[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 228 (Tuesday, November 26, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 70566]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-28266]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


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

    Pursuant to section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 
amended (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is hereby given of a stakeholder 
meeting hosted by the NIH Scientific Management Review Board (SMRB). 
The SMRB's Working Group on Approaches to Assess the Value of 
Biomedical Research Supported by NIH will present their findings and 
conclusions regarding optimal approaches to assessing the value of 
biomedical research supported by the NIH.
    The NIH Reform Act of 2006 (Pub. L. 109-482) provides 
organizational authorities to HHS and NIH officials to: (1) Establish 
or abolish national research institutes; (2) reorganize the offices 
within the Office of the Director, NIH including adding, removing, or 
transferring the functions of such offices or establishing or 
terminating such offices; and (3) reorganize, divisions, centers, or 
other administrative units within an NIH national research institute or 
national center including adding, removing, or transferring the 
functions of such units, or establishing or terminating such units. The 
purpose of the SMRB is to advise appropriate HHS and NIH officials on 
the use of these organizational authorities and identify the reasons 
underlying the recommendations.
    The meeting will be open to the public, with attendance limited to 
space available. Individuals who plan to attend and need special 
assistance, such as sign language interpretation or other reasonable 
accommodations, should notify the Contact Person listed below in 
advance of the meeting.

    Name of Committee: Scientific Management Review Board (SMRB).
    Date: December 18, 2013.
    Time: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (EST).
    Agenda: The teleconference will focus on the findings and 
recommendations of the Working Group on Approaches to Assess the 
Value of Biomedical Research Supported by NIH. The full Board will 
review and vote on the draft report from the Working Group. SMRB 
members will also be presented with a new charge regarding science, 
technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education. Time will 
be allotted on the agenda for public comment. To sign up for public 
comment, please submit your name and affiliation to the contact 
person listed below by December 17, 2013. Sign-up will be restricted 
to one sign-up per person. In the event that time does not allow for 
all those interested to present oral comments, any interested person 
may file written comments with the committee by forwarding the 
statement to the Contact Person listed on this notice. The statement 
should include the name, address, telephone number and when 
applicable, the business or professional affiliation of the 
interested person.
    The toll-free number to participate in the teleconference is 
800-369-1872, and the passcode will be 7887272.
    Place: National Institutes of Health, Office of the Director, 
NIH, Office of Science Policy, 6705 Rockledge Drive, Suite 750, 
Bethesda, MD 20892, (Telephone Conference Call).
    Contact Person: Juanita Marner, Office of Science Policy, Office 
of the Director, NIH, National Institutes of Health, 6705 Rockledge 
Drive, Suite 750, Bethesda, MD 20892, [email protected], (301) 435-
1770.
    The draft meeting agenda and other information about the SMRB 
will be available at http://smrb.od.nih.gov.
    In the interest of security, NIH has instituted stringent 
procedures for entrance onto the NIH campus. All visitor vehicles, 
including taxis, hotel, and airport shuttles will be inspected 
before being allowed on campus. Visitors will be asked to show one 
form of identification (for example, a government-issued photo ID, 
driver's license, or passport) and to state the purpose of their 
visit.

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Nos. 93.14, 
Intramural Research Training Award; 93.22, Clinical Research Loan 
Repayment Program for Individuals from Disadvantaged Backgrounds; 
93.232, Loan Repayment Program for Research Generally; 93.39, 
Academic Research Enhancement Award; 93.936, NIH Acquired 
Immunodeficiency Syndrome Research Loan Repayment Program; 93.187, 
Undergraduate Scholarship Program for Individuals from Disadvantaged 
Backgrounds, National Institutes of Health, HHS).

    Dated: November 20, 2013.
Melanie J. Gray,
Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.
[FR Doc. 2013-28266 Filed 11-25-13; 8:45 am]
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