98-17613. Committee of Visitors Meeting for the Physiology & Ethology Cluster; Notice of Meeting

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION


Committee of Visitors Meeting for the Physiology & Ethology 
Cluster; Notice of Meeting

    In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-
463, as amended), the National Science Foundation announces the 
following meeting:

    Name: Advisory Committee for Biological Sciences, Committee of 
Visitors for the Physiology & Ethology Cluster (1110).
    Date & Time: July 13-15, 1998--8:30 am-5:00 pm each day.
    Place: Room 360, NSF, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA.
    Type of Meeting: Part-Open--(see agenda below).
    Contract Person: Dr. John Fray, Deputy Division Director, 
Division of Integrative Biology & Neuroscience, 4201 Wilson 
Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230, 703 306-1420.
    Purpose of Meeting: To carry out Committee of Visitors (COV) 
review, including program evaluation, GPRA assessments, and access 
to privileged materials.
    Open: July 13 from 8:30 am-10:30 am & July 15 from 10:30 am-12 
noon--To provide background information on the role of COVs and GPRA 
at NSF. To summarize findings regarding the quality of program 
management, including merit review; and discussion and review of 
grantee outputs and outcomes during the past three years.
    Closed: July 13 from 10:30 am-5:00 pm; July 14 from 8:30 am-5:00 
pm; July 15 from 8:30 am-10:30 am and from 1:00 pm-5:00 pm--To 
review the merit review processes covering funding decisions made 
during the past three fiscal years of the Physiology & Ethology 
Cluster.
    Reason For Closing: During the closed session, the Committee 
will be reviewing proposal actions that will include privileged 
intellectual property and personal information that could harm 
individuals if they are disclosed, If discussions were open to the 
public, these matters that are exempt under 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4) and 
(6) of the Government in the Sunshine Act would be improperly 
disclosed.
    Reason for Late Notice: Difficulty in arranging schedules of COV 
members.

    Dated: June 29, 1998.
M. Rebecca Winkler,
Committee Management Officer.
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