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Software and Data Integration Working Group (SDIWG) and Centers Discussion

COMING EVENTS

• Agenda for December 16 New Centers meeting in Bethesda

PAST EVENTS

• SDI: Agenda for July 8 meeting in Bethesda

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

• NIH Blueprint Initiative: RFP: Neuroimaging Informatics Tools and Resources Clearinghouse

• NCBC Collaborations Program R21: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-223.html

• NIH Blueprint Initiative:PreSolicitation Notice Neuroimaging Informatics Tools and Resources Clearinghouse(see above for link to full RFP)

THIS REQUIREMENT IS A 100 PERCENT SMALL BUSINESS SET ASIDE....The National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), seeks a contractor to provide technical expertise, necessary services, qualified personnel, materials, equipment and facilities to develop, maintain, operate, and provide timely upgrades of a web based system as an independent source of information (a Clearinghouse) about neuroimaging informatics tools and resources with respect to usage, interoperability, features, quality of documentation and support, and user satisfaction...

...A solicitation for this requirement is not yet available.The planned release date of the solicitation document is on or about March 28, 2006, with a due date of May 30, 2006. The planned contract award date is September 22, 2006....

Interested parties must submit a written request for a copy of solicitation number NHLBI-PB-2006-128 to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Office of Acquisitions, Procurement Branch, Rockledge Building 2, Suite 6042, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7902. Telephone number: (301) 435-0366, fax number (301) 480-3345, Attention: Jeffrey Curry. Written requests may be submitted by fax to (301) 480-3345 or by e-mail to curryj@nhlbi.nih.gov

• NIH Blueprint Initiative:New Ways to Image Neural Activity

This RFA seeks to stimulate research that will lead to new or enhanced ways for imaging the rapid neural activation that is reflected in electrophysiological signals (e.g., action potentials, local field potentials, etc.), rather than signals generated by the sluggish hemodynamic response. Of particular interest are approaches that use non-invasive optical imaging of fast signals. Approaches that require dipole source localization will be considered non-responsive to this RFA. Letters of Intent Receipt Date: September 26, 2005;Application Receipt Dates: October 25, 2005

• Notice of Intent to Publish Four Requests for Applications (RFAs) for Knockout Mouse Project (KOMP)(NOT-OD-05-063)National Institutes of Health

• Intention to Re-issue NIH Roadmap RFA, "Training for a New Interdisciplinary Research Workforce" (NOT-RM-05-012)NIH Roadmap Initiatives

• L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Predoctoral MD/PhD Fellows (F30)(PA-05-151)National Institutes of Health(Participating Institutes: National Institute on Aging;National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism;National Institute on Drug Abuse;National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders;National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences;National Institute of Mental Health;National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke;Office of Dietary Supplements)Application Receipt Date(s):Multiple dates, see announcement
• NOT-RM-05-007: NIH Roadmap Administrative Supplements to Support Interdisciplinary Research in the Behavioral/Social and Biological Sciences
• PAR-05-063: Collaborations with NCBCs
• RFA: HIV and Psychiatric Comorbidity Research Project
• Mentored Quantitative Research Career Development Award (K25)
• NIH Director's Pioneer Award

NOTICES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Request for Comments: Draft Open Source Software (OSS) Licensing Guidelines and Model License Agreement

The Data Sharing & Intellectual Capital (DSIC) Working Group of caBIG sought feedback from the caBIG™ Community on Draft Open Source Software (OSS) Licensing Guidelines and Model License Agreement. Comments were to be sent to Dan Steinberg at [steinberg_daniel@bah.com], and were requested by May 31, 2005.

• NOT-HL-05-114:Request for Information (RFI): HLBS Ontology Inventory

• Draft caBIG Compatibility Guidelines Revision 2

caBIG participants have provided extensive feedback on the caBIG Compatibility Guidelines. Revision 2 of the document incorporates that feedback, and is now available in draft form for additional public comment. Please send any comments you may have to ncicb@pop.nci.nih.gov. The final form of Revision 2 will be posted no later than June 2005, and at that time will become the prevailing operational guideline for the caBIG program.You can go to the caBIG Compatibility web page for the latest version of the guidelines.