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NHLBI Research and Policy Update
Number 46   October 2007

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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-HB-08-09: Biorepository and Limited Access Data Set Information Coordinating Center (BioLINCC)
 Receipt Dates: Letter of Intent, October 10, 2007
Proposal, November 7, 2007

RFP NHLBI-HR-08-08: SPIROMICS: Clinical Center
 RFP Release Date: October 2, 2007
 Receipt Dates: Letter of Intent, November 15, 2007
Proposal, December 14, 2007

RFP NHLBI-HR-08-07: SubPopulations and InteRmediate Outcome Measures In COPD Study (SPIROMICS): Radiology Center
 RFP Release Date: October 5, 2007
 Receipt Dates: Letter of Intent, November 15, 2007
Proposal, December 14, 2007

RFP NHLBI-HR-08-06: SubPopulations and InteRmediate Outcome Measures In COPD Study (SPIROMICS): Genomics and Informatics Center (GIC)
 RFP Release Date: October 10, 2007
 Receipt Dates: Letter of Intent, November 15, 2007
Proposal, December 14, 2007

RFP NHLBI-RR-08-15: Knowledge-Based Resource for Linking Animal Models to Human Disease
 RFP Release Date: October 10, 2007
 Receipt Dates: Letter of Intent, October 31, 2007
Questions, October 24, 2007
Proposal, December 13, 2007

RFA-RR-07-006: Human Tissue and Organ Research Resource (Limited Competition U42)
 Receipt Dates: Letter of Intent, Not applicable
Application, January 30, 2008

PA-08-021: NHLBI Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Predoctoral MD/PhD Fellows (F30)

PAS-08-019: Anemia of Inflammation and of Chronic Diseases (R01)

PAR-08-010: Continued Development and Maintenance of Software (R01)

NOT-HL-08-104: Notice of Intent to Publish a Request for Applications for the Development and Application of New Technologies to Targeted Genome-wide Resequencing in NHLBI’s Well-Phenotyped Populations

NOT-HL-08-103: Notice of NHLBI Participation in PAR-07-426 �Sharing Data and Tools: Federation using the BIRN and caBIG Infrastructures (R01)"

NOT-OD-08-009: Delays in Grant Application Submission Due to Fires in California

NOT-OD-08-007: New Features in eRA Commons


NOT-OD-08-002: NIH Announces Plans to Eliminate Paper Notification of Notice of Award (NoA) Letters

NOT-OD-08-001: Non-Competing Grant Awards Under the Current Continuing Resolution

For additional initiatives, please visit the following Web page:
NHLBI Grants and Contracts page


bulletPolicy Updates

Guidelines for Applications with Direct Costs of $500,000 or More in Any One Year

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



bulletTraining Updates

Continuing Education Training Grants Policy for T15 Grant Applications - Update

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



bulletMeetings

List of upcoming meetings

AHA/NHLBI 6th Annual Workshop on Cardiovascular Interventional MRI, November 6, 2007

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

Symposium on Cardiovascular Regenerative Medicine, October 1-2, 2007

Systems Approach to Understanding Electromechanical Activity in the Human Heart, Workshop Executive Summary, August 20-21, 2007

The Interface between Thrombosis and Inflammation, July 30, 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: Low-Fat Dietary Pattern May Lower Risk of Ovarian Cancer�The WHI Dietary Modification Trial, October 9, 2007

NIH Grantees Win 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for Developing Techniques to Target Specific Genes in Mice�Press Statement from NIH Director Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D., October 8, 2007

NIH Launches Extensive Open-Access Dataset of Genetic and Clinical Data�Landmark Framingham Heart Study Forms Foundation, October 1, 2007


For additional Press Releases, please visit the NHLBI News Room


bulletSelected NHLBI Vacancies

(Links to announcements will not work past their closing date.)
Position Title Location
Grade and Salary
Closing Date
Medical Officer (Branch Chief)
NHLBI-07-214889 DH
Bethesda, MD
GS-602-15
$110,363 - $147,471
November 15, 2007
Health Scientist Administrator
NHLBI-07-209149 MP
Bethesda, MD
GS-601-13/14
$79,397 - $121,967
November 15, 2007
Health Scientist Administrator
NHLBI-07-209149 DE
Bethesda, MD
GS-601-13/14
$79,397 - $121,967
November 15, 2007
Medical Officer
NHLBI-07-209905-DH
Bethesda, MD
GS-601-13/14
$79,397 - $121,967
November 15, 2007
Medical Officer (Research) (Branch Chief)
NHLBI-07-215785-DH
Bethesda, MD
GS-0602-15/15
$110,363 - $143,471
November 15, 2007
Health Scientist Administrator (Branch Chief)
NHLBI-07-217420-DE
Bethesda, MD
GS-0601-15/15
$110,363 - $143,471
November 15, 2007


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


bulletOther Items of Interest

Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma (EPR-3): Summary Report

Physician Asthma Care Education (PACE) Web Site


Framingham SNP Health Association Resource (SHARe)

Biomedicine Lecture Series

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


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