[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 41 (Monday, March 3, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 11804]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-04536]


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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 meeting of the NIH 
Scientific Management Review Board (SMRB). Presentations and 
discussions will address programs and activities to engage pre-college 
students in biomedical science.
    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: March 25, 2014.
    Time: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
    Agenda: As noted in the NIH mission statement, one of the goals 
of NIH is to ``develop, maintain, and renew scientific human. . 
.resources that will ensure the Nation's capability to prevent 
disease,'' as well as ``to expand the knowledge base in medical and 
associated sciences in order to enhance the Nation's economic well-
being and ensure a continued high return on the public investment in 
research.'' Toward this end, the SMRB was recently charged with 
recommending ways NIH could cultivate sustained interest in 
biomedical science among students from pre-kindergarten through high 
school in order to contribute to a healthy biomedical workforce 
pipeline. Presentations and discussions at the March 25 SMRB meeting 
will focus on this charge. Time will be allotted on the agenda for 
public comment. Sign up for public comments will begin approximately 
at 8:00 a.m. on March 25, 2014, and will be restricted to one sign-
in 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.
    Place: National Institutes of Health, Building 31, 6th Floor, 
Conference Room 6, Bethesda, MD 20892.
    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 meeting will be webcast. The draft meeting agenda and other 
information about the SMRB, including information about access to 
the webcast, 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: February 25, 2014.
Melanie J. Gray,
Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.
[FR Doc. 2014-04536 Filed 2-28-14; 8:45 am]
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