01-31708. Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health; Notice of Meeting

Pursuant to section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice is hereby given of a meeting of the Peer Review Oversight Group.

The meeting will be open to the public, with attendance limited to space available. Individuals who plan to attend and need special assistance, such as sign language interpretation or other reasonable accommodations, should notify the Contact Person listed below in advance of the meeting.

Name of Committee: Peer Review Oversight Group.

Date: February 4-5, 2002.

Time: February 4, 2002, 8:30 am to 4 pm.

Agenda: To review and evaluate the agenda for this initial meeting of the Committee will include an update on NIH extramural reinvention activities and a discussion of the NIH peer review system.

Place: 2 Democracy Plaza, 6711 Democracy Boulevard, Conference Center, Salon #2, Bethesda, MD 20892.

Time: February 5, 2002, 8:30 AM to Adjournment.

Agenda: To review and evaluate the agenda for this initial meeting of the Committee will include an update on NIH extramural reinvention activities and a discussion of the NIH peer review system.

Place: 2 Democracy Plaza, 6711 Democracy Boulevard, Conference Center, Salon #2, Bethesda, MD 20892.

Contact Person Tony Demsey, Executive Secretary, Office of Extramural Research, National Institutes of Health, Building 1, Room 152, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892, 301-496-5127.

In the interest of security, NIH has instituted stringent procedures for entrance into the building by non-government employees. Persons without a government I.D. will need to show a photo I.D. and sign-in at the security desk upon entering the building.

Information is also available on the Institute's/Center's home page: grants.nih.gov/grants/peer/peer.htm#prog, where an agenda and any additional information for the meeting will be posted when available.

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Nos. 93.14, Intramural Research Training Award; 93.187, Undergraduate Scholarship Program for Individuals from Disadvantaged Backgrounds; 93.22, Clinical Research Loan Repayment Program for Individuals from Disadvantaged Backgrounds; 93.232, Loan Repayment Program for Research Generally; 93.39, Academic Research Enhancement Award; 93.936, NIH Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Research Loan Repayment Program, National Institutes of Health, HHS)

Dated: December 12, 2001.

LaVerne Y. Stringfield,

Director, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.