JOINTLY SPONSORED NIH PREDOCTORAL TRAINING PROGRAM IN THE 
NEUROSCIENCES (PAR-00-037)

Release Date:  October 25, 2000

NOTICE:  DE-01-001

National Institute on Aging
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
National Eye Institute
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
National Institute of Mental Health
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
National Institute of Nursing Research

The purpose of this Notice is to provide additional information to 
prospective applicants for the JOINTLY SPONSORED NIH PREDOCTORAL 
TRAINING PROGRAM IN THE NEUROSCIENCES (PAR-00-037) 
(http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-00-037.html)

Prospective applicants are strongly encouraged to submit, by March 1, 
2001, a letter of intent that includes a descriptive title of the 
proposed training program, the name, address and telephone number of the 
Program Director, the identities of other key faculty and participating 
departments, and the number and title of the PA.  It is of special 
importance that applicants provide a statement describing in the 
application the plan to consolidate neuroscience training positions from 
any existing predoctoral training grants that are supported by the NIH 
Institutes participating in this PA.  All relevant, available training 
grants should be considered and some rationale presented if particular 
grants are not going to be included in the consolidation plan.  The 
final application is to be submitted by May 10, 2001.  The letter of 
intent is to be sent to Dr. James Lipton at the address listed under 
INQUIRIES. 

INQUIRIES

General questions about the program should be directed to:

Dr. James Lipton
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
Natcher Building, Room 4AN-18J
Bethesda, MD 20892-6402
Telephone: (301) 594-2618
Fax: (301) 480-8318
E-mail: James_Lipton@nih.gov
	
Potential applicants having detailed questions or requiring technical 
assistance and information concerning current program priorities are 
strongly encouraged to contact program staff at the NIH Institute 
currently supporting their training grant(s) or funding research in 
their particular area of interest.  A list of specific staff to contact 
for these programmatic issues can be found in PAR-00-037.

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