[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 43 (Monday, March 4, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 15598]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-04496]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Establishment of the of the Board of Scientific Counselors, 
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities and 
National Institute of Nursing Research

    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 
U.S.C. 1001-1014), the Director of the National Institutes of Health 
(NIH) announces the establishment of the Board of Scientific 
Counselors, National Institute on Minority Health and Health 
Disparities and National Institute of Nursing Research, as authorized 
by 42 U.S.C. 282(b)(16), section 402(b)(16) of the Public Health 
Service Act, as amended.
    The Director, NIH, has determined that the Board of Scientific 
Counselors, National Institute on Minority Health and Health 
Disparities and National Institute of Nursing Research is in the public 
interest in connection with the performance of duties imposed on NIH by 
law and that these duties can best be performed through the advice and 
counsel of the committee.
    The committee will review and evaluate the intramural programs and 
the work of tenured, tenure track, and staff scientists and physicians 
and shall also, as requested by the Director, NIH, undertake peer 
review of extramural funding applications as required by section 492 of 
the Public Health Service Act, as amended.
    Inquiries may be directed to Claire Harris, Director, Office of 
Federal Advisory Committee Policy, Office of the Director, National 
Institutes of Health, 6701 Democracy Boulevard, Suite 1000, Bethesda, 
Maryland 20892 (Mail code 4875), Telephone (301) 496-2123, or 
[email protected].

    Dated: February 27, 2024.
Monica M. Bertagnolli,
Director, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2024-04496 Filed 3-1-24; 8:45 am]
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