. The willingness to do this should be addressed in the 
proposal.
    Umbrella category A proposals where researchers collaborate to use 
the same set of DNA specimens, to address several specific research 
questions, requiring different genetic assessments, are encouraged. In 
this case, each research question will be reviewed as a separate entity 
by the Technical Panel, but the fact that only one set of specimens 
will be used, will be noted.
    (4) On page 51588, first column, first full paragraph, replace the 
first sentence with the following: Although all researchers are 
encouraged to submit letters of intent, proposals will be accepted 
without a letter of intent.
    (5) Also on page 51588, first column, second paragraph, replace the 
first sentence with the following: Letters of intent should be 
submitted by October 18, 2002.
    (6) On page 51589, first column, under Submission of Proposals, 
replace the first paragraph with: The proposal application rceipt 
deadline is November 18, 2002.

    Dated: October 8, 2002.
James D. Seligman,
Associate Director for Program Services, Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 02-26065 Filed 10-11-02; 8:45 am]
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