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NHLBI Research and Policy Update
Number 54   June 2008

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bulletFunding 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.

RFP-NHLBI-HC-09-08: Echocardiography Reading Center for the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study
 RFP Release Date: May 15, 2008
 Receipt Dates: Letter of Intent, June 8, 2008
Proposal, July 8, 2008

RFP for Clinical Sites: Genotype Guided Dosing of Warfarin Clinical Trial
 Receipt Date: Proposal, July 14, 2008

RFA-HL-08-017; Minority Institutional Research Training Program (T32)
 Receipt Dates: Letter of Intent, July 15, 2008
Application, August 15, 2008

RFA-HL-08-016: Short-Term Research Education Program to Increase Diversity in Health-Related Research (R25)
 Opening Date: July 15, 2008 (Earliest date an application may be submitted to Grants.gov)
 Receipt Dates: Letter of Intent, July 15, 2008
Application, August 15, 2008

RFA-HL-08-015: Mentored Career Development Award to Promote Faculty Diversity/Re-Entry in Biomedical Research (K01)
 Receipt Dates: Letter of Intent, July 15, 2008
Application, August 15, 2008

RFA-HL-08-014: Mentored Career Award for Faculty at Minority Institutions (K01)
 Receipt Dates: Letter of Intent, July 15, 2008
Application, August 15, 2008

RFA-HL-08-011: Data Coordinating Center for the NHLBI Asthma Network (AsthmaNet) (U10)
 Receipt Dates: Letter of Intent, December 30, 2008
Application, January 30, 2009

RFA-HL-08-010: Clinical Centers for the NHLBI Asthma Network (AsthmaNet) (U10)
 Receipt Dates: Letter of Intent, December 30, 2008
Application, January 30, 2009

RFI: Needs for and Impediments to the Development of Pediatric Medical Devices

PAR-08-182: Collaborative Interdisciplinary Team Science in Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases (R24)

NOT-OD-08-082: NIH Policy on Submission of Additional Grant Application Materials

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


bulletPolicy Updates

Guidelines for Applications with Direct Costs of $500,000 or More in Any One Year (Update—NHLBI now has two receipt dates for approval to submit applications with direct costs greater than allowed for program project grants )

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



bulletTraining Updates

Suggested Formats for Required Data for Short-Term Research Education Program to Increase Diversity in Health-Related Research (R25)

Mentored Career Award for Faculty at Minority Institutions (K01)

Mentored Career Development Award to Promote Faculty Diversity/Re-Entry in Biomedical Research (K01)

Minority Institutional Research Training Program (T32) (Graduate Students)

Minority Institutional Research Training Program (T32) (Postdoctoral Individuals)

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



bulletMeetings

List of upcoming meetings

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Advisory Council (NHLBAC), September 9, 2008

Workshop on Vasculopathy in Sickle Cell Disease, August 27-28, 2008

Trans-NIH Workshop—Genome-wide Association Studies: Analyze This, August 4-5, 2008

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

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Advisory Council Summary, June 11, 2008

Diuretic-induced Dysglycemia in Treatment of Hypertension: Research Needs, Working Group Report, Agenda, and Roster, September 17, 2007

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



bulletPress Releases

Media Availability: Better Blood Pressure Control Achieved with Online Care Management by Pharmacist, June 24, 2008

Give Dad the Gift of Good Health for Father’s Day this Year, June 11, 2008

ACCORD Clinical Trial Publishes ResultsA Therapeutic Strategy Targeting Blood Sugar to Near-Normal Levels Does Not Reduce Cardiovascular Events But Increases Mortality in Persons with Diabetes at High Risk, June 9, 2008

NIH Director Announces Enhancements to Peer Review, June 6, 2008

For additional Press Releases, please visit the NHLBI News Room


bulletSelected 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.)

Position Title Location
Salary and Grade
Closing Date

Medical Officer HHS/NIH-2008-2757 Heart Failure and Arrhythmias Branch

Bethesda, MD $82,961 - $149,000
GS-0602-13/15
July 18, 2008

Deputy Branch Chief, Atherothrombosis and Coronary Artery Disease Branch
listed in USAJOBS as
Health Scientist Administrator NHLBI-08-253502-DE and
Medical Officer HHS-2008-0021

Bethesda, MD

$115,317 - $149,000
GS-0601-15/15 (HSA)
GS-0602-15/15 (Medical Officer)

July 1, 2008
Medical Officer HHS/NIH-2008-2672 Bethesda, MD $82,961 - $107,854
GS-0602-13/13
June 30, 2008

Note: There are often changes and additions to the selected vacancy list. For the most current information, please visit the NHLBI Jobs Opportunities page

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