2011-3631. National Cancer Institute; Notice of Closed Meetings

Pursuant to section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.), 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; Quantitative Imaging for Evaluation of Responses to Cancer Therapies.

Date: March 2, 2011.

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

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications.

Place: Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center, 5701 Marinelli Road, Bethesda, MD 20852.

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

Name of Committee: National Cancer Institute Special Emphasis Panel; The Role of Microbial Metabolites in Cancer Prevention and Etiology.

Date: March 7, 2011.

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

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications.

Place: Legacy Hotel and Meeting Center, 1775 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852.

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

Name of Committee: National Cancer Institute Special Emphasis Panel; Quantitative Imaging for Tumor Microenvironment.

Date: March 9, 2011.

Time: 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.

Agenda: To review and evaluate contract proposals.

Place: Legacy Hotel and Meeting Center, 1775 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852.

Contact Person: Zhiqiang Zou, MD, PhD, Scientific Review Officer, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 6116 Executive Blvd., Room 8055A, Bethesda, MD 20852, [e-mail].

Name of Committee: National Cancer Institute Special Emphasis Panel; Development of Image Processing and Analysis Software for Oncology.

Date: March 9, 2011.

Time: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Agenda: To review and evaluate contract proposals.

Place: Legacy Hotel and Meeting Center, 1775 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852.

Contact Person: Zhiqiang Zou, MD, PhD, Scientific Review Officer, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 6116 Executive Blvd., Room 8055A, Bethesda, MD 20852, [e-mail].

Name of Committee: National Cancer Institute Special Emphasis Panel; Collaborative Practices in Palliative and Hospice Care.

Date: March 14, 2011.

Time: 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Agenda: To review and evaluate contract proposals.

Place: National Institutes of Health, 6116 Executive Boulevard, Room 8055B, Rockville, MD 20852 (Telephone Conference Call).

Contact Person: Ellen K Schwartz, PhD, Scientific Review Officer, Special Review & Logistics Branch, Division of Extramural Activities, National Cancer Institute, NIH, 6116 Executive Boulevard, Room 8055B, Bethesda, MD 20892-8329, 301-594-1215, [e-mail].

Name of Committee: National Cancer Institute Special Emphasis Panel; Molecular Pharmacodynamic Assays.

Date: March 15, 2011.

Time: 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Agenda: To review and evaluate contract proposals.

Place: Legacy Hotel and Meeting Center, 1775 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852.

Contact Person: Adriana Stoica, PhD, Scientific Review Officer, Special Review & Logistics Branch, Division of Extramural Activities, National Cancer Institute, NIH, 6116 Executive Blvd., Ste 703, Rm 7072, Bethesda, MD 20892-8329, 301-594-1408, [e-mail].

Name of Committee: National Cancer Institute Special Emphasis Panel; Companion Diagnostics.

Date: March 15-16, 2011.

Time: 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Agenda: To review and evaluate contract proposals.

Place: Legacy Hotel and Meeting Center, 1775 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852.

Contact Person: Adriana Stoica, PhD, Scientific Review Officer, Special Review & Logistics Branch, Division of Extramural Activities, National Cancer Institute, NIH, 6116 Executive Blvd., Ste 703, Rm 7072, Bethesda, MD 20892-8329, 301-594-1408, [e-mail].

Name of Committee: National Cancer Institute Special Emphasis Panel; Prostate Imaging Meeting.

Date: March 22, 2011.

Time: 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Agenda: To review and evaluate contract proposals.

Place: National Institutes of Health, 6116 Executive Boulevard, Room 8103, Rockville, MD 20852 (Telephone Conference Call).

Contact Person: Timothy C. Meeker, M.D., PhD, Scientific Review Officer, Resources and Training Review Branch, Division of Extramural Activities, National Cancer Institute, 6116 Executive Boulevard, Room 8103, Bethesda, MD 20892, [phone], [e-mail].

Name of Committee: National Cancer Institute Special Emphasis Panel; Biomarker Resources.

Date: March 23, 2011.

Time: 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Agenda: To review and evaluate contract proposals.

Place: National Institutes of Health, 6116 Executive Boulevard, Room 707, Rockville, MD 20852 (Telephone Conference Call).

Contact Person: Zhiqiang Zou, M.D., PhD, Scientific Review Officer, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 6116 Executive Blvd., Room 8055A, Bethesda, MD 20852, [e-mail].

Name of Committee: National Cancer Institute Special Emphasis Panel; Exceptional, Unconventional, Research Enabling Knowledge Acceleration (EUREKA).

Date: March 28-29, 2011.

Time: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications.

Place: Bethesda North Marriott & Conference Ctr, 5701 Marinelli Road, Bethesda, MD 20852.

Contact Person: Clifford W. Schweinfest, PhD, Scientific Review Officer, Special Review and Logistics Branch, Division of Extramural Activities, National Cancer Institute, 6116 Executive Blvd., Room 8050a, Bethesda, MD 20892-8329, 301-402-9415, [e-mail].

Name of Committee: National Cancer Institute Special Emphasis Panel; Manufacturing Therapeutic Biologics Meeting.

Date: March 28, 2011.

Time: 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Agenda: To review and evaluate contract proposals.

Place: National Institutes of Health, 6116 Executive Boulevard, Room 8103, Rockville, MD 20852 (Telephone Conference Call).

Contact Person: Timothy C. Meeker, M.D., PhD, Scientific Review Officer, Resources and Training Review Branch, Division of Extramural Activities, National Cancer Institute, 6116 Executive Boulevard, Room 8103, Bethesda, MD 20892, [phone], [e-mail].

Name of Committee: National Cancer Institute Special Emphasis Panel; Small Grant for Behavioral Research in Cancer Control (R03).

Date: March 31-April 1, 2011.

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

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications.

Place: Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center, 5701 Marinelli Road, Bethesda, MD 20852.

Contact Person: Ellen K. Schwartz, PhD, Scientific Review Officer, Special Review & Logistics Branch, Division of Extramural Activities, National Cancer Institute, NIH, 6116 Executive Boulevard, Room 8055B, Bethesda, MD 20892-8329, 301-594-1215, [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: February 10, 2011.

Jennifer S. Spaeth,

Director, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.