Notice Number: NOT-OD-09-050

Key Dates
Release Date: February 13, 2009

Issued by
Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS/NIH), (http://ods.od.nih.gov)
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), (http://nccam.nih.gov)
National Cancer Institute (NCI), (http://nci.nih.gov)

A pre-application submitted by April 30, 2009 to funding opportunity announcement, PAR-09-091 Pre-Application for Dietary Supplement Research Centers: Botanicals (X02) is required of applicants interested in applying to RFA-OD-09-001, The Dietary Supplement Research Centers: Botanicals (P50) initiative.

On Thursday, March 12, 2009, from 1 to 3 p.m. ET,  The Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) will hold an informational webinar to clarify issues regarding the format, submission, requirements and review of the X02 pre-applications., ODS and NCCAM staff will describe the intent of the pre-application process and answer applicants’ questions during the webinar,.   There will also be discussion about how information provided in the pre-application relates to the requirements of the Botanical Center P50 application.

Applicants and their colleagues who want to register for the webinar should send an email including their names, departments, institutions, email address and a phone number to [email protected].  Advance registration is not required, but is strongly encouraged so that there is time to process questions and send reminders and instructions to participants. Registration should be completed no later than 5 p.m. ET on Friday, March 6, 2009.

Applicants are urged to submit questions to [email protected] in advance of the webinar.  During the webinar, participants will be able to submit questions online via a chat box. Complete instructions for accessing the webinar will be available on the ODS Web site, www.ods.od.nih.gov and will also be emailed to participants who pre-register.  An archive of the Applicant Information Webinar will be posted on the ODS Web site, www.ods.od.nih.gov soon after March 12th and may be viewed at any time.

The url to access the Applicant Information Webinar is https://webmeeting.nih.gov/centers/.

Inquiries

If you have questions regarding the Botanical Centers initiatives, please contact:

Christine A. Swanson, Ph.D.
Director, Botanical Research Centers Program
Office of Dietary Supplements
National Institutes of Health
6100 Executive Blvd., Room 3B01, MSC 7517
Bethesda, MD  20892-7517
Telephone: (301) 435-2920
FAX: (301) 480-1845
Email: [email protected]