Council of Councils Meeting

January 29, 2021

Virtual Meeting

Meeting Minutes

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CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC
10:00 a.m.Review of Grant Applications (ORIP)
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
11:00 a.m.Call to Order and Introductions
James M. Anderson, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives (DPCPSI)
Office of the Director, NIH
11:15 a.m.Announcements and Updates
Franziska B. Grieder, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Director, Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (ORIP), DPCPSI
and Executive Secretary, Council of Councils
11:30 a.m.NIH Update
Lawrence A. Tabak, D.D.S., Ph.D.
Principal Deputy Director, NIH
12:00 p.m.Discussion
12:15 p.m.Lunch Break
12:30 p.m.

Presentation of the Updated ORIP Strategic Plan (FY 2021-2025) 
Franziska Grieder, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Director, ORIP, DPCPSI

1:20 p.m.

Common Fund Concept Clearance: Illuminating the Druggable Genome (IDG) - Cutting Edge Informatics Tools FOA (reissue)
Douglas Sheeley, Sc.D.
Program Leader, Office of Strategic Coordination (OSC), DPCPSI

1:40 p.m.

Common Fund Concept Clearance: Stimulating Peripheral Activity to Relieve Conditions (SPARC) Stage 2 
Gene Civillico, Ph.D.
SPARC Program Manager, OSC, DPCPSI

2:20 p.m.

Update: Basic Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Working Group (bBSSR)
William T. Riley, Ph.D.
Director, Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR), DPCPSI

Graham A. Colditz, M.D., Dr.P.H., M.P.H.
Niess-Gain Professor of Surgery and Division Chief, Public Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Deputy Director, Institute for Public Health, Washington University in St. Louis
Co-Chairs bBSSR Working Group

2:40 p.m.

OBSSR Concept Clearance: Reissue R25 Short Courses on Innovative Methodologies and Approaches in the Behavioral and Social Sciences
Erica Spotts, Ph.D.
OBSSR, DPCPSI

3:00 p.m.

Proposed New Working Group on Integration and Realization of the Benefits to Health from Behavioral Research at NIH
William T. Riley, Ph.D.
Director, OBSSR, DPCPSI

Christine Hunter, Ph.D.
Deputy Director, OBSSR, DPCPSI

3:30 p.m.

NIH Concept Clearance:  Firearm Injury and Mortality Prevention Research
Dara R. Blachman-Demner, Ph.D.
Health Scientist Administrator, OBSSR, DPCPSI

3:50 p.m.Adjournment 
James M. Anderson, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, DPCPSI

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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