E8-21169. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious 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 Allergy and Infectious Diseases Special Emphasis Panel; Application of Platform Technologies for the Development of Therapeutics for Biodefense-A.

Date: October 16-17, 2008.

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

Agenda: To review and evaluate contract proposals.

Place: Gaithersburg Marriott Washingtonian Center, 9751 Washingtonian Boulevard, Gaithersburg, MD 20878.

Contact Person: Alec Ritchie, PhD, Scientific Review Officer, Scientific Review Program, Division of Extramural Activities, National Institutes of Health/NIAID/DHHS, 6700 B Rockledge Drive, MSC 7616, Bethesda, MD 20892-7616, 301-435-1614, [e-mail].

Name of Committee: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Special Emphasis Panel, Application of Platform Technologies for the Development of Therapeutics for Biodefense-B.

Date: October 20-21, 2008.

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

Agenda: To review and evaluate contract proposals.

Place: Washingtonian Center Courtyard, 204 Boardwalk Place, Gaithersburg, MD 20878.

Contact Person: Alec Ritchie, PhD, Scientific Review Officer, Scientific Review Program, Division of Extramural Activities, National Institutes of Health/NIAID/DHHS, 6700 B Rockledge Drive, MSC 7616, Bethesda, MD 20892-7616, 301-435-1614, [e-mail].

Name of Committee: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Special Emphasis Panel, Application of Platform Technologies for the Development of Therapeutics for Biodefense-C.

Date: October 23-24, 2008.

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

Agenda: To review and evaluate contract proposals.

Place: Gaithersburg Marriott Washingtonian Center, 9751 Washingtonian Boulevard, Gaithersburg, MD 20878.

Contact Person: Alec Ritchie, PhD, Scientific Review Officer, Scientific Review Program, Division of Extramural Activities, National Institutes of Health/NIAID/DHHS, 6700 B Rockledge Drive, MSC 7616, Bethesda, MD 20892-7616, 301-435-1614, [e-mail].

Name of Committee: Allergy, Immunology, and Transplantation Research Committee.

Date: October 29, 2008.

Time: 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications.

Place: National Institutes of Health, Rockledge Drive, 3128, Bethesda, MD 20892, (Telephone Conference Call).

Contact Person: Katrin Eichelberg, PhD, Scientific Review Officer, Scientific Review Program, Division of Extramural Activities NIAID/NIH/DHHS, 6700B Rockledge Drive, MSC 7616, Bethesda, MD 20892, [phone], [e-mail].

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Nos. 93.855, Allergy, Immunology, and Transplantation Research; 93.856, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Research, National Institutes of Health, HHS)

Dated: September 5, 2008.

Jennifer Spaeth,

Director, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.