08-302. National Cancer Institute; Notice of Closed Meetings

Pursuant to section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. appendix 2), notice is hereby given of the following meetings.

The meetings will be closed to the public in accordance with the provisions set forth in sections 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), title 5 U.S.C., as amended. The grant applications and/or contract proposals and the discussions could disclose confidential trade secrets or commercial property such as patentable material, and personal information concerning individuals associated with the grant applications and/or contract proposals, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.

Name of Committee: National Cancer Institute Special Emphasis Panel, Nanotechnology Imaging and Sensing Platforms for Improved Diagnosis of Cancer.

Date: March 7, 2008.

Time: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Agenda: To review and evaluate contract proposals.

Place: National Institutes of Health, Executive Plaza North, 6130 Executive Blvd., EPN Conference Room `H', Rockville, MD 20852.

Contact Person: Kenneth L. Bielat, PhD, Scientific Review Administrator, Special Review Logistics Branch, Division of Extramural Activities, National Cancer Institute, 6116 Executive Boulevard, Suite 703, Room 7147, Bethesda, MD 20892-8329, 301-496-7576, [e-mail].

Name of Committee: National Cancer Institute Special Emphasis Panel, “Cancer Prevention Research Small Grant Program”.

Date: March 13-14, 2008.

Time: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications.

Place: Gaithersburg Marriott Washingtonian Center, 9737 Washington Blvd., Gaithersburg, MD 20878.

Contact Person: Gerald G. Lovinger, PhD, Scientific Review Administrator, Special Review and Logistics Branch, Division of Extramural Activities, National Cancer Institute, 6116 Executive Boulevard, Room 8101, Bethesda, MD 20892-8329, 301/496-7987, [e-mail].

Name of Committee: National Cancer Institute Special Emphasis Panel, Small Grants Program for Cancer Epidemiology.

Date: March 27-28, 2008.

Time: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications.

Place: The Legacy Rockville, 1775 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852.

Contact Person: Joyce C. Pegues, PhD, Scientific Review Administrator, Special Review and Logistics Branch, Division of Extramural Activities, National Cancer Institute, 6116 Executive Boulevard, Room 7149, Bethesda, MD 20892-8329, 301-594-1286, [e-mail].

Name of Committee: National Cancer Institute Special Emphasis Panel, Cancer Patient Outcomes.

Date: April 4, 2008.

Time: 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Agenda: To review and evaluate contract proposals.

Place: Hilton Washington/Rockville, DoubleTree name changed, 1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852.

Contact Person: Rhonda J. Moore, PhD, Scientific Review Administrator, Special Review and Logistics Branch, Division of Extramural Activities, National Cancer Institute, NIH, 6116 Executive Boulevard, Suite 701, Room 7151, Bethesda, MD 20892-8329, 301-451-9385, [e-mail].

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Nos. 93.392, Cancer Construction; 93.393, Cancer Cause and Prevention Research; 93.394, Cancer Detection and Diagnosis Research; 93.395, Cancer Treatment Research; 93.396, Cancer Biology Research; 93.397, Cancer Centers Support; 93.398, Cancer Research Manpower; 93.399, Cancer Control, National Institutes of Health, HHS)

Dated: January 18, 2008.

Jennifer Spaeth,

Director, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.