80_FR_12060 80 FR 12017 - National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) Announcement of Requirements and Registration for the 2015 Design by Biomedical Undergraduate Teams (DEBUT) Challenge

80 FR 12017 - National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) Announcement of Requirements and Registration for the 2015 Design by Biomedical Undergraduate Teams (DEBUT) Challenge

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 43 (March 5, 2015)

Page Range12017-12019
FR Document2015-05092

The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) Design by Biomedical Undergraduate Teams (DEBUT) Challenge is open to teams of undergraduate students working on projects that develop innovative solutions to unmet health and clinical problems. NIBIB's mission is to improve health by leading the development and accelerating the application of biomedical technologies. The goals of the DEBUT Challenge are (1) to provide undergraduate students valuable experiences such as working in teams, identifying unmet clinical needs, and designing, building and debugging solutions for such open-ended problems; (2) to generate novel, innovative tools to improve healthcare, consistent with NIBIB's purpose to support research, training, the dissemination of health information, and other programs with respect to biomedical imaging and engineering and associated technologies and modalities with biomedical applications; and (3) to highlight and acknowledge the contributions and accomplishments of undergraduate students.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering 
(NIBIB) Announcement of Requirements and Registration for the 2015 
Design by Biomedical Undergraduate Teams (DEBUT) Challenge

    Authority:  15 U.S.C. 3719.

SUMMARY: The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and 
Bioengineering

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(NIBIB) Design by Biomedical Undergraduate Teams (DEBUT) Challenge is 
open to teams of undergraduate students working on projects that 
develop innovative solutions to unmet health and clinical problems. 
NIBIB's mission is to improve health by leading the development and 
accelerating the application of biomedical technologies. The goals of 
the DEBUT Challenge are (1) to provide undergraduate students valuable 
experiences such as working in teams, identifying unmet clinical needs, 
and designing, building and debugging solutions for such open-ended 
problems; (2) to generate novel, innovative tools to improve 
healthcare, consistent with NIBIB's purpose to support research, 
training, the dissemination of health information, and other programs 
with respect to biomedical imaging and engineering and associated 
technologies and modalities with biomedical applications; and (3) to 
highlight and acknowledge the contributions and accomplishments of 
undergraduate students.

DATES: The competition begins March 5, 2015.
    Submission Period: March 16, 2015 to May 29, 2015, 11:59 p.m. EDT.
    Judging Period: June 8, 2015 to August 7, 2015.
    Winners announced: August 21, 2015.
    Award ceremony: October 9, 2015, Biomedical Engineering Society 
Conference, Tampa Florida.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: [email protected] or (301) 451-4792.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Subject of Challenge Competition: The NIBIB DEBUT Challenge 
solicits design projects that develop innovative solutions to unmet 
health and clinical problems. Areas of interest for the biomedical 
engineering projects include, but are not limited to: Diagnostics, 
therapeutics, technologies for underserved populations and low resource 
settings, point-of-care systems, precision medicine, preventive 
medicine, and technologies to aid individuals with disabilities.

Rules

    1. Who can win: To be eligible to win a prize under this challenge, 
an individual on the Student Team must:
    (a) Be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States; and
    (b) Meet all the conditions below for eligibility to compete under 
this challenge.
    2. Who can compete: This is a team challenge. To be eligible to 
compete in this challenge, an individual must:
    (a) Be an undergraduate student enrolled full-time in an 
undergraduate curriculum during at least one full semester (or quarter 
if the institution is on a quarter system) of the 2013-2015 academic 
year;
    (b) Form or join a ``Student Team'' with at least two other 
individuals for the purpose of developing an entry for submission to 
this challenge. Each student on the Student Team must satisfy all the 
requirements for competing in this challenge. While it is expected that 
most of the individuals participating in the competition may be 
students from biomedical engineering departments, interdisciplinary 
teams including students from other fields are welcome and encouraged;
    (c) Acknowledge understanding and acceptance of the DEBUT challenge 
rules by signing the NIBIB DEBUT Challenge Certification Form found at 
https://www.nibib.nih.gov/sites/default/files/NIBIB%20DEBUT%20Certification%20Form.pdf. Each entry must include one 
NIBIB DEBUT Challenge Certification Form, completed with: The printed 
names of Student Team members, an indication of whether the team member 
is either a U.S. citizen or permanent resident (as opposed to a foreign 
student on a visa), and be signed and dated by each individual member 
of the Student Team. Entries that do not provide a complete 
Certification Form will be disqualified from the challenge;
    (a) Be 13 years of age or older.
    (b) Not be a Federal employee acting within the scope of their 
employment. Federal employees seeking to participate in this challenge 
outside the scope of their employment should consult their ethics 
official prior to developing a submission; and
    (c) Comply with all the requirements under this section (Section 
2).
    3. Foreign students who are studying in the United States on a visa 
are eligible to be part of the competing Student Teams. However, they 
will not receive a monetary prize if they are part of a winning Student 
Team. See Prize section below for the distribution of prizes. As 
acknowledgement of their participation, however, the names of foreign 
students who are part of winning Student Teams will be listed among the 
winning team members when results are announced and at the award 
ceremony.
    4. By participating in this challenge, each individual agrees to 
abide by all rules of this challenge.
    5. Each entry into this challenge must have been conceived, 
designed, and implemented by the Student Team. Student Teams 
participating in capstone design projects are especially encouraged to 
enter the challenge.
    6. Each Student Team may submit only one entry into this challenge 
through one member of the Student Team appointed as ``Team Captain'' by 
that Student Team. The Team Captain will carry out all correspondence 
regarding the Student Team's entry. The Team Captain must be a citizen 
or permanent resident of the United States.
    7. The Team Captain will submit a Student Team's entry on behalf of 
the Student Team by following the links and instructions at http://www.nibib.nih.gov/training-careers/undergraduate-graduate/design-biomedical-undergraduate-teams-debut-challenge/ and certify that the 
entry meets all the challenge rules.
    8. Each entry must comply with Section 508 standards that require 
federal agencies' electronic and information technology be accessible 
to people with disabilities, http://www.section508.gov/.
    9. Individuals who are younger than 18 must have their parent or 
legal guardian complete the Parental Consent Form found at https://www.nibib.nih.gov/sites/default/files/Parental%20Consent%20Form.pdf.
    10. Each entry must be submitted as a single pdf file and must 
include the following:
     Sponsor letter, on department letterhead, from a faculty 
member from the Biomedical Engineering, Bioengineering or similar 
department of the institution in which the Student Team members are 
enrolled, verifying a) that the entry was achieved by the named Student 
Team, b) that each member of the team was enrolled full-time in an 
undergraduate curriculum during at least one semester or quarter of the 
academic year 2014-2015, and c) describing clearly any contribution 
from the advisor or any other individual outside the Student Team 
(especially when the submitted entry is part of a bigger/ongoing 
project, the specific components designed and implemented by the 
competing Student Team must be clarified and distinguished from those 
accomplished by others).
     The NIBIB DEBUT Challenge Certification Form (downloadable 
from https://www.nibib.nih.gov/sites/default/files/NIBIB%20DEBUT%20Certification%20Form.pdf completed with the printed 
names, indication of U.S. citizenship or permanent residency, dates, 
and signatures of each individual member of the Student Team.
     Completed Cover Page (downloadable from https://
www.nibib.nih.gov/sites/default/files/

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NIBIB%20DEBUT%20Cover%20Page.pdf listing project title and team member 
information.
     Project Description (not to exceed 6 pages using Arial 
font and a font size of at least 11 points) that includes the following 
4 sections:

(1) Abstract
(2) Description of clinical need or problem, including background and 
current methods available
(3) Design, including a discussion of the innovative aspects
(4) Evidence of a working prototype (results/graphics obtained with the 
designed solution)

    When the submitted entry is part of a bigger/ongoing project, the 
specific components designed and implemented by the competing Student 
Team must be clarified and distinguished from those accomplished by 
others (e.g. other students, advisor, collaborators).
    The 6-page limit includes any graphics, but excludes the cover 
page, certification form, parental consent form, and any references. 
Submissions exceeding 6 pages for the Project Description will not be 
accepted. An optional 3-minute video displaying the operation of the 
device/method may be included. However, the 6-page Project Description 
must be a stand-alone explanation of the project.
     A completed Parental Consent Form, accessible at https://www.nibib.nih.gov/sites/default/files/Parental%20Consent%20Form.pdf, 
for each individual on the Student Team who is under the age of 18.
    11. NIBIB will claim no rights to intellectual property. 
Individuals on the Student Team will retain intellectual property 
ownership as applicable arising from their entry. By participating in 
this challenge, such individuals grant to NIBIB an irrevocable, paid-
up, royalty-free, nonexclusive worldwide license to post, link to, 
share, and display publicly the entry on the Web, newsletters or 
pamphlets, and other information products. It is the responsibility of 
the individuals on the Student Team to obtain any rights necessary to 
use, disclose, or reproduce any intellectual property owned by third 
parties and incorporated in the entry for all anticipated uses of the 
entry.
    12. All entries must be submitted by the challenge deadline, May 
29, 2015, 11:59 p.m. EDT. Entries must not infringe upon any copyright 
or any other rights of any third party.
    13. By participating in this challenge, each individual agrees to 
assume any and all risks and waive claims against the Federal 
Government and its related entities, except in the case of willful 
misconduct, for any injury, death, damage, or loss of property, 
revenue, or profits, whether direct, indirect, or consequential, 
arising from participation in this prize challenge, whether the injury, 
death, damage, or loss arises through negligence or otherwise.
    14. Based on the subject matter of the challenge, the type of work 
that it will possibly require, as well as an analysis of the likelihood 
of any claims for death, bodily injury, or property damage, or loss 
potentially resulting from challenge participation, individuals are not 
required to obtain liability insurance or demonstrate financial 
responsibility in order to participate in this challenge.
    15. By participating in this challenge, each individual agrees to 
indemnify the Federal Government against third party claims for damages 
arising from or related to challenge activities.
    16. An individual shall not be deemed ineligible because the 
individual used Federal facilities or consulted with Federal employees 
during this challenge if the facilities and employees are made 
available to all individuals participating in the challenge on an 
equitable basis.
    17. NIBIB reserves the right to cancel, suspend, modify the 
challenge, and/or not award a prize if no entries are deemed worthy.
    Prize: The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place prizes will be $20,000, $15,000, 
and $10,000, respectively, to be distributed only among the members of 
the winning Student Team eligible to win a prize in this challenge. The 
prize will be distributed equally among the prize-eligible Student Team 
members, i.e., students who are either citizens or permanent residents 
of the United States. Each prize-eligible member of the winning Student 
Teams must provide his/her bank information to enable electronic 
transfer of funds. Six honorable mentions will also be awarded, without 
an accompanying monetary prize.
    Winning Student Teams will be honored at the NIBIB DEBUT Award 
Ceremony during the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering 
Society (BMES) in Tampa, Florida on October 9, 2015. Updated 
information on the BMES annual meeting can be found at http://bmes.org/annualmeeting. NIBIB will not provide financial support for winning 
Student Teams or Honorable Mention awardees to attend the award 
ceremony. However they are welcome and encouraged to attend the award 
ceremony, or designate a representative to attend on their behalf.
    Basis upon Which Winner Will Be Selected: The winning entries will 
be selected based on the following criteria:
     Significance of the problem addressed--Does the entry 
address an important problem or a critical barrier to progress in 
clinical care or research?
     Impact on potential users and clinical care--How likely is 
it that the entry will exert a sustained, powerful influence on the 
problem and medical field addressed?
     Innovative design (creativity and originality of 
concept)--Does the entry utilize novel theoretical concepts, approaches 
or methodologies, or instrumentation?
     Working prototype that implements the design concept and 
produces targeted results--Has evidence been provided (in the form of 
results, graphs, photographs, films, etc.) that a working prototype has 
been achieved?
    Additional Information: For more information and to submit entries, 
visit http://www.nibib.nih.gov/training-careers/undergraduate-graduate/design-biomedical-undergraduate-teams-debut-challenge/.
    The NIBIB prize-approving official will be the Director of NIBIB. 
Prizes will be paid using electronic funds transfer and may be subject 
to federal income taxes. NIH will comply with the Internal Revenue 
Service (IRS) withholding and reporting requirements, where applicable.

    Dated: February 27, 2015.
Roderic I. Pettigrew,
Director, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering.
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                                                  (NIBIB) Design by Biomedical                               (a) Be an undergraduate student                    design projects are especially
                                                  Undergraduate Teams (DEBUT)                             enrolled full-time in an undergraduate                encouraged to enter the challenge.
                                                  Challenge is open to teams of                           curriculum during at least one full                      6. Each Student Team may submit
                                                  undergraduate students working on                       semester (or quarter if the institution is            only one entry into this challenge
                                                  projects that develop innovative                        on a quarter system) of the 2013–2015                 through one member of the Student
                                                  solutions to unmet health and clinical                  academic year;                                        Team appointed as ‘‘Team Captain’’ by
                                                  problems. NIBIB’s mission is to improve                    (b) Form or join a ‘‘Student Team’’                that Student Team. The Team Captain
                                                  health by leading the development and                   with at least two other individuals for               will carry out all correspondence
                                                  accelerating the application of                         the purpose of developing an entry for                regarding the Student Team’s entry. The
                                                  biomedical technologies. The goals of                   submission to this challenge. Each                    Team Captain must be a citizen or
                                                  the DEBUT Challenge are (1) to provide                  student on the Student Team must                      permanent resident of the United States.
                                                  undergraduate students valuable                         satisfy all the requirements for                         7. The Team Captain will submit a
                                                  experiences such as working in teams,                   competing in this challenge. While it is              Student Team’s entry on behalf of the
                                                  identifying unmet clinical needs, and                   expected that most of the individuals                 Student Team by following the links
                                                  designing, building and debugging                       participating in the competition may be               and instructions at http://
                                                  solutions for such open-ended                           students from biomedical engineering                  www.nibib.nih.gov/training-careers/
                                                  problems; (2) to generate novel,                        departments, interdisciplinary teams                  undergraduate-graduate/design-
                                                  innovative tools to improve healthcare,                 including students from other fields are              biomedical-undergraduate-teams-debut-
                                                  consistent with NIBIB’s purpose to                      welcome and encouraged;                               challenge/ and certify that the entry
                                                  support research, training, the                            (c) Acknowledge understanding and                  meets all the challenge rules.
                                                  dissemination of health information,                                                                             8. Each entry must comply with
                                                                                                          acceptance of the DEBUT challenge
                                                  and other programs with respect to                                                                            Section 508 standards that require
                                                                                                          rules by signing the NIBIB DEBUT
                                                  biomedical imaging and engineering                                                                            federal agencies’ electronic and
                                                                                                          Challenge Certification Form found at
                                                  and associated technologies and                                                                               information technology be accessible to
                                                                                                          https://www.nibib.nih.gov/sites/default/
                                                  modalities with biomedical                                                                                    people with disabilities, http://
                                                                                                          files/NIBIB%20DEBUT%20Certification
                                                  applications; and (3) to highlight and                                                                        www.section508.gov/.
                                                                                                          %20Form.pdf. Each entry must include
                                                                                                                                                                   9. Individuals who are younger than
                                                  acknowledge the contributions and                       one NIBIB DEBUT Challenge
                                                                                                                                                                18 must have their parent or legal
                                                  accomplishments of undergraduate                        Certification Form, completed with: The
                                                                                                                                                                guardian complete the Parental Consent
                                                  students.                                               printed names of Student Team
                                                                                                                                                                Form found at https://www.nibib.nih
                                                  DATES:  The competition begins March 5,                 members, an indication of whether the
                                                                                                                                                                .gov/sites/default/files/Parental%20
                                                  2015.                                                   team member is either a U.S. citizen or
                                                                                                                                                                Consent%20Form.pdf.
                                                     Submission Period: March 16, 2015 to                 permanent resident (as opposed to a                      10. Each entry must be submitted as
                                                  May 29, 2015, 11:59 p.m. EDT.                           foreign student on a visa), and be signed             a single pdf file and must include the
                                                     Judging Period: June 8, 2015 to August               and dated by each individual member of                following:
                                                  7, 2015.                                                the Student Team. Entries that do not                    • Sponsor letter, on department
                                                     Winners announced: August 21, 2015.                  provide a complete Certification Form                 letterhead, from a faculty member from
                                                     Award ceremony: October 9, 2015,                     will be disqualified from the challenge;              the Biomedical Engineering,
                                                  Biomedical Engineering Society                             (a) Be 13 years of age or older.                   Bioengineering or similar department of
                                                  Conference, Tampa Florida.                                 (b) Not be a Federal employee acting               the institution in which the Student
                                                  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                        within the scope of their employment.                 Team members are enrolled, verifying a)
                                                  info@nibib.nih.gov or (301) 451–4792.                   Federal employees seeking to                          that the entry was achieved by the
                                                  SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                                                                          participate in this challenge outside the             named Student Team, b) that each
                                                     Subject of Challenge Competition:                    scope of their employment should                      member of the team was enrolled full-
                                                  The NIBIB DEBUT Challenge solicits                      consult their ethics official prior to                time in an undergraduate curriculum
                                                  design projects that develop innovative                 developing a submission; and                          during at least one semester or quarter
                                                  solutions to unmet health and clinical                     (c) Comply with all the requirements               of the academic year 2014–2015, and c)
                                                  problems. Areas of interest for the                     under this section (Section 2).                       describing clearly any contribution from
                                                  biomedical engineering projects                            3. Foreign students who are studying               the advisor or any other individual
                                                  include, but are not limited to:                        in the United States on a visa are                    outside the Student Team (especially
                                                  Diagnostics, therapeutics, technologies                 eligible to be part of the competing                  when the submitted entry is part of a
                                                  for underserved populations and low                     Student Teams. However, they will not                 bigger/ongoing project, the specific
                                                  resource settings, point-of-care systems,               receive a monetary prize if they are part             components designed and implemented
                                                  precision medicine, preventive                          of a winning Student Team. See Prize                  by the competing Student Team must be
                                                  medicine, and technologies to aid                       section below for the distribution of                 clarified and distinguished from those
                                                  individuals with disabilities.                          prizes. As acknowledgement of their                   accomplished by others).
                                                                                                          participation, however, the names of                     • The NIBIB DEBUT Challenge
                                                  Rules                                                   foreign students who are part of                      Certification Form (downloadable from
                                                     1. Who can win: To be eligible to win                winning Student Teams will be listed                  https://www.nibib.nih.gov/sites/default/
                                                  a prize under this challenge, an                        among the winning team members when                   files/NIBIB%20DEBUT%
                                                  individual on the Student Team must:                    results are announced and at the award                20Certification%20Form.pdf completed
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                                                     (a) Be a citizen or permanent resident               ceremony.                                             with the printed names, indication of
                                                  of the United States; and                                  4. By participating in this challenge,             U.S. citizenship or permanent
                                                     (b) Meet all the conditions below for                each individual agrees to abide by all                residency, dates, and signatures of each
                                                  eligibility to compete under this                       rules of this challenge.                              individual member of the Student
                                                  challenge.                                                 5. Each entry into this challenge must             Team.
                                                     2. Who can compete: This is a team                   have been conceived, designed, and                       • Completed Cover Page
                                                  challenge. To be eligible to compete in                 implemented by the Student Team.                      (downloadable from https://
                                                  this challenge, an individual must:                     Student Teams participating in capstone               www.nibib.nih.gov/sites/default/files/


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                                                  NIBIB%20DEBUT%20Cover%                                  entities, except in the case of willful                  Basis upon Which Winner Will Be
                                                  20Page.pdf listing project title and team               misconduct, for any injury, death,                    Selected: The winning entries will be
                                                  member information.                                     damage, or loss of property, revenue, or              selected based on the following criteria:
                                                     • Project Description (not to exceed 6               profits, whether direct, indirect, or                    • Significance of the problem
                                                  pages using Arial font and a font size of               consequential, arising from                           addressed—Does the entry address an
                                                  at least 11 points) that includes the                   participation in this prize challenge,                important problem or a critical barrier to
                                                  following 4 sections:                                   whether the injury, death, damage, or                 progress in clinical care or research?
                                                  (1) Abstract                                            loss arises through negligence or                        • Impact on potential users and
                                                  (2) Description of clinical need or                     otherwise.                                            clinical care—How likely is it that the
                                                     problem, including background and                       14. Based on the subject matter of the             entry will exert a sustained, powerful
                                                     current methods available                            challenge, the type of work that it will              influence on the problem and medical
                                                  (3) Design, including a discussion of the               possibly require, as well as an analysis              field addressed?
                                                     innovative aspects                                   of the likelihood of any claims for death,               • Innovative design (creativity and
                                                  (4) Evidence of a working prototype                     bodily injury, or property damage, or                 originality of concept)—Does the entry
                                                     (results/graphics obtained with the                  loss potentially resulting from challenge             utilize novel theoretical concepts,
                                                     designed solution)                                   participation, individuals are not                    approaches or methodologies, or
                                                     When the submitted entry is part of a                required to obtain liability insurance or             instrumentation?
                                                  bigger/ongoing project, the specific                    demonstrate financial responsibility in                  • Working prototype that implements
                                                  components designed and implemented                     order to participate in this challenge.               the design concept and produces
                                                  by the competing Student Team must be                      15. By participating in this challenge,            targeted results—Has evidence been
                                                  clarified and distinguished from those                  each individual agrees to indemnify the               provided (in the form of results, graphs,
                                                  accomplished by others (e.g. other                      Federal Government against third party                photographs, films, etc.) that a working
                                                  students, advisor, collaborators).                      claims for damages arising from or                    prototype has been achieved?
                                                     The 6-page limit includes any                        related to challenge activities.                         Additional Information: For more
                                                  graphics, but excludes the cover page,                     16. An individual shall not be deemed              information and to submit entries, visit
                                                  certification form, parental consent                    ineligible because the individual used                http://www.nibib.nih.gov/training-
                                                  form, and any references. Submissions                   Federal facilities or consulted with                  careers/undergraduate-graduate/design-
                                                  exceeding 6 pages for the Project                       Federal employees during this challenge               biomedical-undergraduate-teams-debut-
                                                  Description will not be accepted. An                    if the facilities and employees are made              challenge/.
                                                  optional 3-minute video displaying the                  available to all individuals participating               The NIBIB prize-approving official
                                                  operation of the device/method may be                   in the challenge on an equitable basis.               will be the Director of NIBIB. Prizes will
                                                  included. However, the 6-page Project                      17. NIBIB reserves the right to cancel,            be paid using electronic funds transfer
                                                  Description must be a stand-alone                       suspend, modify the challenge, and/or                 and may be subject to federal income
                                                  explanation of the project.                             not award a prize if no entries are                   taxes. NIH will comply with the Internal
                                                     • A completed Parental Consent                       deemed worthy.                                        Revenue Service (IRS) withholding and
                                                  Form, accessible at https://                               Prize: The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place                 reporting requirements, where
                                                  www.nibib.nih.gov/sites/default/files/                  prizes will be $20,000, $15,000, and                  applicable.
                                                  Parental%20Consent%20Form.pdf, for                      $10,000, respectively, to be distributed
                                                                                                                                                                  Dated: February 27, 2015.
                                                  each individual on the Student Team                     only among the members of the winning
                                                                                                          Student Team eligible to win a prize in               Roderic I. Pettigrew,
                                                  who is under the age of 18.
                                                     11. NIBIB will claim no rights to                    this challenge. The prize will be                     Director, National Institute of Biomedical
                                                  intellectual property. Individuals on the               distributed equally among the prize-                  Imaging and Bioengineering.
                                                  Student Team will retain intellectual                   eligible Student Team members, i.e.,                  [FR Doc. 2015–05092 Filed 3–4–15; 8:45 am]
                                                  property ownership as applicable                        students who are either citizens or                   BILLING CODE 4140–01–P
                                                  arising from their entry. By participating              permanent residents of the United
                                                  in this challenge, such individuals grant               States. Each prize-eligible member of
                                                  to NIBIB an irrevocable, paid-up,                       the winning Student Teams must                        DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
                                                  royalty-free, nonexclusive worldwide                    provide his/her bank information to                   HUMAN SERVICES
                                                  license to post, link to, share, and                    enable electronic transfer of funds. Six
                                                                                                                                                                National Institutes of Health
                                                  display publicly the entry on the Web,                  honorable mentions will also be
                                                  newsletters or pamphlets, and other                     awarded, without an accompanying                      National Heart, Lung, and Blood
                                                  information products. It is the                         monetary prize.                                       Institute Notice of Closed Meetings
                                                  responsibility of the individuals on the                   Winning Student Teams will be
                                                  Student Team to obtain any rights                       honored at the NIBIB DEBUT Award                        Pursuant to section 10(d) of the
                                                  necessary to use, disclose, or reproduce                Ceremony during the 2015 Annual                       Federal Advisory Committee Act, as
                                                  any intellectual property owned by                      Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering                 amended (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is
                                                  third parties and incorporated in the                   Society (BMES) in Tampa, Florida on                   hereby given of the following meetings.
                                                  entry for all anticipated uses of the                   October 9, 2015. Updated information                    The meetings will be closed to the
                                                  entry.                                                  on the BMES annual meeting can be                     public in accordance with the
                                                     12. All entries must be submitted by                 found at http://bmes.org/                             provisions set forth in sections
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                                                  the challenge deadline, May 29, 2015,                   annualmeeting. NIBIB will not provide                 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), title 5 U.S.C.,
                                                  11:59 p.m. EDT. Entries must not                        financial support for winning Student                 as amended. The grant applications and
                                                  infringe upon any copyright or any                      Teams or Honorable Mention awardees                   the discussions could disclose
                                                  other rights of any third party.                        to attend the award ceremony. However                 confidential trade secrets or commercial
                                                     13. By participating in this challenge,              they are welcome and encouraged to                    property such as patentable material,
                                                  each individual agrees to assume any                    attend the award ceremony, or designate               and personal information concerning
                                                  and all risks and waive claims against                  a representative to attend on their                   individuals associated with the grant
                                                  the Federal Government and its related                  behalf.                                               applications, the disclosure of which


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Document Created: 2015-12-18 12:09:06
Document Modified: 2015-12-18 12:09:06
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
DatesThe competition begins March 5, 2015.
Contact[email protected] or (301) 451-4792.
FR Citation80 FR 12017 

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