E-Newsletter / June 2005

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HMCRC January 20= 07 E-Newsletter

·&= nbsp;Th= e March 19th & 20th HMC Grantee Meeting is quickly approaching and we a= re looking forward to another successful meeting. This will be the second conference in our Analytical S= eries. The topic is Mediation= Analysis, and our Keynote Speaker will be Dave MacKinnon from Arizona Stat= e University. In preparation = for the March meeting, you may wish to review Dr. MacKinnon’s publication re= garding Mediation Analysis as published in a recent edition of The Annual R= eview of Psychology.

·&= nbsp;Pl= ease help us prepare for the March meeting by noting the following guidelin= es and observing the following deadlines:

Hotel Reservati= on Deadline: February 16th

Yo= u can now make reservations at the Omni Shoreham i= n DC. Please call 1(800)843-6= 664. Our group name is "= Health Maintenance Consortium". = We have a block of rooms reserved at a group rate of $229/night. Please remember to make reserva= tions in the name of the actual person attending the meeting, not just seve= ral reservations in a single person’s (PI’s) name. Please note that the general session wi= ll take place on March 19th; the Supplement meetings will take place on the= 20th. The deadline to ensure= the conference rate is February 16th - but if they sell out of the estimat= ed block, there may not be group rate rooms available. So book early!!!= If you miss the block rates, all we may be able to do is give= you a list of near-by hotels. For those attending SBM, the SMB hotel is across the street from the Omni= Shoreham.

Meeting Atten= dance Survey: Due February 19th

Lo= ok for the online Meeting Attendance Survey on February 1st. In addition to meeting attendance, this sur= vey will also gather information regarding meals. The surveys are to be completed no later than February= 19th so that the HMCRC will have adequate planning time.=

Individual Site= Progress Reports: Due Februa= ry 28th

Th= e online Progress Report Surveys will be sent out on February 7th. In order to be included in the report= we present to the NIH at the meeting, reports must be submitted (along wit= h an updated consort diagram, new publications, and new study measures) by = February 28th. The NIH progra= m officers report that they find this material very useful - so please send= your material for inclusion.

Supplement and = Workgroup Progress Reports: D= ue February 28th

Re= quests will go out on February 7th. = In order to be included in the report we present to the NIH at the m= eeting, you must submit your report no later than February 28th.=

· Attention Supplement Chairs!= Please remember to schedule a conference call for your Supple= ment prior to coming to the meeting. = This will enable each Supplement to most effectively use the Supple= ment Session time at the meeting.

·&= nbsp; = &nb= sp; The 8^th HMC Grantee Meeting h= as been scheduled for October 15th & 16th, 2007 i= n Washington, DC. (Backup dat= es are October 29th & 30th). The HMC Resource Center is currently working to determine a site. More details will be forwarded as = they become available. We pol= led PIs and NIH staff regarding these dates, and chose the time that worked= for the most sites. We hope = that there will be adequate time to ensure representation from each site.

Grantee Items

Announcements

·&= nbsp;Nominations Sought for Physical Activity & Health Guidelines Advi= sory Committee -= A January, 2007 Federal Register Notice announced the establishment of the= Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee. Nominations are being solicited for appointment to the= Committee. Click Here f= or the full text of the Federal Register Notice. Click Here<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-default-font-family:Arial; mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;mso-latin-font-family:Arial;mso-greek-font-fa= mily: Arial;mso-cyrillic-font-family:Arial;mso-hebrew-font-family:Arial;mso-ara= bic-font-family: Arial;mso-latinext-font-family:Arial;language:EN;mso-ansi-language:EN'> f= or additional information related to the physical activity guidelines initi= ative. Self-nominations will = be accepted. Nominations must be received by February 21st, 2007.<= o:p>

·&= nbsp;NIH Study Sections and IRGs - The NIH Center for Scientific Re= view (CSR) is investigating the reorganization of existing study sections a= nd Integrated Review Groups (IRGs) which assess NIH grant applications for = scientific and technical merit. CSR is seeking broad-based input on how well the study sections and IRGs= are serving new and emerging areas of science. The meeting date for Behavi= oral & Social Science IRGs is April 25th, 2007 o= n the NIH campus in Bethesda. Click Here= fo= r more information.

·&= nbsp;New Guidelines for NIH R01 Grant Application Submissions -= The NIH will transition to electronic R01 applications using the new SF424= (R&R) form set for the February 5th, 2007 receipt date and beyond. Please make sure your institutio= n is registered at both Grants.gov a= nd eRA Commons.<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> For more information, you can= review the November issue of the