[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 5 (Friday, January 7, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 1212]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-75]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Joint Biomedical Laboratory Research and Development and Clinical 
Science Research and Development Services Scientific Merit Review Board 
Panel for Eligibility; Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under the 
Public Law 92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that the Panel for 
Eligibility of the Joint Biomedical Laboratory Research and Development 
and Clinical Science Research and Development Services Scientific Merit 
Review Board will meet on Monday, January 24, 2011, from 8 a.m. to 12 
noon, at The St. Gregory Luxury Hotel and Suites, 2033 M Street, NW., 
Washington, DC.
    The purpose of the Merit Review Board is to provide advice on the 
scientific quality, budget, safety and mission relevance of 
investigator-initiated research proposals submitted for VA merit review 
consideration. Proposals submitted for review by the Board involve a 
wide range of medical specialties within the general areas of 
biomedical, behavioral and clinical science research.
    The panel meeting will be open to the public for approximately one-
half hour at the start of the meeting to discuss the general status of 
the program. The remaining portion of the meeting will be closed to the 
public for the review, discussion, and evaluation of non-clinician 
credentials and research proposals to be performed for VA.
    The closed portion of the meeting involves discussion, examination, 
reference to staff and consultant critiques of non-clinician 
credentials and research proposals. As provided by subsection 10(d) of 
Public Law 92-463, as amended, closing portions of a panel meeting is 
in accordance with 5 U.S.C., 552b(c) (6) and (9)(B).
    Those who plan to attend or would like to obtain a copy of minutes 
of the panel meeting and roster of the participants of the panel should 
contact LeRoy G. Frey, Ph.D., Chief, Program Review, at Department of 
Veterans Affairs (121F), 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420, 
or e-mail at [email protected] or call at (202) 461-1664.

    Dated: January 3, 2011.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
Vivian Drake,
Acting Advisory Committee Management Office.
[FR Doc. 2011-75 Filed 1-6-11; 8:45 am]
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