[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 79 (Monday, April 26, 1999)] [Notices] [Pages 20309-20310] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-10305] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Office of Public Health and Science Withdrawal of Standing Announcement of Opportunities for Research in Family Planning Service Delivery Improvement; Investigator-Initiated Research Grants and New Investigator Research Awards
Agency
Office of Family Planning, Office of Population Affairs, OPHS, DHHS.
Action
Notice--withdrawl of standing announcement.
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Summary
This notice withdraws the standing announcement of opportunities for research in family planning services delivery improvement (SDI) made available through the Office of Family Planning, Office of Population Affairs, OPHS, DHHS. The withdrawal is being done to permit a re-evaluation of current program research priorities.
Dates
Effective April 26, 1999.
Supplementary Information
Section 1004 of Title X of the Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 300a-2, authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants and enter into contracts with public or non-profit private entities for projects for research in the biomedical, contraceptive development, behavioral and program implementation fields related to family planning and population. The services delivery research grants are described in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 13.974, Family Planning--Services Delivery Improvement Research Grants. A standing announcement soliciting applications for services delivery improvement research in ten identified research problem areas was published on November 18, 1985. 50 FR 47506.
The Office of Population Affairs is reviewing the family planning services delivery improvement research priorities and may revise those priorities. Accordingly, the November 18, 1985 standing announcement is hereby withdrawn.
For Further Information Contact
Eugenia Eckard, (301) 594-6534.
Dated: April 12, 1999. Denese O. Shervington, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Population Affairs. [FR Doc. 99-10305 Filed 4-23-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4160-17-M