[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 204 (Friday, October 22, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 65363]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-26709]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Basic Behavioral and Social Science Opportunity Network (OppNet)

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: A two-day meeting highlighting OppNet's activities and future 
goals is scheduled for Thursday, October 28, and Friday, October 29, 
2010, at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill, 400 New Jersey 
Avenue, NW., Washington DC 20001. This is the first public meeting to 
promote and publicize the Basic Behavioral and Social Science 
Opportunity Network (OppNet) initiative. Attendance is limited to prior 
registration via http://www.regonline.com/oppnet.
    Background: The Basic Behavioral and Social Science Opportunity 
Network (OppNet) is a trans-NIH initiative to expand the agency's 
funding of basic behavioral and social sciences research (b-BSSR). 
OppNet prioritizes activities and initiatives that focus on basic 
mechanisms of behavior and social processes that are relevant to the 
missions and public health challenges of multiple NIH Institutes, 
Centers, and Offices (ICOs) and that build upon existing NIH 
investments without replicating them. http://www.oppnet.nih.gov.
    Participating: The meeting will take place on October 28, from 9 
a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and October 29, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., at the 
Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill, 400 New Jersey Avenue, NW., 
Washington DC 20001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To register, visit the registration 
Web site at http://regonline.com/oppnet, call William Elwood at 301-
402-0116, or e-mail [email protected].

    Dated: October 15, 2010.
Lawrence A. Tabak,
Principal Deputy Director, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2010-26709 Filed 10-21-10; 8:45 am]
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