[Federal Register: September 2, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 170)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[Program Announcement DP05-133]
Mind/Body Research and Chronic Disease Conditions; Notice of
Intent To Fund a Sole Source Award
A. Purpose
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the
intent to fund fiscal year (FY) 2005 funds for a grant program to
support research on the impact and effectiveness of relaxation and
stress reduction on chronic health conditions. This announcement will
build on research currently being conducted in this area by the Beth
Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), Mind/Body Medical Institute
(MBMI). The results from this study will continue to generate new
knowledge on the physiologic mechanisms of the relaxation response,
mechanisms of acute changes, and identification of those most likely to
benefit in a specific clinical model.
The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number for this program
is 93.283.
B. Eligible Applicant
Assistance will be provided only to the Beth Israel Deaconess
Medical Center (BIDMC), Mind/Body Medical Institute (MBMI), Harvard
Medical School, 824 Boylston Street, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467. No other
applications will be solicited.
The BIDMC, MBMI is specifically referenced in the House of
Representatives 2nd Session Conference Report 108-792. Page 1161 of the
report states: ``Within amounts provided for Community Health
Promotion: * * * $1,974,000 is for the Mind-Body Institute in Boston,
Massachusetts to continue practice-based assessments, identification,
and study of promising and heavily-used mind/body practices.''
The BIDMC, MBMI is a non-profit scientific and educational
organization dedicated to the study of mind/body interactions,
including the relaxation response. The institute uses its expertise to
enhance the recognition and understanding of mind/body medicine's role
in the practice of medicine to foster and expand the uses of mind/body
interaction in health care and other appropriate settings, thereby
advancing health and well-being throughout the world. Today over 9,000
patients throughout the United States participate in the institutes
clinical programs.
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The MBMI is the foundation of mind/body medicine as practiced at
the BIDMC, MBMI. It is based on the work of Herbert Benson, MD and
colleagues at Harvard Medical School. Their pioneering research led to
the definition of the relaxation response. The BIDMC, MBMI trains
health care professionals from the U.S. and around the world in their
highly successful clinical techniques.
The mission of the BIDMC, MBMI, its long history of research in
relaxation response, and the institution's extensive network of
resources make it highly probable that the BIDMC, MBMI will
successfully achieve the activities identified in Section 1 of this
RFA; therefore, it is the only eligible organization to conduct the
research supported by this RFA.
C. Funding
Approximately $1,916,915 is available in FY 2005 to fund this award
September 30, 2005 and will be made for a 12-month budget period within
a project period of up to three years. Funding estimates may change.
D. Where To Obtain Additional Information
For general comments or questions about this announcement, contact:
Technical Information Management, CDC Procurement and Grants Office,
2920 Brandywine Road, Atlanta, GA 30341-4146, Telephone: 770-488-2700.
For technical questions about this program, contact: Brenda Colley
Gilbert, Project Officer, 4770 Buford Highway N.E., Mailstop K-92,
Atlanta, GA 30341, Telephone: 770-488-8390, E-mail:
BColleyGilbert@cdc.gov.
Dated: August 29, 2005.
William P. Nichols,
Director, Procurement and Grants Office, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-17492 Filed 9-1-05; 8:45 am]
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