INFORMATIONAL MEETING FOR POTENTIAL APPLICANTS TO THE NCI DIRECTOR'S CHALLENGE:
TOWARD A MOLECULAR CLASSIFICATION OF TUMORS

Release Date:  January 20, 1999

P.T. 

National Cancer Institute

Request for Applications (RFA) CA-98-027 for cooperative agreements (U01/U19s)
is intended to support the formation of multi-disciplinary research groups
[National Cooperative Tumor Signature Groups (NCTSGs)] focused on the application
of comprehensive molecular analysis technologies to the analysis of tumor
specimens in order to develop molecular-based tumor classification schemes.  The
complete text of the RFA is available in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts.  
A pre-application informational meeting for those investigators considering 
submitting applications in response to the RFA will be held on Friday, 
February 19, 1999 from 10:00 am to 3:00 p.m. at the Natcher Building, NIH, 
Bethesda, MD in the Auditorium Balcony Room A.  Representatives from the 
Cancer Diagnosis Program, Grants Management Branch, and Special Review, Referral 
and Resources Branch will be available to provide information and to answer 
questions relevant to applications responding to this RFA.  Transcripts will be 
available upon request for investigators who are unable to attend.

INQUIRIES

Investigators who plan to attend should contact the NCI staff member listed
below by February 5, 1999 to confirm their attendance and to obtain further
information. 

For further information, and to confirm attendance, contact:

James W. Jacobson, Ph.D.
Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis
National Cancer Institute
6130 Executive Boulevard, Room 700, MSC 7388
Bethesda, MD  20892-7388
Telephone:  (301) 402-4185
Fax: (301) 402-7819
Email: [email protected]

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