[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 66 (Friday, April 7, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17013-17014]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-06906]


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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(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 
amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice is hereby given of the meeting of 
the Council of Councils.
    The meeting will be open to the public as indicated below, 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. The open session will be 
videocast and can be accessed from the NIH Videocasting and Podcasting 
Web site (http://videocast.nih.gov).
    A portion of the meeting will be closed to the public in accordance 
with

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the provisions set forth in sections 552b(c)(4), and 552b(c)(6), Title 
5 U.S.C., as amended. The grant applications and the discussions could 
disclose confidential trade secrets or commercial property such as 
patentable material, 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 Committee: Council of Councils.
    Open: May 26, 2017.
    Time: 8:15 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.
    Agenda: Call to Order and Introductions; Announcements and 
Updates; History of the Knockout Mouse Program (KOMP); KOMP2 . . . A 
translational scientific resource to catalyze biomedical research 
and accelerate precision medicine; Background on NIH and Federal 
Budget Process; Progress and Plans at the NIA; Discussion.
    Place: National Institutes of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, 
Building 31, C Wing, 6th Floor, Conference Room 10, Bethesda, MD 
20892.
    Closed: May 26, 2017.
    Time: 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
    Agenda: Review of Grant Applications.
    Place: National Institutes of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, 
Building 31, C Wing, 6th Floor, Conference Room 10, Bethesda, MD 
20892.
    Open: May 26, 2017.
    Time: 1:00 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.
    Agenda: A study of possible bias concerning race, gender, 
seniority and institution and within the peer review process; Common 
Fund Diversity Program--Introduction and Update and Discussion; 
Coming into Focus--The NIH and Health Research in Tribal Nations; 
Closing Remarks.
    Place: National Institutes of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, 
Building 31, C Wing, 6th Floor, Conference Room 10, Bethesda, MD 
20892.
    Contact Person: Franziska Grieder, D.V.M., Ph.D., Executive 
Secretary, Director, Office of Research Infrastructure Programs, 
Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic 
Initiatives, Office of the Director, NIH, 6701 Democracy Boulevard, 
Room 948, Bethesda, MD 20892, [email protected], 301-435-0744.

    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.
    In the interest of security, NIH has instituted stringent 
procedures for entrance onto the NIH campus. All visitor vehicles, 
including taxicabs, 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.
    Information is also available on the Council of Council's home 
page at http://dpcpsi.nih.gov/council/ where an agenda will be 
posted before the meeting date.

(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: April 3, 2017.
David Clary,
Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.
[FR Doc. 2017-06906 Filed 4-6-17; 8:45 am]
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