Biomedical Engineering News
02/16/2011
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NIH Funding Opportunity Announcement: The Indo-US Collaborative Program on Low-Cost Medical Devices
The purpose of this program is to encourage collaborative research and/or technology development between scientists and engineers in the United States and India. This FOA issued by National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) (http://www.nibib.nih.gov) and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (http://www.nichd.nih.gov), National Institutes of Health, encourages Small Research Grant (R03) applications for its program on the collaborative development of low-cost medical devices; the Republic of India and the United States of America are inviting collaborative research projects involving U.S. and Indian investigators to develop new, low cost, appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic medical technologies for low-resource settings.
NIST Seeks New Members for Nine Advisory Committees
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is seeking nominations of qualified individuals for its nine existing Federal Advisory Committees. Nominations for all committees will be accepted on an ongoing basis and will be considered as and when vacancies arise. New to the list of NIST advisory committees this year is the NIST Smart Grid Advisory Committee. This advisory committee provides guidance to the NIST Director on the overall direction, status and health of the Smart Grid implementation and identifies issues and needs. Input from the committee will be used to help guide Smart Grid Interoperability Panel activities and assist NIST in directing research and standards activities.
Click here for the July 27th Federal Register notice (Federal Register Vol. 75, No. 143, p. 43933) that details each committee, including the number of members serving on the committee, its objectives and duties, the nomination procedure and committee contacts