Council of Councils Meeting

April 21, 2025

Virtual Meeting

Videocast: https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=56725

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April 21, 2025
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
10:00 a.m.Welcome and Opening Remarks  
Nicole C. Kleinstreuer, Ph.D.
Acting Chair, Council of Councils
Acting NIH Deputy Director for Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives
Acting Director, Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives (DPCPSI)
Office of the Director, NIH
10:05 a.m.Reminders and Procedures  
Franziska Grieder, D.V.M., Ph.D.  
Executive Secretary, Council of Councils  
Director, Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (ORIP), DPCPSI
10:15 a.m.DPCPSI Updates  
Nicole C. Kleinstreuer, Ph.D.
Acting NIH Deputy Director for Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives
Acting Director, DPCPSI
10:45 a.m.

ORIP Concept Clearance (Reissue): Limited Competition: Small Grant Program for ORIP Special Emphasis Research Career Award (SERCA) K01 Recipients (R03 Clinical Trials Not Allowed) [Vote] 
Ritesh Tandon, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Program Director, Veterinary Scientist Training Programs, Division of Comparative Medicine, ORIP, DPCPSI

11:15 a.m.

OSC Concept Clearance (Reissue): High-Risk, High-Reward (HRHR) Research Program [Vote]
Patricia Labosky, Ph.D.
Program Leader, Office of Strategic Coordination (OSC), DPCPSI

Becky Miller, Ph.D.
Program Leader, OSC, DPCPSI

Transformative Research (HRHR) Working Group of the Council of Councils
Carolyn M. Hutter, Ph.D.
Director, OSC, DPCPSI

12:00 p.m.Break
CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC
12:15 p.m.Closed Session
1:00 p.m.Break
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
1:15 p.m.NIH Updates
Jay Bhattacharya, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, National Institutes of Health
2:00 p.m.Council of Councils Working Group on Science of Science
Marina Volkov, Ph.D. 
Director, Office of Evaluation, Performance, and Reporting, DPCPSI
2:30 p.m.

OSC Concept Clearance (Stage 2): Cellular Senescence Network (SenNet) Program [Vote]
Richard J. Hodes, Ph.D.
Director, National Institute on Aging

3:15 p.m.

OSC Concept Clearance (New): Precision Medicine with AI: Integrating Imaging with Multimodal Data (PRIMED-AI) Program [Vote]
Michael F. Chiang, M.D.
Director, National Eye Institute

Bruce J. Tromberg, Ph.D.
Director, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)

4:00 p.m.Reflections from Departing Council Members
Retiring Members
4:30 p.m.Closing Remarks
Nicole Kleinstreuer, Ph.D.
Acting NIH Deputy Director for Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives, and 
Acting Director, DPCPSI
4:35 p.m.Adjourn

Future Council of Councils Meetings

All meetings are scheduled to be held virtually or in NIH facilities in Bethesda, MD.

2025

  • May 29–30, 2025 (Thursday, Friday)
  • September 11–12, 2025 (Thursday, Friday)

2026

  • January 29-30, 2026 (Thursday, Friday)
  • May 14-15, 2026 (Thursday, Friday)
  • September 10-11, 2026 (Thursday, Friday)

2027

  • January 28-29, 2027 (Thursday, Friday)
  • May 20-21, 2027 (Thursday, Friday)
  • September 16-17, 2027 (Thursday, Friday)
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