02-27893. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; 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 the discussions could disclose confidential trade secrets or commercial property such as patentable material, and personal information concerning individuals associated with the grant applications, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.

Name of Committee: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Special Emphasis Panel; Adult Stem Cells for Program Project.

Date: November 21, 2002.

Time: 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications.

Place: Bethesda Mariott Suites, 6711 Democracy Boulevard, Bethesda, MD 20817.

Contact Person: John Connaughton, PhD, Scientific Review Administrator, Review Branch, DEA, NIDDK, Room 757, 6707 Democracy Boulevard, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, [phone], [e-mail].

Name of Committee: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Special Emphasis Panel; Career Enhancement Award for Stem Cells Research.

Date: November 21, 2002.

Time: 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications.

Place: Bethesda Mariott Suites, 6711 Democracy Boulevard, Bethesda, MD 20817.

Contact Person: John Connaughton, Ph.D., Scientific Review Administrator, Review Branch, DEA, NIDDK, Room 757, 6707 Democracy Boulevard, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, [phone], [e-mail].

Name of Committee: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Special Emphasis Panel; Small Clinical Research Grants in Digestive Diseases and Nutrition.

Date: December 2, 2002.

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

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications.

Place: Crystal Gateway Marriott, 1700 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202.

Contact Person: Carolyn Miles, Ph.D., Scientific Review Administrator, Review Branch, DEA, NIDDK, Room 755, 6707 Democracy Boulevard, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, [phone].

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Nos. 93.847, Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolic Research; 93.848, Digestive Diseases and Nutrition Research; 93.849, Kidney Diseases, Urology and Hematology Research, National Institutes of Health, HHS)

Dated: October 28, 2002.

LaVerne Y. Stringfield,

Director, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.