Notice2026-00546

Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health; Notice of Meeting

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January 14, 2026

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 14, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1543-1544]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-00546]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health; Notice of 
Meeting

    Pursuant to section 1009 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 
amended, notice is hereby given of a meeting of the Council of 
Councils.
    The meeting will be held as a virtual meeting and is open to the 
public as indicated below. Individuals who plan to view the virtual 
meeting and need special assistance or other reasonable accommodations, 
to view the meeting should notify the Contact Person listed below in 
advance of the meeting. The open session will be videocast and can be 
accessed from the NIH Videocasting website <a href="http://videocast.nih.gov/">http://videocast.nih.gov/</a>.
    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: Council of Councils.

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    Date: January 29, 2026.
    Open: 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
    Agenda: Welcome and Opening Remarks; Reminders and Procedures; 
NIH Update; and Proposed Reorganization for the Division of Program 
Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives (DPCPSI), Office 
of the Director, NIH. DPCPSI is seeking public comment regarding its 
proposal to establish the following offices: Office of Research 
Innovation, Validation, and Application (ORIVA) and Office of 
Research Economics, Planning, and Analysis (OREPA). More information 
on this proposed reorganization can be found at: <a href="https://dpcpsi.nih.gov/proposed-reorg-establish-oriva-orepa">https://dpcpsi.nih.gov/proposed-reorg-establish-oriva-orepa</a>. Any interested 
person may file written comments by sending an email to 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#91d5c1d2c1c2d8e3f4fee3f6f2fefcfcf4ffe5e2d1fff8f9bff6fee7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5a1e0a190a0913283f35283d393537373f342e291a343332743d352c">[email&#160;protected]</span></a> by 11:59 p.m. ET on Monday, January 26, 
2026.
    Address: National Institutes of Health, Office of the Director, 
Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic 
Initiatives, Building 1, Room 260 1 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 
20892, Virtual Meeting.
    Closed: 2:00 p.m. to 5:25 p.m.
    Agenda: Review of Grant Applications.
    Address: National Institutes of Health, Office of the Director, 
Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic 
Initiatives, Building 1, Room 260 1 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 
20892, Virtual Meeting.
    Contact Person: Robin I. Kawazoe Deputy Director, DPCPSI, 
Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic 
Initiatives, Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health, 
Building 1, Room 260 1 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#dbb0baacbaa1b4bea99bb6bab2b7f5b5b2b3f5bcb4ad"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="88e3e9ffe9f2e7edfac8e5e9e1e4a6e6e1e0a6efe7fe">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>, 301-402-9852.
    More information on this proposed reorganization can be found 
at: <a href="https://dpcpsi.nih.gov/proposed-reorg-establish-oriva-orepa">https://dpcpsi.nih.gov/proposed-reorg-establish-oriva-orepa</a>. Any 
interested person may file written comments by sending an email to 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f7b3a7b4a7a4be859298859094989a9a92998384b7999e9fd9909881"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6125312231322813040e1306020e0c0c040f1512210f08094f060e17">[email&#160;protected]</span></a> by 11:59 p.m. ET on Monday, January 26, 
2026.
    Information is also available on the Council of Council's home 
page at <a href="http://dpcpsi.nih.gov/council/">http://dpcpsi.nih.gov/council/</a> where an agenda and any 
additional information for the meeting will be posted when 
available.

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Nos. 93.14, 
Intramural Research Training Award; 93.22, Clinical Research Loan 
Repayment Program for Individuals from Disadvantaged Backgrounds; 
93.232, Loan Repayment Program for Research Generally; 93.39, 
Academic Research Enhancement Award; 93.936, NIH Acquired 
Immunodeficiency Syndrome Research Loan Repayment Program; 93.187, 
Undergraduate Scholarship Program for Individuals from Disadvantaged 
Backgrounds, National Institutes of Health, HHS)

    Dated: January 12, 2026.
Bruce A. George,
Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.
[FR Doc. 2026-00546 Filed 1-13-26; 8:45 am]
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