NHLBI Research and Policy Update
Number 60   December 2008

This electronic distribution list provides updates from the NHLBI Web Site for the research community. The updates will be sent as needed, but no more than once a week.


Funding Updates

Please Note: Links to RFAs, PAs, and Guide Notices will take you to the NIH Web site. RFPs will take you to FedBizOpps. Links to RFPs will not work past their proposal receipt date. Archived versions of RFPs posted on FEDBIZOPPS can be found on the FedBizOpps site using the FedBizOpps search function. Under Document to Search, simply select Archived Documents.

Important changes enhancing the NIH Peer Review Process

• Updated Implementation Timeline
• New Scoring Procedures for Applications for Potential FY2010 Funding
• New Review Criteria for Applications for Potential FY2010 Funding
• Side-by-side Comparison of the Current vs. New Review Criteria (MS Word, 4 pages, 50 K)

RFP NHLBI-HV-09-14: Pumps for Kids, Infants, and Neonates (PumpKIN) Pre-clinical Program

Receipt Dates:

Proposal, January 14, 2009

PA-09-043: Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (K23)

PA-09-042: Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award (K08)

PA-09-039: Mentored Quantitative Research Development Award (K25)

PA-09-036: NIH Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00)

NOT-HL-09-112: Frequently Asked Questions for RFA-HL-08-010 (Clinical Centers for the NHLBI Asthma Network (AsthmaNet) (U10) and RFA-HL-08-011 (Data Coordinating Center for the NHLBI Asthma Network (AsthmaNet) (U10)

NOT-HL-09-111: Request for Information (RFI): Data Collection in Hemoglobinopathies: Identification of Datasets and Key Elements

NOT-HL-09-107: Notice of Publication of FAQs Related to RFA-HL-08-013: Translating Basic Behavioral and Social Science Discoveries into Interventions to Reduce Obesity: Centers for Behavioral Intervention Development (U01)

NOT-OD-09-021: Implementing the Early Stage Investigator Policy: Updating eRA Commons Profiles to Include Degree and Residency Completion Dates

NOT-OD-09-020: Reminder and Clarification on NIH/AHRQ/CDC/FDA Transition to Adobe-based forms for SF424 Research and Related (R&R) Electronic Submissions through Grants.gov

NOT-TW-09-002: Notice of Non-Participation in PA-09-036 NIH Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00)

For additional initiatives, please visit the following Web page:
NHLBI Grants and Contracts page: Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs)


Policy Updates

No new or revised policies have been issued.

For additional policy documents, please visit Funding / Award Policy section on the following Web page:
Funding, Training, and Policies


Training Updates

Update: Guidelines for the Applicant Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research

NHLBI Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Predoctoral MD/PhD Fellows (F30) (Predoctoral Students/Medical and Graduate Students)

For more information on training and career development programs, please visit the following Web page:
Training and Career Development


Meetings

List of upcoming meetings

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Advisory Council, February 10, 2009

For more information, and the most current list of upcoming meetings, please visit the following Web page:
Announcements of NHLBI Meetings, Conferences, and Events

Reports of past meetings

Epigenetic Contributions to Coronary Artery Disease, NHLBI Working Group Executive Summary. September 2008

For more information on past meetings, please visit the following Web page:
Workshop and Meeting Summaries, and Other Scientific Reports

Press Releases

NHLBI Media Availability: Researchers Find New Genetic Target for Sickle Cell Disease Therapy, December 19, 2008

NIH Expands Open-Access Dataset of Genetic and Clinical Data to Include Asthma — Action Creates Largest Public Access Collection of Asthma Clinical and Genetic Data, December 15, 2008

NHLBI Media Availability: Ezetimibe with Statins Effective at Reversing Atherosclerosis in Adults with Diabetes, December 3, 2008

For additional Press Releases, please visit the NHLBI News Room


Selected NHLBI Vacancies

To receive bi-weekly e-updates about NHLBI job opportunities, please e-mail your request to Marianna Mertts, PhD, Office of Workforce Management.

(Links to announcements will not work past their closing date.)

• USAJOBS (US Office of Personnel Management) — the Federal Government's official one-stop source for Federal jobs and employment information.
• Jobs@NIH: NIH's Job Page
• NIH USAJobs Web Page: Current NIH job advertisements within USAJobs

Enhancements:

• The Disease & Conditions Index (our most trafficked website) Search box appears right on the homepage - so finding your answers is faster and easier
• We removed the clutter and left you with a cleaner look
• A new banner on the homepage highlights important public health initiatives and newsworthy events
• We have begun a larger initiative to continue to make improvements to the site to better serve the public

Limited Access Datasets
The NHLBI data sharing program, known as Limited Access Datasets, is now going by a new name, the NHLBI Data Repository. The Data Repository currently houses data from 20 Epidemiological and 47 Clinical Trial studies supported by the NHLBI.

An Archive of the current and past issues is available on the NHLBI Web site.