Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
Pursuant to section 1009 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, notice is hereby given of a meeting of the National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse.
The meeting will be held as a hybrid meeting and is open to the public, as indicated below. Individuals who plan to view the virtual meeting and need special assistance such as sign language interpretation or other reasonable accommodations to view the meeting, should notify Dr. Gillian Acca via email at gillian.acca@nih.gov ten days in advance of the meeting. The open session of the meeting can be accessed from the NIH Videocast at the following link: ( http://videocast.nih.gov/).
A portion of the meeting will be closed to the public in accordance with the provisions set forth in sections 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., as amended. The grant applications and the discussions could disclose confidential trade secrets or commercial property such as patentable material, and personal information concerning individuals associated with the grant applications, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.
Name of Committee: National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse.
Date: May 5, 2026.
Closed: 10:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications.
Open: 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Agenda: Presentations and other business of the Council.
Meeting Format: Hybrid Meeting.
Place: National Institutes of Health, Neuroscience Building, 6001 Executive Boulevard, Room 1135/45/55, Rockville, MD 20852.
Contact Person: Susan R.B. Weiss, Ph.D., Director Division of Extramural Research, Office of the Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH, Three White Flint North, Rm. 09D08, 11601 Landsdown Street, Bethesda, MD 20852, 301-443-6480, sweiss@nida.nih.gov.
Contact Person: Gillian Acca, Ph.D., Health Scientist Administrator, Division of Extramural Research, Office of Extramural Policy, National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH, Three White Flint North, Rm. 09C70, 11601 Landsdown Street, Bethesda, MD 20852, 301-827-5863, gillian.acca@nih.gov.
Any interested person may file written comments with the committee by forwarding the statement to Dr. Gillian Acca via email at gillian.acca@nih.gov. The statement should include the name, address, telephone number and when applicable, the business or professional affiliation of the interested person.
Information is also available on the Institute's/Center's home page: www.drugabuse.gov/NACDA/NACDAHome.html, where an agenda and any additional information for the meeting will be posted when available.
(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Nos. 93.277, Drug Abuse Scientist Development Award for Clinicians, Scientist Development Awards, and Research Scientist Awards; 93.278, Drug Abuse National Research Service Awards for Research Training; 93.279, Drug Abuse and Addiction Research Programs, National Institutes of Health, HHS)
Dated: April 21, 2026.
David W. Freeman,
Supervisory Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.