[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 121 (Monday, June 24, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29530-29531]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-13462]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Draft National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and 
Skin Diseases (NIAMS) Strategic Plan for FY 2020-2024

AGENCY: National Institutes of Health, HHS.

ACTION: Request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and 
Skin Diseases (NIAMS) is updating its Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 
(FY) 2020-2024 to help guide the research it supports over the next 
five years. The Institute issued a previous Request for Information 
(RFI) (NOT-AR-19-009) to solicit initial comments on how the previous 
plan for Fiscal Years 2015-2019 should be modified to reflect progress 
over the past five years. The Institute also gathered additional input 
through listening sessions with the community. Based on this feedback, 
along with input from the NIAMS Advisory Council and its Working Group 
for the Strategic Plan, the Institute has drafted the NIAMS Strategic 
Plan for FY 2020-2024. We are now seeking input on this draft.
    Through this RFI, NIAMS invites feedback from researchers in 
academia and industry, health care professionals, patient advocates and 
health advocacy organizations, scientific or professional 
organizations, Federal agencies, and other interested members of the 
public on the draft NIAMS Strategic Plan for FY 2020-2024. 
Organizations are strongly encouraged to submit a single response that 
reflects the views of their organization and membership as a whole. The 
final draft of the Strategic Plan will be presented at the September 
2019 meeting of the NIAMS Advisory Council and the final plan will be 
posted on the NIAMS website once it is approved.

DATES: Submit your comments through the Request for Information (RFI) 
electronically at https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-AR-19-010.html on or before July 12, 2019, 11:59:59 p.m. EDT.

ADDRESSES: Comments are strongly encouraged to be submitted online at 
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-AR-19-010.html. 
They may also be submitted by email to [email protected], 
or by mail to: Scientific Planning, Policy, and Analysis Branch, NIAMS/
NIH/HHS, Building 31, Room 4C13, 31 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cindy Caughman, M.P.H., Chief, 
Scientific Planning, Policy, and Analysis Branch, National Institute of 
Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases; email: 
[email protected], or call non-toll-free number 301-496-
8271.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The mission of the NIAMS, a part of the U.S. Department of Health 
and Human Services' National Institutes of Health, is to support 
research into the causes, treatment and prevention of arthritis and 
musculoskeletal and skin diseases; the training of basic and clinical 
scientists to carry out this research; and the dissemination of 
information on research progress in these diseases. For more 
information about the NIAMS, call the information clearinghouse at 
(301) 495-4484 or (877) 22-NIAMS (free call) or visit the NIAMS website 
at https://www.niams.nih.gov.

Request for Comment on Draft NIAMS Strategic Plan FY 2020-2024

    In September 2018, NIAMS solicited input on how the Long-Range Plan 
for FY 2015-2019 should be updated via a Request for Information (NOT-
AR-19-009) and gathered additional input through listening sessions 
with the community. Respondents and listening session participants were 
asked to provide input on emerging research needs and opportunities 
that should be added to the Strategic Plan based on progress over the 
last five years, as well as cross-cutting scientific themes common to 
all, or most, of the disease and tissue-specific topics. The NIAMS 
Advisory Council and its Working Group for the Strategic Plan also 
provided their input to the planning process.
    NIAMS seeks Comments from all interested parties on its draft 
``NIAMS Strategic Plan FY 2020-2024.'' Input received in response to 
this request will

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be collected from June 21 to July 12, 2019.
    All comments should be submitted on or before July 12, 2019.

    Dated: May 29, 2019.
Robert H. Carter,
Acting Director, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal 
and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health.
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