Pre-Application Workshop for RFA-HD-09-008 Cooperative Research Partnerships to Promote Workforce Diversity in the Reproductive Sciences (U01)

Notice Number: NOT-HD-09-021

Key Dates
Release Date: August 11, 2009

Issued by
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Health (NICHD) (http://www.nichd.nih.gov/)

The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) will convene an information/technical assistance pre-application workshop for investigators who are planning to submit applications in response to RFA HD-09-008, “Cooperative Research Partnerships to Promote Workforce Diversity in the Reproductive Sciences (CPDR)”. The full announcement is available at the following link: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HD-09-008.html.

Purpose

The purpose of the workshop is to provide prospective applicants with an overview of the cooperative program and to address questions pertinent to preparing CPDR applications. Meeting participants are encouraged to submit specific questions prior to the meeting.  Questions should be submitted electronically to lamarc@mail.nih.gov no later than 5:00 pm EST, Wednesday, September 2, 2009. 

Registration

The meeting is optional and open to the public. Although there is no registration fee, investigators planning to participate in the workshop must pre-register by submitting your name, affiliation, and contact information to lamarc@mail.nih.gov. Workshop-related travel will be at the expense of each participant.

Workshop Information

Date:           Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Time:           9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Place:          Neuroscience Building Conference Facilities, National Institutes of Health
Address:     6001 Executive Boulevard, Room B1/B2, Rockville, MD  20852

To register, please contact lamarc@mail.nih.gov.

Inquiries

For further information, contact:

Charisee Lamar, PhD, MPH, RRT
Program Director
Reproductive Sciences Branch
Center for Population Research
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
6100 Executive Blvd, Suite 8B01, MSC 7510
Bethesda, MD 20892-7510
Telephone: (301) 435-6977
Fax: (301) 496-0962:
Email: lamarc@mail.nih.gov