Notice to Extend the Expiration Date for PA-08-012 Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) Regular Research Program (R01) and PA-08-013 (Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) Regular Research Program (R03)

Notice Number: NOT-HG-11-006

Release Date: November 5, 2010

National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), along with National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institute on Aging (NIA), Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), and National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) intends to extend the expiration date of the following funding opportunity announcements:

Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) Regular Research Program (R01)
PA-08-012; http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-08-012.html.

Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) Regular Research Program (R03)
PA-08-013; http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-08-013.html.

The expiration date will be extended from January 8, 2011 to May 8, 2011.

New Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs) will be issued after the National Human Genome Research Institute’s new strategic plan--Base Pairs to Bedside: Charting a Course for Genomic Medicine--has been published and NHGRI staff has had ample time to generated FOAs that address opportunities in the strategic plan. It is anticipated that the Strategic Plan will be operational by Spring 2011.

Please direct all inquiries to:

Joy T. Boyer
ELSI Research Program
Division of Extramural Research
National Human Genome Research Institute
National Institutes of Health
5635 Fishers Lane, Suite 4076
Bethesda, MD 20892
Telephone: (301) 402-4997
FAX: (301) 402-1950
Email: [email protected]

Specific information on program priorities and staff contacts is available on the ELSI program home page: http://www.genome.gov/page.cfm?pageID=10001618#al-5