94-13571. Program Announcement and Proposed Project Requirements and Review Criteria for Grants for Chiropractic Demonstration Projects for Fiscal Year 1994  

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    DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
    Health Resources and Services Administration
    RIN: 0905-ZA65
    
     
    
    Program Announcement and Proposed Project Requirements and Review 
    Criteria for Grants for Chiropractic Demonstration Projects for Fiscal 
    Year 1994
    
        The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announces 
    that applications will be accepted for fiscal year (FY) 1994 grants for 
    Chiropractic Demonstration Projects under the authority of section 782, 
    title VII of the Public Health Service Act, as amended by the Health 
    Professions Education Extension Amendments of 1992, Pub. L. 102-408, 
    dated October 13, 1992. Comments are invited on the proposed project 
    requirements and review criteria.
        Approximately $730,000 will be available in FY 1994 for this 
    program. It is anticipated that $730,000 will be available to support 3 
    to 4 competing awards averaging $182,500 to 243,333.
    
    Purpose
    
        Section 782 of the Public Health Service Act authorizes the 
    Secretary to carry out demonstration projects in which chiropractors 
    and physicians collaborate to identify and provide effective treatment 
    for spinal and lower-back conditions.
        The period of Federal support will not exceed 3 years.
    
    Eligibility
    
        Entities eligible to apply for these grants are public or private 
    nonprofit schools, colleges, and universities of chiropractic. Each 
    applicant must enter into a formal agreement as necessary to ensure 
    that a school of allopathic or osteopathic medicine will participate in 
    the project.
    
    Proposed Project Requirements
    
        The following project requirements are proposed:
        1. The project must address the identification and treatment of 
    spinal and/or lower-back conditions.
        2. The project must represent collaborative efforts between schools 
    of chiropractic and schools of allopathic or osteopathic medicine.
        3. Each project must include a strong research protocol which will 
    result in a significant expansion of documented research in the area 
    addressed and which is suitable for publication in refereed health 
    professions journals, including research-oriented publications.
        4. The project must include an explicit strategy for case-finding 
    and a strategy for making direct comparisons to other forms of 
    treatment. The results must be generalizable to patients cared for in 
    clinical practices addressing spinal and/or lower-back conditions.
        5. Whenever feasible, minorities and women should be included in 
    study populations so that research findings can be of benefit to all 
    persons at risk of the disease, disorder, or condition under study.
    
    National Health Objectives for the Year 2000
    
        The Public Health Service urges applicants to submit work plans 
    that address specific objectives of Healthy People 2000. Potential 
    applicants may obtain a copy of Healthy People 2000 (Full Report; Stock 
    No. 017-001-00474-0) or Healthy People 2000 (Summary Report; Stock No. 
    017-001-00473-1) through the Superintendent of Documents, Government 
    Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402-9325 (Telephone 202-783-3238).
    
    Education and Service Linkage
    
        As part of its long-range planning, HRSA will be targeting its 
    efforts to strengthening linkages between U.S. Public Health Service 
    education programs and programs which provide comprehensive primary 
    care services to the underserved.
    
    Smoke-Free Workplace
    
        The Public Health Service strongly encourages all grant recipients 
    to provide a smoke-free workplace and promote the non-use of all 
    tobacco products. This is consistent with the PHS mission to protect 
    and advance the physical and mental health of the American people.
    
    Proposed Review Criteria
    
        It is proposed that the review of applications will take into 
    consideration the following criteria and the quality of the supporting 
    documentation for:
        (1) The strength of the rationale for the project;
        (2) The quality and clarity of the objectives to be achieved in 
    relation to the stated statutory purposes of the program and the 
    potential of the project for meeting them;
        (3) The strength of the applicant's institutional background in 
    chiropractic training and research;
        (4) The competency of all faculty, both chiropractic and allopathic 
    or osteopathic medicine, to be involved in the project, including past 
    experience in chiropractic and/or chiropractic research and allopathic 
    or osteopathic research;
        (5) The proposed methodology to be used in carrying out the goals 
    and objectives of the project, including those pertaining to research 
    and its outcomes;
        (6) The appropriateness of timelines to be used in achieving the 
    project's goals and objectives;
        (7) The strength of the proposed evaluation methodology to be used 
    in evaluating the accomplishments of the project, including those 
    pertinent to research;
        (8) The strength of the evidence of the applicant institution's 
    commitment, including letters of support, to carrying out the project 
    successfully and the institutional commitment of the allopathic or 
    osteopathic school of medicine collaborating in the project;
        (9) The suitability and availability of all proposed facilities and 
    resources to be used in carrying out the project;
        (10) The appropriateness of the proposed budget and fiscal plan for 
    carrying out the project and the administrative and management 
    capability of the applicant to implement the project in a cost-
    effective manner; and
        (11) The documentation, terms, and specificity of a formal 
    agreement with a school of allopathic or osteopathic medicine for its 
    collaboration in carrying out the goals, objectives, and evaluation of 
    the project.
        The peer review group which reviews applications for this program 
    will include no fewer than two, and no more than three, chiropractors.
    
    Additional Information
    
        Interested persons are invited to comment on the proposed project 
    requirements and review criteria. The comment period is 30 days. All 
    comments received on or before July 5, 1994 will be considered before 
    the final project requirements and review criteria are established. 
    Written comments should be addressed to: Mr. Neil Sampson, Director, 
    Division of Associated, Dental, and Public Health Professions, Bureau 
    of Health Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration, 
    Parklawn Building, Room 8-101, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 
    20857.
        All comments received will be available for public inspection and 
    copying at the Division of Associated, Dental, and Public Health 
    Professions, Bureau of Health Professions, at the above address, 
    weekdays (Federal holidays excepted) between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 
    5:00 p.m.
    
    Application Requests
    
        Requests for application materials and questions regarding grants 
    policy and business management issues should be directed to: Ms. Brenda 
    Selser, Grants Management Branch, Bureau of Health Professions, Health 
    Resources and Services Administration, Parklawn Building, Room 8C-26, 
    5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857; telephone: (301) 443-6960 
    FAX: (301) 443-6343 Completed applications should be returned to the 
    Grants Management Branch at the above address.
        If additional programmatic information is needed, please contact: 
    Mr. Fred Paavola, Program Officer, Associated Health Professions 
    Branch, Division of Associated, Dental and Public Health Professions, 
    Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and Services 
    Administration, Parklawn Building, Room 8C-02, 5600 Fishers Lane, 
    Rockville, Maryland 20857; telephone : (301) 443-6763 FAX: (301) 443-
    1164.
        The standard application form PHS 398, Competing Training Grant 
    Application and General Instructions will be used for this program. 
    This form has been approved by the Office of Management and Budget 
    under the Paperwork Reduction Act. The OMB Clearance Number is 0925-
    0001.
        The deadline date for receipt of applications is July 8, 1994. 
    Applications will be considered to be ``on time'' if they are either:
        (1) Received on or before the established deadline date, or
        (2) Sent on or before the established deadline date and received in 
    time for orderly processing. (Applicants should request a legibly dated 
    U.S. Postal Service postmark or obtain a legibly dated receipt from a 
    commercial carrier or U.S. Postal Service. Private metered postmarks 
    shall not be acceptable as proof of timely mailing.)
        Late applications not accepted for processing will be returned to 
    the applicant.
        This program, Chiropractic Demonstration Projects, is listed at 
    93.212 in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance. It is not subject 
    to the provisions of Executive Order 12372, Intergovernmental Review of 
    Federal Programs (as implemented through 45 CFR part 100). This program 
    is not subject to the Public Health System Reporting Requirements.
    
        Dated: May 12, 1994.
    John H. Kelso,
    Acting Administrator.
    [FR Doc. 94-13571 Filed 6-2-94; 8:45 am]
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