[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 170 (Friday, September 2, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52395-52396]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-17492]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[Program Announcement DP05-133]


Mind/Body Research and Chronic Disease Conditions; Notice of 
Intent To Fund a Sole Source Award

A. Purpose

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the 
intent to fund fiscal year (FY) 2005 funds for a grant program to 
support research on the impact and effectiveness of relaxation and 
stress reduction on chronic health conditions. This announcement will 
build on research currently being conducted in this area by the Beth 
Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), Mind/Body Medical Institute 
(MBMI). The results from this study will continue to generate new 
knowledge on the physiologic mechanisms of the relaxation response, 
mechanisms of acute changes, and identification of those most likely to 
benefit in a specific clinical model.
    The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number for this program 
is 93.283.

B. Eligible Applicant

    Assistance will be provided only to the Beth Israel Deaconess 
Medical Center (BIDMC), Mind/Body Medical Institute (MBMI), Harvard 
Medical School, 824 Boylston Street, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467. No other 
applications will be solicited.
    The BIDMC, MBMI is specifically referenced in the House of 
Representatives 2nd Session Conference Report 108-792. Page 1161 of the 
report states: ``Within amounts provided for Community Health 
Promotion: * * * $1,974,000 is for the Mind-Body Institute in Boston, 
Massachusetts to continue practice-based assessments, identification, 
and study of promising and heavily-used mind/body practices.''
    The BIDMC, MBMI is a non-profit scientific and educational 
organization dedicated to the study of mind/body interactions, 
including the relaxation response. The institute uses its expertise to 
enhance the recognition and understanding of mind/body medicine's role 
in the practice of medicine to foster and expand the uses of mind/body 
interaction in health care and other appropriate settings, thereby 
advancing health and well-being throughout the world. Today over 9,000 
patients throughout the United States participate in the institutes 
clinical programs.

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    The MBMI is the foundation of mind/body medicine as practiced at 
the BIDMC, MBMI. It is based on the work of Herbert Benson, MD and 
colleagues at Harvard Medical School. Their pioneering research led to 
the definition of the relaxation response. The BIDMC, MBMI trains 
health care professionals from the U.S. and around the world in their 
highly successful clinical techniques.
    The mission of the BIDMC, MBMI, its long history of research in 
relaxation response, and the institution's extensive network of 
resources make it highly probable that the BIDMC, MBMI will 
successfully achieve the activities identified in Section 1 of this 
RFA; therefore, it is the only eligible organization to conduct the 
research supported by this RFA.

C. Funding

    Approximately $1,916,915 is available in FY 2005 to fund this award 
September 30, 2005 and will be made for a 12-month budget period within 
a project period of up to three years. Funding estimates may change.

D. Where To Obtain Additional Information

    For general comments or questions about this announcement, contact: 
Technical Information Management, CDC Procurement and Grants Office, 
2920 Brandywine Road, Atlanta, GA 30341-4146, Telephone: 770-488-2700.
    For technical questions about this program, contact: Brenda Colley 
Gilbert, Project Officer, 4770 Buford Highway N.E., Mailstop K-92, 
Atlanta, GA 30341, Telephone: 770-488-8390, E-mail: 
[email protected].

    Dated: August 29, 2005.
William P. Nichols,
Director, Procurement and Grants Office, Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-17492 Filed 9-1-05; 8:45 am]
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