[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 85 (Tuesday, May 3, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 24892]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-10667]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health; Notice of 
Closed Meeting

    Notice is hereby given of a meeting of the Advisory Committee to 
the Director, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Orientation Work 
Group. The meeting will be closed to the public.
    The NIH Director's Pioneer Award and New Innovator Award programs 
are part of the NIH Common Fund and support exceptionally creative 
scientists who take highly innovative, potentially high-impact 
approaches to major challenges in biomedical or behavioral research. 
The members of the Advisory Committee to the Director, NIH will be 
participating in an orientation work group meeting for the purpose of 
receiving instructions on their role and responsibility in the review 
of these applications requesting NIH research support. Members will be 
participating in the final review of both the NIH Director's Pioneer 
Award and New Innovator Award grant reviews during the June 9-10, 2011 
meeting of the Advisory Committee to the Director, NIH.
    The Orientation Work Group discussions could disclose confidential 
trade secrets or commercial property such as patentable materials, and 
personal information concerning individuals associated with the grant 
applications, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly 
unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.

    Name of Work Group: Advisory Committee to the Director, NIH, 
Orientation Work Group.
    Date: May 26, 2011.
    Closed: 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.
    Agenda: To receive instruction and guidance for the review of 
the NIH Director's Pioneer Award and New Innovator Award programs.
    Place: National Institutes of Health, Building 1, Room 103, One 
Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, (Teleconference).
    Contact Person: Gretchen S. Wood, Special Assistant to the 
Associate Director for OD Coordination, Immediate Office of the 
Director, National Institutes of Health, One Center Drive, Building 
1, Room 103, Bethesda, MD 20892, [email protected].

    Dated: April 26, 2011.
Jennifer S. Spaeth,
Director, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.
[FR Doc. 2011-10667 Filed 5-2-11; 8:45 am]
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